3rd and 1st grade

3rd and 1st graders 

 1st day of school playdate with the Chang kids.  They helped picked us up from school and stayed to have dinner with us.

I joined the Santa Clara Youth Soccer League this fall.  You'll see me out in the field very Sat.

Working hard putting out beds together.  

 Loving our new bunk bed!  Mari loves climbing up the ladder.

Wedding Fun

Dada's cousin, Uncle Eric and Auntie Thuy got married in SF

Bride and groom arrived Cinderella style. 

Cutting their beautiful cake. 

Mari showing off her moves on the dance floor. 

Open bar! 

End of summer Happy Hallow fun with Auntie Jen and Mama.  Boys fav ride.  

Mari's fav ride, she went on it 4 times.

 We also went on this 4x, so fun when there are no lines.

Celebrating Gong Gong's bday in Millbrea.

 Celebrating Mateo's baptism, Dada was asked to be 1 of his God Father.

New York City

Sorry for the late blog post this week.  We were in NYC having too much fun.  It was an amazing family vacation.  Lots of sight seeing, eating and visiting with extended family from around the world for Uncle Jason's wedding festivities. 

SJC to JFK red eye flight.  Uncle Michael came along to help take care of us, he's so much fun! 

Empire State building view from Google balcony.

Madison Square Garden - Knicks starting line-up

4 stories Toys R Us.  The ferries wheel ride inside a toy store was surreal.

Halal cart - Dada's favorite NYC late night meal, he had it for 3 nights.

Central Park with Grandma and Grandpa.

10 year anniversary celebration at Morimoto.  

Grand Central Station, we recognized the clock from the movie Madagascar.  

NBA players in training @ the 1 and only NBA store.

Visiting Lady Liberty, what a sight!

Our crazy parents partying in Time Squares late night while our grandparents sleepsat us at the hotel.  

Louie and Donahue cousins at the wedding.  Fancy adult only party so we got to stay in and play Risk with Uncle Michael and Auntie Erica.

10 person live band - felt like a concert so much energy.  

The newly weds!

Post wedding brunch at the Natural History Museum.  Wish we can have this spread for breakfast everyday!

Amazing exhibits, we can spend days in this museum.    

9-11 memorial, 2 fountains where the twin towers use to be with the names of lost ones inscribed around it.

Ethan's 1st Tri

After seeing my big bro do a triathlon last month, I decided I wanted to do one too!  Had a lot of fun on my 1st tri.  I was so proud, I wore my medal all day ;-) 

Dada's turn to plan FFF (family fun friday).  We brought us to Target to buy a game he use to plan with his dad.   Risk is our new favorite game, anyone want to come over to plan with us?

YMCA basketball league.  Finished the season with a 7-1 record, so much fun.

Celebrating Nicolas's 1st bday.  Lams - thanks for a gourmet meal!

Field trip to Pier 39 - hanging out with the sharks at Aquarium of the Bay.   Auntie Tracy & Uncle Michael - thanks for joining us! 

Up close and personal with the starfishes.

Mirror maze - pretty cool!

Chilling with the sea lions.  Mama thinks they're cute, we thing they're smelly.  

Ended our SF day with a visit to see Great Grandma & Grandma/Grandpa.   Thanks for dinner!

This is how we roll at the grocery store.  We've got our favorite B's to keep us busy:  T&E - books, Mari - bananas!

 Certificate of completion from my summer Little Dunker class.