San Francisco October 2008

We were in San Francisco for a few days before Wendy and Charlie's wedding and since Yvonne's family was heading up to Napa that same weekend, she flew up a few days earlier with baby Sonia. In high school, we used to talk about the faraway day when our kids would hang out and here we were! It was way too short a visit, but thankfully, we will see them again in Taiwan in December. We then headed down to Livermore for Wendy and Charlie's wedding, which was an authentic cousin wedding in every way: the beautiful vineyard location, the gorgeous bride, the parking lot cousin shot, karaoke, and arm wrestling...always good times.

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Palm Springs October 2008

This year, we met with Nana, Holly, Keith and the boys, the Dixons, the Walters, and Ali and Vejas in Palm Springs. We rented a house with a big yard and pool and basically didn't leave for five days. As usual, Keith cooked delicious meals while the kids - Calvin, Charlie, Tyler, Austin, Riley, and Will - swam, played with play dough a record number of times, and watched Diego on a loop. We were able to spend time with Cousin Ian and Steph and their girls, Aidia and Kira, who were in town, too. Too bad we don't live closer or we would beg the girls to babysit Will all the time, as he took to them immediately. It was only five days, but they were perfect lounge-around days that made it feel like we had a proper summer. Thanks everyone for making it! We miss you already...Where to next year?

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First half of October 2008

The two weeks before we left for our belated summer trip to California were very hectic, as we closed on our apartment (our first home!) and moved all our things in. But we still found time for a great weekend celebrating Adrian's 3rd birthday by going to the park, Disneyland, and enjoying a wonderful catered dinner at Alex and Nanette's. We left for California the same day we moved our things into the apartment and though it felt harried, there was a real sense of excitement that when we arrived back home in two weeks, we would be HOME.

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