We made a point to leave early on 12/26 for our drive this year, so we arrived at the grandparent’s house early in the afternoon and enjoyed opening presents on Boxing Day with them.  For the next couple of days, we spent some quality time with the grandparents, catching up, playing chess and domino.

    The Liangs were traveling to southern California, and we managed to meet up with them on their last day.  We made a plan to see each other at a dim sum restaurant.  We had not seen Yvonne, Allen, Katie and Kevin for a long time, so it was great catching up with them and letting the cousins bonding with each other for a bit.  We took some group pictures before we said goodbye and headed back home to grandparents and Buddy. 

    For this trip, we rented a house which was quite roomy, and we had a comfortable stay there.  We invited the grandparents over for an afternoon.  Stuart brought his new toy Ocular on this trip, so he could do a show and tell to share the experience with them.  We think the grandparents had a good time.  We then headed over to Venice Beach for a stroll and enjoyed some ice cream.  In the evening, the grandparents took us out for a wonderful dinner to wrap up our short trip.

   This was a very smooth and lovely trip and we loved seeing everyone again.