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On Christmas Eve, we went to lunch with a bunch of my girlfriends from college — we went to Bon Chon Chicken in Centreville. I’d heard of how great Bon Chon was from all my friends in Virginia and had to try it! True to its reputation, the chicken wings were some of the best I ever had! Great flavor but not too greasy! (I ate mostly the soy garlic flavor ones because the hot ones were too spicy for me… although Dan was all about the spicy ones!) It was great catching up with familiar friends… felt like I got transported back to the good old college days! πŸ™‚

ddukbokki
Delicious ddukbokki! (The chicken was so good, I forgot to take a picture of it...)

 

Smiles!
Mio is all smiles!

 

The girls surprised me with a birthday cake! Red velvet… so delicious!

A surprise birthday cake!

With the cake!
Mio is dying to dig her hands into the cake...

 

Hanna, Liz, and Celia

Cutting the cake.

Lovely Liz and Celia.

trying to eat the necklace

...with the back of Mio's head.

It was great seeing everyone and catching up! Thank you everyone for the delicious birthday cake!

 

 

Later in the afternoon, Miyoung and Mike came by to visit us at my parents’ house. Miyoung and I had a great time having a couple hours of girl talk while our hubbies played video games together and Mio napped.

Us with Miyoung and Hyeongjo

Miyoung brought by these lovely macarons… they were almost too pretty to eat!

Macarons from Miyoung
Look at all the colors!

 

Love macarons!
I love macarons!

 

So delicious...
They were so delicious... between me, Dan, and my sister, we killed them all before the day was over.

 

 

Some more random pre-Christmas photos…

This just might be my favorite picture of the year.
Mio playing with a magnifying glass. This just might be my favorite picture of the year.

 

The box is bigger than Mio.
Huge box of chocolates from a family friend to our family. The box is bigger than Mio.

 

Mio looking pretty in her skirt.
Mio gets to spend her first Christmas in Virginia! What will Santa bring...?