Mahalo Oahu!

Just the 5 of us on the beach

That's me on the bottom left (Ethan) 

We've got hops 

Pearl Harbor audio tour 

Lunch at the Aulani Disney Resort ... such a relaxing open air lunch 

Louies + Mews + Mewies = Happy Ohana

Up close and personal with dolphins 

Cousins in deep thought 

Snorkeling fun ... right before the Mari got stung by a jellyfish.  So painful but she's all better now!  

Great seeing our old friends ... pls move back to Cali, we miss you!  

Welcome Home Ethan!

Ethan had a great time sleeping over all week at Kids Camp! Thank you to the GRX staff for leading and providing a fun program for us. I'll be back next year!

I started my STEM program and get to ride the buss with my best friends. Looking forward to the next 6 years together.

Wheee! Off to Oahu for family time and lots of yummy food.

Snorkeling for our 1st time in one of the pools. Can't wait to try this in the ocean!

Dada's ex-coworker came to visit us! Thank you for the snacks Uncle Todd and Auntie Joelle! Nice to meet the whole family!

Summer fun

Free chicken dinner if you dress up as a cow for customer appreciation day @ Chick Fil A. 

Uncle Mike gets a new job at Playstation and we get a new game console.  Thanks Mewies! 

Evening swim. 

Summer highlight -  lots of playdates with our neighbors  

Mari's FFF - she wanted pizza and card games.  Coincidentally we were all wearing college shirts.  

Annual Summer movie night at our church - got to invite our friends from school. 

Moving Ethan in to his 1 week sleep away camp.  We miss him already! 

Yummy ramen dinner @ Misoya 

July 4th fireworks

Celebrating our friend's bday right before the fireworks. 

Shoreline fireworks from Google's parking lot. 

Swimming and dinner playdate with our cousins from SF. 

Cousins' masterpiece

Finding Dory ... yes we like to get cozy and bring our own blankets to the theater.

I made my specialty,  BBQ ribs for my friends (Ethan). 

Grocery shopping for our weekend meals. 

Sushi lunch date. 

Sharetea boba and SCU water polo date 

How mom sometimes feel after a long day at work and taking care of the 3 of us (and dad). 

Muir Woods, Great America, SF

Our 1st visit to Muir Woods to visit the Redwood Trees. 

Checking out the hike trail options 

We founds a banana slug on our hike, so cool!  

selfie with the trees

They really enjoyed hike (we thought it was ok) ... guess old(er) peeps enjoy hanging out in nature with trees 

Visiting mom's high school English teacher / Yearbook advisor from 20 years ago!  They have been keeping in touch all these years.  

Mom going down memory lane on Clement street in SF.  She passed by this ice cream shop everyday on her walk home from middle school. 

Visiting Auntie Linda's family (mom's bff since 6th grade) ... baby Isaac is only about 3 weeks old.  

Chinese dinner in SF with Popo and Uncle Michael. 

YouTube "all inclusive" family day at Great America theme park. 

Matching girls 

Endless supply of Dippin Dots (and a ton of other food) ... thanks Google! 

Yummy dinner at Din Tai Fung, Valley Fair Mall.   After we were done with dinner, we ordered more XLB dumplings for "dessert"