Comic Con & Girls Staycation

Mark and Ethan experienced their first Comic Con in San Diego Wed - Sun.  

Mark won a special lottery to see the premier of Deadpool Wolverine with cast panel 

Mari's back to school for 2 wks of STEM fun  

Girls' sushi night out 

Breakfast date 

Vietnamese dinner out 

Yummy noodles with soy milk 

Middle school buddies ... now living in East Bay and Texas 

From middle school to parenthood to these littles 

 

Teddy's neighborhood friends   

Summer Fun

Mother-daughter ceramics class ... we learned how to make a bowl and cup. 

Followed by sushi lunch 

Pho dinner with my sis.  Love our 1:1 time. 

Ramen with my middle school girlfriends. 

Spontaneous dessert with my neighbors  

Weekly lunch date, usually on Friday but this week we got a bonus one on Monday  

Father-daughter concert date 

Ethan's football playdate 

Ethan joining Mark for Sunday Night Hoops

3 new sun tunnels to help bring natural light inside 

Bathroom - before and after ... so much brighter! 

My first college football video game - I beat Stanford 28-0, Fight On! 

Louie family dinner with the Guererros ... missing Tyler (who's working in LA). 

Cousins at A's baseball game.  

Mari's Great America day with her STEMies.  Some fun before summer session starts on Monday. 

 

Monthly haircut for the boys.  

Rivermark Girls Camp

Mari had Rivermark Girls Camp this week.  I hosted Great America camp.  Grateful for this self-run camp with our neighbors since girls were much younger.   

Tea party camp 

Ceramics / painting camp 

Slurpee camp on 7/11! 

Mark's God parents took Tyler out for Japanese dinner, what a treat he got to spend time with them in So Cal.  They are big Bruin fans but were still willing to drive him back to USC after dinner.  

Guilty as charged again ... fell asleep watching TV.  We're watching Suits Season 2 now, such a witty show 

Another sleepyhead 

 

July 4th 2024

July 4th fireworks with our neighbors 

Date with my sister in SF - Lands End hike, yummy lunch, and great chats. 

Mark started a new team - Google Public Sector and now bikes to work occasionally to Sunnyvale office in his new electric bike from Google. 

2nd date with Mari to the mall to shop and eat. 

Ethan and Mari making BBQ chicken for dinner, yum! 

Louie cousin sleepover. 

Putting USA together kept them busy for about an hour. 

Mari's "core" workout class. 

Mark added a 3rd night of bball to practice shooting.