Blog production really took a nosedive in 2011. Something about raising a 4-year-old and a baby sapped the writing energy out of us. So to kind of make up for it, here's a big photo dump from the year, pictures from various events in the lives of Tai and Kenji and a few notable items from their parents.
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| Kenji at Oliver's birthday party. |
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| The boys at Oliver's party, Berge, Oliver, Will, Chase and Tai. |
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| Kenji's 1st birthday party! Wearing Hawaii shirts from Auntie Lilian. |
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| Birthday boy! |
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| 1 year old. |
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| Kenji and cousin Carissa playing. |
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| All the cousins together. |
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| Kenji in Spain. Tai took this picture. |
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| Tai at Parque del Buen Retiro. We stayed in an apartment near this park in Madrid. It was so lovely there. |
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| Kenji with Papa in February. |
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| At about 4 months old, Kenji was 26 inches, 16.5 pounds. 95th percentile at the time. |
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| Tai was waiting to be Spider-Man this Halloween, while Kenji wore the Elmo suit. |
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| A family party in July. Tai had a blast playing with his cousins in Torrance, including Marisa and James. |
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| Kenji was fun to play with too. |
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| Family picture by Kristi. |
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| Basketball player James especially had fun playing with Kenji. |
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| So ... among the more unfortunate parts of 2011 was Gavin getting laid off from his job of six years (along with 2/3 of the staff). This led to a summer off and Gavin cooking more meals than usual, like this "healthy" plate of nachos. |
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| At least "Kenji the corn monster" ate healthy. |
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| All the LA kid cousins. |
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| Happy Kenji. |
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| Happy Tai. |
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| Tai holding his birthday card from Auntie Lilian. |
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| A T-Rex is towering over Tai at the Lawrence Hall of Science's dinosaur exhibit. |
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| Wrong way! |
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| In celebration of the dinosaurs, Buddy from the show "Dinosaur Train" was there. Kids might have been a little scared. |
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| In front of Oliver's picture birthday cake. |
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| Tai took swim lessons at King Middle with Oliver and friends. |
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| After swimming, it was time for play, here with Jordan and River. |
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| Brothers |
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| Not sure why people keep spending money after getting laid off, but I did. My main purchase was a used bike. I hadn't owned one since I was a kid. |
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| Kenji and Cecily, born only a month apart. |
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| Tai with Ryan and Karen at Shalu and Hersh's grand 10-year anniversary bash. |
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| A very elegant dinner to celebrate. |
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| At the winery with Tai, who got to play in the kids' area while the adults dined. |
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| Kenji and his nanny, Yen. |
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| Celebrating our 5th wedding anniversary at Koo, a very cool sushi place. |
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| As seen at Santana Row. |
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| A Cars tattoo at Lion Plaza. |
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