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We can’t believe how quickly February flew by!  I know that as we get older, life gets busier, but wow!  We’re welcoming March–one of my favorite months–already!

Besides celebrating 6 months and Kiya’s 4th birthday, we also celebrated our first Valentine’s Day as a married couple.  Nothing fancy, but we did enjoy a yummy dinner at a friend’s restuarant. Frank had crab cakes and lamb (of course), and he even ordered dessert! 

Toasting with strawberry champagne

Earlier in the month, we were invited to attend a Lexus event where they were introducing the all-new RX sport utility vehicle.  We love going to Lexus events because, besides the cars, they always serve yummy food and drinks.  As Frank says, you can’t turn down free food!  This time, they had a photo booth too, so we took our first photo booth pictures together.

The new RX is pretty darn cool by the way.  Much bigger of a vehicle than I’m used to, but definitely cool.

Friends of ours also welcomed their new babies into the world this month!  Congrats to TK and Theresa on the birth of their son, Jake, and to Mariza and Troy on the birth of their twins, Samantha and Seth!  Yea for babies!

It seems that we are becoming auntie and uncle more and more these days, and we love it!  Yes, everyone knows I love babies and we seem to be the only married couple in our groups of friends without kiddos, but we are enjoying being newlyweds!   So for our friends who keep asking, we are sticking to auntie and uncle, not becoming mommy and daddy (except to Kiya) any time soon (that’s the plan anyway). 

Unfortunately, February also brought sad news for one of our friends, who lost a dear family member after a long battle with an illness.  It is at times like these that we’re reminded to cherish those we love and live every day to the fullest, and to not sweat the small stuff.  To our dear friend, our thoughts are with you and your family.  We love you very much and we are here for you anytime you need anything.

We are now looking forward to March, where business looks to be very positive at the store.  We hope to find a weekend to hit the slopes, or at least take Kiya on her first trip to the snow.  Odd that we haven’t done that in the three years we’ve had her…

We celebrated Kiya’s 4th birthday today!  She had a fun-filled day and we spoiled her with birthday gifts of food and toys!

It was also 3 years ago today that we found her at the Oakland SPCA and welcomed her into our lives.  We fell asleep last night talking about all the fun, frustrating, crazy, lovable moments we’ve had with her.  We can’t believe that it’s been 3 years already.

Kiya enjoying her ‘birthday cake’ cookie

Kiya with Daddy and her new squeaky squirrel

Kiya with Mommy, squirrel, and Blue (a gift from grandma and grandpa Leung)

Kiya playing with her new squirrel

Craving her doggie ice cream

Enjoying her ice cream

Ice cream’s all done!

Happy Birthday to our Bubba!  We love you so much and we feel so lucky to have found you!

We celebrated 6 months of marriage today with a dinner time visit to The Counter, Frank’s favorite burger joint.  Yummy.

While wondering around Santana Row afterward, we came across Pinkberry!  We didn’t know that Santana Row had one.  We’ve been addicted to frozen yogurt lately (Froggie in Fremont has been our usual yogurt place) so we of course headed right over to see what the hype is all about.

Our conclusions:  I got the original flavor (tart) and Frank got pomegranate ($2.50 and $3.50 respectively for the small size).  Yummy yogurt, but over-priced for what you get.  The cups seemed to have so much empty space in them after they were filled with the yogurt.  We felt gyped eating the one and half swirls you get, but it was good.  We’ll stick with Froggie. 

As you may know, Frank and I adopted Kiya from a local SPCA about 3 years ago.  Obviously, the plight of shelter dogs has become close to our hearts.  Shelters are often overcrowded and depend on donations of money, food, blankets, and even toys to be able to care for homeless/unwanted animals.

You may have seen Pedigree’s “Maybe You Should Get a Dog” Super Bowl commercial.  Well, here’s something easy you can do to help!  Pedigree has a couple of videos on their website, and for every video watched, they will donate a bowl of food to dogs in shelters.  Last I checked, the videos had been viewed 220,936 times.  That’s a lot of meals donated to shelter pups!  Please help!

www.pedigree.com/03Adoption/superbowl/?CID=SB3648&zjxj=01400004W2503022W903W0