This week in pictures | huis in tokyo

After a week in Hong Kong, I flew to Tokyo to make my family's wayfaring dreams come true.  

This week in pictures | huis return to hong kong

Happy 2025 from Hong Kong's Victoria Harbor! 

After five years, we flew over the Pacific Ocean again to spend six days with David's family and to witness my brother-n-law say, "I Do" to his soul mate.  

This week in pictures | huis in san jose

We drove up into the foggy, wet city of San Jose to check out San Jose State University.  However, there was no haze and no rain. Just cloudy, gray (at times blue) skies and perfect temps.  

This week in pictures | huis in san diego

Greetings from San Diego.

Three weeks in pictures | winter break edition

Welcome to our three week rest-cation.

This week in pictures | huis in phoenix

 During spring break, we drove out to the Valley of the Sun...

This week in pictures | huis in punta mita

After months of restrictions and isolation, the kids are back in school.  The return to bell schedules and reuniting with old friends looks good on them.  I, however, am missing the warmth and hospitality of Jalisco, my remedy for minimizing forehead wrinkles and relaxed facial lines.  

This week in pictures | week 3 of summer 2021

Found some feel-good memories.

This week in pictures | week 2 of summer 2021

Trying a Big Mac for the first time because why not, it's summer!

This week in pictures | week 1 of summer 2021

All smiles!

Homebound - reached week 5 of COVID-19

We are still stuck at home.  Although the pace of things have slowed down, the weeks are flying by.

  

Still under quarantine - COVID 19

I've been sleeping in and getting home manicures.  

  

Week one of social distancing

It's been a week of binge eating and homeschooling.

WE ❤ H.K.

Pre-spring break excitement started the minute our airline tickets were purchased back in September. We were heading back to Hong Kong! I spent seven months dreaming about H.K.'s city life and amazing food. Although, my goal towards an exciting family adventure and rest and relaxation were quickly met with a reality check.  Sibling bickering, tears, tantrums, and hormone surges (young and old) was not the family adventure I envisioned. Overloaded from being pulled in different directions from well-intentioned H.K. family members, tensions were rising.  Tempers were boiling.  Kids were resenting parents, parents were resenting kids.  At times David and I felt defeated.

But just like all experiences we learn from our challenges, grow stronger as a family, and reflect on the lessons learned.  What better way to truly understand who your kids are than out of their comfort zones and in another country.  Traveling with kids is so freak'n stressful and exhausting.  But I'd do it over and over and over again just to create and relive their childhood for one more day.

A family adventure is what it is...an ADVENTURE.  Imperfect but truly momentous and impactful in building a healthy family unit.  That realization only comes when I finally look back at all the photos from our trip.  I'm filled with such gratitude to live such a mighty life.

So, without further ado, please enjoy some (way-to-many) snapshots of what it's like Growing Up Hui in H.K....

This week in pictures | huis in puerto vallarta

 

We spent the first week of winter vacation at, now, one of our favorite Mexican beach resort cities, Puerto Vallarta.  The kids discovered the term all-inclusive and how it could solve all of life's problems.  Five days was certainly not enough time to devise a plan on how to convince David we should stay for five more days.  We captured this one last family photo before leaving paradise...rested, relaxed, and minutes away from wanting to miss our flight home.

But let's take a look at how we got here...

Season of packing lunches and filling backpacks

Kids most dreaded day of the year came.  And the first day of school didn't go as expected.

I said goodbye to carefree temperaments and cheery dispositions.  And hello to moody kids and science projects.

This week in pictures | week 6 of summer 2018

Here's our photo montage of week 6:

I still get kisses from him.

This week in pictures | week 5 of summer 2018

Here's our photo montage of week 5:

Only four more weeks till backpack season👎.

This week in pictures | week 4 of summer 2018

Here's our photo montage of week 4:

Full of warmth.

This week in pictures | week 3 of summer 2018

Here's our photo montage of week 3:

SOCAL kids!