3rd of July BBQ

We had a 3rd of July BBQ at Kev's house.

It was great to have many of our loved ones in the same house at once, conversing and laughing together. We played craps of course. Chris became the house and doubled his money. Brad caught onto the game quick... can't wait to take him to Vegas w/ us.

Kogi BBQ yeeaaahhhh!

Finally tried Kogi BBQ last night since they showed up less than a mile from Tam's house in Fullerton. It was a 2 hour wait.... definitely worth it.

The best were the Kogi Sliders, Kimchi Quesadillas, & Kogi Beef Tacos. If you haven't already, you gotta try it at least once. Go with friends to help pass the time. If not, it'll be a killa.

Twinkle, Twinkle I Am Star

Seth Hamamura turned 1 year old last month! When all things are going wrong, the one and only thing (besides being in his mama's arms) that can make him stop crying is... Star. Star is the "star" for The Goodnight Show on Kids PBS.

We searched high and low to find a place where we could purchase a Star as a gift, but no luck.

I think we found our new business!! hehe.

I used to know how to use a sewing maching in Jr. High... but totally forgot. Kev's mom had to give us a lesson. Kev loooooves the sewing machine now. He's tailored about 5 pairs of pants already.

Seth loves his Star!!!

The one and only Star!!! (besides the one in the studio)

Happy 1st Birthday Sethman!!!!

AbbyCakes and PokeMonster

 

 On the way home from the dog park.

  SOOOOO tired.

Orochon Ramen

Dangit! No pics of our survival through Compton :o( 

Well, we drove through Compton in order to get to Orochon Ramen. Had a great time and great dinner with the cool peeps (S3, PG, and the Ratanaz). At this place they have crazy spicy ramen... if you eat the whole bowl (noodles AND broth) they post your face on the wall!!! We got a little glimpse of the super spicy ramen.. it was about the color of the menu that I posted. No thanks. None of our orders got even close to that so I'll just post our faces on here!

Miso Ramen - Spicy #4 (yes i am a weak one)

Uncle Pat and the Sethman

Hamamama & the babes eating bomba$$ ice cream!! (vanilla, red bean, and green tea)

It was nice meeting Sharon and Hannah! Hopefully we will hang out again soon :o)

BTW - this restaurant was featured on the television show, Man vs. Food. The host got his picture on the wall... after lotsa tears, sweat, and snotties.

Star Sighting!

While Kev was eating at an organic restaurant over in Santa Monica, he noticed he was sitting right across from Cheers!, Will & Grace, Kingpin actor (etc.).... Woody Harrelson!

Happy LOVE Day!

We celebrated Valentine's Day a couple days early this year to beat the restaurant crowd. Great idea! Kev surprised me by making reservations at what now is the best restaurant I've ever been to, The Hobbit. It's a family owned, house turned restaurant. They only have 1 seating a night & reservations must be made about 2 weeks in advance. 

The friendly staff greeted us with their self-titled, 

The Hobbit Champagne. It was very good & easy to drink! They led us and the rest of the guests down to the wine cellar where there was a bar of about 10 different hors d'oeuvres. 

Here are some pictures of our 7-course meal! WHOA! I could barely finish the filet... which worked out, bc it was a little too rare for me. I just ate the borders & the mushrooms. 

It was still GRUB!

Definitely a "unique dining experience". That's their quote... not my cheesiness :)

I hope you all had a wonderful Valentine's day; Celebrating our love for our friends and family, but mostly God's unconditional love for us!!

We'd like you to meet...

Abigail Keilyn Chin-Hatanaka

Abby is our (technically Kev's) new puppy that Auntie Kristine gave to us. She is a 7 month old Black Labrador/Beagle Mix. Full of loving energy, Abby just wants to run, eat, wrestle, and cuddle with you! 

Today she went in for her spay. We were a bit worried at first, going under and all... Kev sent me this picture after he dropped her off.

But a few hours after, we got word that the procedure went well and she is fine. Can't wait to get her back tomorrow and spoil her some more!

Poke has been doing well with her now. This was the deciding factor. We definitely wouldn't have been able to take Abby in if they couldn't be friends. It was tough at first, but now they are playing and wrestling every day. 

Abby got spayed today

Today I dropped Abby off at Bixby Animal Hospital. She was happy and running around, jumping on everyone and happy as always... little did she know, it would be the last time that she would be happy to visit Dr. A.

Remember When Abby ate her poo...

... and instead of reaching into her clinched jaws, attempt to pry her mouth open and risk getting poo embedded into my finger nails, I proceeded to slap her in the face, she eventually dropped the poo. I never did get poo on my hands and her slap happy friend ended up rescuing her from the poisons in poo.