What more can you ask for in life? Cheers to good friends and family.
Mio has made some more friends in the neighborhood lately, and they are so cute together! The moms are Japanese and talk to their kids in Japanese, so it’s great for Mio to get more exposure to the language, too.
These are from almost a month ago, but I thought I’d post them anyway because they are so cute…
Yesterday, we met up with our friend Jamie to have a picnic lunch at Lake Merced in San Francisco. The weather was a little brisk for summer, but we still had a great time eating and catching up together. Jamie always impresses us with her delicious cooking, and she brought us the most tasty tuna sandwiches ever (even one specially made for Mio!), and we brought some homemade Bakesale Betty-style coleslaw and cherries as sides. After lunch, we walked around the lake — it was Mio and I’s first time seeing Lake Merced!
We had a lovely time at the lake with Jamie! Thanks for the delicious sandwiches, and for taking such good care of Mio! 😀
Our friends Hyangsun and Tony celebrated their baby girl’s 100th day last Sunday, and we got to be a part of the festivities! Baby April (SunMi) was born on April 1 this year, so she’s almost exactly a year younger than Mio. (Hyangsun and Tony had been expecting her to be born in May, and they actually came to Mio’s birthday party on March 31.. and then April was born the next day, a month before her due date!)Â The decorations were beautiful and all the food was delicious! Here are some pictures we took at the party…
It was a really delightful celebration! Thank you Hyangsun and Tony for inviting us to celebrate April’s arrival! We can’t wait to watch her grow. 🙂
A couple snapshots from Thursday, when Mio and I got to spend the day with Megumi, Daniel, and Jenn. Mio especially loved visiting Tony La Russa’s Animal Rescue Foundation — she loved seeing all the kitties and dogs!
We took Mio to see the Alameda Independence Day Parade yesterday for a Fourth of July celebration. Alameda’s parade is apparently the largest (with 160+ floats) and longest (3.2 miles) Independence Day parade in the country! It was a hot day, but we parked ourselves under some shade and watched the parade go by — Mio had fun watching her first parade!
After the parade, we walked back to our friends Tarrin and Jason’s house to enjoy a BBQ lunch — everything they cooked was amazing! Our tummies got to enjoy quite a feast!
We also got to hang out on their hammock — it was so relaxing!
All of us had a great time spending the day in Alameda! After eating all the delicious food and being out in the summer sun, we all took a long nap when we got home that evening. Hope everyone else had a memorable Fourth, too! 🙂