We're still here

August to September was busy and September into October seemed to be even busier! We went to California for a week's visit. Spent the first half in San Francisco and the second half in Los Angeles. The main purpose was to visit Judy, P'ng, and our main man Kaixiang (now almost one year old!), but other highlights of the trip include:

Train ride in Tilden Park
Watching the sea lions off Pier 39 (they are a noisy and raucous bunch and don't smell that great)

Seeing our relatives in San Francisco: Yin Yin, Mark, Luke, Whin Whin, Khin Khin, Amy, and Spencer (not Wei Wei's finest moment, as he was terribly jet lagged at that point). We also got to visit auntie and uncle in San Francisco by the marina -- they had a train set for Luke and Spencer's visits, so Wei Wei was in heaven.

Visiting cousins Ken, Diana, and their kids (Kristin and Kenneth) in Davis

Seeing Sue and watching airplanes take off and land

Seeing all of our cousins in Los Angeles-- we all packed on the weight because where there's family, there's food. And there was a lot of family and a lot of food. Burmese food, Korean tofu, homemade mohinga, and Chinese food. We were in heaven.

Picking persimmons from cousin Jing Chi's backyard -- we managed to bring back a whole box! (Dad was happy about that too!)

Navigating the flight from SF to LAX and then from LAX to NJ. People have scaled Mt. Everest with less luggage. Judy and I were quite the sight.