We headed down to LA Monday evening to spend Thanksgiving break in LA. David got car sick from working in the car so Tyler drove almost the entire way down. It was a nice break for David. While in LA, we enjoyed warm weather, went bowling, ate a lot, shopped, and spent lots of time with family. Tyler got to play golf 3 days in a row. It was a nice week and it went by fast!

We bought PoPo a new iPhone (major upgrade from 7 to 15!). Natalie helped set up the new phone and showed her some new features.

PoPo got her regular haircut from her stylist

There were plenty of late night taco runs

Shopping at The Americana

Thanksgiving at Uncle Tommy’s house.

We celebrated Hunter and Lindsey’s birthdays

We also celebrated Gong Gong’s birthday with dinner at Raffi’s in Glendale

We left LA Saturday afternoon to get ahead of traffic and dropped Nat off at school on the way. We hung out at her apartment briefly before heading home

Nat surprised us and showed up at home Friday night. She was supposed to meet us in LA but somehow her plans changed and she came to San Jose instead.

On Saturday, we had dinner at Seapot. It’s a cool hot pot and kbbq place that’s AYCE and there’s a conveyor belt with a large variety of hot pot items. We ate so much!

On Sunday, we went to Macy’s so the kids could choose their ornaments and then we had lunch at the mall before Tyler went to work.

Tyler has had this mole on his abdomen since he was a baby. A few years ago I noticed it got bigger and we had it checked out by the doctor. He said it looked fine. A few weeks ago, I saw it again and it looked like it got bigger so we took some pictures and sent it to his doctor. After looking at it they scheduled an appointment for us to see the dermatologist. That appointment was today.

We went into the doctor’s office thinking they were just going to take a look and maybe take a sample for testing. But after two doctors looked at it, they both said it looked abnormal and decided to remove it. Tyler did not expect this and was nervous. He asked the doctor twice if it will hurt. She told him he wouldn’t feel anything but the area might hurt after.

The nurse drew dots around his mole and took some pictures

He was very nervous lying on the table here while the doctor was prepping. When she injected the anesthesia around his mole, it stung but he managed through it. The mole removal itself was very quick. We were both surprised when the doctor said it was done.

Relieved and happy its over

I promised him a treat after the procedure. He chose Hui Lau Shan

Nat came home for a quick weekend visit. Her roommate had to go home (to SF) to pick up some stuff so Nat came along for the ride. She spent the weekend shopping, eating, and set up the Christmas tree.

On Friday night, we had dinner at Gochi. It’s a Japanese restaurant Nat has been wanting to try. The food was really good.

Saturday morning, we took the kids to get flu shots. The line was very long but moved steadily. We waited almost 30 minutes.

Then we went to Stanford mall for lunch and treats

For dinner, we went out for shabu shabu

Since she was home, she wanted to set up the Christmas tree too

It was a fun weekend hanging out with both kids. We’ll see her again in a few weeks for Thanksgiving.