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Eric & Jen’s Wedding

July 12, 2015 By Misono in Family and Friends Tags: dan, Eric, Gainesville, Hanna, Jen, marriage, misono, Pat, Stonewall Golf Club, Tom, wedding, Xiaoyi

Celebrating Eric and Jen tying the knot on July 11, 2015! Congratulations to these two beautiful lovebirds!

Sign at Eric & Jen's wedding

 

Eric & Jen's wedding ceremony

 

Eric & Jen's wedding ceremony
A beautiful ceremony

 

Eric & Jen's wedding
Mr. & Mrs. Chen!

 

Eric & Jen's wedding

 

Eric & Jen's wedding
Selfie during the reception

 

Eric & Jen's wedding
Hanna and Tom were at our table!

 

Eric & Jen's wedding
First dance 🙂

 

Eric & Jen's wedding
So happy to see Xiaoyi at the wedding!

 

Pat looked radiant!
Pat looked radiant as always!

 

Eric & Jen's wedding
Hubster and I

 

Hanna and I with the happy couple!
Hanna and I with the happy couple!

4th of July Weekend

July 5, 2015 By Misono in Family and Friends, Recreational Fun, Seasonal Celebrations Tags: 4th of July, BBQ, burgers, chicken satay, dan, drumsticks, family, fireworks, friends, grilling, hamburgers, hot dogs, Independence Day, kalbi, Mio, Mirei, misono, Miwa, shrimp, shrimp skewers, skewers, sparklers, vegetable, watermelon, weekend

Photos from our 4th of July weekend! We started it out by trying Duck Donuts for the first time (since they recently opened their Fairfax location), had a BBQ with my parents’ family friends, and ended with fireworks on Sunday night!

4th of July
The girls dressed up for 4th of July!

 

4th of July
Hubs and Mirei at Duck Donuts

 

Duck Donuts!
Duck Donuts were delicious! My favorite were the maple bacon ones!

 

4th of July grilling
When we grill, we do it right… chicken satay, kalbi, and shrimp & vegetable skewers  (…in addition to the typical burgers + hot dogs)

 

Kids making s'mores
Kids making s’mores as Dan mans the grill

 

Mio eating watermelon
Mio loves her watermelon!

 

Kids making s'mores

 

Kids making s'mores
Mio right in there with the big kids, roasting s’mores

 

Fourth of July s'mores

 

Fourth of July s'mores

 

Dan helping with the s'mores
Dan helping with the s’mores

 

Mio chowing down on s'mores
Mio chowing down on s’mores

 

Mio chowing down on s'mores

 

Mirei on the patio

 

Mirei on the patio

 

Mirei on the Fourth of July
Mirei asking for more food

 

Fireworks on Sunday night…

Mio holding her own sparkler
Mio holding her own sparkler

 

Mio holding her own sparkler

 

Mirei watching the sparklers
Mirei watching the sparklers

 

Mio and Daddy with sparklers
Mio and Daddy with sparklers

 

Waving the sparklers
Waving the sparklers

 

Picnic at Frying Pan Park

June 28, 2015 By Misono in Family and Friends, Local Gems, Recreational Fun Tags: dan, Frying Pan Park, goat, goats, Herndon, Junko, Mio, Mirei, misono, Miwa, NVFC, peacock, petting farm, pig, piglets, Sunday, turkey

We went to a BBQ picnic with family friends at Frying Pan Park on Sunday, June 28th. The girls enjoyed all the food, hanging out with the other kids and pets, and we walked over to the petting farm afterwards to check out the farm animals!

Mirei with her balloon

 

Mirei and I at Frying Pan Park
Mirei’s facial expressions are so funny…

 

Mirei & Mio with their balloons
Mirei & Mio with their balloons

 

My sweet girls at Frying Pan Park

 

Sunday picnicking

 

Sunday picnicking
Mirei staring up at Aubrianna

 

Mirei holding hands with Junko and Miwa
Mirei holding hands with Junko and Miwa – such great aunties!

 

Peacock at Frying Pan Park
Peacock at Frying Pan Park

 

Turkey at Frying Pan Park

 

With the girls at Frying Pan Park

 

Sheep at Frying Pan Park
Mirei and Dan looking at the sheep

 

Mio at at Frying Pan Park

 

Nuzzling goats
Goats nuzzling

 

Baby turkeys at Frying Pan Park

 

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Piglets with their mommy
Piglets with their mommy

 

Looking at the pigs at Frying Pan Park
Mirei was staring, not sure what to think that piglets drink milk the same way she does!

 

Mirei tuckered out
Mirei tuckered out and napping on Daddy’s shoulder  after the petting farm.

 

Summer Evenings…

June 22, 2015 By Misono in Mio, Mirei, Videos Tags: baby pool, evening, Mio, Mirei, pool, porch, summer, video, wading pool

The girls taking a dip in the wading pool on the porch at the end of the day… ♥


 

Pooltime on the deck

 

Pooltime on the deck

 

Pooltime on the deck

 

Father’s Day 2015

June 21, 2015 By Misono in Family and Friends, Seasonal Celebrations Tags: dan, Father's Day, Mio, Mirei

Happy Father’s Day to all the wonderful dads out there, especially to our own amazing “Dadoo”! We girls can certainly be a handful, but we’re so thankful that he’s always there for us with nothing but love and support. We love you!

Father's Day 2015

 

Father's Day 2015

 

Father's Day 2015

 

Mio giving Dan the card she made him
Mio giving Dan the card she made him in daycare

 

Mio giving Dan the card she made him
It’s a shirt-shaped card with a necktie on it, so she put it against him like a real necktie!

 

Mio giving Dan the card she made him
We love you, Dadoo!

 

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