Dan’s sister Hyo, brother Ted and Ted’s fiancé Jackie came to visit us the weekend after Christmas, and we got to spend some quality time with them for a couple days! The girls loved being with their aunties and uncle, and were getting spoiled by all the extra attention!

On Saturday morning, we decided to all go ice skating! I’m not very good at ice skating, so I stayed outside the rink with Mirei, but it was Mio’s first time skating on the ice and she seemed to enjoy it! Dan and his siblings did a great job of holding her hands and keeping her safe as she skated.

Dan putting ice skates on Mio
Dan putting ice skates on Mio

 

Mio and Mirei at Fairfax Ice Arena
Mio and Mirei at Fairfax Ice Arena

 

Mio ice skating with Dan
Mio’s first time ice skating!

 

Mio's first time ice skating

 

Mio's first time ice skating

 

Mio's first time ice skating

 

Mio's first time ice skating

 

Mio watching the rink
After half an hour, Mio got tired and wanted to take a break so she watched with me from outside the rink.

 

Mirei's first skate with Daddy
Mirei got to skate a lap with Daddy, before he was told that it wasn’t allowed for her to skate strapped to him.

 

M&M by the lockers
M&M playing by the lockers while everyone else skated

 

After ice skating, we stopped by the Snocream Shavery bus to have some Taiwanese shaved ice!

Mio waiting for Snocream

 

Almond and milk tea snow and macaron
Almond and milk tea snow and macaron

 

Later in the afternoon, we headed over to the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, which is the National Air and Space Museum annex in Chantilly.

Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

 

Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

 

Mio in her stroller at the museum
Mio taking a break in her stroller at the museum.

 

Mirei at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

 

Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

 

Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

 

Mio jumping with Ted and Jackie
Mio loving the attention from Ted and Jackie!

 

Our family at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Our family in front of the Discovery space shuttle

 

Mio with Ted & Jackie by the Discovery

 

Sunday Lunch at Yechon
Lunch on Sunday at YeChon before seeing everyone off.

 

It was a short visit, but we had a lot of fun spending time together! It can be difficult for us to travel with two young kids, so we really appreciate whenever Dan’s family can come to us to visit. We look forward to the next time we’ll get to see each other again, and hopefully we can visit California in the new year!