More Pickleball

My BIL joined Mark as a member at pickball club.  More bro time!  

Belated seafood dinner for Chris' bday. 

We all can't get enough of cutie baby Rae. 

Japanese for FFF dinner this week. 

Uni, tuna, crab, scallop, ikura ... yum!  

Amee's bday dinner. 

 

Hosana Wong, one of our fav guest speakers at church. Mari is excited to read her new book. 

Tough soccer week with 2 losses. 

Mari's daily matcha brew with her wooden whisk, come on over and she'll make you a cup. 

Flu bug got us this long weekend

Late post because I completely forgot due to Mark and I getting hit with the flu this weekend. We don't recall the last time we were hit so hard. I was in bed all day on Sunday. Luckily, we were only knocked down for 2 days. Not 100% yet but feeling much better. 

Mari scored her first goal for SCHS this week!  So proud of her. 

Lining up at 3:30 for 5p Japanese dinner at this mom and pop shop in SF. Going strong after 36 years.  No signage, only seating for 6-7. Likely only in biz for a few more years. 

Another yummy and fun monthly dinner with my siblings. So fun chatting with the sushi chef throughout the evening.  Next month, Tracy will home and we're inviting our +1s. Will be nice siblings table for 10!   

Mari's haircut with our fav stylist in Santa Clara. 

I was craving a Vietnamese "bento" and spring rolls as soon as I felt better. Hit the spot. 

 

Final week of holiday break

Mari celebrating her bday with friends 

Hot pot dinner with Tyler's gf visiting from Austin, TX 

SF tour 

Mari with part of her Philippines medical summer group 

Sending my mom and her sisters off to Asia at SFO 

Cousins breakfast after airport drop off 

Birthday double date with our neighbors 

 

This is 15

Our family tradition is bday boy/girl gets to plan the day. Mari planned a very yummy & fun day for us. Korean BBQ dinner was a hit.  

Sizzling plate lunch after church. 

Nice the 5 of us can be back at Echo Church together. 

Icicles for dessert just like when there were little. Then hide and seek game at home - Tyler won but I was a very close 2nd. I was the last to be found twice! 

Family came to Mari's soccer game. Bummer team loss but was nice for fam to watch the game. 

Post-game dinner with Gma & Gpa, first to see Mark's annual family video. 

Slumber party with Hawke and Chan cousins while their parents enjoy their dates. 

Girls building lego set 

Boys watching football 

Love cousins' time. 

Tucked kids in bed and waiting for their parents to come home from their midnight flight from Vegas. Don't mind my PJs, I'm very comfortable at my sister's home. 

Pickleball match with Mark's HS buddy. 

New Year's Eve party at our neighbors, so grateful for neighbors we've known for 20 years! 

We all live a few blocks from each other and used to walk our kids to school, now they are in college!  

Lunch outings.  These kids eat nonstop. Boys eat 2 double-doubles each. 

FFF - Ethan's famous meatloaf, discussing our love languages, Enneagram and Hearts card game. 

Afternoon boba run at Meet Fresh in our neighborhood.