Easter 2024

Siblings dinner - Burmese food in San Mateo this month, thanks Jen!  

Weekday lunch date with this kiddo who's "trying" to fight senioritis 

Cousins dinner.  Chris & Alisa - thanks for the yummy katsu!  

Bday celebration with my dear neighbors 

Happy 7th Teddy 

Chlouie annual Easter Egg hunt

Happy Easter! 

 

Santa Clara High - battle of the classes.  Ethan with his buddies.  Major upset, seniors did not win. 

Hosting exchange students

Introduced our exchange students to In & Out Burger. 

Red Robin - Japanese girls' favorite was the mozzarella sticks and freckled lemonade. 

Boba 

With my Aunties and Uncles for my Grandma's 100 days post passing Buddhist service 

Cousin sports time & slumber party

 

Tyler's friend works at the Magic Castle in LA and invited buddies for a magical evening. 

K-Pop concert, bday celebrations and hosting Japanese students

Mari's very first concert, Mark's first K-pop concert, IVE in Oakland. 

Post late-night concert breakfast at 11a :) 

As usual we couldn't stop talking and were the last ones to leave. 

So many yummy ban-chan (Korean side dishes). 

Bday Sushi dinner with my in-laws. 

Ma Jung with my neighbors. Newbie luck, I won't 2 out of 3 games. 

Ethan's new read for Gpa Book Club. 

Bday dinner with my sissy in-laws. 

Bday date with Sista Jen. Was craving Kalbi Tang since our last date. 

Our 3 Japanese daughters for the week.  

Celebrating cousin Bryan's bday. Miss our old housemate, was nice to catch up and grub.

Tyler went to Hume Lake for Spring Break Retreat with his Christian Club and had a blast.  Playing broom hockey here. 

 

This is 46

                                         

Grateful for so many family and friends who spoiled me for my bday month. 

Neighbors came over with a beautiful cake. 

Double date with our awesome buddies who's 2 kiddos are good friends with Ethan and Mari. 

They crawled into our bed to wish me a happy birthday with thoughtful cards.  Rare occasion that these teens want to snuggle, melted my heart. Got to video chat with Tyler. 

Hong Kong style bday brunch. 

Bday hike 

Traditional Japanese dinner, can't get enough of Japanese food. 

Lunch date with Mommy for my bday weekend.  

Hailey and Kylie's amazing Aladain performance. 

Celebrating mom and dad's wedding anniversary. 

OG Louie family dinner 

 

Mari's school soccer season ended in a big upset during Championship game loss 0-1 after being undefeated all season. Chin up!   

Dune 2 

Quality time and yummy meals

Early bday celebration with part of my fam - was such a simple and sweet gathering ... lots of laughter then sent the senior and juniors home then chatted until almost midnight.  Most precious gift to me - quality time and yummy food in my tummy :) 

Siblings night out (this time our +1 was invited).  Yummy dinner in SF Chinatown.

Followed by Rich AF show with fellow yellow personal finance influencer.  Show was quite funny and love the work Vivian Tu's doing to educate about personal finance. 

Ramen dinner with my middle school girlfriends ... celebrating our bdays since we were 12 years old, Mari's age. 

Vietnamese 7-course beef with my neighbors. From kinder drop off to empty nesting (for some), boy does time fly. 

Korean with church buddies.  My fav is always the side dishes ;) 

Ox Tail pho dinner date with my (not so) lil bro. 

Friday night Pepper Lunch dinner 

Sunday after church Sizzling Lunch ... so much better than Pepper Lunch. Plate is much hotter so the rice gets really krispy, so yummy with the beef and sauce.  Will come again. 

Weekly Friday lunch date - Vietnamese chicken jook, noodles and salad. 

Mark waking Ethan up for church.