4 years of skating photos

2018 going backwards to 2015. They are so grown.

Volunteering today at Starr king

I made copies, filed coursework and helped boiled "tang yuan" the kids made for New Years. "Tang yuan" is a Chinese Dessert. The kids put chocolate chip or cheese inside and then boiled and served with sweet water. This is what alexis made today

Happy birthday Alexis

My big girl Alexis, pls don't grow up anymore. It's going by too fast. You have changed our lives when you were born seven years ago. Mommy is so happy to spend so many silly, happy, funny moments with you. Thank you for making our lives amazing! Happy birthday !!
Mommy

Alexis first birthday in 2012

Time flies. This album was from six year ago when my little one turned just 1 years old. We had a nice lunch with all of Jaime's high school friends and family.

Today we will be meeting up with jaime high school friends again for a xmas celebration.

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Lei

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I Will Surprise My Friend by Mo Williams

Alexis LOVES Mo Williams. She has read almost all his books and loves to read them to me. Here is the first one I was able record. So cute!

via https://youtu.be/6hnJP7BNOec

Happy birthday Bito

Isabel spent over an hour making this card. It's brilliant and detailed oriented. Happy birthday Bito!

Cool diy photography

Found it on wechat sent from my family in china

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Happy thanksgiving.

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Family ayce hot pot lunch

Took 3 months to find a day that worked for ro gary and Noel and anna. But worth the wait. ;-)

Great first night in vegas

Been awhile since jaime and I had a couples vacation. We arrived in vegas tonight. While flight was delayed a little, everything else was great
-smooth uber rides. Great drivers and very little wait
- ayce sushi at Yama sushi. Solid experience. Great nigiri. Other stuff was okay
- $30 per hour full body massage. The bomb! So relaxed
- upgraded room with strip view

I am here for a conference next week so got here early to get some adult time. ;-)

My Girls love chess

Both Alexis and isabel have beat me at chess. I am definitely not very good but love the fact they love playing.

What happens when you don’t give an iPhone to your child when dining out

My kids loves to draw and write. So instead of pulling out my iPhone always to give them while waiting for our food at a restaurant. I make sure I always have a pen or pencil. In this case I forgot paper but Alexis was creative to use the napkin. I am so blessed to have such creative and loving kids. ;-)

Isabel the author

Isabel wrote this story for her fifth grade English class. I must be biased but it was a page turner and so descriptive. I loved it. See for yourself. ;-)

Isabel and Alexis latest creations

This is isabel's creation posted on the school wall. She dreams to be an artist who sketches, paints and sculpts. So creative. The next one is a book made by Alexis. So cute.

Nice weekend visit form my parents

My parents came on Friday to visit a Chinese doctor for my dads knee. It went very smoothly and we had a chance to enjoy quite a bit food - Vietnamese, ayce buffet and Korean bbq - gained a few pounds but worth it ;-)

Isabel’s robot in a maze

Isabel did a similar program and she added some sound effects with also a victory dance at the end

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Alexis plays with robots

I took both kids to creativity museum today. They both love playing with robots in this maze. Here is how Alexis programmed her robot. ;-)

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Pretty nails day

Since we were all having the post vacation blues, I told the kids we can paint their nails this week. I have to say they got pretty creative with the designs they chose

Summer holidays day 10 - back to Venice beach

Since it was our favorite beach, we went back for more sun, waves and good food. I loved the poke shack nearby. Fresh tuna and salmon with all kinds of veggies. We also rode the waves more today by walking more into the ocean and jumping around when the waves came. Alexis felt the safest on my back and the water was fairly shallow. Kids Loved it. Next time we will have to bring a boogie board to try.

We wrapped our last day with dinner and drinks in Venice beach at surfside cafe before going home to watch a movie and pack.

Both kids LOVED the vacation. Alexis counted down everyday and was super sad as we got closer. Our airbnb was perfectly located for good food, beach, and shopping. I will look into coming back for a month next summer. ;-)

What Alexis did - my gym in LA

While isabel and I were away at universal studios, Alexis had fun with agnes at a nearby Mygym with little zip line and Play area

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Day 8 - Venice beach

This turned out to be our favorite beach with easy pay parking, great tourist shops and cheap eats.



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Summer holiday day 4 and 5 - swimming and shopping

I realized we didn't take that many picture on Sunday and Monday.

Sunday involved
- walking around our area - found a great popsicle store, and a local farmer market - got books for kids, tacos, yummy yogurts and sweet nectarines.
- swimming in the complex. Huge Olympic size pool just steps from our building at plaza level. The kids probably spent 3 hours. Met some cool neighbors who shared mimosas and grilled chicken plus local tips.

Monday - daddy had to work so good day for us to go Site seeing and shopping. We drove through rodeo drive but didn't stop and was headed to the grove for shopping. On the way we got distracted by a mall that had all the discount shops - Marshall's, Ross, tj max, Nordstrom rack. Ended up spending 4 hours there. Had ayce soup and salad. Kids loved the free soft serve included.

We ended up eating dinner close to home at a place called Tokyo fast food. Yelp did it again. It was a hole in the wall with great Japanese food. The server there is Caucasian who speaks Japanese fluently. The chef is Japanese and food was huge portions, delicious and very inexpensive. ;-).