May Days

It's pretty wild to think that little Mia is already a year old! Mar and Vince invited the whole family to the Mexican restaurant Azteca to celebrate the little princess's birthday, which was pretty festive for a Cinco de Mayo birthday. Since Cinco de Mayo landed on a Tuesday this year, we all got together for the celebration the Sunday before. Filling a restaurant with the whole family is always a lot of fun.

Sometime during the celebration Nishi and Gemma came up with the swell idea of having a cousin dinner at my place. I walked up to their table, and immediately hear, "So, we're going to come over to your place for dinner next time." I say, "Oh, that sounds good! When should we have it?" Gemma chimes in, "Tomorrow!" And surely I agree! It's always fun to break up the work week with something different and fun, so I was all for it. What better company than my cousins? So, needless to say that Sunday and Monday were filled with family fun.

Birthday princess Mia, blowing out her first birthday candle!
She already dove into her cake. You can tell by the little chocolate soul patch on her little chin.

The Picardal-Villa family and friends gathered for the special birthday at Azteca in Tukwila. Feliz Cumpleanos, Mia!

The next day, we moved the party to my place.
This is the busiest my kitchen has ever been!
We had a very diverse menu, including Italian, Southwestern, Indian, and Filipino food.

Michael, Tin, Macoo, Gemma, Sander, Matt, and Mar enjoying the food.

Josh, Tan, G, David, Andrea, Nishi, Raya, and Ty also enjoying the potluck dinner.
I knew my big couch would come in handy!

The little princess and Daddy Vince hanging out.
Poor Mia had her 1 year old shots and was feeling pretty under the weather.

Isaac always up to something. . .