Every year we go to Aunty Helen’s for Christmas. There is always a ton of good food and catching up with the relatives. This year, Jalvin, Janell and Jarrin and Cindy and Todd provided entertainment by performing festive holiday jingles on the piano. Here’s some picture from the party.
Janell and Jarrin by the punch bowl.
Jalvin and Janell performing a duet on the piano.
Jonathan and Janell by the food spread. Mmm… So much food! I’m still recovering from it!
Every year, Jonathan, Elton, and I take pictures with Santa. This year, we took it at the Hawaii Humane Society with a Hawaiian Santa and Mrs. Clause. Elton and Jonathan wore their Hawaiian aloha shirt. Doesn’t Elton look super-dooper cute!
Hope everyone has a merry, jolly holiday.
This weekend was the Hawaii Kai Christmas boat parade. My family came over to our new home to celebrate the parade festivities. The kids spent the afternoon swimming in the pool, and after dinner, we all watched the parade together. Our home is on the parade route, so we had amazing front row seats from our back yard. No pictures from the parade– It was too dark and the boats were moving a little too fast for the camera– but the parade reminded me of the Disneyland electric light parade, but without Mickey and Minnie, and with big boats and lots of elves.
Jalvin, Janell and Jarrin playing in the pool.
Mom and dad with their Holiday headgear.
We visited Crystal in SF for Thanksgiving! She was a fabulous host and we had such a great time with family and friends. Here are some pics from our vaca.
Eating yummy garlic crab
Playing wii tennis– Mom and Dad are really good!
Crystal’s Thanksgiving feast! Mmmm… Salmon, duck, roasted vegis and a really, really good butternut squash soup.
We visited Tom and Attitaya in Berkeley and had Thai food and visited our old stomping ground.
At Sather Gate, UC Berkeley. Brings back a ton of memories! This time, I wasn’t carrying a 50 lb backpack or running to class!
Visiting the Hsia’s in Cuppertino
Good night Crystal!
Trick-o-treating with Jalvin, Janell and Jarrin Sato. Jenny was a pink fairy and Jonathan sported a new mohawk.
Crystal came down to Hawaii in October, and we did a ton of activities. We went kayaking, ATV-ing, body boarding, hiking, snorkeling, pumpkin picking, and even learned how to surf; we surfed on super big foam boards, and our teacher had to push us, but it was still a ton of fun!
ATV-ing!
At the shooting range
Mmmm… Shrimp truck and Kahuku corn…
Pumpkin picking in Ewa Beach
Mmmm… Fried ice cream!!!
Elton was sad that we left him alone a lot, but he recovered, and he loved playing with Auntie Crystal!
