Celebrating Ethan’s 16th Birthday at ETHOPIA 2025

July 19, 2025 | Parnell Park, Whittier, CA
Watch the tribute video until the end and turn up your volume to relive the full experience!

To our Family and Friends - THANK YOU!! 🙏🏼

ETHOPIA 2025 was an incredible success — all because of you. What began as a vision for Ethan’s birthday turned into something far greater: a day filled with love, joy, and deep connection. It truly took a village to bring this celebration to life, and we’re endlessly grateful to the community of family and friends who made it all happen.

Thank you to every single person who helped — from sunrise to sundown, from setup to cleanup, and every thoughtful act in between. Thank you for sharing your time, your talents, your hands, and your hearts to make the day so special. I won’t name names because I know I’ll miss someone, but you know who you are — and please know how deeply we love and appreciate you. 💙

To the hundreds of people who came — thank you for showing up. Thank you for the delicious food and drinks you shared, and for bringing your babies, kids, parents, cousins, and friends — the very people Ethan would’ve loved to see. I know he would’ve greeted each one of you with a big smile and a warm hug.

There truly aren’t enough words to express our gratitude. We’re still feeling overwhelmed — in the best way — by your love and support.

Most of all, thank you for making our baby boy smile on his birthday.

We love you. God bless you.

More About ETHOPIA 2025

This all-day event will be a fun ‘family reunion style’ community celebration with food, games / team tournaments, plenty of good music, special surprises and good vibes.

Who’s Invited?
Everyone is welcome. We would love to see a great turnout for Ethan!

What To Bring
Just like a family reunion, we encourage you to bring your chairs, blankets, canopies, and even a cooler if you’d like.

Potluck / Food, Drinks
We will provide some food and refreshments, but if you’d also like to bring any food, snacks or drinks to share with everyone we would greatly appreciate it.

Please note, we will not BBQ/grill at this event.

Stay tuned…more surprises to be announced soon!