This past weekend, we took Friday off and flew down on Thursday (9/20) night to Southern California to visit the family.  Kumquat was an awesome little passenger and we surprised the pants off my dad when we arrived since my mom decided not to tell my dad we were coming.  Both my mom and dad were super excited to see Kumquat and it was nice to be able to enjoy my Chik-fil-a in peace. Unfortunately, Jes and I didn’t sleep very well because it was SO hot in my old bedroom.  I guess this is was a fitting way to end the summer.

In the morning, I got a special treat for breakfast.  My mom made Kanom Krok again and it was delicious.

I also got to taste one of my dad’s mini mangoes that grew from the tree in his backyard.  It was so small but sooooo sweet!

Later that day, we had dim sum with both sets of grandparents and Jes’ parents barely ate because they were so preoccupied by their precious granddaughter.  Very cute.

For dinner, we went out of sushi with Brother and Joy.  It was an early birthday celebration for the two of us since Brother and Joy were going to be in Europe on the actual day.

We went all out with an omakase meal complete with a variety of raw fish, roe, and a chawanmushi too! Yay!  We enjoyed the ice cold beer and the little surprises that were in store for us with each dish.

Later that night, we met up with Dayantha, Krissy, Roy, Huy, and Matt.  It was fun to be with the old gang again.  We didn’t get home until about 2.  Ah…it’s so nice to have free babysitting.

On Saturday, Holly came over to meet Kumquat for the first time.  It was also her birthday and it was so nice to hang out and catch up a bit.

For lunch, Brother picked us up and we had Wahoo’s in Huntington Beach.  It was the first day of Fall and a balmy 90 degrees outside!  We caught a bit of the volleyball tourney that was going on and then Jes and I grabbed a few drinks at the local tiki bar while Brother got his hair cut at the barber down the street.  I had a refreshing mai tai and then a scorched pineapple margarita.  Tasty.

For dinner, we ate with Jes parents at a local fish place that I was missing.  We used to eat at the Irvine restaurant all the time back in the day.  Afterward, we went to Ti and Thilan’s house to just hang out.  I was exhausted from the weekend so far and pretty much slept through the whole thing.

On Sunday morning, we went to church.  Everyone was so excited to meet Kumquat and she was even whisked away to the front of the congregation for a word of prayer for her.  By the time we knew it, service was over and it was time to head back to SF.

What a weekend!  It was a lot of fun but I was kind of relieved to be back in the 60-70 degree weather and back to our usual feeding/napping schedule for Kumquat.  Until next time!!!