Dec 4 2011

Venice Angels & Ponies Christmas Party 2011

The Venice Angeles & Ponies hold a combined Christmas Party at The Crush Bistro in El Segundo. Stephanie plays for the Angels and Morgan plays for the Ponies. The Crush is owned by Alvin Ching, the father of a player on both the Angels and the Ponies.

Nov 24 2011

Torrance Turkey Trot 2011

Stephanie, Morgan, and Ron run the Torrance Turkey Trot on Thankgiving Day. Paula Carlson also joined us, and Paula’s daughter, Eliisa, also ran, but Eliisa ran with her Cross Country teammates from South High.

Feb 13 2011

Firecracker 5K

Both Ron and Stephanie ran the Firecracker 5K this year. This is the second time Ron has run in the Year of the Rabbit; his first was 24 years ago (1987) when he ran the 10K. He still has the t-shirt from that race, although it doesn’t fit him very well anymore.

They had [...]

Jan 27 2011

Stephanie’s 16th Birthday Dinner

We celebrated Stephanie’s 16th birthday with the Uematsus at Aki Restaurant in Santa Monica.

Dec 26 2010

Dinner with the Quans

We had dinner with the Quan side of the family. Jane, Jeff, & Justin Bell drove down from Chico. Ben, Judy, and their two kids, Michelle and Rachel, came in from Encino. Helen and Amy were both there, and the only Quan missing was Tom and his family.

On the Gee side was our [...]

Nov 13 2010

South Bay Surf League 2010 Kickoff Classic

The South Bay Surf League’s 2010 Kickoff Classic at Torrance Beach. Six teams were represented: El Segundo High, Mira Costa High, South High, Redondo Union High, Palos Verdes High, and North/West.

Stephanie surfed girls long board, along with her teammate, Samantha Vinzon. She placed third in her first heat, and Samantha placed second in [...]

Aug 18 2010

Cast Off

Stephanie gets her cast off after a little more than four weeks. Now she’s in a walking cast, and she can start moving her foot around & exercising it a little.

In case you missed the previous post, Steph had broken her ankle in the first game of the San Diego Classic, a basketball [...]

Jul 19 2010

Stephanie Breaks Ankle

Stephanie suffered a fracture in her fibula during the first game of the San Diego Classic. We first thought it was a bad sprain, but we took her to an urgent care office that night and the x-ray showed a fracture. Stephanie stayed in San Diego for the rest of the tournament, and [...]

Mar 27 2010

Run For Education 2010

Ron, Stephanie, and Morgan ran the Run For Education, which is a 5K run through the streets of El Segundo. This is the second year Morgan has run the race; she gets extra credit for PE when she runs, so there’s some motivation for her. Ron and Stephanie have run this for several years.

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Nov 14 2009

Multi-Team Surf Meet

Stephanie competed for El Segundo High in a multi-school surf meet in Hermosa Beach. Other schools competing were Redondo Union, Mira Costa, San Pedro, Palos Verdes, and South Torrance. Stephanie placed fourth in the Girls Long Board competition, beating out the surfer from Redondo Union and San Pedro. Also competing that day were [...]