06.15.08
Happy Father’s Day!
I realize it’s a little late to wish everyone a happy Father’s Day, but I hope you all had a nice one anyway. We had a nice one and celebrated it with the two most important fathers in my life (aside from my heavenly Father, heh). They sat next to each other today, which made it a picture perfect opportunity for me.
My father is on the left, and my husband, Brian, is on the right. God has blessed me with these two fathers. Each year has gotten better. Unfortunately, I know not everyone can say the same, so I am extremely thankful to God for these two men in my life!
This year we tried the buffet at Maison Akira in Pasadena. Here’s a pic of one half of the table. I’m on the far left, my two sister’s come next with my brother-in-law sitting next to his wife (my sister). My mom, and then my dad. I hope my dad doesn’t get covered up with the text on the side, but I don’t know how to fix that yet! Grrr.
Here are my boys at the other side of the table–Brian, Aaron, Matthew, and Andrew (who I hope doesn’t get cut off on the right side, grrrr).
Here’s my sister and me. She just had a birthday last Thursday. 
She and I will probably go out and celebrate some more later, heheh. These days we’ve learned that one day is not enough time to celebrate birthdays properly, so we generally spread it out over the month, ha!
Oh, for anyone interested in Maison Akira, we attended their Sunday brunch, which is during the hours of 11AM-2:30PM. It’s a French and Japanese fusion restaurant, so they have a choice of French and Japanese food. I chose primarily Japanese stuff. An example of what they had is pictured below, which was my first plate. I forgot about taking pictures after that, but they did have other dishes come out that I also ate, but is not pictured here. They had plenty of desserts, which looked wonderful, but I didn’t touch except the watermelon. Price wise they are pricey, so my suggestion is to eat up!
I know my plate isn’t a good sample of what Maison Akira serves because I didn’t eat a lot of what they had to offer primarily because they aren’t organic, and I try to stay fairly low carb. So that cut out a “lot” of their buffet. That little piece of salami peeking out there, I didn’t even finish. Not sure why I even put it on my plate? Ha! Not that it didn’t taste good, but I’m sure it had ingredients that I didn’t want. At my second run to the buffet they had unagi, tekamaki, and mackeral, so I chowed down on those, too. So for those who like Japanese, they had a fair selection of sushi, but don’t expect the amount of selections available at the sushi bars.
Well, it’s getting late, so better wrap it up for now. From the father in this family and me, here’s to hoping that everyone had a nice Father’s Day! The world needs more fathers like you!
Marlakins 
