David’s cousin Khang asked him to help move from the bay area to Vegas last weekend. They drove from San Jose to Vegas on Saturday morning, stopping in LA to pick up his dog and then heading to Vegas. It was a long drive. When Khang made the call last Thursday, I checked flight prices to see if the kids and I could meet David in Vegas for the weekend since it was Father’s day weekend. I found decent flights out of SFO so I booked us for a spontaneous trip and we headed out early Saturday morning. David made it to the hotel at 1:30am on Sunday morning. He was tired!
Happy Father’s Day!

Bellagio Hotel

The Wynn Hotel

Uncle Chubber and Wileen happened to be in Vegas too with their cousins, so we got to hang out with them on Saturday

Aria Hotel

Area 15 & Omega Mart

Dinner at Scarpetta in the Cosmopolitan Hotel

On Sunday, we met my cousin Jill and her family at Gordon Ramsey Burger. They live in Las Vegas. We haven’t seen each other in a few years so it was nice to catch up

Milk Bar ice cream

Hello Kitty cafe

The kids played games at the arcade inside New York, New York. Tyler hit the jackpot playing Crossy Road

Natalie posing as Barbie

Getting lucky!

Ending the night watching the fountain show at the Bellagio

Nat turned 18 last week and I’m sad. She’s turned into a big girl so fast.

We hosted a pool party to celebrate her birthday and she invited a bunch of friends from school. The party turned out really well. Nat and her friends all had a great time. So much fun, I was worried they wouldn’t leave!

David spent a lot of time cleaning up and setting up the backyard

Burnt almond cake and chocolate cream cake

S’mores (and nice heat after getting out of the pool)

After spending two days eating leftovers (pizza and chow mein) from her party, she requested sushi for her birthday dinner

June 2, 2022

Natalie graduates high school…

Several Uncle’s and Auntie’s (some from LA!) came to support her on this special milestone. Because of her role as ASB President this year, she had several speaking parts throughout the ceremony. She led the Pledge of Allegiance, gave a commencement speech, got to call out names for diplomas, and closed the graduation ceremony with the Senior Class President who is also a close friend whom she’s known since elementary school.

David and I are incredibly proud of her and all she has accomplished so far. Her commencement speech was about “Firsts” and not being afraid of being the first to affect change. We’re definitely going to see more amazing things from this girl.

Nat’s elementary school hosted a “Class of 2022” reunion at the school. Students returned from 4 different high schools in the area. It was nice to see some of the kids Nat use to go to school with and how much they have changed. She got to visit some teachers who are still working there too.

5th grade teacher. She retired after Nat finished 5th grade but returned for the reunion.

Kindergarten teacher. She’s still teaching there.

The school hosted an awards ceremony this evening for Seniors recognizing academic achievement, leadership, and community service.

Nat received 3 awards today:
Top Scholars Award (students with a 4.0 GPA or higher)
Prospect Leadership Award
California Scholarship Federation Lifetime Membership