This is 47

Mommy took me out on my bday for yummy Vietnamese lunch.  My favorite bday gift is quality time with my dear friends and family. Grateful for all those I get to spend time with.  Excited to go out with my siblings soon. Missed the boys but grateful for their sweet bday calls. 

Mark was out of town so Mari took me out for a bday dinner date at Bennihana - she's fancy and ordered Japanese wagu. 

Dinner with my awesome neighbors.  Yummy food + great convo = my fav gift. 

My girls since the 6th grade!  We always have so much fun catching up and reminiscing about middle and high school together!  35+ years of friendship. 

Ethan is in Dubai for Spring Break with his business school. He has been taking a class studying Dubai business and will be visiting 10+ business and experiencing the culture during his 1.5 week trip.  

Jetski-ing in Dubai waters - grateful Ethan gets these opportunities with USC. I love abroad experiences. 

Family chat before Tyler disconnects for his week long Christian Challenge retreat with some of his awesome college buds for Spring Break.  

Vietnamese dessert after Mari's group project meeting - we're so excited to go to DaNang this summer for Aunty Tracy and Uncle Royston's wedding! 

Celebrating a new family member - so excited for our growing family! 

Mark enjoying dinner with his dear Auntie Linda and Uncle Gil in their senior home dining hall. Sounds like Mark wants to move there when he's old enough. 

FFF (family foodie friday) this week was at Tofu House, a perfect meal for a rainy day. 

Soccer Championship

Middle school girls soccer champions! 

Soccer players with their parents. So grateful for an awesome season. 

FLL Regional Tournament.  Won 3rd place innovation award (out of 42 teams). 

Yummy bday dinner with my girlfriends. 

Grand Uncle Jim (Gpa's bro) invited the boys to see UCLA vs. USC men's bball game. 

Quiet dinner date at home while Mari prepares for her robotics tournament and before Mark leaves for DC biz trip. 

 

Cheers to quality time with F&F.

2 more families joined us for FFF (Fun Foodie Friday) after middle school soccer game. They had their first lost of the season but dinner cheered them up. We had yummy Korean food together - my fav was all the banchan (side dishes). 

Cheers to 3 soccer players + dedicated soccer dads.  

Louie siblings night out.  Nice that Mike has time to hang with his siblings. 

(USA) Wang sisters day out ... lunch and coffee.  Miss you sister Tracy! 

 

Mark + Ethan (HS buddy) + Steve (BIL) @ a Stanford sporting event. 

Mark hosting church friend and his bro visiting from Rwanda.  

Ski week staycation for Mari

Breakfast with future bro in law who just landed from Asia for his first week of work with OpenAI (ChatGPT).  So nice to spend quality time together. 

Mari wanted to bring home this sweet new friend. 

Boys sent us a picture of their bro-mantic weekend lunch date. Melts my heart that they choose to spend time together and catch up on their college shenanigans. Hope they're keeping each other out of trouble. Grateful they are tour guide co-workers and Ethan joins Tyler's Christian Challenge events.  

Trivia Night for a work event in SF- we won first place (with some help from Gemini)! 

Pickleball fun with Mark's Google Christian fellowship group. 

Boba and skincare shopping date. 

Mari had the week off school ... pho lunch and shopping date. 

Long FFF tradition (Family Fun Friday) has now been rebranded to Fun Foodie Friday ... where we go out to try new restaurants. This Friday Mari and her foodie gf wanted to try Olive Garden. We all enjoyed their garlic breadsticks.  Alfredo and chicken parmesan were yummy too.  

Mari's pitch for wanting an Instagram account ... we did not agree. 

Mother-daugher duo caught on camera getting our beauty rest while watching Steve Jobs documentary. 

Teddy loves snuggling with his favorite sister. 

Valentine and Bday celebration

Celebrating teenage twins!   

Lots of wagu to celebrate our favorite twins 13th

Meadowlark, Pleasanton's hotspot 

Galentine with neighbors

Slumber party with Tommy while his parents went to Club 33 @ Disneyland. 

Mari's bathroom progress - no more wall between toilet and sink area.  

 

Mark's 14th Annual NBA Trip

Mark's 14th annual NBA trip with his boys.  4 days, 4 nights: Sac > Portland > Phoenix > LA
Here's Mark with his bestman Sam + Alex and his bestman Jimmy. 

KBBQ 

They all agree it's their favorite stadium ... super high tech and efficient 

Meet up with the boys on their last stop at USC campus. 

Louie boys 

Remodeling our master bathroom. Been great to us the last 20 years. Looking forward to many more years of sharing this bathroom with Mark.   

 

Year of the Snake

New Year celebration with the Louies. 

Uncle Bryan and the kids collecting red envelopes. 

FFF dinner this week was at MuMu hot pot, perfect meal for a rainy evening. 

Girls night  out with my neighbors for Thai food. 

Our college boys having a bro-mantic Wing Stop dinner.  Love that they can share their college experience together and watch out for each other. 

Mari helped her middle school team score a goal this week. Team is now 2-0!