FFF - Hold Em

Family Fun Friday - Texas Hold Em 

Santana Row for shopping and dessert with our Japanese students plus Mari and her buddy. 

Sad to say Sayonara to my 2 host daughters - they wrote us such a sweet note. 

Vietnamese lunch date with Mom 

USC weekend for Ethan - Welcome virtual event from USC and Marshall Biz School plus swag in the mail. 

Double Thai lunch date with our awesome friends/neighbors. 

Mark visited his best man Sam in So Cal. 

Mark didn't get to see Tyler during his quick LA trip but had a quick video chat. 

 

Potentially another Trojan & hosting 2 Japanese exchange students

Ethan found out on Friday he was accepted to USC, one of his top college choices. He opened it with Tyler and checked his results at the exact same spot as big bro for good luck, it worked!  

Sushi dinner to celebrate Ethan's big achievement (only 7% were accepted).  College applications are a ton of work - so happy he's seeing some great early results. 

Ethan's desk area - Hook Em or Fight On?  Family trip to Austin, TX in Feb to help Ethan decide. 

Hosting 2 Japanese high school exchange students for the week. Showing them around SF. 

Dim Sum picnic @ Palace of Fine Arts 

Boba guys and Japantown 

SF classic - clam chowder bowl 

Dessert time 

Ethan and friend's escape room fun 

Surprising a dear neighbor/friend for her bday 

Girls night out - terrarium class and Chinese dinner to celebrate 2 special Jan bdays! 

 

Weekend with nephews

Mark had a slumber party with my nephews in SF while their parents were out of town

Family fun Friday game night 

Ping pong rally with L

Red Robin lunch ... lots of bottomless fries and rootbeer float. 

Off the park 

Chicken pho for dinner 

 

Tokyo, Osaka & Hiroshima

49er fans 1st meal in Tokyo, Ramen Nagi 

Imperial Palace

"Louie" gate

Kids made "tempura"

USC holiday bowl - yay for a W 

View from Google's 35th floor 

Sushi time 

Lunch with Rika, student who studied at SCU when I studied at her University in Tokyo. 

Dinner cruise with the Yoshinos

Such a nice reunion, brings back so many fond memories!  

Rivermark meet up

Restaurant seats 9, we took up 5 seats 

Osaka Castle 

Tori gates at Miyajima 

Home sweet home - Bday girl wanted pizza takeout for her bday dinner 

No time for jetlag - gotta host Mari's bday party the next day 

And then family party ... so nice to see everyone again!