One of the highlights of our U.S. trip was taking along our good friend, Mrs. Fukuda, and her son, Akira, to experience American Christmas.  Mrs. Fukuda was there at the birth of all three of our girls.  Her family and our family have spent countless meals together.  She is without a doubt a very special part of our lives.  And we continued to build great memories: caroling, Christmas Eve service, turkey and ham dinners, Christmas sweets, holiday shopping, opening Christmas presents in pajamas, etc.  The images below display Mrs. Fukuda and Akira’s bright and fun personalities.  You can also see the strong mother-son bond they have.  Mrs. Fukuda and Akira, thank you for your friendship.  I was honored and happy to capture the images below.

Their smiles are contagious!!

Anne’s younger brother, Dave, snuck in on some of the shots in his pajamas and had some fun with the Fukudas.

I got in some individual shots of Akira.

We also went to Virginia Beach  and Akira was able to see the Atlantic Ocean for the first time.