"Leo" by Alexis. An original composition

Another original by Alexis. This song is for Leo the (neighbor's) cat.

via http://youtu.be/VswxOIVMo2s

"Go To Market" by Alexis. An original composition.

Alexis' 1st original composition (February 2016). It is entitled Go to Market.

via http://youtu.be/zPb4uOzPlrk

Alexis @ AcroSports

Alexis having fun in her Tumblers class at AcroSports.

via http://youtu.be/E90snWHfdL4

Big girl Lexi can do her own seatbelt

Miss independent. She gets upset if you try to help her. Love the spirit.

via http://youtu.be/lpgZUuLbWnM

Happy to finish Giants race 10k on sept 11 2016

I didn't train and didn't sleep that much but had an amazing time at the run. I am so glad both Agnes and my colleague talked me into the signing up.

We walked to the starting line in the dark and started at 709am with thousands of people. It's always awesome to run on the blocked streets. Energy was electric and contagious.

We started slow to warm up the first 5k like 10:30 per mile, which is actually faster than when I run by myself. Once we turned to come back I started to run much faster. I was worried my calves would be strained but I think the walk and the first 5k warm up did the trick.

I am super happy with my results. Under 10 min mile. The high after is like no other. I am hooked. Next one is turkey run 5k and then Jan 15k. Gotta train this time. i will because I said I would. :-)

Alexis @ AcroSports

Lexi at her Tumblers class

via http://youtu.be/vDsh_qJoHOE

3 stars for isabel for creating this for Alexis

Isabel on her own initiative designed and created this tracing template for Alexis in English and Chinese.

Alexis love it and I love the creativity. Good job isabel

One night stay at Livermore

We went to visit Bita and bito yesterday in San Ramon and stayed overnight in Livermore.

We got adjourning rooms at the courtyard Marriott free with my points. Kids loved it. Alexis emphatically said "I love my new home". She is adorable.

We then went to the outlet mall this morning. What a zoo. Didn't get too many deals but was fun. Now jaime is driving us home. Happy Sunday!

Isabel and Alexis first camping trip

Thanks to Agnes and to our neighbor who lend us most of the equipment, we want camping for the first time with the kids. They had a blast and slept really well. We had a pretty good time as well although didn't sleep too much - need more padding next time.

The potluck dinner and breakfast was amazing. Marinated salmon, gourmet burger, marinated chicken, bread and cheese, duck and chicken from Chinatown. Etc. it was decadent. We cooked cheese tortellini with sausage. A big hit for the kids and then of course smores - graham cracker, chocolate and roasted marshmallows. ;-)

I think we will be back next year. It was about 80 min drive from our house and completely cut off from phone reception. Quite awesome.