Anniversary

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Another year has passed and we have been married 14 years today. We’ve also been together for 21 years. Sheesh. I found some old photos of us. This was taken in 2000 while I was in Hawaii for a month.

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This was taken in 2002 at the PTN Christmas Party.

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Here’s a photo of us in 2003. We went to visit the construction site of our first home every Sunday. I miss Irvine sometimes.

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This is a more recent photo of us in 2009 when we were still free and without kids.  We had been living in SF for two years already. It’s crazy how the years just keep flying by.

Happy Anniversary, Jes!

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Saying Goodbye

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This is one of my favorite photos of KK and Koa.

This evening, KK heard a dog barking outside and said “That’s not Koa, right?” I said “You’re right, that’s not Koa”.  Then she followed up with “It’s because Koa’s dead and I didn’t get to say goodbye before he died”.  It took me aback since today is the 3rd anniversary of his passing. After a long pause, I  told her “No, you actually did say goodbye at the hospital.” She looked confused so I found this old video that we took before we let him go.

https://youtu.be/Sovj0Ns60XI

She watched it, giggled a little, and said “Oh.” I’m not sure how well she remembers him but she always talks about him. KK turned 4 1/2 years old today and each half-birthday for KK will always leave a bittersweet feeling for me.

https://youtu.be/fh3BAmLXdlY

He left us on the day she turned 18 months old and I will never forget that day – especially when we came home without him that afternoon. I’m so glad that KK had some quality time with him but sad that he couldn’t stick around to meet Peanut. They would have had so much fun together.

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New Watch

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My birthday gift finally arrived in the mail today! It was easy to sync to my iPhone and I’ve already replied to a text message using Scribble. Can’t wait to try it out at work tomorrow. It can track my activity, heart rate, and allows me to receive texts, emails, and calls on it too.  There’s also a camera remote app that should be fun to use later. The best part is that it’s waterproof. Won’t have to worry about it getting wet while I wash my hands over and over again at work.

S’mores Party

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This year, instead of having McWino Night for my birthday, I reserved two picnic tables and a fire pit at SPARK Social SF. We loaded up on food truck food and sangrias before our tasty treat.

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The tables were free and the fire pit was only $30 for an hour, which included all the marshmallows, chocolate, graham crackers, and sticks you would need for some a tasty s’mores party.

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It was also fun to see the kids playing together. I love how they are growing up together.

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The fire pit had just the right amount of heat to roast the marshmallows and KK had a blast roasting and eating her marshmallows straight off the stick.

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It was so nice to have the girls together outside of work. It’s been rather stressful there lately and we just needed some time away to vent and hang out like old times.

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After the party was over, we walked home with a souvenir stick with two marshmallows saved for later. I considered it my birthday balloon to take home. 🙂

Happy Birthday to ME!!!

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I’m 41.

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I had a lovely 41st birthday celebration. It started the day before when Jes and KK came home with these pretty flowers for me.  They walk by a flower shop on the way home from school everyday and KK loves to go inside the refrigerated room to pick them out.

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This morning, Peanut woke up bright and early at 6am to greet me as I brushed my teeth.

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After dropping KK off at school and sending Peanut off to the park with Mimi, Jes finished up his morning calls and then we went to lunch at Chez Panisse in Berkeley.

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The last time we ate here was right before KK was born. It was nice to have a grown-up meal without interruptions or picking up food off the floor. I had a tasty beet and tomato salad with fried capers and the house-made rigatoni with chanterelle mushroom ragu.

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We also had dessert, which was bourbon-pecan ice cream with gingersnap cookies. Perfect.

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For dinner, I opted to stay in so we brought home pizza from Amici’s and picked up an Oreo ice cream log from Safeway.

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It was more for KK because she was telling us the night before how excited she was for my birthday and that we were going to blow out the candle. So, that’s what we did. Couldn’t disappoint the 4-year-old, y’know.

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It was nice to have the day off for my birthday and this may be a new tradition from here on out.

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I also ordered my birthday gift a couple weeks ago and it should be arriving in another 2-3 weeks. Can’t wait to play with it!