Simple quality time

Louie sibs monthly date.  So happy they can catch up in person now. 

J helping make fried rice while sissy naps.  

Final product ... Lap chung fried rice with 63 degree runny egg. 

Back to school supply shopping ... surreal kids will be going back to school soon. 

Daddy daughter date at Jamba

Fun at the playground.  I'm so grateful for the very special bond these 2 have. 

Mark started Sunday Hoops last month

Mari on duty to tidy up her Girl Scout Troops' Little Library

 

Camping @ Kings Canyon

Beautiful day at the lake with my siblings (missing Tracy)!  So relaxing to be with water, trees, family and no internet / cell connection! 

Cousin love

Cousins water fight 

Mark paddling while I relax in the floaty. 

My turn to paddle, had a fun time out in the water with my sis. 

Camp site fun 

Dinner prep - so grateful for our uncles sharing all their cool camping gear  

Mari's spa with her girlfriends - face mask and nails. 

Student driver pumping gas.  

Fun cousins time and yummy meals

What a treat for kids and us - back to back weekend cousins sleepover. 

Mewies - thanks for feeding and entertaining kids this weekend.   They had a blast! 

Dropped off the kids and picked up the parents for dinner.  What a treat to catch up on a rare double date in good ol Pleasanton.  

Quiet dinner date at home - miso chilean sea bass & asian veggies

Mark's first work dinner 

Mari hosted her buddies for a waffle brunch.  Boy can these girls eat. 

Girls lucked out again with a "private" pool

Dinner with old friends from GrX - so nice to finally catch up. 

Lunch date with my favorite "co-worker" in the office.   

Chauffeuring these silly rising seniors ... watched some of them grow since kinder. 

Mari's girl scout buddies built this "Little Library" for students to swap books.  

 

Fun with Dad, Cousins and Friends

Ethan & Mark went to Big Al's for a lunch date. 

Tyler and Mark had a Japanese lunch picnic - sushi and ramen. 

Cousin Jacob vs. Tyler Blockas match. 

Mari's bowling and burgers outing with her neighborhood girlfriends. 

Yummy burgers at In & Out. 

High school boys Black Widow and poker night. 

Cousins sleepover ... football game. 

Mango sticky rice after a good football game. 

Taboo match 

2 special guests for this week's dim sum Sunday. 

DIY Sushi dinner 

 

Cousins pool party. 

Happy 4th

So grateful we can gather with family this July 4th.  Ethan made us yummy burgers. 

Tommy spent the week with us, J&O came over to help dog-sit. 

Mari's back in action with soccer practice. 

So nice to have Mari's friends over for dinner again. 

Boys are adding more helmets to the collection.  I have no idea who those guys are but glad it brings the boys so much joy to make them.  Not my decor style but hard to say no when they work so hard to make them.  

Who's this guy?

Summer art class ... another one in the making ... oh boy! 

Student driver off to pick up supplies to make more helmets. 

First time to Valley Fair mall in 2+ years.  It's a happening place with lots of yummy eats.  Had a fun shopping trip with Mari to pick up some summer clothes. 

Mari "graffiti'd" at the mall 

Raw oyster take out for the long weekend, been craving for a while. 

Monthly haircut for the 3 boys. 

Mari enjoying lunch with some neighborhood friends ... so grateful all her buddies live within 2 blocks.  Love how she can knock on doors to find friends to play with.