LOVE the breadth of the nature we can enjoy here — from the oceans to the slopes and even in a single day at that!

Still some hidden little beaches we are discovering…

What more could you want? :)

Spot the daddy/son duo!

Always that last crescent. Always.

Legoland Hotel for J’s b-day. We still owed E one from the shutdown but J’s parents beat us to it… It was E’s first overnight and he had a blast. Lots of fun little details in the rooms and they woke up the next morning to a little scavenger hunt with a mini Lego set as prizes.

Mommy and Daddy didn’t know what to do w/ ourselves so we stayed overnight, too. J/K. But it was odd not having him at home… Met up w/ them the next day in the park.

Happy B-day, J!

Back up to Big Bear on a day trip.

Our first try on the superpipe. E went up the sides a bit but Mommy went straight down the middle… Getting too old for that! :))

And another afternoon on the course…

Just a weekend walk by the cove… Strolled down to see the seals, sat on a rock that was NOT a rock — it started moving, turned around and reared its seal face to us! It was a bit terrifying but yet extremely exciting to be so close to sea life and thankfully, it didn’t seem like a mama seal that would do anything to defend its young.

A (fake) mermaid and (real) seals. :P

Churros from a street vendor and a sea gull eyeing it! :)

WHEN do we tire of these sunsets? Never, we hope!

Just a boy and his thoughts… and Daddy’s ultimate friend on the far right on a sunset date. Man, if only we had this kind of scenery when we were dating (and free at that!).

E’s elevating his taste in foods — hollandaise eggs benedict on avocado toast for “brinner”. ;-P

Beautiful day on course!

At school, doing school things. :) PC: Ms. Panda!

Coach and Principal getting color bombed after the school reached a milestone in fundraising.

Happy CNY! School opened its doors to visitors for the first time since re-opening for a CNY celebration.

Daddy’s cousin visited from S’pore. They had CNY dinner with their uncle in Loma Linda and then he came to SD for a day. He and Mommy got to talk art…

He took the Surfliner to LA and was wowed by the views!

Daddy is playing a beach ultimate league … in the “winter”, in February. Shhhh, don’t tell his ultimate friends in Dallas where it’s mostly freeeezzzzing with an occasional 80 degree day thrown in (throwback to E’s 1st b-day party, haha).

恭喜發財!

紅包拿來… J/K, J/K!

Cheers to a auspicious Lunar Year of the Tiger!

First sunset of the year, on the trails in our backyard.

Bird’s eye view of our ‘hood. We also caught a family of deer just prancing along.

New year, new perspectives. :)

And then hit the ground running…

Because the sun will still go down everyday no matter what we do with those hours.

And that chair has not moved since we saw it last, haha.

Condolences to one of our neighbors who suddenly passed away on these hills while hiking… :((

A few fireworks here and there on NYE.

Semester II started… Not every school gets to do Chinese brush painting.

Day trip to Big Bear.

Trying out the superpipe.

#nofilter

And then we stayed for night skiing. PERFECT conditions and no lines, which is a rarity for Big Bear.

Stopped by the new Lucid store… They look nice but not sure if we’d get one.

Daddy’s official “inauguration”. Mommy’s a little jelly (though it’ll be incredibly hard to go back to corporate after tasting the freedom, flexibility, hustle and exhilaration of being a mom-preneur) but we’re happy for him. New job for the new year, too…

To 2022!