Baby Rae

Vietnamese spring roll dinner with cousins Alisa and Chris while Mari feeds Baby Rae .... can you see her at work in the background?

Love Rae's baby thighs 

Visit from more Chings the next day ... so fun to see them. 

Monthly Wang siblings dinner ... yummy Japanese udon. 

Monday pickleball doubles followed by dim sum.

73-13 win for USC's season opener ... great game, hope they can keep it up!  Most points scored by USC since 1930.  Lots of touchdowns to go around for team. 

 

Soccer fun

Sat girls won 7-0 and Sun lost 0-7. You win some, you lose some, all good. 

So fun seeing Mari in action. 

Paris mama hang out - trying to relive our Paris trip with yummy french food. 

Em's Be-lated bday dinner.  

A few of Mark's pickleball buddies ... his new fav activity. 

 

Bros enjoying burger dinner and some quality time together. So happy they are continuing our date tradition. 

High School here we come!

First day of high school with our carpool group. 

Celebrating 2 special Chan boys' bday 

Yay for enjoying a family dinner together the day before school starts. 

Mari's first soccer game with her new team, Santa Clara Sporting.  Love the backdrop of the soccer field. 

Our sporty soccer gal. First game tied 1-1.  

FFF - Ippodo Ramen followed by Pressed acai bowl for dessert. 

Mark played pickleball a few times this week. 

Dinner with my neighbors, lots to catch up on after a fun-filled summer. 

 

Louie5 in So Cal

We missed Ethan in Vietnam and Tyler in Prague.  So happy all 5 of us are together again! 

Santa Monica beach 

Hiked to see the Hollywood sign 

Family fun - board and card games at our hotel 

Celebrating our 23rd Anniversary with the kids. 

Back to school soon ... freshman, sophomore and senior!  Tyler's last year as a student. 

Breakfast at our hotel, great way to start our day! 

Ramen lunch with Tyler's friends after chruch. 

From basketball to pickleball court. 

 

First visit to Prague, Czech Republic and Berlin, Germany

After 2.5+ months, we are happy to reunite with Ethan, our Prague and Berlin tour guide.  Tyler stayed in LA to work. 

Czech meal for our first lunch. 

Hyatt Andaz breakfast, great way to start each morning.  

Philsner beer tour, informative and tasty 

Homemade Italian lunch 

Exploring the city via public transportation, so convenient.  

Ethan's apartment, shared with roomies from USC and UNC. Sounds like they created many fond memories together. 

Big Smoke BBQ - one of Ethan's favorite restaurants. Mari liked it so much that we went twice. 

Afternoon downtime playing Hearts in our suite's relaxing sun room. Grateful for free room upgrade.  

Beer crawl with Ethan. It was fun to meet his bartender buddies. He was sad that this would be his last pub crawl in Prague. 

 

Sleepyheads on our 4-hour ride to Berlin. 

So much history in Berlin. 

Memorial of the Murdered Jews @ Berlin.