Christmas 2018

Christmas Day w/ the Mewies.  M&M - thanks for hosting a nice gathering and yummy dinner. 

Kiddos with Uncle Michael - he's so much fun. 

Baking on Xmas eve - French macaroon & biscotti 

Celebrating Leo's 2nd bday with the Ngo family 

Louie vs. Louie on the rock climbing ball 

Daddy-daughter climbing 

Family stroll 

Great America Winter Fest with the Chans - hope it wasn't too bad with 5 kids ;) 

While we were with the Chans, they went to Santana Row to see the lights 

Movie date - Aquaman 

Back to Great America Winterfest ... this time with mom and dad

No lines right when park opened 

Annual SF staycation

Our annual SF tradition - stay in SF to play tourist and ice stake at Union Square.  With all the lights it's so magical. 

First visit to Boba Guys (J&S - thanks for introducing us).  We missed out on this first treat stop since we were bickering on the car ride to SF. 

Got our act together and got some yummy dan tat dessert.  Our fav Golden Gate Bakery is closed so we went to another place in Chinatown - very yummy but we still like GGB better. 

Happy parents at Fairmont Hotel. 

Vietnamese dinner on our first night - spring roll wraps @ Anh Hong

7:30a reading time in our "VIP lounge" while the rest of the fam is still sleeping. 

Sunday food tour starts with breakfast at Turtle Tower - yummy Chicken Pho  

Lee's sandwich 

Boudin's clam chowder in a sourdough bowl 

Pinkberry fro yo

Sushi snack at Japantown 

Japanese Shabu Shabu - such a yummy 2+ hr dinner!  We got to try so many new dishes. 

Early Christmas dinner with Gong Gong - thanks for the yummy meal and presents! 

Cousins J & O came over to play while their parents enjoyed the 49ers Holiday Party - mom couldn't get enough of them - they were so happy and fun. 

Lunch date with Popo.  

Holiday Celebrations

Google Marketing holiday party at SF Academy of Science.  Sounds like these 4 had a blast exploring the museum sans kids and eating yummy food. 

Triple date with Kaus and Yangs ... so nice to pig out and catch up about how God's working in our lives.  

GNO ... Japanese tapas then dessert at Teaspoon 

Nutcracker 2018 - my second year.  This year I'm an angel with my fellow Girl Scout Brownies.  So much fun - can't wait to do it again next year. 

Soccer practice - so tiring but fun. 

Sat morning ice staking class with my neighbors and mom. 

2nd grade winter concert ... can you find me?

Post concert class holiday party

7th grade STEM Fall Symposium - presenting our lines of code to build a game. 

I hosted Gma and Gpa for dinner - juicy sous vide pork loin and flaky apple strudel ... everyone seemed to enjoy my meal ;)  

Pho dinner date with mom - yummy food and quality 1:1 chat - a highlight of our weekend 

Quality time family and friends

On Sat, we hosted mom's cousins for our annual Christmas gathering.  So fun to hang out and eat.  Mom has 18 1st cousins on her mom's side and 12 on dad's side - so many cousins!  We're at "only" 8 1st  cousins so far  :) 

Special father-son night out to celebrate Gpa's bday!  

FFF - Monopoly ... mom's not in the pic because she went bankrupt early on.  We thought she was good with finances.  Congrats to Ethan for the big win! 

One of my favorite hobbies - making Star Wars characters and then painting them to look more realistic.  

After spending ALL Sunday competing with our robots 8a - 5p, my team (Tyler) won't 1st place at the tournament of 16 teams!!  Last tournament, we made it to the championship round but lost.  

Sat morning ice staking class with my buddy - mom signed up for the adult class too.  We're all learning together.  

Sushi date with mom - she loves to chat and ask lots of questions.  I just want to eat my salmon sashimi ;) 

In & Out treat with dad 

Sleepover fun with my schoolmate/neighbor 

These "gentlemen" are all ready to see a nutcracker performance in Fremont. 

YouTube Holiday Party for the Adults, Star Wars for the Kids

Mama and Dada had a date at the YouTube holiday party at the De Young Museum.

They asked a professional poet to spontaneously write about us.

Of course they pigged out on sushi and so many treats.

They're so fancy and while they were away...

We got to watch Star Wars, Episode 7, The Force Awakens. Mari and Teddy's 1st time!

Mama got to test drive my First Tech Challenge robot that simulates a Mars mission.

Mom learned how to make macaroons at work.   Lucky us she brought some home to share.