Got back just in time from Singapore/Bali to celebrate Mark's 49th

Mari bday collage for Mark's bday. Love their father-daughter duo. 

Mark's belated dinner at his buddy's new restaurant Yutori in Palo Alto. 

Early bday dinner date 

Royston's in town for 3 days for a SF biz trip = bros time! 

Louie vs. Chan pickleball match 

Singapore yummies ... Tracy's regular sushi joint.  So fun to just hang out with my sissy! Thanks for being such an awesome host Tracy!   

Food court for breakfast after Pilates class. 

Bali for a finance retreat. Amy hosted 50 of us from around the world for an amazing time of learning, reflecting, and experiencing the local Balinese culture; such beautiful people.  

Amazing resort in Bali 

Our Sept babies ... so happy we can all celebrate these 3 very special peeps! 

Always a yummy time with my family.  Food is our love language. More celebration meals together this week :) 

Bromantic dinner date in LA. Miss them, but glad they are eating and watching Trojan football games together. Tyler is enjoying his job with his church, and Ethan is grateful for his summer 2027 consulting internship offer (LA). Proud of both of them for pursuing what they want. Happy they have each other away from home. 

Mark was featured at our church this week, sharing how having a Christian group at Google helped him grow spiritually, professionally, and personally.  

 

Siblings weekend at USC

Mari saying goodbye to Mark before her first solo flight ... off to visit her bros 

Straight from the airport to USC vs. Fresno State game ... big W 39-0!

Sibs ramen dinner. Melts my heart that the 3 of them want to be with each other. Mari was so excited to fly down to get a break from her parents and hang out with her bros instead. 

Video chat with Tyler and Ethan.  This is when the last-minute trip to visit bros came up. 

Dinner with Rivermark ladies to catch up on our summer.  

Finally visited T&T market with Jen, quite yummy! 

Pizza snack during our empty-nester weekend. 

Thanks Popo for bringing yummy dinner takeout for us to enjoy together. Nice not having to cook after many client meetings that day.  Mommy knows food is my love language.   

30 year HS reunion

George Washington High School 30-year reunion, had a great turnout. It was so special to connect with old classmates.  Unfortunately, we have lost a few classmates to cancer. I don't take for granted that we can all meet to share old memories and catch up on life. We all enjoyed it so much; can't wait for our 35th reunion.  Will do it every 5 years so we don't stop recognizing each other. 

Go class of 1996 Eagles!  

Haven't seen each other in a while, so nice to catch up on life and reminisce about our high school days. 

Besties throughout middle and high school ... thanks for helping plan our reunion!  Grateful for all the memories we have shared over the past 32 years! 

August Wang Siblings dinner. This was stop number 2. I love hanging out with my siblings.  We get home around midnight because we don't want the night to end. 

Mari helping make pork katsu dinner for Gma and Gpa. 

Great to catch up.  

FFF - Foodie Fun Friday AYCE @ Happy Lamb ... we were all happy campers; we all ate so much. 

My bestie from when I studied abroad in Japan was in town for the Pokémon convention in SF. We had such a great time sharing old memories of when I was an exchange student in Japan.  Kaori took such good care of me when I was a lost US student who didn't speak much Japanese 27 years ago! 

Louie sibling hangout. 

Mark worked off a lot of calories playing pickleball with old buds, then quickly gained it all back and then some, from dim sum lunch. 

Mari's matcha special - love having an in-house barista 

Teddy with less teeth

Teddy had some teeth extracted last week and was a bit out of it, but he's doing much better now. 

Mari and her buddy went to Daniel Caesar's concert in SF. Girls had a great time sans parents. 

The boys had a dinner date to celebrate Ethan's start of junior year on Monday and Tyler's 1st car, a 2014 Toyota Prius. He's having fun zipping around. Ethan was his very first passenger. 

Dinner with my dear neighbors in Palo Alto 

Mark enjoying his new membership at Picklr. 

On Sat, Mark, Mari, and I went to see the movie "God is Good," a good reminder of His faithfulness through our ups and downs. 

Recent fav breakfast: chia pudding (rich in fiber) with homemade granola and homegrown figs. 

24 years

A simple dinner to celebrate 2 dozen years of marriage.  Grateful to share life's ups and downs with Mark for half my life.  

1 down 2 more students to go! Lets go HS Sophomore and College Junior! 

Been a tough week, so blessed for the support from my fam.  Happy 11th Birthday Jacob! 

Reunion with Mark's co-workers from his Fujitsu IT internship during college almost 30 years ago.  One is my client who retired after our meetings; so happy for him!  

Celebrating our friend's big 50th! 

Teddy had oral surgery to clean his teeth and had about a dozen removed. No worries, he still has many and can still eat. Poor guy is slowly recovering. 

Dinner and fun catch up with Uncle Bryan. 

Pickleball fun for Mark and Steve. 

Family Pilates class at a new studio in our plaza. 

Teddy enjoying some sun with Ethan before he flies back down to So Cal to start Fall semester tomorrow.