Christmas 2011

 Our annual Christmas card taken in Lake Tahoe this year.

PoPo and Gong Gong with their 4 grandchildren.  Logan (3 wks) is our very 1st cousin on both sides.

Mama and her siblings.

Silly boys on Dada's family.

Mari is excited to open presents for her very 1st Christmas. 

We went to visit Auntie Linda, Mama's good friend since the 6th grade!  They are both so happy to have a daughter.  Kayla is 4 months old.

One by one we call crawled into bed for the 8am family party our parents didn't know about ;-) 

Winter fun

Dada was in Atlanta, GA Google office this week.  He brought home more Google t-shirts and toys for us!  We always look forward to the goodies from his business trips.

All dressed and excited for our Winter Concert at school 

Spotted my parents and sister in the audience right away .

Book exchange with my class.  Love reading new books.

Gum drop pyramid and gingerbread house projects at school - so fun!

 We had an airplane workshop at out Cub Scout meeting this week.

My 1st 2 teeth are out.

5 year old check up, no shots! 

On Sat, we got to meet Uncle Steve's family (Mama's future bro in law).  We had yummy dim sum for lunch.  Here are the parents of the soon to be bride / groom (2012 / 2013?).  

Uncle Steve's 2 nieces are so cute.  The 4 of us (minus Mari) will be their ring bearers and flower girls. 

Before: toys all over the place in our living room = a frustrated mom (she loves organization).

After: toys all sorted and labeled into bins = a very happy mom.  And we're happy too because it's so much easier to clean up now. 

 We got to join Dada for his weekly Sunday night basketball since we don't have school the next day.  Many of our friends came out to join their dads.  We got to shoot around until 11pm!

Santa Visit 2011

Instead of visiting us on Christmas Day, Santa usually visits us early at the annual SCU Christmas party.  Abars - thanks for hosting a fun party for all of us! 

This guy doesn't scare me!

Been anxious all week for this day as I wasn't sure if I was on his good list since I only listen "sometimes."  

 Santa always seems to know exactly what we want!

Santa with the ladies.

Santa with the fellas ... they seem so "friendly" with Santa.

Happy kids with our new toys. 

Rainbow boy band caroling outside after the adult's gift exchange.  

 Their 2nd Google Holiday party this month @ Mark Hopkins Hotel in SF.  They enjoyed lots of yummy food, awesome company and great music. Grandpa, Grandma & Great Grandma - thanks for dinner and a fun time!   Dada got creative and took this photo off a buffet tray cover.

 Mama's favorite was the mini fruit tarts.

Chill Sunday afternoon at home while Mari naps.

We finally have a cousin

 We met our very 1st cousin, Logan Hibbs Hawke (Mama's sister's baby).  He's 1 week old.  Our mom held him almost the whole visit.  I think she misses us being this size - where we don't move and don't talk (back).

 I turned 11 months old this week and ready to be Santa's helper.   Only 1 more month before my big ONE.

Google holiday party at SF Design Center.  Madi Gas theme with food from around the world, live band and lots of fun activities.  

15 years ago, our parents become boyfriend/girlfriend.  Friday night they went back to SCU to reminisce what life was like pre-kids (bet it wasn't as fun).   

We had a prime rib dinner on Sunday celebrating Grandpa turning 62.  We're so happy he lives in Nor Cal  now so we can celebrate together.

Fun in snow

We were in Lake Tahoe Tue - Thur to play with snow.  

Snow ball fight with Dada and Uncle Mike. 

 Sibling stroll

Fun games in Tahoe - Jenga!   Going to be a tough move ... 

 Another new family favorite game is Spot It!

More fun games with Mama's siblings - America-opoly!

Yummy prime rib dinner.  Auntie Nancy and Uncle Hibbs weren't able to make it because they were at the hospital having our very 1st cousin - Logan!  

Happy Engagement Uncle Steve and Auntie Jen!  We are so excited for your big day! 

 Our annual Ginger Bread House.  Uncle Bryan - thanks for helping us make it!

Dada's silly family after another big feast.

Making pumpkin mochi cake for our family dinners.

Star wars fun with Dada.  Mama thinks they all look the same.

Laser Tag

On Sat, we spontaneously went to Laser Quest in Mt. View and had a blast!  We're saving up our "good job bucks" so we can go back soon.   Anyone want to come with us?

Learning how to play pool while the boys play arcade behind me. 

Recess at Sat morning Chinese school.  Slowly but surely we're making progress in learning Mandarin.

 My kinder Thanksgiving feast ... we made Stone Soup.

PoPo - thanks for coming over with all the goodies from your trip to China and for playing Operation with us!

Lunchtime with one of my buddies, who's a twin.

Playdate with Micah.  He's a cutie but not very fun yet, he slept through most of our date ;-)  Our mommies had a good time chatting and eating away.