February holidays

Halfway through February already and it's been a busy few weeks!

Last weekend we celebrated Chinese New Year. We experimented with making loh bak go and savory tong yuen and I have to say this is one time that our cooking efforts did not result in lip-smacking goodness. We likened the tong yuen to eating phlegm - it wasn't the chewy mochi consistency that it should be. And the loh bak go, while tasty, didn't set to the right firmness either. It was unfortunate because I have such fond memories of both dishes as a kid. My grandmother used to make vats and vats of loh bak go and it was so good freshly steamed and drizzled with soy sauce. And the tong yuen that she (and now my Uncle Albert) makes is a filling, yummy, warming bowl of soup each winter. Oh well, we'll try again next time!

Yesterday was Valentine's day and the girls have been hard at work on making their valentine's for their friends! Like last year, we decided to do home made valentine's again. Evie made Grammie's tollhouse cookies while Nora made confetti bookmarks. The kitchen was a disaster when they were done, but I think the end products turned out pretty good!

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Happy new year!!

Goodness, it's already 2025! It's been a really long time since we posted! We had a very lazy new year. We flew back from LA on the evening of the 31st so spent the last remaining hours of 2024 cozying up on the couch and then fell asleep before it even hit midnight! On New Years day, we slept in, cleaned up the house and then did a quick hike the next day. All in all, a good start to the year! Nora's new blanket hoodie. Cold and muddy trails. We're not in LA anymore! We hiked the Primrose trail that follows Coal Creek.

Alaska Cruise

We got back from our week long cruise to Alaska and ready to go again! We all had a great time but really the best part of our trip was all the family time we spent with my parents, Way and her family and Kin and his family. I think the last time we all vacationed together was back in 2015 when we all went to Kauai . It was so long ago that not all the littles had even been born yet! So yes, a big family vacay was long overdue. The kiddos loooooved spending time with their cousins, whether it was playing bingo or ping pong, or biking and hiking or just hanging out at meal time or playing mahjong. It helped that since we were all on vacation mode, we didn't push (too hard) on eating healthy or limiting screentime. It also really helped that the service on the ship was so accommodating to the kids and (pretty good) pizza, ice cream and drinks were available at all hours. I was happy with the ship we picked too. The Quantum of the Seas is nearly 20 years old (first sailed in 2014) bu...

Skateboarding

Evie got a skateboard recently so our usual scoot and bike nights now also include her skateboarding. Here's a short video of her, Scott and Nora rolling down the street.

Simpsons in Seattle

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