First hanami together ♥

On Sunday, we drove out to the city to go to Golden Gate Park, where the cherry blossoms are in bloom by the Hagiwara Japanese Tea Garden. Cherry blossoms are my favorite flower, and I love seeing them come in bloom every spring and this year, Mio got to see the beautiful blossoms she was named after. There were a lot of people having hanami (flower-viewing) picnics around the trees in Golden Gate Park — gotta enjoy them while they are still in bloom! 🙂

We captured some lovely photos of Mio, our own little blossom, among the sakura…

Arriving at Golden Gate Park
Arriving at Golden Gate Park

 

Cherry blossoms!
Cherry blossoms!

 

Mio with the cherry blossoms.
Mio with her namesake.

 

Love that smile!
Love that smile!

 

A cascade of blossoms
A cascade of blossoms

 

Mio with Daddy
Mio with Daddy

 

Kiss from Daddy
A kiss from Daddy

 

It was a cowboy boots kind of day!
It was a cowboy boots kind of day!

 

Tickling Mio's cheek
Tickling Mio's cheek with a flower.

 

A flower from Daddy

 

More kisses from Daddy

 

Oh, the cuteness!

 

Mio clapping her hands
Mio clapping her hands in delight.

 

Mio and Mama
Mio and Mama

 

Our family under the cherry blossom tree

 

Our family's first hanami
Our family's first hanami

 

Our family under the sakura

 

Daddy and Mio eating lunch.
Picnic time!

 

Happily eating
Happily eating lunch.

 

Attack!!!
Attacking Mama while she dozes...

 

Mio is really excited to be touching my butt...
Mio is so full of energy that we can't keep up!

 

For the full slideshow of photos of our hanami, see below! 😀