Wedding After party

Bride's friend's gift: Rie dancing lovely hula for Aina & Kiyo.


Garter throw!


Groom's friend's gift: Japanese-kind-of-joke to celebrate for the couple...the guy ended up dipping his head into a bucket of ink and writing calligraphy with his head/hair...had to cut off the rest of the video as in the process, the cloth that wrapped the body fell off...and things that shouldn't be seen were slightly revealed...

Happily Ever-after

It was a beautiful wedding....korekaramo zu--to oshiawaseni...!
(more photos to come)

Our summer schedule

We will start this summer by flying to Tokyo for Aina and Kiyo's wedding, then we'll head to Taipei to spend the rest of summer for the arrival of our new baby. Hopefully by fall, we can be back in Seattle with our new little one before it gets too cold!

3rd Trimester

As the busyness of wedding & transisioning is over, I decided to dedicate my last three months of pre-baby freedom to making jewelries (taikyo ni mo ii kana?). Here are some of the materials I bought from Japan. http://www.kiwaseisakujo.jp/

Marine Exploration

Seattle beach in early Spring

Unlike golden sunny Southern California beaches that Noah is used to, the Seattle beach in April is composed by the prettiest shades of silver, gray, and blue. I find myself loving both...