first christmas get-together was hosted by karen and colay. it was wonderful catching up with old friends and making new (little) ones.
we paid a visit to stanford university, which was only a short drive away in palo alto. rodin sculpture garden beautiful facade of the stanford memorial church back at home, rebecca spent time with her cousins… since we would be travelling the next day, derek and jennifer cooked a delicious early thanksgiving dinner! it was read more
with joe finished with his conference, we had one day to do some sightseeing as a family. first we stopped by alamo square for a view of the famous “pink ladies”, a row of victorian houses, with the city in the background. architecture was generally very interesting, especially when virtually everything is built on a read more
day three. while joe was still busy at the conference, rebecca and i were able to spend the day with our family. first we went to the beautiful japanese tea garden in golden gate park. jadon checking out the coy fish. i loved the beautiful trees. then we went to the embarcadero where we enjoyed read more
helen is visiting us this week in chapel hill! after church we went to “weathervane restaurant” for an authentic southern brunch, complete with biscuits and grits. i think the waiter thought we were a bit dim for asking “what are grits?”, a southern staple. but now we know, it’s kind of like a porridge made read more
a lovely parisian mid-morning snack with my bff at faubourg in kerrisdale. freshly made pain au chocolat and apple spice cake.
rebecca got her hands on a red balloon (the one that she read about from goodnight moon, of course), which meant good times with grandma T and grandaunt K.
a belated post for joseph’s birthday from a week or so ago. derek and priscilla flew up from california for just a couple of days. rebecca got to play with her cousin and her new octopus. then derek took us out to an amazing italian dinner at campagnolo. it was quite the feast!
shyla turned three and invited rebecca (and her parents) to a princess-themed birthday party. there were many little princesses running around having a great time, including rebecca who had her own golden tiara.
we celebrated grandma L’s birthday a few weeks ago at cousin elizabeth’s home, together with joseph’s other cousin simon visiting from ireland. we enjoyed a delicious and beautiful french themed lunch (complete with french onion soup!) and cake on her back porch. happy belated birthday mom!