Sasaki Family Sacramento

Karin and Phil's Wedding

2011-08-06T23:33:00.000-07:00

Piper and I with Karin and Phil
Trains, trains and trains!

State Fair 2011

2011-08-06T23:27:00.000-07:00

Piper and the boys above...and Leo in the NEMO boat below!
Leo playing the horse race with me...
Leo at the petting zoo

Piper...

2011-08-06T23:24:00.000-07:00

Piper and her future play date friends above and Uncle Andre below!

Leo and his "girlfriend" Cassidy!

2011-08-06T23:21:00.000-07:00

Sacramento Obon

2011-07-10T00:00:00.000-07:00

Leo having a blast at the Sacramento Buddhist Church Obon!
Below is the him hitting the drum, right before he got in trouble for hitting the drum! ha ha

4th of July Block Party

2011-07-07T23:12:00.000-07:00

Leo enjoying some watermelon at the 5th Avenue Block Party!

4th of July Parade in Land Park

2011-07-07T23:07:00.000-07:00

Leo's first official train ride ever!

2011-07-07T23:05:00.000-07:00

Leo's train ride in Old Sac...he loves his choo choo's!

Leo at the First Friday event at the Fountains!

2011-07-07T23:03:00.000-07:00

With his best friend Slamson and his favorite...cheerleaders and dancers!

Leo's First Day of Pre-School!

2011-07-07T23:01:00.000-07:00

Photos of Leo right before we took him to pre-school for his first day. He did great and was more sad to leave his new friends than to be away from his parents!

Leo's Playgroup

2011-07-04T23:00:00.000-07:00

Photo above is mom's and their 2 year olds...Leo's Playgroup!
Photo below is the new babies...all born within a few months of each other.

More Piper!

2011-07-04T22:55:00.000-07:00

Piper Violet Kikumi Sasaki

2011-07-04T22:53:00.000-07:00

Piper Violet Kikumi Sasaki was born on Saturday, June 18 at 3:32 in the morning at our house!
Leo has been a great big brother so far! Enjoy a few photos!

Leo turns 2!

2011-06-05T00:42:00.000-07:00

Leo on his 2nd Birthday....above photo is of him eating his Ice Cream Cupcake.
Below is Leo opening his presents from Mommy and Daddy! Yes, he is a Cars fan.

My Birthday Gathering

2011-05-29T00:48:00.000-07:00

My 40th Birthday with friends. Leo, B and I after cutting the cake
Leo and I blowing out the candles!

Leo visiting his relatives at the cemetary for Mother's Day

2011-05-29T00:46:00.000-07:00

The above photo is of Leo with his Great Grandma and Great Grandpa.
Photo below is of Leo with his Auntie Shari.

Leo's first Easter Egg Hunt

2011-04-30T00:00:00.000-07:00

Leo at Grandma's house looking for Easter Eggs. He LOVED it!

Father Like Son!

2011-04-23T00:11:00.000-07:00

Here's Leo with two of his girlfriends at Raley Field for a Mommy and Me Day with the River Cats.

Funderland with Leo

2011-04-18T00:46:00.000-07:00

Went to Funderland with Leo today and did the cars and the "choo choo." Had a great time!

Love how he is waving below.

Picnic Day, 2011 at UC Davis

2011-04-16T23:57:00.000-07:00

Our annual trip to Picnic Day at UC Davis! Leo had a blast!

Just thought I would post a few photos from Nana's camera!

2011-04-16T23:55:00.000-07:00

End of Season Team Outings

2011-04-16T23:51:00.000-07:00

It's the end of the NBA season, and a few of my team are moving on to new positions...therefore we did as many team outings as possible the past few weeks. Above is our Corporate Partnerships team on the floor before our last game of the year.
Below, is a photo from the Kings/Warriors game in Oakland.
And below is Opening Night at the River Cats.

Maggie, Colin, Tally, Mike and I at the recent Kings game!

2011-03-31T23:27:00.000-07:00

Leo being Leo

2011-03-12T23:07:00.000-08:00

Leo being Leo at Lounge on 20 with his Kings friends! ha ha

Leo playing at the Arena

2011-03-11T22:45:00.000-08:00

One of the perks of the job...for now! Leo got to run around on the Power Balance Pavilion floor for a bit. Love the first photo...look how small he looks compared to the spacious arena.
He usually makes this shot below on his little rim at our house. This is just a tad bit higher!

Disney on Ice - 2/21

2011-02-25T23:05:00.000-08:00

Leo, Ryan and Quinn watching Disney on Ice!

2011 NBA All-Star Game in Los Angeles

2011-02-25T23:02:00.000-08:00

National Anthem, sung by Josh Groban.
The West starting five being introduced!
LeBron shooting a free throw:

Paula and Steve's visit

2011-02-15T00:06:00.000-08:00

Great to see Nana and Grandpa, or better known as Paula and Steve in Sacramento.
And here's the Playground that Grandpa built for Leo in our backyard!

The Wagner's in town for a Kings game!

2011-02-15T00:03:00.000-08:00

Lance, Renee and the girls with me at halfcourt during shoot-around.
And below are the girls with the Sacramento Kings Dance Team.

Kings game - 1/29

2011-02-05T23:51:00.000-08:00

Leo with Uncle Randy courtside
Leo watching Shoot-around courtside

Leo loves SKDT

2011-02-05T23:34:00.000-08:00

Leo loves the Sacramento Kings Dance Team!

Leo's San Francisco Girlfriend

2011-02-05T23:30:00.000-08:00

Leo and his SF girlfriend Olivia!

New Year's in Marysville - Jan, 2011

2011-02-05T23:26:00.000-08:00

Leo in his box!
Leo with his cousins...
Uh oh, Leo loves electronics already!

Christmas- 2010 in Reno

2011-02-05T23:22:00.000-08:00

Above, Leo hanging with Alaina...those two love birds!
Below is Leo's new tricycle.
Family in our hats!

Chopsticks for the first time

2010-09-28T23:45:00.000-07:00

At Mikuni, where Leo used chopsticks for the first time!

Leo's First Ever Circus at Arco Arena!

2010-09-28T23:40:00.000-07:00

Leo on the floor at the Circus!
The family out in the zoo area.
Leo and his monthly photo with pretty women! :-)

Leo and his girlfriends

2010-09-28T23:36:00.000-07:00

Leo's been very popular with the ladies lately! :-)
And check him out below, on the Kings.com website with his favorite Kings Dancer, Lauren!

Cape Cod Vacation

2010-07-31T15:23:00.000-07:00

Leo swimming in Cape Cod with Mom
Leo also chilling in his lounge chair on the beach

Walking along the beach with his wagon

Marysville Obon Festival

2010-07-27T00:22:00.000-07:00

Leo and I at his second Obon! He dressed the part this year!
And he actually danced in front of everyone...hilarious!

4th of July in Sac

2010-07-15T23:09:00.001-07:00

Leo and I at the Kids Parade in Land Park
Leo in his wagon as well! Also, Leo at the 5th Ave. Block party trying to look cool and stay cool!

Father's Day - 2010

2010-07-04T00:23:00.001-07:00

Leo and I after running the bases at Raley Field on Father's Day.
It's our second River Cats game together, but first on Father's Day.
Can you tell we wore him out?! ha ha

Leo's First Birthday - June, 2010

2010-07-04T00:17:00.001-07:00

Here are some photos of Leo's first birthday party! First is of him in his new Kings jersey onesie!
Below is Leo eating his first birthday cake...and of course, it's an ice cream cake!
And this is Leo's 1st Birthday photo, of course with the UCD cow!

Sacramento Jazz Festival

2010-05-30T00:11:00.000-07:00

B, B & Leo all went to the Sacramento Jazz Festival...great time and beautiful weather. Above is Leo in my favorite onesie! Below is Bethany with Leo watching a local Jazz band.
And this is a photo of Leo and B in front of the Delta King!

Father Like Son....

2010-05-25T23:01:00.001-07:00

Leo and his new friends!

2010-05-21T00:48:00.000-07:00

Once again, Leo was able to meet a couple of Kings dancers at an event in Davis! He had a good time with them as always! :-)

Leo at 11 months!

2010-05-06T22:45:00.000-07:00

I can't believe Leo is 11 months now...his 1 year birthday is next month! Crazy.

Leo at Raley Field

2010-05-05T23:31:00.000-07:00

Bethany and Leo went on the field at Raley Field, home of the Sacramento River Cats for a Mommy and Me event. Here are two photos of Leo sitting on the bench in the River Cats dugout, and Leo on 1st Base!

Leo at 10 months!

2010-04-26T22:36:00.000-07:00

Here's our monthly photo of Leo from a few weeks ago! He's getting big!

That's My Boy!

2010-04-15T00:02:00.000-07:00

So Leo came to a Kings event with me and he got to meet Francisco Garcia, one of the Kings best players, along with Slamson, our mascot. He was happy with them and comfortable. However, look at his reaction below when he got to pose with two of our dancers. HA HA That's my boy!

Leo's first NBA Game - Sacramento Kings!

2010-03-23T07:54:00.000-07:00

Leo attended his first NBA game last night...at Arco Arena for the Kings/Grizzlies. He had a great time hanging out on the floor during warmups and watching the first quarter and a half! Here are a few photos of him....and how about that outfit?!

Leo is 9 months!

2010-03-07T00:56:00.000-08:00

I can't believe Leo is 9 months now! Wow!

Arizona

2010-03-04T21:33:00.000-08:00

I had to go to Phoenix, AZ for work meetings and decided to have Leo and Bethany come out early and spend the weekend in sunny AZ! Had a day of rain which sucked, but other than that, we had a great time. Above is Leo saying "howdy!"
Below, is a photo of Leo with his first cactus!

And this last photo is Leo and myself in front of the Old Scottsdale sign!

Shoes

2010-02-18T22:07:00.000-08:00

As I was cleaning up yesterday, I just glanced over and saw Leo's and my shoes sitting next to each other...thought it made for a great photo!

My Grandfather's 17-year Memorial Service

2010-02-16T00:22:00.000-08:00

We had my grandfather's 17-year Memorial Service in Marysville this past Sat. It was Leo's first service so I hope my Grandpa saw him from above! Here is a photo (above) where Leo was sitting in front of the "Obutsudan."

Below, Leo is wearing a Hiroshima Carp t-shirt that Auntie Janelle bought him when she was in Japan last. Ironically, Grandpa is from Hiroshima!

Andrea, V and me

2010-02-12T11:33:00.001-08:00

A photo with co-workers Vanessa and Andrea, during our bowling night in NYC. I bolwed a 300, and they barely broke 100. :-) I love them both, even though Andrea wants to steal little Leo from me! ha ha

New York, New York

2010-02-11T15:39:00.001-08:00

Had the chance to be in my first east coast blizzard ever! Was here in NYC for work the past 4 days for corporate meetings and had a great time. Good meetings, experienced my first blizzard/snow storm (12 inches of snow in one day!) and got to see some of my good friends that I haven't seen in a long time. Oh, and I had pizza almost every night and I think I gained 5 lbs while I was here! Above is Times Square during the storm, and this was when it was calm.
Below are photos of two nights of meeting my good friends out in the city!

Leo is 8 months today!

2010-02-03T10:03:00.000-08:00

Leo has now been on the planet for 8 months now as of today. Isn't that crazy?! He's getting very big and now makes the UC Davis cow look like a gummi bear! ha ha

Derrek Lee Celebrity Bowling Tournament

2010-02-01T00:40:00.000-08:00

This past Sat, we (vitaminwater) sponsored the Derrek Lee Bowl for Kids fundraiser and had the opportunity to bowl with some MLP baseball players. Among others, we were able to meet Derrek Lee, Torri Hunter (both all stars), as well as players such as Nick Johnson, Jim Edmonds and Juan Pierre. It was a blast, and Leo even got to meet all of them! (Even though he was sleeping for Torri Hunter.) ha ha Anyhow, it was a great time and I've posted photos some great photos of Derrek and Torri! Someday when Leo is old enough to realize who these guys are, he'll think it's pretty cool!

Our Famous Mayor Drinks Vitaminwater

2010-01-29T00:35:00.001-08:00

I am sure that you know by now that the Mayor of Sacramento is a very famous ex-NBA player...Kevin Johnson. Well he is a huge fan of Vitaminwater so my team has taken care of him, and he is taking care of us! You would think by the looks of these photos, that we have some sort of sponsorship deal with him, but we don't...he's just a huge fan. And you know what? I am a huge fan of his!

Leo and Baby Legs!

2010-01-27T23:34:00.000-08:00

Leo is now finally old enough to wear baby legs! What are baby legs you ask? They are basically long socks to protect his legs and knees while crawling and dragging himself on the floor! He's really scooting around now, let me tell you!

An actual night out!

2010-01-25T00:59:00.000-08:00

Bethany, Leo and I actually had a night out...it was our good friend Lisa's birthday dinner and we made it out to 33rd Street Bistro in Sac. We obviously couldn't stay out late and go to the bars as we had to get Leo home for bed, but it was fun to actually get out for a bit, since we don't get to do it that often. Above is the group photo! Happy Birthday Lisa!

Leo likes to swim!

2010-01-23T22:58:00.000-08:00

Apparently, Leo likes to swim. Bethany took him to a family swimming pool in Davis and he absolutely loved it. We see that he loves taking a bath, so I guess it's not surprising that he enjoyed this. Watch out Micheal Phelps!

Leo with his new blanket

2010-01-19T12:47:00.001-08:00

A friend of mine who works for a promotions company asked me to send me a photo of Leo a few months back...well here is what she sent me! It's a blanket and the company is called "Pics in a Blanket." Not sure what to think of this to be honest, and I doubt we'll be putting this on his crib/bed anytime soon, but it is kinda cute! Maybe one of Leo's Grandma's will want it for their house! ha ha
The first time Leo saw this, he just stared at it...it was funny.

Leo is 7 months!

2010-01-13T00:14:00.000-08:00

Leo just celebrated his 7 month birthday! And to think he used to be smaller than that UC Davis cow! ha ha

New Year's Eve and Day

2010-01-03T22:25:00.000-08:00

It sure was weird to not be throwing a big NYE party in San Francisco this year, but it was great to be with Leo and Bethany for Leo's first New Years! 2009 was a great year for the simple fact that Leo was born, but other than that, it was just an "ok" year. Look forward to having 2010 be a kick a-s year!
In the photo above, Bethany and Leo are ringing the bell at the Sacramento Buddhist Church (Where we got married!) after the New Years Eve service. It's a Buddhist tradition to ring the bell 108 times for good luck. It was the first time Bethany (and of course Leo) has ever rang the bell!
The photo below was taken at the Marysville Buddhist Church on New Year's Day. Since we were heading to Marysville for our family party, we decided to make it up for the New Year's Day service and support the church I grew up going to.
And lastly, our family on my Mom's side gets together on New Year's Day every year as far as I can remember! We rotate getting together in Marysville or the Bay Area, so it was nice to drive the short distance to my hometown. It's one of the few times we all get together and is truly a great time seeing everyone and of course, we eat way too much. This was Leo's first New Year's Day with the family so it was nice to hang out with everyone. In the photo below, Leo is rolling around on the ground with his cousins Sara and Dave. Love that he is pulling on Dave's sweatshirt string! ha ha

Leo's Christmas Presents

2009-12-29T00:52:00.000-08:00

Thank you to everyone for Leo's first ever Christmas presents! Leo received money for his savings account, and other great gifts that you can see in some of these photos. In the photo above is his Radio Flyer wagon that Grandpa Steve and Nana Paula sent from Boston! Leo took his first ride in it yesterday and LOVED it.

In the photo below, Leo is sitting with all the presents he received in Reno. Among them, a laptop, train and clothes from Uncle Blake and Auntie Staci (He LOVES the laptop, thanks B and S!), some great Japanese books from Janelle, and a Christmas music box from Auntie Shirley!

In the photo below, this is the winter jacket and hat that Auntie Brenda and Dale got Leo for his first time in the snow. It definitely keeps him warm and we'll put it to good use this winter!

And finally, here are a couple of stocking stuffers that I got Leo...first gift is Sophie the Giraffe. He has not let it out of his sights since he got this! It looks like the French are good for something! ha ha His second gift was his new favorite bib...yup, a Chargers bib!

Thanks again to everyone for making his first Christmas a wonderful one!

Leo's First Christmas - 2009

2009-12-27T20:01:00.001-08:00

Leo has his first Christmas two days ago! We celebrated in Reno at Auntie Brenda's house and of course, we ate way too much! But there was snow on the ground in Reno so Leo got to experience snow for the first time! Above, is a family photo in front of Brenda and Dale's tree!

In the photo below, Elena and Ali were able to meet Leo for the first time!

As mentioned above, Leo was able to experience snow for the first time ever in Brenda and Dale's backyard! We put on his "snowsuit" and for the most part, he enjoyed it...until we laid him down to do a snow angel! (He started crying)

We also took Leo to Mt Rose to get him outside! He had a blast, wearing his new jacket that Auntie Brenda got him. Look how cute it is!
All in all, Leo had a great first Christmas in Reno...he already can't wait for Christmas #2 in 363 days!

More Holiday Gatherings!

2009-12-23T23:25:00.000-08:00

More holiday gatherings and I love it! Over the past two days, we were able to get together with some of our greatest friends in the world in San Francisco and Sacramento. In the photo above, Ryan, who recently moved to San Antonio, Texas was in town to visit family and friends for the holidays. Here is a photo of Leo and I with Ryan and Jeff, two of my best friends since we were 12 years old.

In the photos above and below, we were at 21st Amendment in San Francisco visiting with some of our great friends in the City. That is Anne and Litta with Bethany...and of course Leo, trying to sleep! ha ha
And below, is Leo and I with Andre and Colin, two of my great friends in SF. We miss seeing you all and last night reminded us of the "good old days" in San Francisco!

Holiday Gatherings This Weekend!

2009-12-21T00:36:00.000-08:00

We had a bunch of holiday gatherings this weekend...this is usually the case the weekend before Christmas. On Saturday, we went to Marysville for our annual gathering of high school friends. This has been an annual tradition for over 10 years now and it is one of my favorite nights of the year. We always start it out with dinner, then drinks at a bar, and then close it out playing poker until very early in the morning.
Even though we just had our reunion this summer, it is always great to see everyone. We were a very tight knit class and were all quite close. You can make great friends throughout your life, but there's just something about the friends you grow up with, that you cant ever duplicate with newer friends. Above is a photo of us at the bar in Red Robin! Oh, and I won $50 in poker!

Also this weekend, we met up with some friends in Sacramento and went ice skating at the rink in midtown. Unfortunately, we had to leave early to put Leo to bed so we couldn't ice skate (Which is probably a good thing for me!), but it was fun to hang out with everyone on an unseasonably warm winter evening. Above is Leo with Bethany at the rink. Next photo is of Chris and the family, and the last photo are four of our friends...Christine (2nd from right was the organizer...great job Christine!

I love this time of year! More photos coming from a few more gatherings coming up in the next few days!

Christmas at 1764 4th Avenue!

2009-12-14T23:59:00.001-08:00

Since this is Leo's first Christmas on earth, we thought we would document some photos of him with our decorations at our house.
Above is Leo's first photo with his stocking that my Mom got for him, as well as his first Santa hat. It's pretty darn cute.
This photo above is Leo in his Reindeer costume (Thanks Mom!), and I am sure most of you saw this photo in our Christmas card that we sent out! He likes this costume a lot cause it keeps him warm!
This is our beautiful fake Christmas tree! I know, I know to you Christmas enthusiasts, we shouldn't have a fake tree, but understand, when we had real trees in the past, they were a pain to clean, and our dogs would always pee on it! ha ha

And in this last photo, it just shows our Christmas stockings with our names on it. Isn't Leo's first stocking cute?! We look forward to spending the holidays with friends and family!
Happy Holidays everyone!

Fall/Winter Weather!

2009-12-06T10:33:00.000-08:00

Being that we were gone for 9 days in Boston, there were a HUGE amount of leaves in our front yard when we got back. And because I was so busy with work this week, I was finally able to get to the leaves on Saturday. And you know me, I will get a posed photo with Leo with anything! This photo turned out great!

Rumor has it that it might snow in Sacramento tomorrow....what, are we on the East Coast now?!

Leo's 6 Month Birthday!

2009-12-05T11:00:00.000-08:00

December 3rd was Leo's 6 month Birthday...he's getting so big, over 18lbs now! Of course, we took his monthly photo with the UC Davis Stuffed Cow! He now rolls over, sits up on his own and can pull himself up to a standing position!
Happy 1/2 year Birthday buddy!

Leo's first Thanksgiving in Boston

2009-12-03T22:04:00.001-08:00

We celebrated Leo's first Thanksgiving in Boston with my in-laws...we were there for 8 days and had a great time. We of course, ate way too much, but had a lot of fun. A lot of the Hayes family made it to Hingham to celebrate the holiday! Leo's Great Grandmother, cousins from upstate NY, Philadelphia and Australia all were in attendance!
We went to a Celtics game in Boston and I have to say, the TD Garden is one of the nicest arenas I have ever seen. (United Center in Chicago is the best)

We also made it to my in-laws' new house in Cape Cod...and what a beautiful house it is! I attached a photo of Bethany, Paula and Leo in front of the house. We'll hopefully be spending plenty of days there in the future!

We made it back on Tuesday night and unfortunately working the rest of this week! But Leo's first Thanksgiving was a memorable one, even though he won't remember it! We have plenty of photos to show him in the future!

Our Blog!

2009-12-03T21:50:00.000-08:00

Since everyone is not on Facebook, I thought it might be cool to try out blogging so all of our family and friends can check out what's going on in our world....well Leo's world! ha ha

Bare with me as I try to get up to speed on this, but so far, it's a lot of fun!