Los Cabos before the School

We took a week-long trip to Los Cabos, Mexico before the school starts. This explains the unusual number of pictures posted this time.

Renee volunteered to be in charge of the luggage. This is one of those occasions that I am proud of her taking responsibility and handling it well.

The resort we stayed at, Royal Solaris, has very nice area for kids. We spent sometime here every day. It keeps the kids busy while we can stay cool and relaxed. It took Renee and Max a while to get used to the big slide, as usual. Then they enjoyed it greatly.

We enjoyed good meal everyday and they come with awesome desserts. Here is Max licking the plate clean.

Renee got to hangout with her buddy, Maiya. These two girls hung out everyday and kept each other company.

I got to hang out with Max while enjoying the free drinks.

We took a boat ride to the arch. It was a pretty cool day trip. The snorkeling was not as nice as we had in Hawaii. Renee ventured into the water with me this time, which is a good improvement from Hawaii. She is still getting used to the salt water.

Here is Max with me on the boat having fun.

As I mentioned, it took a bit of practice, encouragement and bribe to get Renee going down the big slide. She was pretty proud of herself after each "dare", though.

Max made friends with Yanyan. I have found it interesting to see these two play together so well, while in the same situation with Renee they will start fighting sooner or later. I have been sharing with Renee about my view that everyone needs to be happy for the whole family to be happy. I do hope she gets the point eventually.

We took a trip under the direct sunlight to downtown. We were all very happy to found this place that has wind coming through. We took a rest here and all the kids took a group picture.

We are waiting for the dinner on the beach.

Even though it was in the evening, the temperature was still pretty high. Max's hair looked pretty funny at the end of the meal.

We realized that there was one Disney character passing through the pool at a certain time in the afternoon everyday. We were able to catch quite a few of them.

We took the horse ride for almost an hour on the beach. It was really relaxing. This is Renee with her horse, Lemon.

This is Max with his horse, Grumble.

I took Renee and Max to the company "Bike-B-Q". Before we left, we took this funny picture together.

I took a bike/jog with Max in one of the weekend day. He went to this sign and posed for all kinds of pictures.

I took Renee to the first day of school. I cannot believe that she is 1st grade!

Max started his first day at little bridges too. Max has been on the waiting list for a long time.

Max went with me to another geocaching trip while visiting a friend.

Biking!

The most exciting events of the months are that Renee and Max both learned biking! It took us a while to get them over the fear. Once they started riding around, you wonder why they couldn't do it sooner.

Here are the rest of the highlights from July

Ashley and Sophia came to visit. We went to Boomers to drive around the track and played some mini golf.

Renee and Ashely found this big rock to take a picture.

Soon everyone want a piece of action.

With the summer finally getting here, Renee and Max are enjoying visits to these parks with water.

I am out of the school now but sometimes we still wear these T-shirts together for a upenn family picture.

We went to hiking during one weekend and had lunch around San Mateo. After the lunch, we came to visit the park nearby and rode the train.

Renee and Max also went to their first ball game!

Summer is here

Summer is here and the weather is nice. We are taking the opportunity to get outdoor as much as possible.

Renee and Max enjoy going to visit different places. This is a BBQ at a the house of a family friend.

We went on a camping trip and played around at the park. Renee is probably the most adventurous. Max would be scared at the beginning but always followed his sister.

I bought some light pens for the kids to play in the dark. Renee's was faulty and broke quickly. As a remedy, she gets to hold the lamp.

Before we took down the tents, the kids took a picture together.

We took a walk around the park along the creek.

Renee had a piano recital. She is making pretty good progress with her piano lesson now.

On Renee's birthday eve, we decorated her room with Tinker Bell and princesses after she fell asleep. She was very happy the next day morning.

Max is "getting out of his shell" as his teacher would call him. We are moving him to Little Bridges, the place where his sister used to go to. There was a spot open up, and we felt that something is bothering Max at his current school. As I am writing this blog, Max has started at the new place and he is indeed happier when getting home.

One Saturday morning we went on a biking tour at a local trail called Iron Horse Trail. I spotted several geocaches along the way and got Renee to go hunting with me.

Here is another Geocache location.

We went to Disney Land at the end of the month. Renee and Max are big enough to appreciate the trip now.

Renee has quite got used to these characters and enjoy taking the pictures. Max still refuses to take picture with them sometimes.

As I was running around getting fast pass and checking out the lines, the rest of the family are enjoying visiting different attractions.