Uncle Tommy was in town for some Oracle training this week so he stayed over last night. We picked up Mimi from Stanford and had dinner at Miyake’s in Palo Alto. Afterwards, the group walked over to Red Mango to have some frozen yogurt while I made a mad dash to the Standford Shopping Center to pick up a dress.

I heard this Red Mango was opened by a winner of “Survivor”. The place was packed! What a gold mine. We all agreed that it wasn’t as good as Pinkberry, but it was pretty good. It’s just not as tart as Pinkberry.

The crowd inside

Tyler got hold of a fork and we weren’t paying attention… (the bigger holes he managed to get his fists through the 2nd day) This window is in the “nook” area in the kitchen.

Here are some more pictures from the rest of our week in LA. On Thursday, we went to Hermosa Beach, the kids loved it! It was a nice day too, not too sunny and hot. It was just right. And school already started for the local schools, so there weren’t that many people there. Then on Friday, we went to Chuck E Cheese’s for Spencer’s 2nd birthday party. Needless to say, the kids loved that too. There was a photo booth there that was really popular. One coin and it spits out a photo of you that looks like its pencil drawn. It was pretty cool. That evening, we headed over to David’s mom’s house to celebrate Uncle Tommy and Uncle Steven’s birthday and we ended up staying over for a slumber party with Grace and Meliya. The next day, our last day in LA, we went to the LA zoo again with Grace and Meliya. Wanted to take advantage of our annual pass and we were able to get them in for free. Here’s a video from the beach:

Munching on nuggets

Party at Chuck E Cheese

A ride at Chuck E Cheese

Having ice cream cake with Uncle Tommy and Uncle Steven

Hanging around with Grandpa

LA Zoo train

This morning while having cereal:

Nat: “Mom, I had a good dream last night”

Me: “Oh really? About what?”

Nat: “I dreamed that I was at Disneyland and I saw Sleepy Beauty.”

(Sleeping Beauty is Nat’s favorite Disney princess)

We’re spending Labor Day week in LA. It’s mid-week and the kids have had alot of activity. We got here last Saturday and headed over to David’s mom’s place to pray for the anniversary of his grandfather’s death. The kids had fun playing and there was so much food! We’ve also been shopping and the kids even went to the zoo. Tomorrow we’re heading the to beach!

Grandma got this pink chair from Big Lots that Natalie really enjoyed relaxing on.

After praying and having lunch at Grandma’s house, we headed over to Uncle Ming Ming’s for a BBQ. Even more food!! Tyler had fun talking to Uncle Ming Ming’s bird.

Natalie collected feather’s that Uncle Ming Ming’s birds shed.

Are you looking at me?

Natalie and Malaya sweeping after the BBQ

On Sunday, we went to Downtown LA to shop. Natalie was playing hide and seek in the clothes racks with her dad.

Yesterday, David took the kids to the LA Zoo. I had to work and they were bored at home so they went. David saw on the LA Zoo website that you can get an Annual Family pass for $75 and it’s tax deductible, so he thought why not?