A dodgeball tournament was organized at the Venice Japanese Community Center over the Thanksgiving weekend. It was a ton of fun, with kids, and adults, getting into the action. In fact, the adults seemed to be getting into it more than the kids. A mobile taco crew provided dinner and the evening was capped off… Read More »
We hosted Thanksgiving at our home for the first time in many years. For the past few years, Iris’ niece, Jennifer, had been hosting it, but this year, Jennifer and her husband, Edward, were in London over the Thanksgiving week. It was going to be a challenge, because our oven can’t accommodate anything very tall,… Read More »
Stephanie competed for El Segundo High in a multi-school surf meet in Hermosa Beach. Other schools competing were Redondo Union, Mira Costa, San Pedro, Palos Verdes, and South Torrance. Stephanie placed fourth in the Girls Long Board competition, beating out the surfer from Redondo Union and San Pedro. Also competing that day were Stephanie’s friends,… Read More »
Another quiet Halloween this year. We had maybe three dozen trick-or-treaters come by, mostly because our street is out-of-the-way and not too many houses seem to give out candy. Stephanie took Morgan and Morgan’s friend, Carolyn, to some of the busier streets in El Segundo to do their trick-or-treating. Earlier in the day, Ron took… Read More »
Stephanie competed in her first meet with the El Segundo High School Surf Team. The KO Classic Surf competition was held in Hermosa Beach and involved five other high schools: Mira Costa, Redondo Union, San Pedro, South Torrance and Palos Verdes.
Stephanie and Morgan were invited by their friend, Lena, to the Miley Cyrus Wonderworld Tour concert at the Honda Center in Anaheim. They had excellent seats off to the side.
We took Stephanie’s friend, Kimberley Davey, who was over on a holiday from England, to Disneyland for the evening. It happened that the Sangha Teens from Venice Hongwanji Buddhist Temple were also at Disneyland for the day, so the girls were able to join up with them, and Morgan had a friend to go on… Read More »
Once again, we traveled to Las Vegas for the annual Hollywood Dodgers basketball tournament. We stayed at the Desert Paradise Resort, but this time booked a two bedroom unit. The Angels won one game, while the Ponies were shutout this year, but we all had fun just being in Las Vegas. For more pics, click… Read More »
Morgan attended LABCC (Los Angeles Buddhist Coordinating Council) camp again this summer. This was her second year, and it was a summer activity that she was very much looking forward to. This year’s camp was again up at Camp Morningside in the San Bernadino mountains, up by Big Bear. Morgan was put into the G8… Read More »
One of Ron’s cousins, Beth Gee, was married to Danny Lau in a beautiful outdoor ceremony in Burbank. Later that evening, there was an elaborate reception, complete with Lion Dancers, in San Gabriel. Kids were well taken care of, with a separate play area for the young ones, and tattoo painters applying some cool designs.… Read More »