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July 10, 2021

Placerville, CA

#SatoIChooseVu

Alexa & Spencer

Photos

A quick snapshot into our life together! (If interested, click the pictures for a little background behind each one)

First time together at Apple Hill and third official date (October 2014)

Third Date. Apple Hill. We got lost and had lunchable picnic at Bills and Felicia's Dolls. It was so fun!! (October 2014)

Some other cute Apple Hill pictures from the same trip! (October 2014)

We became "official" after going to Monterey, CA for the weekend. We went to the aquarium too of course! (December 2014)

Our "Baby" was born (January 2015)

First Sacramento Kings/NBA game together! (February 2015)

First Valentimes Day (February 2015)

First Valentine's Day. Spencer surprised Alexa at school with a bunch of roses and McDonald's chicken nuggets (February 2015)

We traveled to Jamestown to the Humane Society of Tuolumne and took Kirk home. James T. Kirk (April 2015)

Samuel Merritt University Pinning Ceremony (April 2015)

Went on our first international trip together to Vietnam. This is just a very very tiny piece of the trip. This is Sapa, Vietnam where we got to hike with Hmong villagers (August 2015)

We saw a lot of historical sites in Vietnam including Hue, Vietnam. This area is known as My Son, where a lot of Hindu structures were abandoned. (August 2015)

Rosie's Dog Beach with our whole family (September 2015)

Apple Hill (2015)

First and only time the whole family dressed up! Spencer (PO Mendez), Alexa (Soso), Shady (Chewbacca) and Kirk (Captain America). (October 2015)

We celebrated our one year anniversary at technically our first "Michelin Star" restaurant, The Kitchen, Sacramento CA (December 2015)

Kirk's first snow. Tahoe. (January 2016)

We match a lot more than we should sometimes. Melting Pot. Valentimes Day (February 2016).

Foster City (July 2016)

We first moved to the bay area and went from a 2000 sq foot home to a 700 sq foot apartment in Foster City (July 2016)

Us being poopy heads. We spent hours playing "Dizzy Chicken" for our second year anniversary weekend to win these hats!! (September 2016)

We also kissed under a sky full of floating laterns while Tangled's "Now I See the Light" was playing. Lantern Festival to celebrate our 2nd anniversary!! (September 2016)

First time backpacking but not first time camping (April 2017)

Heartlake at Mount Shasta (April 2017)

First play we ever went to together. Finding Neverland. Orpheum Theater SNH. (September 2017)

We had a blast in Japan too and have a TON of pictures there. Tori Gates at Fushimi Inari Shrine. Kyoto, Japan (October 2017).

Made instant ramen together in Japan (October 2017)

Christmas (December 2017)

Apple Hill (September 2018)

Maui (September 2018)

Swam under this waterfall along the Road to Hana! (September 2018)

Commission by Susan Curry as Spencer's Xmas present. We have been Disneyfied!! (December 2018)

Commission by Jennifer Dinh, Alexa's cousin, of Shady and Kirk (November 2018)

Disneyland (December 2018)

Times Square in New York (February 2019)

Apple Everything: gelato, chip, cookie, apple sauce, and baked apple at Jean Georges (February 2019)

Our proposal at the Georgia Aquarium, with assistance by the scuba divers and the whale sharks! (February 2019) To watch the proposal, copy and paste the following link: https://youtu.be/EPNZ25wqqT8

Alexa spent 16.5 years with Shady and for March, every day was made special for Shady. Beach trips, picnics, days of steak, etc. He left us but never left our hearts (March 2019)