White Christmas

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

Cousins table of 7

Fun party games planned by Chan boys 

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

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

Skiing @ Heavenly 

Cousin fun in the snow 

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

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

Italian Christmas Eve dinner - party of 15 

White Christmas 

Cousins slumber party 

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

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

 

Boys are home

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

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

Prime rib dinner 

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

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

Avatar movie 

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

 

SF foodie tour

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

Then to Fillmore for some fresh raw oysters & seafood 

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

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

Mari ready to attack the ball 

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

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

Annual Cousins Christmas party

Santa fruit platter 

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

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

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

Celebrating Ilana's bday at Tofu Plus 

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

SCU Girls So Cal trip

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. 

Disneyland Main Street past midnight! 

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

Mari after 2-1 win. Team is 3-0. 

 

AYCE hot pot Celebration dinner 

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

Thanksgiving 2025

 

Wang family Thanksgiving - adults table 

Cousins table ... yummy prime rib 

Thanksgiving football game 

Louie family Thanksgivng - table for 25  

Football game with Teddy 

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

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

Family movie out to see Zootopia 

Taking boys to try our new fav boba place 

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

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

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. 

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