Going home...

After an exhausting day, the four of us headed back to L.A.... tuckered out but very content. :)



We stopped at Wendy's for lunch... they have funny little sayings on their packages... ;)


Silly little Pablito...


Ahh.... another one bites the dust... ;) We heart the Walkers... :)

Dee and Marc's Wedding, day 4... dun, dun, dun :)

The day finally arrived... after so much preparation, they actually were getting mawwied!!!! Dee and I scooted out in the morning to get her hair done... Her hairdresser was amazing - straight out of the movies! "This isn't going ENNywhere HONey!" :) Oh... good times...



Then we went back to the Sayson home to start getting ready and all fancied up. :) Dee gave us jewelry her cousin had designed in the Philippines - it was so beautiful and matched our dresses perfectly...




The power went out just as we were finishing up, so we made it over to the church for pictures... Dee and Marc saw each other for the first time... and then there was a gorgeous wedding and a fantastic reception!!! :) Now, this is where the pictures get spotty, since I was a little busy! :) We danced the night away (and I got to swing dance!!!) and had an incredible night. We sent them off in their get away car and they left for their honeymoon in Hawaii... some island... umm... I forget. :) Who cares? They got mawwied!!!!!!!!

She was waiting to see her darling husband-to-be...


Pictures before the reception...



Just to be funny, we swapped the guys' jackets for our bouquets... good times...


Their first dance... singing their hearts out...


Cutting the cake...


Bye Walkers!!!

Dee and Marc's Wedding, day 3

So... the day before the wedding was the official flower day. After breakfast, we went to Costco to purchase 40 dozen roses in pinks, yellows, oranges and whites. They were incredible! A bunch of family came over to the house to help do everything and we had a lot of fun getting everything done! :) Altogether, there were 29 centerpieces (flowers cut by Chrystal and Auntie Eilene and arranged by all the boy cousins), about 150 boutinierres and corsages (made by the girl cousins and the aunts), and 12 aisle bouquets (made by the girl cousins). It was a hustle and bustle and all sorts of goodness. :)






Then we went to the church to decorate and do the rehearsal... all went pretty well, except, of course, the candalabras were being painted when we arrived. Hmm... good planning. :) haha But it was just dandy and then we went back to the Sayson home for a luau - all with homemade spam sushi! It sounds funny, but it's actually pretty good! Good times, good times...

Dee and Marc's Wedding, day 2

We woke up the next morning and started getting things together and ready...

Chrystal made cookies...


Marc and I scraped wax out of glass dishes...


Dee, Leanne and her Mom made wedding favors...



JP got in and we took a break to learn how to swing dance...



And then we took off to deliver gift baskets to the out-of-town guests!




After errands and delivery and feeling somewhat famished, we headed over to Sushi Hana's to celebrate her bachelorette party. After yummy sushi and mochi, we went to her mom's friend's house to fango... ahhh... good times... soft skin... :)





Then, we went to pick up the dress...



And then we scurried back home to hang out with a gazillion family members. :) It was super fun! This is a picture of her with about 1/3 of her cousins... ay chiuahua

Dee and Marc's Wedding, day 1

So... Chrystal and I drove up to Danville, CA after working all day... 377 miles in 6 hours... good times. Since we were already a little delirious from being tired at work all day, the road trip simply added to the delirium... :) heehee

First, we decided it'd be fun to explode a can of Dr. Pepper by accidentally leaving it on the roof of our car and then watching it fly away... hmmm...


Then we traipsed over the grapevine route, dodging tumbleweeds and bad cow smells...



We stopped at a trucker stop for a milkshake to give us even more delirium in the form of a sugar high... much to our dismay they ran out of milkshake mix, so they gave us the remains of all the mix they had left. Nothing like a chocolate/vanilla/malted crunch/oreo shake... hahahahaha So, then we tried to eat it without a spoon... only to find my lap and Chrystal's hand covered in shake mix, while I desperately attempted to keep my eyes open in the midst of insane laughter... oh... good times...


Then we raced through the backroads filled with wild, quail-rabbit-deer-eating boars... barely escaping with our lives, we managed to get loss in the dangerous wilderness, until we finally arrived at the lucky 808 Redwood Dr. where we met our enchanting Diana Sayson-almost-Walker... :)

Happy 4th!

So... it's funny about the 4th of July... this was the first year that it was really just an excuse to have a day off and relax with friends. :) Yay for bank holidays... good times.

I went up with Paul and Chrystal to the desert (her home) to hang out with the fam. Good times, lemme tell you. :) We relaxed and hung out in the hot tub and went swimming and slept and read and BBQ'd and set off fireworks and all kinds of stuff. It was so fun! I hope everyone else had an enjoyable day...

We had our traditional waffle breakfast...


Then we went to see "Cars" in the theatre...






Later on that night we set off fireworks (illegal ones) in the street... it was the funnest ever!!!