Entries Tagged as 'miku'

Doug & Naoko’s Labor Day Party

September 5th, 2008 · 3 Comments


Tommy :: Elgin, IL


Tommy, Mitch, Chris, Ali, Miku :: Elgin, IL


Cory & Danny :: Elgin, IL

After our visit in Maine and then heading down to Boston, we flew back to Chicago. I was home one day and then I went to Wisconsin for four days. I have a ton of photos from that trip, but in an effort to get back on a current time line, I’m going to skip a head a little and then circle back.

So, when I returned from Wisconsin Dallas’ brother Jordan, Jordan’s girlfriend Liz, and Dallas’ sister Caroline were staying at our place. Dallas’ parents were also in town, but staying in the suburbs. I swear this was the most stressful week of the entire Summer of Rachelle because then after Labor Day weekend I started work at Roundarch this past Tuesday!

On Saturday we went to Dallas’ cousin Doug’s house in Elgin for a barbecue. Doug and Naoko host a barbecue over Labor Day weekend every year. Starting last year Dallas and I have hosted a Labor Day weekend barbecue too. This year we hosted everyone at our house on Sunday. More on that in a bit. These photos are from the barbecue in Elgin.

Tommy is starting to get so big and look like a little boy, more than a baby. I thought this same thing when I saw Quinn yesterday and the day before. Time flies! Tommy is going to be a big brother in a few months so I’m sure he’ll look really big then! As usual, Naoko had loads and loads of delicious appetizers: mini pigs in a blanket, taquitos, pork shumai, a cheese platter, chips, guacamole, cheesy spinach dip, everything. For dinner we had beef, vegetable and chicken shish kebab, salad. Everything delicious. I was kind of eagerly awaiting dessert because Naoko always has something different and fabulous. This time she made flan. It was great. Naoko is a hard act to follow, which is what we had to do the following day!

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Tommy’s 2nd Birthday

July 2nd, 2008 · No Comments


Doug, Naoko, Tommy :: Mount Prospect, IL

The day after Killian and Liz’s wedding was Tommy’s 2nd birthday party. I honestly didn’t think we were going to make it. I woke up and told Dallas to call Danny to come and get Tommy’s gift on the way to the party because we weren’t going. But Dallas wanted to go so I got ready and then slept til Danny came to pick us up. Danny took some back way to Mount Prospect with a lot of speed bumps and I contemplated opening the door or something because I thought I was going to be sick. By the time we got there I was feeling ok.


It’s hard to wrangle so many kids. They kept walking out of the photo! I know a few kids are missing here and there were also a few babies not pictured.


Miku :: Mount Prospect, IL

Tommy’s birthday is a lot of fun. There are always a lot of little kids. Seems like I always end up playing with Miku. Her family speaks Japanese in their home and I don’t think she speaks much English. .. but a language barrier doesn’t mask the fact that she loves to ham it up, especially in front of the camera. That is her with what was left of the pinata on her head. The little kids didn’t really destroy the pinata… it was the older boys, including Dallas, who were throwing footballs at it that really killed it.


Doug, Naoko, Tommy :: Mount Prospect, IL


Showing Tommy how to eat the frosting.

I know everyone always says this, and Doug and Naoko are probably sick of hearing it, but I just can’t get over it every time I see Tommy… how he looks EXACTLY like Doug.

These photos are way late because I didn’t get a chance to post them between Killian & Liz’s wedding and the wedding we attended the following weekend in Connecticut.

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