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Jul 17 2010
As was the case last year, Stephanie couldn’t make the Obon Festival at the Venice Hongwanji Buddhist Temple. Her high school team was playing in the San Diego Classic during the same weekend. Morgan, Iris, & Ron had plenty to do, though, helping out at the Dango booth, the Udon booth, Chicken Teriyaki [...] Mar 27 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. [...] Mar 14 2010
It’s once again the season for selling Girl Scout Cookies. This year’s new variety is Thank U Berry Much, a shortbread type cookie with dried cranberries. Fortunately, since Stephanie isn’t participating in Girl Scouts this year, we don’t have to worry about selling quite as many cookies. However, Iris is the cookie chair [...] Feb 27 2010
Iris’ mom, Sue, took us out for dinner. She wanted Chinese food, so we went to the Sea Empress Seafood Restaurant in Gardena. Morgan had a serious Jones for Peking Duck, and we intended to order a half a duck to keep her happy. The waiter, though, informed us they were having a special [...] Feb 1 2010
Morgan left for Outdoor Science School (OSS), a five day camp experience for sixth graders at El Segundo Middle School held in the Malibu canyon area. Students have the opportunity to learn about different ecosystems by exploring the nearby tide pools as well as the canyons. For more pics, click [...] Dec 18 2009
Morgan invited her basketball team and some friends from school to a sleep-over birthday party. The plan was to have a scavenger hunt the next day, so they started off by splitting up into teams, and each person made a t-shirt with their team’s color as part of the main design. Iris made [...] Aug 20 2009
We took Stephanie’s friend, Kimberley Davey, who was over on a holiday from England, to Disneyland for the evening. It happened that the Sangha Teens from Venice Hongwanji Buddhist Temple were also at Disneyland for the day, so the girls were able to join up with them, and Morgan had a friend to [...] Aug 2 2009
Morgan attended LABCC (Los Angeles Buddhist Coordinating Council) camp again this summer. This was her second year, and it was a summer activity that she was very much looking forward to. This year’s camp was again up at Camp Morningside in the San Bernadino mountains, up by Big Bear. Morgan was put into [...] Jun 17 2009
After the 5th Grade Promotion, a group of families went to Benihana in Torrance to celebrate. More pics here. Jun 17 2009
Morgan graduated from Center Street School (she completed fifth grade) and will be attending El Segundo Middle School next year. The school had a nice promotion ceremony, with Morgan getting a certificate for her participation in CAT (Cougar Action Team). Morgan also ended up with all As and Bs on her final report [...] |
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