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The feast
Sticky rice and pork
Morning jog scenery, 34 degrees
Nighttime snuggles
Bed bugs
Din Tai Fung!
Best travelers
Handstands on a stairway, because..
Caroling duet with Maya
Christmas at Lees
Looking through my eyebrows
The misfit performers
Read-A-Thon prizes
Terren’s brain in a nutshell
End of year awards
Mavericks 2012 Girls
Hot pot with the Gearstiansens
Kayaking with Oma
Magic Rainbows
Bar games with Oma and Oma
The focus
Lagoon crazies
Oily shrimp hands
Smells good
Shrimp truck
Shave ice is… not organic kale.
Departure snaps
Huh?
Sad
Happy
This doesn’t suck
Sunset dinner goodness
Hiking with Oma
Endangered seals are cute
Sister boogie
Parking lot sushi
Halloween!
The ghouls
Zombie soccer
Zombie Mavericks
Morning game of toss
Getting ready
Going to six flags
Helicopter rainbow in the Grand Canyon
Unofficial take your kid to work day
Warmth in the outer sunset
Doing the beach with mm
Oma and opa come to whisk terren to her 10th bday trip
S’mores with the neighbors
Bleck!
Great friends
Olivia, Sadie, carina, and terren
Fort comes complete with latrine
The Forest Fort
The fort crew
Caitlin’s morning story hour
Fire is fun.
Meimei loves playing with little Nell
Exploring inside an old sequoia
Tree Cave
Calaveras camping
Fending off the onion juice
Canning 140 lbs of tomatoes
The mohawk gets converted to a combover by the staff
Eye exam which T is SOOO excited for. She fortunately got one of Dad’s eyes and unfortunately, got one of Mom’s eyes.
MAVS
Mm’s ponytail mohawk
We love dd
Dad rocks it
Dad, the barber
Oma and opa visit after the brunel wedding
Go mm go!
4v4 tournament
Diamonds fun with oma and opa
The magic euphonium
Two Carinas
Making earrings…and mustaches
Isa and Zoey come over, too!
Dad donates his hair and all the girls get in on the shaving
Birthday stinky
Birthday whaaa??
Birthday fun
Squirt gun wars
Nothing says party like a Euphonium
Happy anniversary, Oma and Opa!
Dance party with the MN girl cousins
Happy anniversary photo booth
Mm places 2nd
Yu ming kids bump into each other
Triathlon!!
A warm summer day in SF?
last year’s bday gift from lee and lily: indoor skydiving!!
Khanh and Auston show us the blue angels
T points at her new invention
Rock and Roll made by Terren and Lucy
T loves girl’s garage
The almost-fired final product
Blowing bubbles for oma and opa gift
Making happy anniversary gift for oma and opa
war with layna, scratch scratch bite bite hiss/zap
we are so damn lucky to have family camp!!
lee is one of our faves
Mac is one of our faves
Soapstone
Archery fun!
mille borne with sheldon and Kaden
campfire songs with zane and Jason - we love baby shark!!
we love you guys, scratch scratch bite bite
joy throwing water
canoeing with layna, Scott, and Serena
getting on shore
terren’s got turd face but she rows a mean boat with mm’s bunk thumb
canoeing with scott and Riva
martha’s nieces and nephews (even 2 who trekked from Mexico!) join at echo lake
art with serena and layna
our favorite - the dance party!
highly debated trivia - we win by 2 points in the longest trivia game ever at family camp!
trivia mania
Nail spa
our favorite little pirates
t adores lee
elias gives t a beard
Elias extends mm’s scar from lee
fishing on theme day! joaquin has joined too.
mm and zane
teaching layna how to play uno
waiting for the boat
playing with Dianah and sarikah before the boat ride home
part of desolation wilderness
the rocky path home
our little united nations at lake of the woods
lunch stop for our plunge into lake of the woods
Reaching the meadow
a water break along the way
ready to boat across echo
Boarding
Martha always pushes us
21 of us between the ages of 4 and 71
stop along the way at the old school chair lift
ready to hike to lake of the woods - buckle up for the 5-hr hike
sunrise reading with sheldon and lain
fantasie impromptu in the woods
reading with amili
little piece of heaven
martha crushes on the volleyball court
hangin’ on the hammock
the girls love Mac
Muscles with charlotte and Mac
celebrating with anna and mama cracking up in the background
terren hazing lee for the win
kids against staff tug o war
seriously glamping happy hour
getting the hammock put up
old roomies
lanyard club
with taylor, one of our favorite counselors
fun with safina celebrating lee and lily’s birthdays
carina and terren sharing the pier at lunch between rockclimbing and brushstrokes
our super yummy stop in Detroit
one last photo as we say bye to such fun and relaxation - thanks Wongs!
breakfast casino
mm learning to gamble
the spread with everyone’s contributions
super fun cousin
getting goofier
Photo bomber
photo stalker
goofy cousins
Porchetta
so proud of her first garlic bread
making garlic bread and icecream sandwiches
terren eats this stuff up
Mm gets ready to cross the ropes
lots of dangling on the highest level
terren takes on the hardest part of the course
ready for the ropes course
we love tennis
doin’ it the southampton way
we love Oliver
Hiking
campfire hang out
a family affair
takes a very steady hand to handle the spaghetti
drying the fettuccine
first time making fettuccine
terren gives baba a lift back from his rocktation
there goes terren
Paddle boarding
tennis in Southampton
first tennis lessons
Sandy seats
fun in Lake Huron
off to get icecream sans adults
our first meal at the wong’s lake cabin
clown show with Eli
happy birthday Maya!!
pizza heaven in sacto with nando and Vincenzo
footfire faceprint
choir performance
goofy bye
reading stories with oma and opa
oma plays a duet with mm
mm’s kindergarten picture of herself, mohawk and all
oma and opa join us at the swim meet
terren compete her first long course
homemade piñata - happy birthday sage!
Trampolines, ziplines, hot tubs…what more could you want
zorro and the best ever paella
mm is so joyful
congrats mm on graduation!
Goofy with rebecca and Hannah
sun city project with ms. Leong, terren’s favorite teacher
kindergarten graduation
singing, piano performances with lots of buddies
huddle and cheer
field day huddle
hanging out at the last tournament of the season
getting coached on her first relay
go blue!
still jet lagged, mm’s first swim meet
happy birthday, azadeh!
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it’s easy, pops.
mm’s favorite little farm
staycation with gearens
happy 100 days, Margot and Jane!
they both place 3rd in their age groups, despite mm riding a new bike in the wrong gear.
Mm is ready to go!
Jet lagged at a triathlon
Back at SFO airport! Don’t be too excited.
But still grateful and having a good time
Sadness it is over
Heading to our plane out of Beijing
A couple last steamed black sesame buns and zongzi for the plane
Sadness on the subway, but still youtiao and soymilk
Last morning, leaving Dev and Raina for the airport
Life imitates Art
Wang Ping is smart- has a big umbrella handy
Devra keeps Koda dry
Creative raingear for Terren
More bubble tea in Shanghai
Hundun soup! (Wonton soup) - So good.
Some late night street skewers
Don’t fall off!
Almost like we are there
Yay, Photoshop!
green sheet used to allow for some later Photoshopping
Playing with their Chinese toys
So, we are pretty high up.
How’s the air quality index today?
The view from the Shanghai financial center, second tallest building in the world
Shopping for souvenirs with Oma’s gift money
Then fancy Swiss chocolate after lunch
Din Tai Fung, Shanghai! Delicious
With a waffle cone
Philadelphia Ice cream before lunch.
Girls being goofy. Surprise!
Fanfan is super sweet and goofy
Wang Ping took us to a sparkling mall for lunch
Lynn’s flower shop!
Morning you tiao makes Lynn happy
Raina still being their big sister
Becoming parts of the public sculptures
The classic “squirrel fish” dish
You think your commute is brutal?
Girls play badminton with Raina
Wait- more bubble tea drinks?
Note the sidewalks filled with app-controlled rental bikes
We weren’t that good.
Playing Jianzi (ancient Chinese hacky-sack) in the park
Enjoying a day in the park
Lynn loved the passion fruit drink
Chain store bubble tea is really delicious
Raina is great with our girls
Jian Bing is ready!
Get your Chinese exercise equipment on!
The line at the morning Jian bing stand
Leif thinks he’s funny. (He is)
The girls are enamored with Raina
Diego picks his hotpot fixings
Hot Pot with Leif, Devra, and Raina
Ok, this subway car was full. Torso to torso.
The old, and the new.
All faux-traditional Chinese buildings, with some Western touches
Just a few people in the City God temple shopping zone
Devra’s now Shanghai local
Requisite Shanghai group photo
Bund selfie
Pudong, as viewed from the Shanghai Bund
We found Devra at the Bund in Shanghai!
Aceves family is dancing on the flower wall
Shanghai has a lot of money, like in this spendy food court.
Killing time at Shangai’s People’s Park
Shanghai subway
Some fresh Dragon’s Breath candy for the road
Breakfast buffet in style. Soft tofu bowls, dumpling, soy milk, veggies...
Martha crossed eyes
Justin weird eyes
Terren crazy eyes
Koda unblinking eyes
Lynn sleepy eyes
Nando sneaky eyes
Amili creepy eyes
Shop, eat, repeat.
Late night pedestrian market in Suzhou
Lit up, just like in ancient Suzhou?
Selfies on the boat
Infant potty training and split-bottom pants in action!
Still waiting.
Waiting for our canal cruise
Train them early!
Justin takes a whack at hammering taffy
The vet hospital treats a dog with a uterine infection on the sidewalk
Seriously, Martha, you bought her a selfie-stick?
Terren wanted to ride in the ancient sedan chair
Notice any resemblance?
Terren under the double-happiness character that is a doubling of her Chinese first name
The kids were always happy like this
A local middle schooler wants a selfie with Amili
Really feeling the beauty of the ancient Chinese garden
Inside the garden of the humble scholar
Joining some elementary school kids about to put on a dance performance
Not sure why they are supporting the Taiping rebellion, but they are cute.
Terren loved the exhibit on silk embroidery
At the Suzhou museum
An ancient public garden… nope, our hotel
Pot casting (投壶), the ancient Chinese competition
Old narrow streets of Suzhou are now pedestrian shopping malls
Making fresh Dragon’s Beard Candy 龙须糖
Suzhou subway feels just like the New York subway
All aboard, 300 kph per hour
bye at the “small” local new high speed train station
our goodbye photo
Huge fans of mm
playing with mm
On our way to the train station with the impeccable hosts
to our hotel
debating
Clay j
there it is….40 minutes later
nando taking photos
his wavy hair is way better in clay
view on the sculptor
the automatic dispensing mah jong table
he does baba
jie jie with baba
the nose
artist and model
justin takes shape
making Justin
beginning of the feast
to banquet dinner
molds outside
amili and mm
Up close
mm’s profile
10 minutes later
looking at his model
starting to take shape
in just minutes
starts to make mm
showing us how to do a small vase
baba helps mm
making clay for the kids
another job
charlie’s angels?
from behind
sculpture in front of the military building
best okra ever
the awesome lunch
martha is checking out the eels
turtles to eat
statue winning the award for ma’an shan’s entrance
tan ya ming’s sculptures
jason, our new buddy
terren rocks the pull ups
Fun
practicing pull ups
hanging out
Happiness
koda practices english and chinese
kids going bonkers
happy teaching
practicing chinese
amili’s the only normal one
don’t erase it
dad’s old job
empty classroom like baba's
walking to baba’s school
on the way to his apartment
baba’s old digs
so sweet
he buys mama a local stone ring
j’s sculpture friend takes us to breakfast
11 hours on a train
mm’s superhero self
Mm’s rendition of herself
big squeeze
Terren
there’s dad
mm’s rendition of mama - we love mama’s afro
martha’s digs
more mm stardom
goofballs getting on our high speed train
Massage chair at the train station
guilin train station
meeting our cheap taxi to guilin
our own way out
made fresh
so yum
another soy milk, please
martha joins us this time
going to our favorite bus stop breakfast joint
farming in heaven
holy smokes
best jogging route
the morning run
night scene in yang shut
they really like dad’s feet
dad decides to do it
grimacing with the peckish fish
is the bus every going to come? might as well pick your nose
finally make it to the bus stop
bridge almost to the bus stop
Karst
please take care of your child
walking is healthy for you
the view
more pretty - but get AWAY from the railings, mm!!!
so pretty
dad finds us a beautiful hike
hiking across to Yangshuo
Gorgeous
are we really all scholars?
hiking gang
more loveliness
more beauty
sweet rice grilled in bamboo - kids are like vultures
more water
diego and mm stroll together
checking out the water
more food stops along the way
sledding down grass for free while the boss in at lunch
Sustainability ecological water wheel
flowery girls
along the hike
old school selfie
on our hike
yummiest oranges
Multi use park equipment
old school see saw
fun at the park
we get to eat our goods
look at those dumplings!
all together
mm mixes
learning to wrap dumplings
wrapped zong zi fresh and delicious
we love these
peanut butter mochi
the bus stop best of breakfast hits
our gorgeous hotel
mm looks too happy in her imitation
peanut butter steamed mochi
guilin regional battered fish restaurant
checkin’ out the strip
city vs. karst
feeding the goldfish
from our hotel
great time down the river
fun fun
can we race?
terren testing out the pole
Beauty
coming down the slope
chillin’ out on the river
the charming rafter
nando and amili
Peaceful
going down the river
bamboo rafts
more bike gang
fish on a stick
the bridge
unbelievable biking
Guanyin statue
taking a break to see the river
quiet during the day
8 yuan store
finding the market
more guilin noodles
fried dough
mm’s a movie star
biking into town
ready for bike gang adventure
a hike out at dusk
more beauty
so beautiful
chilling out
out our hotel deck
our ride to the hotel
Yum
eating guilin noodles
landing in Guilin
Chillin during the 20+ hr ride
party on the top bunks
Sisters
the ice-cream flavored chips
check out the sleeper train
the huge platform
on the way to Guilin
six escalators!!
Bao zi - yay!!
on our way to the beijing train station
next day journal
saying bye to dd
the front yard
finger poke
the bloody mess
dogpile on Diego
dancin’ during dinner
Thanks for j’s glue
budget hospital with no running water and iphone light
after cleaning, the gluing
walking home
mm’s cheerleaders
after flipping, blood, cuts, screaming and dread
MeiMei is actually starting to fall in this picture...
smiling before the fear
climbing down
the only other group catches up
the long wall
back to crumbles
restored area is beautiful
steep steep stairs
wall snakes through the hills
koda vandalizes
we all crush it
Racing
Amili shows the endless wall
the bend
the ultimate stair master
lots to hike
Dads
steep stairs
the kids run ahead
endless wall
the view
Unbelievable
the start of restoration
kids are crushing
still crazy climbing
Crumbled steep stairs
on our own on the wall
Sketchy
another tower
Steep
terren charges up front
the long, long wall
Stunning
crazy old tower
beautiful valley
treacherous
Steep enough for hands and feet climbing
steep and difficult
here we go...
hiking to the Great Wall
the hard 4-hr route
delicious lunch
our home for the Great Wall
oops, one stop too late…waiting in the middle of nowhere
cattle herd to bus 913, but everyone cut in the next lane over
right outside our beijing hotel room
hai di lao hot pot
Goofballs
2 hour wait for justin and WeChat
the hulk is universal
the red bean “volcano"
Din tai fung, our favorite!
photo bombing
so many people
mm’s movie star status
the humongous forbidden city
beijing subway
our first hotel room in Beijing
some kung fu?
our first meal with the chinese mafia
the nice stewards give 2 haagen daaz
terren's new design
on our way to china
Margot smiles
touching stingrays
big rocking boat with mm
celebrating mm’s bday with big rollercoasters
mm wishes mom happy birthday with a “45” candle on her forehead
bowling for vero’s bday in sac town with Diego and amili
Shades of giving, 28 ponytails
ready to go to ragtime - thanks po po for the awesome dinner!
here comes the sun…nice work, baba.
mm is so scrumptious
building block house fun with po po
learning to wrap dumplings in the midst of the sun
Bada*@ soccer player
Tough, but still goofy
lost hair and lost tooth
our tough, cool (and brave) girls
my little mohawk
Tickly last little bit
those hairy shoulders
half the head is done
start the shaving
last ponytail to go!
ouch!
8 ponytails later
dad’s 10th job title: family barber
more hair to donate
Tough soccer player as well as the first to shave
new barber in town!
into the shaving
ponytails for donation
the barber doesn’t show so dad and mom take on the mohawk
another year of spring planting
mm and mm
Woah, margot!
visiting margot at home
Martha endures the rain on and off for 5 hours of soccer
The impending rain clouds….
amili and mm kickin’ it at terren’s soccer tourney- the mavericks win first place!
mm loses a tooth
heading home after our flight delay - thanks opa and oma!!
opa and oma, the skiing lovebirds
oma and mm finish their ride
opa and terren come rippin in at full throttle
oma and mm - here they go!
standing in line with Opa and Oma for the new breath taker, alpine coaster
Oma with the girls
ski lift chair in sam’s smokehouse
sleighing to pinecreek cookhouse
birthday dinner - happy 71 and 6!
Birthday hats on birthday buddies
most epic tubing face plant ever, thanks to bicyrkler. mama has never laughed so hard
soap beard in the hot tub
sunbathing?
swimming in the snow
not cool
trying to look cool on the shuttle
tubing in the backyard
looking cool in liam’s very popular sunglasses
the awesomest chinese new year dinner!
spencie giving a thumbs up
mm gets ready to fire a snowball while waiting for the shuttle
skiing sisters
liam and mm
hot chocolate and bike skiing at ullr nights
kid-only gondola - wooohooo!
the black diamond skiers
baba’s selfie skills in an elevator
hot tubbing - mm’s new best bud is Spencey!
heading back out after lunch
tj and mom
having fun with dexter
shuttle with the hsu-gibsons
eating cupcakes with dd after some adult vs. kid soccer
learning about the fire department at dd’s birthday party
the girls open their own hair salon, using po po’s supplies
i scream!
bowl’d after their next gym meet
hiking home late with a skunk
gathering mussels for sandwiches
learning about mussels
beautiful sunset
going to Limantour beach to enjoy the sunset and eat mussels with suzanne and Lorca and other friends
we visit mousey mouse in the hospital - congrats to jane, wes, Ethan!
placing first on beam
Po Po has the best piano teacher
first pose of floor routine
cal bears place first!
smile for the judges
buddies touch each other legs for good luck?
Warming up
po po talks trash with mm playing uno
po po and ye ye watch terren’s first gym meet, just like the old days with mama
terren’s first bun ever (at her first gym meet)
thank goodness for the coaches help with buns!
tough soccer players?
three twins
Tacubaya with ye ye
playing sorry - old dogs can learn new tricks!
showing her guns after her first swim meet - watch out for photobombers!
Jan 1, 2018
© Lynn Kuo and Justin Davis
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