Ethan's Trojan adventure finally begins

Ethan wanted sushi for his farewell dinner.  

Left at 6a and made it down by noon for the big move. 

Room almost all set up. Nice room with a sink and lots of storage. 

New student convocation to welcome them to the Trojan Family. 

Got to hang out with our other Trojan between his busy work and social schedule. 

Visited Mark's high school buddy/groomsman/Trojan. 

When the boys were too busy to hang with us, we went on a foodie lunch tour - Korean rib soup, sushi rolls, ton katsu and boba all in 2 hours.

Tyler's USC friend hosted us and Mark's best man at the Magic Castle, invite only exclusive magic club.  We saw some amazing magic. 

Home sweet home for the weekend with only 1 kiddo under our roof. 

Gma/Gpa came over for dinner. 

Sunset walk with my dear neighbors 

Mari's STEM welcome potluck 

Teddy's loving dog sitter when we were moving Ethan down.  Thanks J & O! 

 

Slumber party with cousin Logan

Dinner in SF with Uncle Michael and Auntie Sarah.  Fun hanging out with the newly weds. 

Slumber party with Logan and he requested for Red Robin Burger 

Dim sum feast with Popo 

Ethan's farewell lunch with Gma/Gpa at Chllis while the rest of the fam is at work and school. 

Walking around the Sunnyvale campus after our vegetarian lunch date. 

Dinner and shopping at Ikea 

Bromanic date to celebrate Steve's bday.  Japanese dinner followed with ping pong match. 

Then (2002) and now.  Ring boy and flower girl are young adults now! 

 

This is 22

Happy 22nd to us! 

So happy all 5 of us were able to celebrate before Tyler flew back down to LA to finish his internship. 

Post dinner treat 

Omakake anniversary date - with 22 mini dishes. 

On our actual anniversary day, we celebrated with family along with birthdays, Singapore & USC send off. Enjoyed yummy banh mi sandwiches and BBQ. 

Wet pool fun 

Dry pool fun 

Ping pong, foosball and pool kept everyone busy.  Drinks kept everyone happy. 

Boba date - think they found a new favorite boba shop.  

Lil bro's wedding

So happy my favorite little brother is now married. 

Tyler came home for the weekend to celebrate.  Kiddos cleaned up pretty nicely - didn't recognize them.  

I was honored I could roast my baby bro for a few min.  

Bride and groom with their 7 nieces and nephews. 

Mark was in DC this week for work and visited his auntie and uncle at their new senior living community. 

Playing football with the boys.  So many plays to choose from.  

SC Send off - nor cal alumni hosted rising freshmen and parents to welcome us to the Trojan family.  Ethan won the trivia content (thanks to learning USC fun facts from Tyler). 

Meanwhile, these 2 went on a dinner date to the Melt. 

Boys joined Mark for Sunday Night Hoops. 

Then they went to watch Deadpool (for their 2nd time)