Feliz Navidad

Celebrating with dad's family at Uncle Russ & Auntie Mireya's beautiful new home in Mill Valley. 

   Cousin's kids table            

              Grandpa & Grandma with their 7 grandkids 

Candlelight Christmas Service at church

Kinder holiday concert 

5th grade holiday concert 

Kinder lunch time 

Dinner with Gong Gong

Slurpee treat to start off our Xmas vacay 

Making chocolate chip cookies with dad 

5th grade science camp, SF getaway & community service

Three 5th grade classes all packed up and ready for science camp.  I had a blast, wish I could have stayed longer 

Dad and a few of his bible study fellas pigging out at an all you can eat Korean BBQ 

Dad's annual 8am Costco shopping run with Google for 2nd Harvest Food Bank 

Sorting gifts with Family Giving Tree & Auntie Tracy's work.  Kids make a wish and with the help of many volunteers and donors ... wishes can come true! 

Rouge One on opening day 

Date night with cousin Jacob at Orenchi Ramen then Cooking Papa (while brothers watch Rouge One)

SF weekend getaway started with a tour of AT&T park

Giants Dugout

Dinner at Cheesecake factory 

Ice staking at Union Square .... so magical and fun

Breakfast buffet at our hotel 

We wanted to spread some holiday cheer so we packed a dozen care packages (socks, gloves, pastry, toothbrush, snacks etc)  for our trip to SF to hand out to the needy we met a long the way. Sadly there are so many.  We'll pack more next time.  

The famous Golden Gate Bakery egg tart.  Mom thinks it's the best in town. 

Cable Car Museum where we learned how cable cars work

Real gingerbread house behind us.   SF Fairmont Hotel tradition since 2008 ...

 made of 7500 graham crackers, 1500 lb of icing, 750 lbs of candy 

Amazing view of the Golden Gate Bridge on a clear day while hiking at Lands End

Holiday Cheer

YouTube Holiday Party @ Computer History Museum in Mt. View

Obi-wan & Leia found their friends at the party 

Annual family tradition, we went to Bethlehem (in Santa Clara) to see Jesus' birth ... the real meaning of Christmas

Family selfie at Bethlehem 

 I was so happy I got to see so many of my friends perform in the Nutcracker.

Fresh crab and shrimp boil with Uncle Michael 

Bye Tommy ... great having you over this past week. 

Celebrating Grandpa Bday ... prime rib and Marie Callendar pie 

Annual holiday gathering with mom's friends from the 6th grade ... I got to join the girly fun and take this picture

Annual Rivermark mom's cookie exchange ... quite a spread.  Grateful for so many wonderful moms in our community! 

Santa's Annual SCU visit 2016

Santa came to drop off presents during our annual SCU Christmas party. 

Always a fun time hanging out with the SCU gang. 

Putting up our ornaments brings back so many memories

Mom's holiday party in SF City Hall.  Looks like a fun time

Beautiful SF City Hall and yummy sushi 

My buddy and I won the "problem solver" mom was relieved I didn't win the "problem maker" award ;) 

Dog-sitting duties, Uncle Michael's dog Tommy is so good natured

Game of Sequence before bedtime

Mom made Oxtail noodle soup to keep us warm in this cold weather. 

Thankful for simple & yummy family times

Monkeying around before Thanksgiving dinner

I made prime rib for my family - was actually quite easy (Tyler)

Leftover prime rib for breakfast 

Gma & Gpa - thanks for taking us to see Moana while our parents were at work

Celebrating cousin Logan's 5th Birthday / Thanksgiving with mom's family 

Celebrating Kira's 2nd Birthday @ Fairfield 

Celebrating cousin Hailey's 4th Bday / Thanksgiving with the Louies & Chings

Boys movie day out ... Dr. Strange in 3D.  Dad - thanks for taking us! 

Girls time (while boys were at movies) ... my plans:  peppermint hot chocolate, tic-tac-toe, hangman, gingerbread house ... so much fun!  Just me and my mom.