Sunday, December 28, 2025

White Christmas

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Belated Wang Christmas after Tahoe - adult table. Hawkes made a yummy dinner for us again!   

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Cousins table of 7

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Fun party games planned by Chan boys 

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Our "Christmas Tree" winner with 30 "ornaments."  

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Unwrapping gifts for prizes followed by conversations filled with laughter that made my stomach hurt!  

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Skiing @ Heavenly 

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Cousin fun in the snow 

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And then someone ended up in the ER with an elbow injury ... luckily no fracture ... some ice and time will heal 

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I'm so happy whenever the 5 of us are together.  

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Italian Christmas Eve dinner - party of 15 

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White Christmas 

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Cousins slumber party 

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49er game ... wow down to the last second but we got the W

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These boys sure can eat!  Dinner break after each quarter for some. 




 

Monday, December 22, 2025

Boys are home


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Boys made it home just in time to help babysit cousin Rae. 

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Mari loves it when Rae is over, even at 6:30a.

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Prime rib dinner 

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Christmas party with our neighbors, filled with green elephant gifts, games and cash prizes. 

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Boys finally get to see Mari's soccer game, unfortunately it was her first loss, but it was an exciting game. 

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Avatar movie 

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Made it to Tahoe.  First dinner is pho to warm us up. 
 

Sunday, December 14, 2025

SF foodie tour


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SF foodie tour date on Wed.  Started in Chinatown for some yummy won ton noodle soup follwed by matcha dessert. 

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Then to Fillmore for some fresh raw oysters & seafood 

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West Portal for sushi - uni and toro was so yummy! 

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Mari's SCHS varsity team is undefeated and won the Silicon Valley Christmas Tournament. 

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Mari ready to attack the ball 


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Annual SCU holiday party @ the Abars. So many fun games and college stories shared. 

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Some of the SCU ladies. Missed those who couldn't join. 

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Annual Cousins Christmas party

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Santa fruit platter 

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Puzzle time ... 1000 pieces ... maybe they got through 40 ;) 

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Football time ... don't know how they can watch 4 games at once. We had many 49ers fans and 1 Rams fan.  

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Friday comedy night while Mari has her robotics team meeting. Zarna was so funny!  

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Celebrating Ilana's bday at Tofu Plus 

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Bros night out at Ono's Hawaiian BBQ, a break between final exams 

Sunday, December 7, 2025

SCU Girls So Cal trip

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SCU girls' annual Christmas Camp trip ... this year we went to visit Minnie!  So special to hangout with my college girls sharing old stories and current adventures and challenges. We were at each others' weddings, housewarming, baby showers and now college kiddos send offs. 

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Disneyland Main Street past midnight! 

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So Cal foodie tour, so much yummy food in Orange County area. 

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Mari after 2-1 win. Team is 3-0. 

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AYCE hot pot Celebration dinner 

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Mark's boys night out with his buddy from high school. 


Sunday, November 30, 2025

Thanksgiving 2025


 

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Wang family Thanksgiving - adults table 

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Cousins table ... yummy prime rib 

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Thanksgiving football game 

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Louie family Thanksgivng - table for 25  

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Football game with Teddy 

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Afternoon Matcha date with Tyler before family comes over for Thanksgiving dinner 

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Love it when all 5 are home, rare occasion now so I treasure it when we have a full table. 

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Family movie out to see Zootopia 

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Taking boys to try our new fav boba place 

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My barber shop is open ... and there's a line for my (free) service ;) 

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Mari had her first high school soccer game and SCHS won 4-1!  


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We drove boys back to USC for Tyler's last home football game as a student. He's very proud of his perfect attendance @ all home football games x 4 years!  If only he can say that about school.  Way to end Tyler's "colllege football career" with a 29-10 win against rival UCLA. 

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2 college boys and a high schooler, but forever my babies you'll be!