Adam and Rachel's Wedding

Adam and Rachel were married in Rachel's hometown of Westport, Massachusettes on September 29, 2007. What a fantastic weekend! Eunice was honored to officiate their ceremony and Ryan was asked to speak, so we were a little nervous... but the whole weekend went off perfectly.
Our favorite memories include: Navigating the backroads of Westport at 2am, making ourselves at home at the fantastic summer home of Rachel's neighbors, seeing Rachel's childhood home, introducing Spencer to his cousin Maureen, playing frisbee with the Hills in the meadows, seeing Spencer launch himself into the arms of the young ladies picked to be our babysitters, enjoying sunset and a fantastic rehearsal dinner at Castle Rock Inn, hearing a whole series of very special toasts by Adam and Rachel's friends, riding on a firetruck to the ceremony with Adam and Rachel, walking down to the beach on a picture perfect day, hearing mom read "if I should fall behind, wait for me," seeing such a perfect couple tie the knot in such a personal way, learning how to pull off a clam's turtleneck from Gillian at our first clambake, seeing the local fireworks show right after dinner, and dancing the night away to fantastic Reggae...

Click here for a slideshow of photos taken by friends and family... click here for the official wedding photos. And finally, click below for a video that Ryan made to show at the rehearsal dinner: lots of cute photos, not-so-cute photos, and never-before-seen footage of Adam rapping to Vanilla Ice. A must see!

More fun with Spencer...

If you haven't been able to tell already, we go to the park ALOT with Spencer. Now that he's walking around, he just has so much fun exploring!


This time, we decided to explore a new playground in Golden Gate Park. This place included bouncy "concrete" floors, tons of animal and rock structures to play on, the biggest jungle gym we've ever seen, and a toboggan slide for kids. Spencer stuck with the animal and rock structures this time around, but next time, we're tackling the slide!


Spencer has also discovered a new-found love for cars, in particular Grandpa Nic's snazzy Porsche! But we've decided to keep him focused on more toddler-appropriate aspirations for now...which means it's back to San Mateo's Central Park for a fun afternoon with Nani. :)

Click here for a slideshow...

Theo's 1st Birthday

Theo's 1st birthday was quite memorable, in large part due to Grace and Alonzo's epic party preparations!

 Here are shots of Theo and Spencer watching Gaby take a bath.... an experience every little boy should have when they turn 1 (look at Gaby modestly trying to shield the view from the boys). And then there was the chaos of the kids in Grace and Alonzo's kitchen... all while Grace, Nikki, and Eunice poured their blood, sweat and tears (literally: Nikki got a second degree burn on her finger while using a glue gun) into creating a set of traditional Korean birthday decorations out of paper towel rolls, beans and candy... the men tried to help by getting the kids out of the house for a walk through Edgewood.

 And here we are on the big day. We don't have any pictures of the amazing food, the picture-perfect decorations, Theo's fantastic Korean outfit, the ceremony where Theo picked his future profession, Alonzo's dad's heartfelt speech, or even the moment where Spencer made a bolt for the open door and was halfway down the sidewalk before we caught him... What we do have is this blurry picture of 2 pretty special boys. Happy first birthday, Theo!

Hanging out with Karen and Erin

In September, Aunties Karen and Erin came to San Mateo to meet Spencer for the very first time! We had a chance to grab a few meals together, go for some walks around town, and of course, play in Central Park!


Much to Spencer's delight, Karen and Erin had endless reserves of energy for going down slides, pushing him on swings, and chasing him through tunnels!


A calm moment in the park...


We had a chance to grab dinner with Cousins Benson and Danielle while the Changs were in town. What a fun evening - and a fantastic visit with Karen and Erin. Thanks for coming to visit!

Click here for more shots from the weekend, including a fun video of Spencer playing peek-a-boo with Erin in the park...

San Diego with Jesse and Eileen

We were able to take our long planned trip to San Diego with Jesse and Eileen over the holiday weekend... and also celebrated our first weekend away from Spencer since he was born, thanks to the generous babysitting of Susan and Jim!

 Our favorite memories include: Hiking Torrey Pines, eating at a restaurant that only serves food from 33 degrees latitude, eating at the Guild with the "artists, artisans, and architects of San Diego," cooling down in the fountain at Balboa Park, joining the holiday weekend partiers on Pacific Beach with "forties" of Tecate, enjoying warm ocean water and perfect PB sunsets, screaming on the wooden roller coaster in Mission Beach, drinks at the Del, night-time activity at the Zoo, the valiant search for tikki on Shelter Island, watching Jesse get work done in all sorts of unlikely locations, meting Melinda for the first time, and having Spencer spend some time with great-grandma Pinky.

An unforgettable trip-- click here for the full slideshow.