Camp Musubi
Morgan is attending Camp Musubi this week. The program is part educational and a lot of fun, with the focus on the Nikkei (Japanese immigrant) culture. This year, participants will be visiting Tanaka Farms in Orange County.
Family
Cast Off
Stephanie gets her cast off after a little more than four weeks. Now she’s in a walking cast, and she can start moving her foot around & exercising it a little. In case you missed the previous post, Steph had broken her ankle in the first game of the San Diego Classic, a basketball tournament… Read More: Cast Off »
LABCC 2010
Morgan attended LABCC (Los Angeles Buddhist Coordinating Council) camp again this summer. This was her third 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. The turnout was much smaller this… Read More: LABCC 2010 »
Dinner with Vickie
We had dinner with Vickie Johnson LaFleur. Vickie was the sister of Ron’s best friend growing up, Randall, who passed away in 1990. Vickie and Ron’s sister, Julie, were getting together with three other high school friends for a trip to Las Vegas later in the week, but here we’re having dinner with Julie’s girls;… Read More: Dinner with Vickie »
Stephanie Breaks Ankle
Stephanie suffered a fracture in her fibula during the first game of the San Diego Classic. We first thought it was a bad sprain, but we took her to an urgent care office that night and the x-ray showed a fracture. Stephanie stayed in San Diego for the rest of the tournament, and we went… Read More: Stephanie Breaks Ankle »
Venice Obon 2010
As was the case last year, Stephanie couldn’t make the Obon Festival at the Venice Hongwanji Buddhist Temple. Her high school team was playing in the San Diego Classic during the same weekend. Morgan, Iris, & Ron had plenty to do, though, helping out at the Dango booth, the Udon booth, Chicken Teriyaki booth, Snow… Read More: Venice Obon 2010 »
Seau
As part of our trip to San Diego for the San Diego Classic, the El Segundo High School Girls Basketball Team had lunch at Seau’s Restaurant in Mission Valley. The girls punked their coach by telling the waitress it was her birthday.
4th of July in Hanford
Ron and Stephanie drove up to Hanford to join Morgan for the 4th of July. Morgan had been spending the previous week there with the Gongs. Stephanie couldn’t go up earlier because her high school basketball team was running a booth at Rec Park as a fund raiser. Iris decided she didn’t want to drive… Read More: 4th of July in Hanford »
4th of July Booth
The El Segundo High School girls basketball team held a fund raiser at the 4th of July celebration at Recreation Park in El Segundo. They sold Chinese Chicken Salad, Spam Musubis, and baked goods.
Run For Education 2010
Ron, Stephanie, and Morgan ran the Run For Education, which is a 5K run through the streets of El Segundo. This is the second year Morgan has run the race; she gets extra credit for PE when she runs, so there’s some motivation for her. Ron and Stephanie have run this for several years. It’s… Read More: Run For Education 2010 »