Mini College Reunion

Once again, I have fallen way behind in my posting.  I am going to do my best to catch up.  The day after Christmas we drove to my friend’s house in Alhambra to meet up with my college roommates.  One of them lives in Pennsylvania, so it was a special visit!

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Please forgive this picture of a picture.  We had fun just talking and picking lemons and grapefruit from my friend’s tree.  We also played a lawn game called Kubb.

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Since we are not in Alhambra too often, we decided to also have dinner with my other friend who lives there.  She suggested Mama Lu’s Dumpling House.  We were excited to try a cheaper version of Din Tai Fung.  It was unbelievably crowded and the food was quite good.  However, both of the kids had allergic reactions!  We did not order any food with nuts, but there was major cross contamination going on there.  It was one of n’s worst episodes, but thankfully, he did throw up (in my trusty ziploc gallon bag that I had handy, in the car).  Thankfully, he was alright in the end, but we had to cut our dinner short.

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Christmas Eve/Morning 2015

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For Christmas Eve, we went to a Saddleback service with my sister’s family.  We then all had dinner at my parents’ house.

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We had my favorite food tradition–my mom’s log cake!

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I like making a big Christmas breakfast at home.  k and n do not wake up any earlier on Christmas, which I find strange!

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This Star Wars robe was one of n’s favorite presents!

 

 

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Christmas Eve @ Fashion Island

We pretty much avoided the malls before Christmas.  However, we thought it would be fun to walk around and look at the big Christmas tree at Newport’s Fashion Island on Christmas Eve day.  We went early, and it was not crowded at all!

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We made a stop at Starbucks.  Coffee for the parents, hot chocolate for the kids.

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Ruby’s Burger and Fries for $1.99!

In early December, we went to Ruby’s Diner to take part in their anniversary special of a burger and fries for $1.99.  We had to wait about 45 minutes since we had to wait for D to come home from work.  We weren’t too impressed with the burgers though.  I actually like In-n-Out’s better!

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“Half-time” for k!

Last month, k turned nine years old.  This was a bittersweet celebration since nine is half-way to eighteen years old!  How can that be?  This article about this milestone really resonated with me.  We were supposed to be in San Diego for her birthday, but D was sick, so we had to postpone our trip to the next week.  Although I did not enjoy being in the hospital just before Christmas when she was born, it is nice that she is usually on school break on her birthday now.

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This funny girl wanted pumpkin pie for her birthday dessert!

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Aquarium of the Pacific in December

I won a couple of sets of tickets to Aquarium of the Pacific, so we went to their holiday celebration.  We also were able to invite some friends to come along with us.

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We saw some feedings.

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This moray eel is so creepy!

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My favorite—penguins!

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When our friends came, the kids became braver about touching the animals.

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Well, maybe not that brave.  Look at the disgust!

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Our trip was cut somewhat short because one kid in each family was not feeling well.

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We did make a quick stop to slide down the small snow hill before leaving, though!

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D is in the Mazda Drive For Good® Event 2015 Commercial!

D went to Memphis to shoot this commercial.  You can only see him for about a second, but he’s the Asian American guy in the car, playing a salesman–haha.  We have yet to see this commercial on television, but plenty of other people have told us they saw it. 

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