Earthquake

Last week on Jan 7 & 8, I felt an earthquake near my home. It happened at Calaveras fault line in Milpitas, CA...it's about 20 miles away from my home. The magnitude 4.1 quake (1st day) & 3.8 quake (2nd day). Although it wasn't strong but I can still feel the movement inside my house. Alhamdulillah there were no damage inside or near my place.

On Tuesday, Jan 12....a major earthquake struck southern Haiti, knocking down buildings and power lines and inflicting what its ambassador to the United States called a catastrophe for the Western Hemisphere's poorest nation. The magnitude 7.0 quake -- the most powerful to hit Haiti in a century -- struck shortly before 5 p.m. and was centered about 10 miles (15 kilometers) southwest of Port-au-Prince, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

A man looks for a body among hundreds of earthquake victims

a poor neighborhood shows the damage after an earthquake

Dress-up Time

My girl loves going to school....alhamdulillah :). She loves playing play-doh, painting, do crafts, playing outdoor and her favorite is playing dress-up. This is what she will do when she's there.

My girl and her friends loves playing dress-up at school. Today, I caught them being cowgirls... :D They were soooo cute in those outfits.

Ruqayya was calling her brother on the play phone :p and so her friend Elly....she was calling her mom...hehe

Oakland Zoo

Last weekend we took the kids to the Oakland Zoo. It was our 1st time to that zoo...usually we go to San Jose or San Francisco Zoo. It's a very nice zoo coz not too big and too small. The kids had a great time there....we love the petting farm. They also have some rides for the kids next to the zoo entrance. My boy and hubby went on the roller coaster while my lil girl and I went on the carousel. Had a lovely weekend with the family :)

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It has been 3 years we didn't go up the mountains to play with snow. So, last Dec '09 we went to Camp Sierra in Fresno for our 1st snow season. We had a blast time there with other friends that joined us for the weekend. The 1st day, we didn't do any sledding coz we lost 1 of the snow chain on the tire...didn't know it came off till my hubby stopped the van to examined it. Then by the time we got a new chain....the road already slippery due to the icy road and we couldn't go to the sno-park area. It was snowing all day till the next morning. Luckily the 2nd day the weather was beautiful and we had a great time sledding at the campsite and then before we went back home we stopped at the sno-park to play again. Can't wait to go again next month....

my lil girl on a sled

putting on the snow chains

Hello 2010

Wow it has been sooo long I didn't update my blog. Been very very very busy lately. Hope I'm not too late to wish everyone a Happy New Year. Hope you all had a wonderful NY with your loved ones.

To Go Bags

This is my 1st sewing project. I made a lunch and medium bag. Fabrics by Amy Butler. They are very pretty. I love Amy Butler, Alexander Henry and Micheal Miller fabrics. I love making bags...will do other type of bags in future. My dream now is to put my handmade bags on Etsy one day....InsyaAllah.

My 2nd project is coming soon. Will post once it's done :).

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Camp Mendocino

Last Friday, my family and I went camping with other Muslims from the center that we always go to for prayers. This was our 7th Annual Camping trip. This year we went to Camp Mendocino. It's north of San Francisco and it's about 3 1/2 hours drive from my house. It was such a lovely camp ground. Besides the camp ground, it has a railroad track. The trains goes from Willits - Northspur - Fort Bragg. There's also a river where you can swim and kayaking. They had a photo contest and I won 3rd place :). We really enjoyed the camp. Can't wait to go again in September.