Got some lobsters for an Easter dinner with friends.

With hot pot, too!

At the driving range quite a bit…

Prepping for on course sessions.

Art Day @ school!

And then grandparents + Auntie Glo unexpectedly showed up. :)

Mommy loved this cafe…

But they were still hungry so tacos it was a few doors down.

Grandma enjoyed Balboa Park and all the plants, flowers, greenery.

Jet lag hit Grandma pretty hard but we took Grandpa around… (Wearing Daddy’s hat, haha).

Climbed to a nook while waiting for us.

They’re off to Texas for a few weeks but will be back in SD afterwards.

Fun robotics event @ the library with friends.

Parents were invited on campus for student performances.

As per usual, SGV stop otw up to Mammoth for all the Asian drinks/eats!

Typical Chinese cash only bien dang place. :D

Fam in TW has been going to Puli a lot recently so sent them this and their comment was “Why is it so expensive?” Haha.

Overnighted in Lone Pine to break up the drive… and finished our takeout for dinner.

Then rolled into our nice loft for the week!

Daddy’s boot edge split and now Mommy’s bottom tread fell off. Our gear is getting old… as are we. ;-P

Daddy had limited vacay due to the new gig so it was Mommy and son boarding for a few days + some intermediate coaching for E. At least Y’s able to work remotely… digital nomad life.

Not enough snow to ski in/out so it was a bit of a workout to walk to/from the closest lift (w/ some scrambling involved… w/ a board… in altitude, lol).

Coach Dusty was awesome! The other kiddo was also from SD and they got along well.

Coach Max showing them a snowboarding mobile game he’s coding.

Mommy had a few days of solo riding.

And then he tried the cornice! Made it down w/ turns… Atta boy. :))

Another black. NBD now.

Woolly, we’ve missed ya!

After E’s lessons, it was more snowboarding w/ Mommy.

Some days Daddy logged off early and joined us for a few runs.

And then he started to really like the cornice and went down it again… and again!

Feeling pretty accomplished.

Another Woolly sighting!

Daddy attempting another Michelin star tonkatsu ramen, haha.

Dim sum to go otw back home to SD…

Remember Mommy wanted to eat these the other day @ Sea Life? :))

WTH??? How did we get to NINE? It’s like yesterday we were just celebrating 9 MONTHS and here we are… Blessed by the boy he has become, is becoming – through his creativity, art, Legos, love of reading, tennis, golf, piano, swimming, hiking, snowboarding. You are jovial, joyful, friendly, fun, thoughtful… w/ a splash of teenager thrown in. :P Pace yourself in growing up, son. PUHHHH-LEASE?

Low key little part-ay on a school night… He requested ice cream instead of cake again but we got him both and little surprises from near and far. :)

Unique flavors for the special day…

Science Day @ school!

Couldn’t resist the ice cream truck.

Trying to go to Legoland as much as possible before our membership expires… (Prob not going to renew this year as E might be outgrowing it a bit?). When we got there, the lines were a bit longer as it was the weekend so we decided to do Sea Life first as we hadn’t been in awhile.

As usual, Mommy wants to eat these!

Yo, dude.

The sub from Undersea Adventure.

Dad convinced him to do this coaster…

Something’s propping up. Share soon!

And Spring Break, go!!! … to …

Guess where? This pic encapsulates their personalities in entirety — Edison off doing the right thing and smiling @ the cam while John is bonking Elias’ head w/ a water bottle and Elias is torn between the two, haha.

Caught the one show they hadn’t seen.

Why oh why did you guys pay to play against each other?

E won and the prize was a small Marvel plushie, which they all decided to give to J since he’s the big Marvel fan these days. Such good buddies!

Edison introduced E & J to apple fries… minds (tastebuds?) blown!

Ended the day with some dabbing on Technic.