Andrew and I are off to my friend’s wedding in Whitehouse Station, NJ.

It was like a Symrise reunion!

I missed these girls so much!!

Congratulations to the beautiful couple!

Oh how I miss hanging out with these two.

Thank you for letting us a part of your special day. What a beautiful day!

When I got the invite for a girls only house warming party at Julie’s, I couldn’t wait to see the house! She and her husband worked on custom building this house, I knew it was going to be good. Really good. What a gorgeous house.

Thank you for a lovely afternoon of delicious food and laughter! My cheeks were sore from laughing so much. Thank you Julie! 

We even took a “prom” picture.

So after we dropped off our kids at camp (*sniff sniff*), we got a text from my fellow parents asking if we wanted to watch “Crazy Rich Asians” movie. Perfect! I thought. 

This movie theater is no joke. They have the most comfortable reclining seatings with seat warmers!

Loved the movie!!

These kids are going to a week away camp in PA. They had such a great time last year, they’ve been anticipating to go back!

Will miss you so much…. See you in 5 days~~~~~~

A close friend of mine hosted a girls night at her gorgeous house. Had an amazing time catching up with friends whom I missed so much!

Thunder, lightening and pouring rain kept us in the house almost til mid-night. No one complained. 😉

We are  home after being gone for 7 weeks! Feels so good to back except for the 12 hr jet-leg. We’re so happy to be back with Andrew who’s been very “lonely” and “scared” at nights without us. 😉

I haven’t worked out all summer…Time to hit the gym & pool for the kiddos with their friends.

Today is the last day of Backroads tour at Yosemite…So Sad!

We’ll miss everyone~~ Thank you for being so awesome~~~!!!!

Heading back to SF then off to Korea tonight!

Today is the final day of backroads tour and this morning we set off to do some exploring on two wheels. This ride travels over some rolling hills before descending along the Tuolomne River, where we enjoyed picturesque views on the way to Rainbow Pools. Along
the way, we saw the evidence of the devastating 2013
Rim Fire, the third largest wildfire in California history, that burnt over 250,000 acres. Distance to Rainbow Pool: .13.6 miles

I was so proud of the kids so bravely riding their way downhill on this curvy roads along the side of the cliffs.

After about 2/3 or the ride where the roads got really steep, kids and Andrew got into the van for the remainder of the ride and I continued to ride my bike to the final destination. What a spectacular view! I didn’t get a chance to take any pictures at this point as the roads were pretty steep and I was just soaking up on  beautiful Tuolumne River canyon.

While others felt they had enough of hiking during this trip, Chloe and I couldn’t pass the opportunity to see more. So it was me, Chloe, Marc and our leader Zoë who continued through forest to the base of Lembert Dome, to a huge mound of polished granite rising 800 feet above Tuolumne Meadows. It was definitely one of the hardest and scariest I’ve ever climbed to get to the top. Not to mention, I was fearful for Chloe as the slope was really steep and it was very windy but she did so much better than me. I was the one who was lagging behind and slowing everyone down. 

The view from the top was impressive from a distance, but from the top, the endless views were well worth the effort!

What a cool moment this was! The rest of the group who stayed by the river spotted us  from all the way bottom, so we did a little victory dance.

Coming down was even more scary!

Today we are spending the day hiking in the Sierra Nevada high country. After breakfast we shuttle to Tuolumne Meadows, the largest subalpine meadow in the Sierra Nevada. Sitting at 8,600 feet, it was created by a glacier more than 2,000 feet thick and
21?2 miles long!

We crossed two forks of the Tuolumne River, whose rushing waters wind through the meadow, past granite domes, alpine lakes and deep canyons, and into the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir.

Our Tour family picture.

And picture with our fabulous leaders. We’ll miss you guys so much! They’ve been so wonderfully catering to our every needs with big smiles and such enthusiasm making our trip such an awesome experience.  It’s been so convent and luxurious to be cared by them, it’ll be a difficult transition to get used to our normal life without them. You guys rock!