My sister gave birth last Friday to a little boy named Lucas (weight: 6 lb 5 oz length: 19 3/4″). I visited the hospital around the time of her delivery and saw the baby being taken into the nursery. Later on in the evening, the rest of our family went […]

Yesterday after dinner, I was cutting watermelon and hand feeding the kids a couple bites here and there when they said the following to me:
Wesley: “You’re the best mommy I ever had!”
And of course I had to give him a super big hug for that. This was also an affirmation of sorts for my […]

Julia and I went to pick Emily up at her dorm on Friday to take her to SFO. We moved out all the blankets/pillow/fan/lamp/etc. that was borrowed from my home to the car while she finished packing the rest of her stuff. She had post-its in an array of bright colors covering most of […]

Since my cousin was only going to be at Stanford for another few weeks, we decided that this would be the perfect weekend to take her out. The students were barred from leaving campus with other guardians the past 2 weekends so for this weekend, we decided to take her up to SF. […]

My Uncle, Aunt, and cousins came to stay with us a few days after their whirlwind tour of the West Coast. They first visited my Aunt in Las Vegas and Mt Zion before heading over to my parents’ place in Southern California. Then after 5 days at my parent’s place, they headed over our […]

Alex’s sister gave birth to a baby boy this past Sunday, so now we have a nephew, finally. He came in at 6 lbs. 10 oz. and both mother and baby are doing well. Congratulations to the Kwong family!

My cousin Emily (one of the flower girls at my wedding) just informed me today that she got an early acceptance to her number one choice school (Princeton University) so she isn’t even going to bother applying to any other schools. Imagine that luxury! Congratulations Emily… this achievement is well deserved!

I’ve been meaning to post this for some time now, but kept forgetting to (sorry Suzanne and others) so finally here it is….
A while back, my cousin Jane and husband Michael sent us an autographed copy of a really great reference book that pretty much changed our perception of reading aloud to kids. These are […]

My sister gave birth on Saturday to a baby girl at the Los Robles Hospital in Thousand Oaks.  Both baby and mom are doing fantastic and I’m so excited to have another niece in the family.  My mom says that the baby looks a lot like her older sister but has a slightly rounder face.  […]

so, i’m feeling mischevious now that i have access to this blog. for now though, i just wanted to give an official hello to cousins nicholas and wesley from serene. she’s looking forward to halloween, and has been practicing saying “rockstar” (with one arm up in the air) for her big day on monday. after […]