While AT&T and Verizon snag a lot of the limelight with all those Android phones and the iPhone, my family has ALWAYS loved T-Mobile. With my contract nearing an end in December and half my family on Verizon, T-Mobile gave me an offer I couldn't refuse—a FREE Samsung Galaxy S 4G for Brandon with unlimited texting, data, and even phone insurance for a VERY reasonable price. Checkout this phone...it's a keeper!
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Showing posts with label Brandon. Show all posts
Rolling Head-On Into Thanksgiving...
Jeez, just four more days to Thanksgiving...2010 has gone by very FAST! It's a cold, wet Sunday morning — just finished a telephone briefing for the airport and wanted to write a quick blog post.Maria is still homeschooling Brandon and Nicholas. Our family has now homeschooled their children the longest in this city's ENCORE Homeschooling Program (part of the Unified School District)—13 years to be exact! I think Maria wants to slowly but surely transition the boys into Public School like the other two, but they don't really have any interest to go. Why would you when you can wake up at 9 or 10 and do your reading and lessons anytime throughout the day and your Mom was home with you always? It really is great for the children.
As for the two teenagers, Alexandra is a Senior and driving her 1984 Ford Mustang Convertible ALLOVER the place. Talk about growing up fast, she starts college next year and still maintains a GREAT job teaching dance and gymnastics. She's a natural teacher and little kids LOVE her.
Cameron maintains a very high GPA, takes Advance Placement Chemistry as a Sophomore, and is No. 3 on the varsity tennis team (and rising fast). He just started a three-month intense fitness program for athletes. He is going to be in TIP-TOP shape soon and his coach is expecting to see some explosive lateral movement side-to-side on the court. He is very much like his Uncle Alex—a naturally-gifted athlete.
Maria is still working part-time, even though her hours often flex to near full-time!!! We're not complaining given THIS economy. We still have fun and that's important.
As for me, I'm still running all training at SFO International Airport (from pat downs to X-ray). We have the BEST screeners...try some of the other airports and tell me if you don't agree! After all this time, I STILL love the work and the people I get to work with...what's not to like about that!
And if you haven't checked out my website, NerdBoyTV, go visit it NOW ;-) I also have a channel on YouTube. I'm very proud that I've maintained the NerdBoyTV show for almost four years now. It's also a FREE podcast on iTunes.
Hope you all had a terrific 2010! Have fun and be safe this holiday season.
Yee Boys Night Out at Giants Game
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Originally uploaded by Ryan Yee.
We had an awesome time last night at AT&T Park to see the SF Giants kick the Baltimore Orioles' butt, 10–2. Then we went to a late night carnival at Lot A and sneaked over to Oakland Chinatown for won ton takeout (hehehe). Got home slightly before midnight...nice.
Click on the picture to see slideshow.
SLIDESHOW: Growing Up
Found these on an external hard drive...so many good memories. I have great kids ;-)
The Yee Guys on Christmas Day
NerdKidTV - Brandon5900 Plays Guitar Hero 3
In this premier episode of NerdKidTV, Brandon Yee (11-years-old) talks about his website, Brandon5900.webs.com and demos Guitar Hero 3.
Another video created by Brandon
Wow, Brandon is REALLY getting creative with these videos. He's mastered the computer-generated voice feature! Awesome!
AUDIOBLOG: Talking about Disneyland
Recorded from the car, I talk about our family's recent trip to Disneyland and Legoland this past weekend.
Landing in Legoland
Isn't this amazing? Mount Rushmore is totally made up of Lego pieces...The Yee Boys landed in Legoland today! Brandon and Nicholas, especially, have been looking forward to this part of the trip. We took off to Carlsbad after leaving Maria, Alexandra, and Reggie in San Diego. Alex had a dance competition with those tough Southern California girl dancers who can afford to be choreographed by famous L.A. dancers (hehehe). Well, it's all in good fun anyway, right?
Well, the competitive side of me says, "Go beat 'em, Alexandra!" LOL!!!
And the good news, Alex placed fourth in the competitive solo division...YAY, Alex!
Back at Legoland, the boys and I were enjoying the rides and the $4 hot dogs (groan). If you go to YeePhotos.com, you can see pictures of some of the facinating structures (The Eifel Tower, New York City, The Golden Gate Bridge, etc.) made out of Lego pieces...truly amazing.
And still to come, Disneyland tomorrow!
Yee Boys at Lawrence Hall of Science
Yee Boys at Lawrence Hall of Science
Originally uploaded by Ryan Yee.
This whale has been lying in front of Lawrence Hall of Science since I was a little boy. Brandon and Nicholas had fun crawling all over it, however.
Happy Birthday, Brandon!
Today is Brandon's birthday...I took the day-off from work and Maria, Nicholas, Brandon, and I went to Lawrence Hall of Science. I haven't been there myself since I was a kid ;-) It was great to have the place all to ourselves, too. We built structures that could withstand heavy shaking, folded paper airplanes, redirected waterflow, learned more about our planet on a video globe (SEE videoclip), and experienced how turning wings in one direction versus another affects flight. We then celebrated at Blue Fin Japanese Restaurant with the whole family. A very fun day!
Brandon competes in Rock Band Contest
A couple weeks ago, Brandon (with a little help from his brother, Cameron) competed in the Playstation Rock Band Contest at Best Buy. The winners split $150 ;-) Even though they didn't win, the two Yee Brothers did GREAT! It was all for charity...the admission fee went to a local high school fundraiser. Notice Brandon all decked out in his "rockstar" duds . Yup, that's an actual bike chain that he's wearing around his neck!! Rock on, Brandon!
Playing in the backyard - Summer is over!
Alexandra, Nicholas, and Brandon smile goofy in our backyard. They really are growing up way too fast!
SLIDESHOW: Dinner With My Relatives (February 2008)
Thanks to my Auntie Mary bringing us all together, me and my relatives were able to gather in Oakland and share a belated Chinese New Year dinner ;-) Over the years, we get together less and less, but when we do, it's ALWAYS fun, laughs, and FOOD! Thanks, Auntie Mary!
The Yee Guys at home
The Yee Guys at home
Originally uploaded by Ryan Yee.
Took this with my HELIO and immediately messaged it to Alexandra in LA who's competing at a National Dance Team Championship in Anaheim.
Brandon goofing around
Brandon's Drawings 008
Originally uploaded by Ryan Yee.
Somehow, this little picture of Brandon is getting a LOT of attention on Flickr.com. I'm thinking they may have placed this picture on the main picture page because a lot of people are viewing it and making comments ;-)
Dinner at the Sheridons 01-06-2008
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Originally uploaded by Ryan Yee.
Here's a picture of our kids and the Sheridon kids as we got together for a post-holiday celebration at Tim and Lori's house in San Francisco. It was a blast to see all of our longtime friends from high school (and even futher back). Thanks Tim and Lori!
Brandon & Nicholas talk about Christmas
On Christmas Day, Brandon and Nicholas share what gifts they got under the tree and in their stockings.
