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My Dirty Thirty Tokidoki Birthday Party

2011-06-21T11:14:00.000-07:00

I had been planning this party 2 months prior. I was debating to have a party or not. After numerous, "You should have a party! You're turning 30!", it was decided that I would. You know me and themes...and it no doubt it my mind it HAD to be a tokidoki theme.

I have been in love with tokidoki since I saw it while on vacation in Hawaii. It was newly released as Le Sport Sac bags...after that ... my wallet has never recovered. :P

Anyways, first off, decor! What was I going to do? I contacted tokidoki if they had anything that they don't need anymore from their stores (posters, cardboards, etc). They replied that they didn't provide these for customers. I did order a box of frenzies for my party favors and they also hooked it up with stickers. Their customer service peeps were awesome! Big ups to Danielle and Trisha at their headquarters! I ended up using my tokidoki toys, skateboard decks, and print outs as my decor.

Next was the cake. I was debating also if I was going to do my own cake! Then I thought to myself about all the things I would need to do during that week, as well as make my bff's birthday cake (her bday is a day after mines!). So I started hunting for a cake decorator. I was looking for someone who had a specific style (kinda like mine). Then low and behold, Ron (the hubster), finds his friend on FB whose gf made cakes. I looked at her cakes and fell in love. A woman after my own heart! I booked her asap! Check her out at L.A. Cake !

At the tokidoki LA store off Melrose getting my tokidoki kicks.

tokidoki toys for decor

My "Blind Box" Party favors. They either had a tokidoki pin or tokidoki frenzie. They also had the option of a bag of candy with a tokidoki sticker.

The Cake Balls (made by me)

The Cake by L.A. Cake

Video of the Cake
The "Photobooth"

Thank you again to everyone who came and helped set up and clean up. It was the best birthday ever!

Our Anniversary

2010-07-13T12:29:00.000-07:00

12 Years ago (or so), Ron and I had our first official date at Disneyland. We decided to celebrate our 2nd year wedding anniversary there yesterday. ;D

When we got there, we got our anniversary pins from city hall and then grabbed a corn dog. Then rushed to watch Captain EO. Boy, was I getting teary eyed watching it. =X

Then we were going to be late for the Aladdin show at CA Disney. We had 20 minutes til showtime so we rushed from Tomorrow Land all the way to Hollywood. We made sure to watch it before it has it's last curtain call on August 15. They are replacing it with a Toy Story play I believe. The Genie was hilarious. He clowned on the Miami Heat about having wishes and told Aladdin he was like Jacob (and Bella) cause he had abs. It was the funniest Aladdin show I've seen.

After the show, we got our annual passes and took some random pics.

Go Dodgers! So wanted these Mickey Ears but they were $20!

This by far has to be my most favorite reading picture! I know my students will get a kick out of this one!

Happy Anniversary to US!

Then we ate at Ariel's Grotto for the World of Color Experience. Reservations is a must!

Oh and look what they have now! I wanted to buy one, but I didn't want to mess it up!

World of Color was AMAZING! I felt like I was 5 years old again!

Overall it was a great celebration! Many more to come!

2010-07-08T00:19:00.000-07:00

Today I played with gumpaste and fondant. I am taking my final course for decorating cakes. I'm so excited. I made a ribbon today, but it fell apart when I got home, cause it wasn't dry enough yet. No worries, I'll make another one tomorrow. On our last class, we have to make a final cake and I don't know how I'm going to decorate it. I'm thinking of course, orange and pink.

Speaking of orange and pink, it's our 2nd year anniversary on Monday! We decided no gifts for each other since we got an annual pass to Disney and will be ordering our iPhone4s. I hope to order "our" cake from the bakery that made our cake. It feels like we've been married for more than 2 years though! This year did mark our 12 years together. Crazy right?

BTW, 3 more weeks til I go back to work. Teachers starts Aug 4 and kiddos start Aug 9.

2010-07-05T13:42:00.000-07:00

Fun filled week last week!

Watched Eclipse on opening night with niece and nephews. We watched the "Twilight Experience" in which they showed all 3 movies. ;D It was pretty fun.

The following day we went to DLand.

On Saturday, we hiked to the "Bridge to Nowhere" in Azusa. I was so scared to go. I'm not an outdoor person, nor am I fit to do such a crazy hike. As you can see, I'm here and blogging. I surived climbing rocks and walking mountain sides, crossing rivers and running away from rattle snakes. =) It was a 12 mile round trip hike.

Yesterday, we just hung out with family and watched fireworks from my Aunt's house and watched Grownups with the cousins.

Ron has no work today so I'm pretty happy. He's downstairs playing PS3 for once. ;D

Oh ..hello!

2010-06-24T11:41:00.000-07:00

It's been almost a year since I posted on here. So many things have happened. I'll save it for later. Now that it's summer vacation time from work, I have plenty of time on my hands to blog.

We have finally settled down into our new home. Our 1 year home anniversary is coming up on July 4th. =) Furniture buying is all done. =) We finally had our house warming last Saturday.

Maybe I'll finally do a post on our wedding day. :P

2009-07-17T15:45:00.000-07:00

Long time no post...

2 big things...

1) We finally moved to our new house!
2) We celebrated our 1 year anniversary!

We didn't need to save our cake topper, because our baker, Rockwell's Creative Cakes, make a fresh one for you on your 1 year anniversary. =)

Update

2009-06-29T08:49:00.000-07:00

Aloha! How I wish I was in Hawaii saying that.

It's been awhile since I blogged. Let's see....

Was really busy with the end of the school year. My first official year of teaching is done. I will be moving from 6th grade to 4th grade. I'm really excited!

We have been battling for our house. We were supposed to move 2 months ago but the person who was initially dealing with our loan was a butthead. We are finally moving in this week. I am getting tired of all the boxes and bags here in our apartment. We bought our fridge, washer, and dryer yesterday. Everything has been so surreal. I'm so excited to go bathroom shopping. What a nerd, right?

Our 1 year anniversary is coming up soon. I can't believe we've been married for 1 year only! We've had our ups and downs, but more ups than downs. Nothing major. I am looking forward to the rest of our lives. I am really happy with my love. =) I still do want to do a wedding blog post, but that will be on hold until after the move. =)

Well I hope all is well on your side of the web!

Please Pray

2009-03-25T12:42:00.000-07:00

The past few days has been an emotional rollercoaster. Please pray for one of our family's many dogs, Gordo. Gordo belongs to Ron and my in-laws. He is Stitch's brother and best buddy. He was admitted into the hospital yesterday due to a ruptured disc. I know some of you are thinking, it's JUST a dog, but Gordo is not JUST a dog. He is family.

On Sunday, at our weekly gathering at Grandma's, he wasn't himself. Everyone knew he wasn't himself. He wasn't running around, he wasn't humping everyone he saw, and most of all he wasn't wrestling with Coco (Tita Yunita and Tito Bong's puppy).

On Monday morning, Daddy Tony took him to vet. They checked him and gave him medicine. Monday afternoon, Mommy Nora came home and found Gordo sprawled out on the floor, unable to get up. He was given more medication and some shots. He was capable of walking still, with weakness in his left hind leg.

Yesterday morning, Daddy Tony took him to the vet again because he was dragging himself around the house now. He had no movement in his hind legs at all. He also has lost control over his bladder/bm. The vet then sent Daddy Tony to take Gordo to a specialist in Fountain Valley (mind you that my in laws live in Rosemead). Luckily it was close enough from our place that I was able to help them.

When they arrived, Gordo was excited to see me standing outside of their van, which made me very happy. Since he has lost the use of his hind legs, he needed to be carried around. He was smiling the whole time in the vet's lounge and waiting room. When my brother arrived he got excited again. He liked the ladies that were checking him, but when Dr. B came in, oh how he got very defensive. I don't think he liked Dr. B. He was strong enough to drag himself quickly and hide under a chair.

Dr. B. checked him and said it may possibly be a ruptured disc. He did some little things to Gordo. He did that joint checker thing where when you hit someone's knee it's supposed to move. Gordo didn't move. He squeezed Gordo's hind toes and he squeeled. We felt a sigh of relief. Dr. B. said that feelings in Gordo's toes is a good sign. After explaining what it may be, the procedure, and the price of the procedure, we had no choice to admit him. Dr. B. said that he has a 85%-95% chance he will walk normal again.

Today he under went surgery. Dr. B said that there was a lot of bleeding in his spinal cord area. Due to that, there is only a 50-50 chance percent that he will walk again. Our family is hoping and praying that his physical therapy will go well and that he WILL walk again.

Thank you in advance for your prayers and positive thoughts our way. Gordo is part of our family and we love him very much. It breaks our heart to see him going thru all this. I will keep you all updated.

Gordo @ the vet's before he was admitted.

It's almost done!

2009-03-17T16:10:00.000-07:00

Our house is almost done! Move in/closing is April 30th. So soon! So excited!

On a side note, I got Pink Slipped. Our HR person said not to worry because they are confident that they will re-hire us. My co-worker said she's gotten one every year for the past 3 years. I'm just waiting. We'll find out in May. Positive thoughts.

I did join a rally on Pink Friday. Photos courtesy of Swanky Photography.

And .. pics of the rascals.

New Additions to Our Family

2009-02-23T22:19:00.001-08:00

The other day I found a dog at work. Searched for lost poster signs, checked online, and posted online. She was so scruffy and dirty. It was very sad and gross. I took her to my parents house to clean her up a bit and I still can't believe all the nasty stuff I had to cut off of her hair. Took her home. Took her to the vet to get here scanned for a microchip. Decided to get her vaccinated just in case and for an exam.

Vet says she is about 4 years old. She is in okay shape despite a hernia. She has had puppies. She has never had any vaccinations based on her reaction to getting vaccinations. She is most likely from a puppy mill based on her reaction to other dogs. Sad.

We have named her Trixie. She is a sweet dog. Not playful, but sweet. She is always sleeping, but she loves talking walks. Surprisingly, Lilo gets along with her very well.

Meet Trixie, our new addition to our family.Ron just adores her. <3

On a side note, the same day I found her and got her cleaned up at my parents' house, my uncle drops off this new addition to my parents' home. Let's just say that my mom had a cow but is enjoying the new terror (she's sooo puppy compared to Lilo & Stitch). I heard that my brother was doing his laundry and dropped his sock and she took it and he had to chase her all over the place. Hehe.

Meet Winkie...now known as Sasha. She is a purebred maltese. She is 14 months old.
So our family of dogs is now 4. Crazy stuff. That's all for now. ;D

Our First Valentine's Day

2009-02-15T22:52:00.001-08:00

Yesterday was quite lovely. I can't stop thinking about it.

We decided not to get each other any gifts since we didn't really want anything because we're saving up for house stuff.

Woke up...gave him his card. Went back to bed for a very long time because I was not feeling well. Woke up again to get our dinner clothes ready. Got his card.

Went to the Cannery in Newport Beach. Love the place! Sat at our table. As we were getting settled, the hostess brought flowers to our table and said "Special Delivery". Apparently Ron made arrangements for flowers to be delivered. It was a sweet surprise. =)

The food was good but a little salty. I had the Lobster Bisque and Filet Minon, while Ron had the Mango Crab Cakes and Lamb. The desert was DELICIOUS! And so cute! ;D

Our first Valentine's day....loved it. =)

Lobster Bisque
Mango Crab CakesLamb
Filet Mignon (aren't they supposed to be petite?)

The yummy desert!

Speaking of house, it is coming along well! For photos visit our flickr page.

Here we go again!

2009-01-26T20:05:00.000-08:00

I started a diet last Thursday and have lost 6 pounds since then.

My diet blog.

=)

24 minutes...

2008-12-31T23:35:00.000-08:00

24 minutes left of 2008...

It's been a very exciting year. In the beginning of the year, I was excited about our apartment. This coming year we will have our own home. Looking back at my blog this past year just makes me realize how time flies and all of the things that I have accomplished and have been blessed with. I told Ron the other day that I still can't believe that we're married. It took us 10 years to do so, but it was worth the wait. We really planned our future life together to help us have a better life.

Things to look forward to in 2009...

Our new home. About 4 months left. =) Very excited, but very sad to be leaving the OC.

Francis and Michelle's wedding.

Grandma and Grandpa's 80th and 90th birthday.

Carlo graduating.

Making a baby (:P) after Francis and Michelle's wedding.

I'll leave it at that for now! 15 minutes left!!!

Have a safe and happy new year friends!

Howdy!

2008-12-03T22:11:00.001-08:00

The reason for the tracker in our previous post...

We bought a house a couple of months ago. End of October? It is a 3 story single family corner lot home with 3 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, and a loft. This was not the previous lot that we wanted. Long story. To make it short, we got a better deal, same model w. more square footage, AND cheaper! It is a house that we looked at last year but knew we could not afford, but thanks to the buyer's market, it's ours. All ours! Still can't believe it. =) A brand spankin' new house! *sigh* Closing is in May. Ron and I are very excited. =)

Another project I have been working on. I think it's mighty cute! It's for Ron's Grandma's 80th Birthday. I am REALLY liking this whole invitation making thing!

I have yet to blog about the wedding! I kind of started but will release everything when it's totally finished. =)

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. Spent our in the Bay with Ron's mom's side of the family. Good times as always!

Til next time!

...

2008-11-10T19:15:00.000-08:00

The countdown begins..

Amazing..6 months...keeping our fingers crossed..

More on this later.. =D

redotdesigns.com

2008-10-16T19:49:00.000-07:00

One of the best people I've worked with!

redotdesigns.com

Surprised to see us on there....haha!

Been awhile..

2008-10-09T20:58:00.000-07:00

Photos are finally uploaded...

http://flickr.com/photos/aprilandron/sets/

I still need to update! =( Sorry! Work has truly been keeping me busy. Thank your teachers teaching you how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide...most of all read!

Someday I will update!! <3

MIA!

2008-08-08T14:29:00.000-07:00

Aloha! We're back from our honeymoon...well it's been a week since we've been back. Lots of recaps and photos from the wedding and honeymoon to come. Been so busy with the apartment and what not. =) Some teaser pics from our professional photographers.. =D

We're Married!

2008-07-14T23:19:00.000-07:00

Click for better viewing.

It's been two days and it's hard to believe that we're married. Honeymoon starts next Monday. =)
Thanks to our friends who took these photos. Our professional photographer loved working with us so much that he offered us a gift..a free photo shoot at Disneyland. He said he's never worked with such a fun couple who was down for anything. =D

Blog on the whole wedding later. =) We've been trying to fix the apartment. As of right now, our entertainment system. I got Ron a 42" plasma TV. My brother got us a home theater system. And Ron's sister got us a PS3. We're totally set! Haha!

Oh .. and can you say ... CHA-CHING! Ron and I tried opening our envelopes the night of the wedding...1/4 thru we were tired and we were surprised to see that we were up 10Gs. =X Let's just say we received back everything we spent (not including the reception that my parents covered) + more. Total shocker. We didn't want to keep the money in our hands so we went straight to the bank today and even the bank teller was shocked. It was crazy.

Some Planning Stuff

2008-07-07T23:36:00.000-07:00

I will start my post off with our gifts. ALOT of gifts! I am a gift giver! I love giving gifts! Love my pink and orange totes for my girls? =D I would love to show you what's inside, but I'm afraid you'll just have to wait til Thursday.

My Flower Girl Gift Bag

They will be wearing a tiara to match their cute dress. =D
For Our Moms
I would have loved to get them in pink, but in all honesty I don't think they'd use it. So we got one mom a white and brown one and the other mom a brown and brown one. =)

For Our Dads
I'd have to say shopping for men is harder than shopping for women! We knew we wanted to get our dad an everyday watch, but we were definetly on a budget. It took us forever to buy a watch for these two! For one, my dad has all the watches in the world and I don't know if anything can compare to his gazillion Rolex watches, so it was really hard for me to find a good everyday one. On the other hand, Ron's dad is glued to the watch he currently uses. So here they are...

For Ron's Dad:

And for my daddy..

Some other wedding stuff!

Escort Cards
Table Placement Stuff
Everything for each table was placed in a manila envelope for each table. Easier for my coordinator to place everything. =D Here you see the envelope, coloring book/crayons, place cards, and table number. What you don't see is the menu card, which I already put in. =D

The Programs
It's only a total of 3 pages!! It has ALL the readings in it too!
Behind the whole "love is..", when Ron and I first started dating he would clip out those comic strips and put it in our letters so it just stuck with us thru out the years. There are 4 different "love is" comics on our programs. =D (I didn't include one of the pages, because it had EVERYONE's name on it).

For our Money Dance
Instead of pinning the money onto us, they will place it in these "baskets" which my Jr. Bridesmaids will be holding.
The Coins
The Ring Pillow
*note to self---> Get Ron's promise ring!*
The Snack Bags which will be passed out AFTER the ceremony.

We made about 200 bags and each bag is only about $0.75 each!

The packing crew.
Moral support...haha..

This is part of the escort table where the escort cards will be placed in front of the frames. The left side are my grandparents, and parents wedding photos, and vice versa for Ron. It's a somewhat a surprise for his grandparents. =)

Pardon my wannabe fan napkin. Adult place setting
Kids place setting.

Well I'm off to pick up my dress! It got steamed. =)

One more week!

2008-07-02T09:26:00.000-07:00

"Life is not perfect. You will make mistakes, but each time you meet life's challenges together, you will grow wiser, stronger, and surer of your love."

Sometimes I get mad at myself for being too forgiving. I get mad and upset, but in the end I always forgive. Sometimes too easily. I mean, yeah I'm hurt and I'll have that in the back of my mind until it disappears, but I don't know if it's a good thing that I forgive easily and quickly. I've learned to speak my mind though because I feel that if I don't, the situation will only get worse. I don't want people to think, "Hey you hurt me, so you can hurt me again because I didn't say how I felt and I forgave you." It ain't going to work like that anymore.

Just a random rant. =)

I know I've been MIA but so much has been going on these past few weeks.

We finally spoke to our new priest who is so kick back compared to our previous one, though I will miss our previous one.

Last day of the school year was last, last Thursday. Same day, I officially got hired as a 6th grade teacher. What a way to start our married life! =D

My 6th graders and I. Teachers vs. 6th graders at a softball game. Teachers kicked butt.

I had a pre-bachelorette dinner with two of my girlfriends. Then last weekend I had my bachelorette weekend in San Diego which consisted of lollipop penis, drag queens, the beach, kinky toys, and pole dancing....yes pole dancing. I don't have that many photos. I'm still waiting on them from the other girls.

Ducks in our "backyard!"

Our "backyard."

Yes, those two are men. The one in the pink was gorgeous!

Since Monday I've been like the energizer bunny .. on wedding mode. Monday, I don't even remember what the heck I did.

Tuesday, met with our DJ. We have the coolest DJ! He DJs the Ducks and the Angel game AND he's even in theKnot magazine because theKnot had requested him to DJ one of their lovely parties. I'm so excited! After that, my niece and I had time to kill so we went to Victoria Gardens and bought myself a "just in case something spills on my wedding dress" dress. It's just a cute baby doll dress. I don't plan on changing into it, but it's there for emergency purposes. After that, we had my hair trial. I LOVE IT!!! I am so in love with my stylist! Now, my other MOH and even my jr. bridesmaid wants her to do their make-up too! I'm going to have two looks...one for the ceremony and one for the reception. I wish I could post pics, but I don't want to spoil it! So you'll just have to wait and see.

Wednesday ran errands, dropped off my dress to get steamed, and did a walk thru with Darcue,

Thursday, I got my fingerprints done for work and went for a Slim Wrap. I just went for the heck of it and lost a total of 8 inches off my body. I lost 1.5 inches off my freakin' waist! My brother was shocked when I came home cause he said I did look like I lost weight. Woot!

Yesterday I spent the whole day doing wedding stuff and packing up my things. I was getting a little sad packing up my clothes. I can't believe I'll be leaving "home" in a week. I've never left home!

I'm excited. I'm just trying to do my best to make sure everything gets done. =)

Shameless Plug

2008-06-24T22:27:00.000-07:00

One of the best photoshoots my brother has done by far. I just love the pics to death! I'm so proud of my brother!

This is my friend's baby (the first baby of the group).

More @ Swanky Photography

Club 33

2008-06-22T20:46:00.000-07:00

Approx. 20 more days left til wedding! 4 more days of work!! A lot to update about .. but we'll leave it at my birthday celebration with my MOH at Club 33 at Disneyland.

Can you say dream come true? Ron and I are big Disneyland fans ever since we started dating. Our official first date WAS at Disneyland. We always told ourselves that one day we'll get to eat at Club 33. And thanks to my MOH and her connections, we did! On our birthday week too!!

So here are the pics...

The Birthday Girls (My MOH and I..her birthday is the day after mine.)
A dream come true!Ding Dong!
Hello?

Who would have thought?

2008-06-10T21:07:00.000-07:00

I'm a little sad...

The priest who we have been meeting with for our wedding is being transferred up North. I felt like crying. Even though he's little intimidating and very strict, Ron and I became very comfortable with him.

Now I feel like we're starting over again with another priest. I don't know what to expect, but the priest did tell the other priest that we were "straight" or was it "strict"? He said the same thing to Ron about us and we weren't sure what he really said and what he meant. I guess though it really meant something good. =)

The weird thing is that on Sunday, the pastor at Ron's parent's church went on leave and his mom said something about how that would be crazy if that happened to our priest. And ta-da!

=/

Busy Bee!

2008-06-08T22:00:00.000-07:00

I am trying so hard not to get stressed out. I am really tired though. I made our ceremony programs and it is absolutely cute, easy, and simple! It's not final yet cause we're still adding stuff to it, but a separate post later on.

This week is going to be a stressful one...but like I said, I'm trying not to get stressed out. Report cards are due on Wednesday and I have to grade two big tests before then so I could input it in for their last report card. On Thursday is Open House. Is my room prepared? I'm hoping by tomorrow afternoon it will be. Our theme is "Over the Rainbow" so I bought rainbow die-cuts from the teacher store and I took each of my students photo (both the kinder and 6th graders) and cut them out so it looks like they're going over the rainbow, flying over the rainbow, coming out of the cloud, etc. It's ABSOLUTELY cute! Sadly, for privacy purposes, I can not share them...but then again, if I do one of myself, then maybe I can just so you get the idea. ;P

On Tuesday are my parents 30th Wedding Anniversary. We spend it every year with my parents. I know it's THEIR day, but we have always celebrated it together.

I really just can't wait for the week to be over..and sheesh..it hasn't even started.

On a side note, I've been trying to call the seamstress who is in charge of my wedding dress from the boutique I bought my dress at and well I haven't gotten a hold of her! I'm crossing my fingers that I get to do my final fitting sometime within the next two weeks! Eeeek!

*breathe in...breathe out*

Okay, before I leave .. engagement photos part 2? It was so random. ;D

Me: "Hey..how you doin?" LOL. I didn't know where to put my hand!
Weee! He beat me to the swing first.

I thought my brother was taking a close-up shot so I stood on my tippy-toes.

Bridal Shower #1

2008-06-05T20:06:00.000-07:00

My first of two bridal showers was held at my Aunts house, hosted by my Aunt, my MOH, and mother.

My aunt's house is less than a minute away from mine. So it was very convienent.

Here are SOME photos taken by my brother. Please check out his new blog! Swanky Photography!

Being silly!

That's my parents' house right in the middle in the background. That's how close we live!

The Favors
The Food

The Pig
The Centerpiece (LOVE IT!)
The Set-Up Crew

My mom, my MOH, my future MIL, and my MOH (Ron's sister).

Words of Wisdom

Instead of clothes pins, they used necklace rings. If someone said APRIL, RON, RING, or WEDDING, they got all their rings taken away.Making me a photo album message scrap book!
Here comes the bride!The Guests
My bridesmaid (best friend from junior high)

My cousin (bm), MOH, me, baby cousin (bm), MOH.

Wardrobe change! Whoever was able to guess the right amount of clothing, etc, I was wearing before hand one. I also had fake tattoos..hehe! And I was not surprised who won..my 11 year old niece! She got 14 out of 16 questions right! She knows me too well! Oh and she does live next door to me. Haha!

Toilet paper time! My flower girl. =D

I hated this game! It was "How well do you know the groom?" If I got an answer wrong I had to eat a Double Bubble bubble gum! My MOHs specifically searched for this gum! Silly girls! Out of 22 questions, I only got 4 right! I later on watched the DVD where Ron answered the questions and I got most of them right, if not totally wrong! One of the question was, "How many times does Ron fart in a day?" and I said 7 and he said, "on average 6". Wasn't that close enough? Another one was , "How many keys does he have?" and I said, 11, and there was 12! By the 18th question I was drooling! It was hilarious!

The Gifts

We got ALOT of gifts! It was nice to get some cash and gift cards too! I felt so bad for my brother who was taking photos during this time because of all the lingerie. It was so funny! Poor guy!

So..Bridal Shower #2 is on Saturday for Ron's side of the family! Yay!

Pre-Bachelor Party

2008-06-01T19:44:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was one of my bridal showers, in which Ron was not allowed to attend. So he had a pre-bachelor party. Surprisingly, I took it better than I thought I would. He and his cousin and a few others went to Spearmint Rhino. Let's just say I was more worried of him getting into an accident coming home than I was of him being at a strip club. Weird, I know. Then he says that they might do it again...and I said..hell no..that's all! LOL! He's lucky that I didn't even say anything the first time. :P

P.S. My bridal shower was a blast! More on it later..still waiting for the photos from our photographer (aka .. little brother..haha)!

Mission Accomplished!

2008-05-25T19:04:00.000-07:00

All of Ron's aunts came today to help us complete our wedding favors. Last night I ended up printing up all the coloring books and tags and cutting ribbons until 4 a.m. I figured since everyone was going to be helping today might as well get everything else done.

Here's Ron and his sis putting together our after ceremony snack bags.

The aunts, cousin, and moms putting the favors.

Tita Yunita, the "scooper". She filled all the candy jars for us. =D

I didn't even know someone took a pic of us. I was quality control..of course. ;D
The result, 300+ candy filled Ikea jars. We all loved how colorful it looked!

Remember how I mentioned about how the moms went behind our back and bought fan favors? Well they turned out really cute. ;D

And my most favorite, the coloring books that I created for the kiddies.
The next following weeks is going to be crazy busy! There's only like 1 month and 2 weeks left til the wedding!

Here's the calendar:

Saturday, May 30 - Bridal Shower hosted by my Aunt, Maid of Honor, and Mom.

- Can't wait! Japanese food! My favorite! I heard they ordered boats full of food!!

Sunday, June 1 - Meet with our music coordinator for our church.
Saturday, June 7 - Bridal Shower hosted by Ron's Aunts
Tuesday, June 10 - My parents anniversary
Thursday, June 12- Open House at School/Work
Saturday, June 14 - Co-Birthday Celebration with my Maid of Honor at Club 33 in Disneyland
Tuesday, June 17 - My 27th Birthday
Friday, June 20 - Bachelorette Party Night? I honestly don't know what my MOH has planned for that evening. She just said to keep that night open.
Wednesday, June 25 - Last day of School/Work!
Friday, June 27 - Get marriage license and Bachelor and Bachelorette Party weekend. Ron and his boys will be going to Vegas. I'm so jealous cause they're staying in a nice ass room at the Venetian. My girls (21 and under) and I will be going to San Diego. Once again, I don't know what's planned for that.
Thursday, July 10 - Bridesmaid lunch and Rehearsal/Dinner
Saturday, July 12 - I'm getting married!!!!
Monday, July 21 - Off to our two week honeymoon at Maui and Oahu

Luckily after the bachelorette party weekend I'll have a good week and an a half to do whatever since I won't be working. Hopefully I'll get to start moving into our apartment during that time.

Busy busy busy! Hope all is well!

Tasting

2008-05-20T20:55:00.001-07:00

We had our tasting last Friday and damn was the food good. Pardon my language, but it was damn good that I was craving for it the whole weekend! We're going with a buffet...salmon, beef tri-tip, and an herb crusted chicken. Even the salad was good! I can't wait to eat at our wedding!

It was funny because our reception coordinator asked, "What's the DJ Company's name??" And I asked, "The DJ?" cause I didn't hear her well and then she said yes, then I replied, "The DJay Company" and then she said, "Yes, the DJ company" and I said, "Yes, that's the DJ company's name, the DJAY Company." Oh man were we all laughing.

Today my niece, nephews, and brother helped me clean the favor jars. Mission accomplished! We had this whole system going on. Hehe! We cleaned 320+ jars in less than 1 hour. This Sunday Ron's aunts are all coming over to our house to put all the favors together and have dance lessons from my aunt. Exciting! Mainly cause I won't have to worry about the favors after they're done! =D

Well that's it for now folks. Game 1 tomorrow! Let's go Lakers!

Gifts...

2008-05-12T21:50:00.000-07:00

Gifts have been randomly coming in! Ron and I have received four gifts total!

A pair of Bellina Lenox Flutes from the my tutor student's family.

Martha Stewart's Stainless Mixing Bowl and The Cellar Plain Cake Dome from Ron's relatives in the East Coast.

And a Pyrex Bakeware Set from my friend's girlfriend. =)

On another note, last week I was getting random stuff from my students.

One of them gave me muffins and some gave me notes. I'd have to say this one cracked me up..
Here is a pic of me and two of my 6th graders..most of them are taller than me..
Last Friday we had an assembly and the teachers had to dress up as rockstars...my kids loved it... Hehe.. ;D
7 more weeks of school/work left .. and exactly 8 more weeks til the wedding. Crazy!

Out of the Country

2008-05-06T21:12:00.001-07:00

A whole family is coming from the Philippines....all 10 of them. I am truly delighted and honored to have them coming to our wedding. They were planning to come here last Christmas, but then my "uncle" was diagnosed with colon cancer in its third stage. Since then he's gone through so many surgeries and so much chemo. We all thought he would not be able to make it to the wedding. With God's blessing he is finally responding to his therapy and is getting stronger. He should be ending his chemo sometime this month. I am so happy!!!!!

Oh Bridesmaids..

2008-05-05T21:41:00.001-07:00

I got my jewelry cases for my bridesmaids in today and I LOVE 'EM!!! They're jewelry envelopes actually and perfect for the Redotdesigns jewelry (uses swarovski crystals) that I bought the girls! Jewelry cases from Plethora on etsy.com.

For my maids of honor...

For my bridesmaids...

Oh and I went a little shopping happy at Michael's today. Brides Magazine has a new line out at Michaels, and one of them happens to be pink cherry blossoms! I couldn't resist buying these for my future bridal showers. =D

I also couldn't resist buying this as well (holds the thank you cards). =D

The Weekend

2008-05-04T22:00:00.000-07:00

Didn't do much wedding stuff this weekend. I did design the label for our favor as well as our escort cards. What I did alot of this weekend was eat.

My brother had a BBQ on Friday evening. Then yesterday the fam bam headed out to Long Beach and ate at an all-you-can-eat lobster buffet (I ate 3 lobsters!). And today, we ate at Hooters.

It was a practically chill weekend.

On another note, our good friend's dad passed away on Wednesday. It was absolutely shocking. It was an unexpected death. Sadly, his dad died in his arms. Very heartbreaking. I had called him after he had texted me and he couldn't even talk because he was crying. Surprisingly he showed up at my brother's BBQ. He said he needed to be out of the house. My mom wanted to cry when he saw him. Shoot, I got all teary eyed. His father's funeral is on Thursday evening and he will be cremated on Friday. My whole family can't stop thinking about how sad this incident is for my friend and his family. Rest in Peace Mr. Yamasaki.

Today was...

Ron and I have been taking part of this event for the past few years, but unfortunately we were unable to do it this year. We will so be back next year! It's a really fun event! Though we do not know any children with cancer, we do have family members who do have cancer or have had cancer. One year some random person donated $100 under my name (via MySpace) and boy was I totally touched. I pray for that person every year for doing such a kind gesture. It's really a touching event seeing all these families, kids, and supporters for PCRF. It's also a nice time to spend with my loved one for a good cause. Can't wait cause we'll be a married couple!!!! Hehe! ;D

Well that is all..off to bed..it's Monday .. Monday = back to work. Ugh!

Registry & Favors

2008-04-30T22:19:00.000-07:00

Yes, I'm sooo excited, but not scared. Just had to throw in that video. LOL. I was checking our registry today and someone bought us our flutes!!! I'm just hoping that it's a pre-wedding gift, because I was hoping to use it for our reception. Either way, I'm so excited! I wonder who got it for us. I do have an idea who it might be, but that will be confirmed tomorrow. =) It's from the Lenox Bellina collection. Cherry blossoms!

On another note, I just ordered 95 pounds of candy. I can't believe how much candy that is! Crazy! We decided not to go with the M&Ms cause you can imagine how much 95 pounds of M&Ms would cost us. We went with flower shaped Sweet Tarts. At first the bright colors caught my eye, then I realized how much it looked like cherry blossoms and we totally went for it!

Last week I went to Ikea all by myself. We ended up going with the Ikea spice jars instead of the salt-and-pepper shakers because they were bigger, cheaper, and easier to tie the ribbon on. It was a little difficult maneuvering the cart all the way to the checkout stand. ;P

Last but not least, a picture with my parents. =)

Joyful Weddings and Events

2008-04-29T12:47:00.001-07:00

This past Saturday I finally met our Day-of-Coordinator from Joyful Weddings and Events. I booked her all the way back in September. Though her associate will be taking care of us on the day of our wedding, we are glad that Courtney has been part of our whole wedding planning process. I honestly could not wait to meet her! I fell in love with her passion for weddings and she's such a sweet person! I am so blessed to have found her and her company.

She puts a smile one my face and a sense of peace (is that the right word). Ron and I were really happy to have met her, and her associate, Darcie. ;D Can't wait!

Changes

2008-04-28T16:16:00.000-07:00

Blog here, blog there...we all have blogs. Sometimes I wonder about the people I read about or the people that read about me. Who are they? Who do they think I am?

At the same time I have been thinking about how different life will change once I get married...

One big thing that I have slowly let go of is my love for the import car scene. Ever since I was in high school I was into the scene. From fixing up my own little red Honda Civic Hatchback to hosting car meets that would lure up to 100+ car enthusiasts. My little red car was my pride and joy. That was until I felt the need for a new grown up car. I ended up selling my little red car after 8 years. Still looking good. How I miss my little red car and how I miss the scene. What I don't miss is the money I would have kept spending and the fellas who would always hit me up on the road. Heha! Ron wasn't into the whole import scene. I love him for supporting me in all that I wanted to do within the scene. It was really important to me. =)

Video of X

How I miss those days!

Another thing I am trying to do is get rid of all my stuff toys! Boy, do I have tons! They're all in bags and ready to go to the Salvation Army, but I'm so tempted to look through the bags! Ahhh!!

I will miss living here at home. I have never lived anywhere else! I will miss waking up to my dogs (the parents already asked if they can keep them because the two rascals can't live without each other). I will also miss my niece and nephews who live right next door. I'll miss hearing them playing outside and watching them get into trouble. I will especially miss my "little" brother. He's my best friend. Oh gosh, I'm ready to cry a river. I feel like taking him with me.

After we get married, I really can't wait for us to be able to travel all by ourselves and not worry about having to come home on time. The other night I spent the night at our apartment and it was nice to go to the movies at 10pm without having to worry about my parents saying how late it was. LOL.

I also can't wait to have my own kitchen! I love to cook! I especially love to bake. My creations...

So many changes, yet so many things to look forward to!!

Speaking of changes! Happy Birthday to my little brother who today is 22 years old! Love you bro!

April and Brother circa 1986

Transportation

2008-04-24T07:54:00.000-07:00

So the 'rents wouldn't leave me alone about limo transportation. I didn't want to really spend on any limo transportation since my little (yes, little) brother and my parents both have brand spankin' new Benzes and I was totally down for just using that. But my dad, who rarely says anything and goes with the flow really wanted me to rent a limo. So I finally booked that.

Chrysler 300 "Bentley Edition"

I had the hardest time finding a limo. Why? Cause I didn't want the old school ones nor did I want a huge Hummer style one. Plus the prices also were getting to me. I'm glad I chose this one. I don't plan on having all my bridesmaids, etc. ride with me. I only got it to please my parents. I think that the only ones who will ride in it are one of my MOHs, 2 bridesmaids, my niece, and two nephews. My parents and brother plan to drive seperately because they will need a car to go home.

I'm glad that's out of my hair. =)

Invitation Photos!..

2008-04-22T20:34:00.000-07:00

(click for a larger view)

Totally inspired by Mrs. Eggplant from Weddingbee.com. I wish I didn't have to blur the info out .. but I don't want any wedding crashers! Scary! Thank you Mrs. Eggplant!!! ;D

All photos by my brother.

Random

2008-04-20T12:28:00.001-07:00

I totally didn't do any wedding related things yesterday. I bummed out the whole day and stayed in bed. Last night I had to change my shirt 4 times because I was sweating my butt off. Today I feel 10x better. I'm doing LOADS of laundry which consists of my clothes and ALL my bedsheets. I was also able to eat this morning. Bacon and eggs never tasted better!

Thank you all for your get well wishes. =)

Gotta love my family. My brother for some odd reason started gagging and from downstairs she yells (in Tagalog), "APRIL! Are you having pregnancy symptoms!!!?" and I yell back, "No, but Carlo might be!" She yells back, "CARLO! Are you having pregnancy symptoms?! and my brother yells back, "Yes mom! I'm having twins!" :P

So we're changing our favors. Kind of. We're still going with candy jars, but bigger ones from Ikea. It would just be easier to tie the ribbons. It will also stand as a place "card". One side of the jar will have a thank you and the other side will have our guests' name. Instead of M&Ms, we're going with Jelly Bellys, because they're cheaper, take up more space in the jar, and won't melt. Plus, I won't have to pay for shipping for 20 pounds of Jelly Bellys since my dad works down the street from the Candy Warehouse. Bigger IS better! :P

I feel like getting out of the house, but not really.

Anyways, off to finish laundry. Let's go Lakers let's go!

No RSVPs?!

2008-04-19T11:55:00.000-07:00

I was afraid this would happen...our invites have gone out and our guests have received them.

Four invites already asked if they can just verbally respond because our RSVPs are too cute to return.

As long as they don't flake on us! They probably won't since they're immediate family. Invite post later!!!

Ron's grandma's sister called her and said that she's never seen a wedding invitation like it in her life and that she loves it.

I'm glad that my hard work is loved! LOL!

Hard work = sending out the invites = one sick bride

My poor kindergarten kids .. I had my classroom heater on at 88 degrees yesterday cause I was freezing! I went to turn it down and they all looked at me and said "Ms. S..it's so hot!" I felt so bad, yet I felt sooo bad. During my prep time I totally knocked out for approx. 10 minutes with my head on my desk. I woke up and my classroom lights were turned off (automatic) and I didn't even notice that they turned off. I wanted to ask my boss if I could go home, but she was handling all this stuff going on at the school (someone stole the faucets out of the boys bathroom and there was a fight as well), so I didn't want to bother her.

When I got home I laid down on the couch and my brother checked to see if I was warm..well I wasn't warm.. I was burning. He gave me ice to put on my forehead and then I knocked out. Then my aunt came over and next thing I knew she was stripping me down and wiping me down with an ice watered cloth. I love my family. Surprisingly, after all that I felt a lot better. We then had family friends come visit (whom we haven't seen in approx. 13 years) and well, let's just say that 6 more people were added to our guest list. =X

They're Gone!

2008-04-17T15:44:00.000-07:00

Our invitations are gone! I mean .. well... most of them went in the mail today!!! I can't believe it! Ahh! I'll believe it when I start getting RSVPs in. Woot! There's a few still here (my dad's invites and Ron's dad's invites), but other than that, they're gone! Weeee! Such a relief!!!

Random Stuff

2008-04-13T09:08:00.001-07:00

We will be ordering our favors this week. These little cute candy jars with orange and pink M&Ms tied with a pink or orange ribbon. The only thing that irks me about these jars is that the heart doesn't line up with the front/back of the jar.

Also order our wedding wands since we can't throw anything after the ceremony at the church.

Oh and look what I found on Etsy! I so want it, but I had already bought my toss/garter!

Did I mention we bought our wedding bands last weekend. =) I can not tell you how happy I am with the jeweler that we have. Ron bought my engagement ring from him and I get non-stop comments at how sparkly my ring is so it was only right to go back to the same jeweler and get more bling. ;D Plus he gave us a good deal. =)

I think I'll work on coloring books today. Still waiting for our postage from zazzle.com. Since they already had the 27 cents postage we decided to go with that for our RSVP stamps and at least our guests will see the full effect of the stamp. We went with our Lakers picture (go figure..something fun of course and it's totally us! And another design created by my brother of Ron and I as a cartoon with him wearing an orange sweater and I a pink sweater). We didn't want to use the stamps as our invitation stamp because one of our friends used zazzle.com for their save the dates and it didn't look very nice with their face stamped with a post office stamp. So I honestly suggest that if you're using your zazzle stamp with a custom photo (not graphic) I would get those babies hand canceled! =)

That is all for now!

Engagement Photos

2008-04-13T08:46:00.000-07:00

Finally got them! I won't show all of them though cause I want to save some for the wedding. =) We got the original images so I had to photoshop some of them. I expected more from the photos, but I am satisfied. Our photographer kept telling us to be romantic..and Ron and I were like, "Huh? How do we pose like that?" I told Ron that we should have bought those horse sticks so it would looked like we were on the beach riding horses, but he didn't budge. LOL. =D

Well here they are!

One of my favorites.. =)

Tempted..

2008-04-10T22:55:00.000-07:00

I'm sooo tempted to post my invitation!!!!!! But give me another week or two. FMIL needs to proofread names/addresses (even though I've done it three times) and waiting on my stamps! What happened to one business day?! Grr! Once the stamps are on then it's putting all the inserts, sealing, and stamping! This whole evening I stuck the matted main invitations. All 150+ invitations.

Oooo .. engagement photos will be picked up this weekend. I have my fingers crossed that they turned out nice..or I'm going to cry. :P I was so tempted to pick it up today when they said I could get them anytime, but I didn't want to waste gas and go back there to pick out the frame with Ron. Can't wait!

That's all for now! Have a good weekend all!

Almost Done

2008-04-07T20:52:00.000-07:00

My invitation is almost finished! All my hardwork has finally paid off! Ron and I are satisfied and excited! I am currently printing out our RSVPs. I decided to use the name and check box format. Woooot!

This weekend, the moms are going to help put the rest of the invitation together and it should be out and about soon. =D Yay!

On a side note .. Ron pulled a late April Fool's joke on me. Punk.

I came home and my brother was standing in the doorway with his spankin' new 40D (camera) then I go to my room and there's a 40D box sitting in my room. Ron says he bought it. I was like shutup...no way..who's is it? This went on for a good 5 minutes when my brother finally walks in and says that the box is his. I thought it wasn't empty cause of all the stuff in it. =X Punk. ;D

Honeymoon .. who knew?!

2008-04-04T17:56:00.001-07:00

The other day Ron and I were talking about how Aloha Airlines went bankrupt. We both said that it would be crazy if that happened to us.

The next day I was watching the news while I was getting ready for work..and low and behold .. ATA is out of business. My jaw dropped and in my mind I said, "No freakin' way!" and laughed. I called Ron right away and told him the news.

The news didn't really scare us as much as I think it would have if we hadn't talked about it the day before.

I emailed our travel agent right away...and his response..

"I just got off the phone with Pleasant Holidays and found out what your options are. I wish I had better news, but the least expensive alternative flight is on United Airlines around the time you were initially going, for $257.00 more per person.....that price includes the credit from ATA airlines plus the fare difference from United flights, which are the cheapest option. For a little less additional of $227.00 per person, you can leave in the early evening, at 6:50pm, arriving in Hawaii at 9:24pm..... I'm sorry to say the recent Airline bankrupcies and shut downs aren't totaly refundable or protected, the airfare portion is simply credited to any other airlines that have available flights.........I did everything possible to avoid any additional charges, but didn't have any luck..... I will continue to see if anything else will work, but that unfortunately might be the best way to fix this unusual and unexpected circumstance..... I'm sorry guys for the inconvience and addtional charges.....I will give you two a $100 travel voucher for any other trip you take in the future, which will hopefully ease the pain a
little......"

*sigh*

We already shelled out alot of $$ for our honeymoon. What's another $500? Well .. it's $500!!!!!!

So I don't know what we're going to do. =/

Hungry

2008-04-04T17:49:00.000-07:00

So I reaaaaally haven't been following my diet as strictly as I said I would. It all started when I got sick since after my last post about dieting. I have been eating whatever lately, but at the same time making sure I'm not over doing it.

Yesterday Ron said that it looks like that I am losing weight. Thanks hun. Then today I was talking to an old friend and we talked about my schedule and she asked me, "Geez girl! When do you have time to eat?!" I was like, man, I eat too much! I tried dieting, but I don't know.

That pushed me to go on to the scale today. I had to go on it a few times. At first I thought it was broken. I couldn't believe my eyes. I'm down to 130 pounds. Whoa baby! So I've lost 12 pounds! =D

I'll just keep going! I'm so happy!

Spring Break Part 2

2008-04-03T15:51:00.000-07:00

So I don't really feel like making a full on update about spring break. So some photos and captions instead. ;D

We finally got the ears!

Tailgating?
Matching kicks!
We parked at Dodgers' Stadium and here was the line to the shuttle.

Full Throttle Ad. ..jk ;D

The Colisuem!

Mmm! Dodger Dog!
The crowd. I even have video of the 3 minute wave!
Let's go Dodgers, let's go!
I was part of history! World record!
Check out the hottie watching courtside! David Beckham! Oowee!

Overtime!
Go Lakers!

Spring Break Part 1

2008-03-30T23:12:00.000-07:00

AHhh! I had a blast this weekend!

Friday went to Disneyland with Ron, Leah, Brother and Mark.

Saturday went to the Dodger game at the Coliseum! Crazy day! Broke a world record! Video of the three minute wave coming soon!

Today, went to the Lakers vs. Wizards game. Crazy game! Overtime! Sasha and his three pointers! Good times!

More pics and update later. Back to work tomorrow! =(

First Gifts

2008-03-28T00:12:00.000-07:00

Ron checked our registry yesterday and someone purchased some gifts!

Makes me wonder who purchased these (yes..Ron put this in the registry..lol)

Placemats (10 pieces..I don't know why I put so many .. but someone bought all 10!)

Wahoo! 2 Pitchers!

I will post my favorite items on our registry at a later post. ;D

2nd Pair

2008-03-28T00:05:00.000-07:00

Here comes the 2nd pair of shoes. Remember, the other ones were too high for me to wear. =( I loved those shoes, but I'm sure I'll be able to use them later. ;D

I just hope it fits! I wanted something that was cute, but didn't look like it was for an "old" person.

The Seal

2008-03-27T23:58:00.001-07:00

Worked on these today! I'm in love with my Xyron!

Engagement Session

2008-03-25T16:21:00.000-07:00

Just a teaser pic .. not from our professional photographer, but from my little brother. Him and our good friend came with us yesterday with their fancy cameras and took a few photos while our photographer took photos. They also carried my purse of junk and our shoes. ;D My brother still owes me and Ron an engagement photography session at Disneyland. I can't wait to see our photos!

Bridesmaids Jewelry

2008-03-23T22:31:00.000-07:00

As part of their gift, I bought my bridesmaids jewerly from Redot Designs. I honestly love them! Rebecca (the owner) is truly a wonderful designer! She even recommended a different orange from the orange that I had picked, which was 10x better! I am absolutely happy with the jewelry I got for my girls. Makes me wish I was a bridesmaid! :P I don't want to show them off just yet. ;D

Since I'm having the hardest time looking for jewelry, I might get my jewelry from her as well!

2008-03-22T22:28:00.000-07:00

Ron was laughing at me last night cause he couldn't believe that I knew what Horton was going to say in the movie "Horton Hears A Who". I had just read it to my kindergarten class last week so the story was fresh in my mind and when the line came up I totally had to say it cause I got my kinder kids to say it every time we got to that part of the story. It was a very interesting movie.

We finished putting ribbons on 100 invitations...only 100 more to go! Yikes!

It's spring break this week. We have our engagement photo this Monday. I also get a make-up and hair session with Jeanne. I'm excited!

Thursday, taking my aunt's visitors to Universal Studios. Then on Friday, I'm taking them to Disneyland. Luckily it will all be paid for. I was a little upset the other day cause I can't find my Disney pass, so I'll look for it after this blog.

On Saturday we're going to the L.A. coliseum for the Dodger's 50th Anniversary. Then on Sunday, we're going to the Staples center to watch the Lakers beat the Wizards.

So pretty busy and exciting week. ;D

"New" Clothes

2008-03-20T22:53:00.000-07:00

Sick as a dog .. is what I have been this past few days.

I literally was sweating out of my clothes. I would wake up drenched in sweat (sorry if it's TMI!). I came home Monday from work and was just moaning and groaning from not feeling well. My loving dogs stayed by my side. For every cough, Stitch's head would pop up and he would look at me as if he was saying, "Are you okay?". And every time I moved in bed, Lilo would come sniffing me to check if I was still alive. I love my dogs.

So I've been totally fighting it. I've been going to work and all that too! My job requires a lot of standing, talking, and sometimes yelling. LOL. I thought I wouldn't be able to recover.

I was so upset because I had just started my diet and here I was sick and in need of nourishment. So far i've only been having small meals/snacks during the day and a big meal for dinner, which was not part of my diet plan, but since I'm sick, I needed to.

Considering that I usually weigh myself early in the morning before I have eaten/drank anything, I decided to weigh myself tonight (out of curiosity). I was afraid to step on the scale. When I did, I kept getting off of it and going back on it. I just couldn't believe it. I'm down to 135 (starting at approx. 142 in the beginning of January). 7 pounds down! Wahoo!! I basically lost 2 pounds this week. I don't know if it's because I'm sick or because of what I haven't been eating/drinking.

I decided to try on my "old" clothes. They fit without me having to stretch them out! So I have new clothes! ;D

10 more pounds and I'll be good!

Engagement Session, Diet

2008-03-16T21:35:00.000-07:00

My engagement photo attire is complete. I found cute white flat shoes at target to match my attire. I thought to myself, "Why the heck would I wear heels at the beach?" Embarrassing though cause I found the shoes in the kids section. I tried on a size 5 and holy moly they didn't fit. So, I am officially a size 4.5 in kid shoes. =X

I forgot to mention that I will be starting my rigorous diet tomorrow. I have managed to lose 5 pounds and maintain it since the beginning of January. Now it's time to get to it!

The highest weight I hit was about 160lbs at a size 13 (around 2002). Not good for someone who is only 4'9. I managed to go from a size 13 to a size 2 (at 113 pounds) in approximately 8 months. I managed to stay that way for about a year, until I got laid off from my job of 5 years. I went up to at least 145 (2006) after that and now I am currently 137 pounds. All I want to lose is 10 pounds and at least hit a size 6. Right now I'm a size 8. I have lost weight in certain places because my size 8 pants that I had just bought before going on my no rice or soda diet are now loose (wahoo!). I am determined and excited! I know I can do it!!!

Parasols

2008-03-16T21:33:00.000-07:00

Totally going to get parasols for my bridesmaids for our after ceremony park photos!

ORANGE AND PINK!!!

Invitation Ribbon

2008-03-16T17:51:00.001-07:00

Today I started putting our ribbon on our invitation so that when the invitation is done getting printed I won't have as much work to do.
Yesterday when I was cutting the ribbon, my family and I were watching the fight between Marquez and Pacquiao. It was a good fight! So good, that ... well look what happened to my ribbons..

It got shorter and shorter! =X Man, was I upset! But thanks to my loving fiance for comforting me before I even had time to freak out. Hehe! <3

Engagement Photo Attire

2008-03-14T23:14:00.000-07:00

I can't seem to decide what to wear to our engagement photo session which is in about a week and a half or so at Laguna Beach.

So I tried this on in Express (Ron's sister works there so I can TOTALLY get a discount)...but I ain't feelin' it and it probably won't match Ron's brown dress shirt. BUT I might just buy it just to have it. ;D I look like a girl!! :P

I ended up looking around Macy's and just when I was about to leave I found this!

I grabbed it and tried it on and bought it. It's perfect! At least it won't clash as much as the first photo. I'll be wearing a white blouse with a brown tanktop under it as a "second" attire, dark jeans, and my brown heels. ;D

I'm getting excited!

On a side note, I ordered our invites to get printed today! I'm in the mood to prep the invite stuff! AHHHH! ;D

Make-Up/Hair Booked!

2008-03-10T22:45:00.000-07:00

I am in the process of booking my stylist for our big day! All I have to do is send her my deposit and contract and I'm done!

I went with Jeanne San Diego because she lives close by and is throwing in free airbrushing. Plus she has been so patient with me with all my questions. I also like how her make-up looks so fresh in photos. She will also be doing my engagement session hair/make-up. =D I also picked her because of these....

To check out more of her work, here are the following links..

Myspace

ModelMayhem

Sexy Graffiti

Another thing out of my hair! Wahoo!!!!!!!!! I was honestly getting stressed out trying to find a stylist, cause once again, I'm so picky since I'm not much of a girly girl.

Kids' Coloring Book

2008-03-09T11:39:00.000-07:00

We decided to make coloring books for our kids at the reception. I just can't decide if I should use a colored version or b/w version for the cover. I wanted to find photo for the cover and thought this would be perfect! It was from the OC Fair last year. Hehe. ;D

Mr. & Mrs. Aquino

2008-03-09T09:42:00.000-07:00

Yesterday, my best guy friend and high school, went to our high school friend's wedding. Man, I was getting so emotional because I kept thinking "ahh! That's going to be Ron and I in 4 months!" *sigh* It was a really simple yet sweet wedding. =) It was funny though cause we were going there not knowing anyone except the bride, the MOH, and the MOH's parents (because they're my neighbor). During the reception someone tapped me on my shoulder and it was my second cousin. When we walked out the church, my elementary friend was there too. Also, some guy I was "talking" to during high school (which my best friend was totally making fun of me for), and family that I haven't seen in a couple of years, like my godsister. Small world.

I thought this was the cutest thing!

Me and the beautiful bride!

Home Sweet Home

2008-03-06T16:09:00.000-08:00

Last weekend we moved Ron's things into our new apartment! Four more months until I get to move in! :P Our loving parents helped us move all of Ron's stuff over. I love our place! It's only 20 minutes from my parents house without traffic and approximately 8 minutes away from Disneyland. ;D It's a gated complex. The parking is a parking structure in the middle of the complex. ;D

Our view from the balcony. I really didn't want a view of the 5 fwy!
Our bedroom window.

The bathroom (duh?).

My place to bake and decorate my cakes. :P

A little computer area.

The Honeymoon

2008-03-06T15:56:00.001-08:00

Our honeymoon is finally booked! One thing out of my hair! Wahoo!

ALOOOOOHA!

We will be going to Maui for 6.5 days and Oahu for 3.5 days. We leave the 21st and come back the 31st. I can't believe we'll be gone that long. We couldn't resist the offer cause they gave us one night free in Maui and one in Oahu.

We'll be staying at the Sheraton Maui Resort and the Hyatt Regency Waikiki Resort & Spa. The cool thing about the Hyatt is that for an extra $3 a night we get to be part of the Regency Club. Meaning breakfast, cocktails, etc. are included. The thing I love about our whole package is that breakfast is all covered. We're probably spending and arm and a leg, but man, I think after 9.5 years, we deserve this Honeymoon.

I'm excited!

I Promise..

2008-02-26T21:42:00.000-08:00

About 10 years ago, a promise was made and a ring was presented. A promise to be faithful and loving to a boy who she absolutely loved. Today, that promise is still in tact, not with a boy, but now with a man. In a few months, this boy and girl that once were will be husband and wife.

I have worn this ring practically everyday since I was 18 and I will be proudly be wearing it somehow on our wedding day.

<3

Ready to Print

2008-02-25T20:35:00.001-08:00

Our invitation is ready to go to print.. =)

Designed by yours truly...

The other inserts also have the same design/theme. I just wanted to share my cute map!
This will be in a fuschia metallic pocketfold envelope wrapped with an orange ribbon. The main invitation will be matted on an orange metallic matt.

The final invitation and details about it will be presented here AFTER we send them out. :P

Whew..

2008-02-24T21:33:00.000-08:00

I got a few things accomplished...

Finally created our sticker to seal our invitation up. Here it is, except it will be in the shape of a circle.

While waiting for my mom while she was getting her "hair did" I was trying to figure out our flower stuff. See, the florist is a little old fashioned..she wrote everything we needed in a notebook and she used a calculator to give me a total with a printout (you know the ones on paper rolls) and wrote in what each price represented. So today I finally went through it and asked myself "Did she really get everything I needed down?" She got most of it, but of course, people were added and what not. I'll probably be going back to see her soon to change a few things (like the pew stands .. boo). I was able to type everything out as to not get confused. So I know that we'll both be on the same page.

Here it is (for those who might want to see how much flowers may roughly cost)..

What else did I do today? I think those were the top two on my list. Now to keep going.. AHHH! ;D

Oh oh oh! I asked two of my best guy friends to be our "door ushers". They're in charge of closing the door before and after I go in. Just imagining seeing them there when I take my place to go in already gets me all teary eyed. They'll be the first two guests to see my in my dress. I reaaaaaaaaaally wanted them to be part of our wedding, but we opted to keep our groomsmen all in the family (except for Ron's best friend from high school). When our church coordinator told me that I got all excited. So I called the guys today and I got all cry baby on the phone. And of course they didn't say no. I would have totally cried if they did! LOL.

The Church

2008-02-23T10:35:00.000-08:00

We met with our church coordinator. She was pretty cool. She gave us more info about what to expect on our wedding day. Now I can somewhat start writing up a timeline for our day.

Some "eh" news..

We had ordered flower arrangements on stands for the pews, come to find out that we are not allowed to have stands in the aisle. We also rented a aisle runner, in which we are not allowed to have one. I was like oh great! So we're probably going to go to our florist and talk to her if changes can be made.

Lalala..so many things to do...and I don't feel like doing them right now. Mainly because I don't know which one to do first. Bah!

Tomorrow is my dad's birthday, but we're celebrating it today. I can already foretell what everyone will be talking about. I'm hoping no other people will be added to our guestlist. =X

A photo of inside our church (taken by bumataystudios.com...and hey! how come they have stands?!)

On a side note, I'm having two bridal showers, both following each other! Memorial Day weekend is my mom's side, Ron's mom's side, and my friends Bridal shower here at my parents' house. The following weekend is Ron's dad's side bridal shower. The next weekend is a "free weekend". The week after that is my birthday and after that weekend it's my bachelorette party. Two weeks after that is our wedding! So June is going to be "party" month. Yikes!

That reminds me, Ron and I barely have anything in our registry. We're already running out of things to register for cause we don't need much.

Shoe Hunt

2008-02-17T21:54:00.001-08:00

Back to shoe hunting!

Went to my first fitting! It's so cute! I was laughing so hard because when the girl took it out to put in the fitting room I was like "Is that mine?!" cause it looked so .. small .. like short. I don't know how to explain... let's just say it was scaled down to size. My mom and I totally looked at each other.

So the dress was actually shorter. My 4 inch heels weren't workin for it. I need between 2 inches and flat shoes. Ahh! I wanted some high heels because of Ron's height. Oh well!

Just updating..

2008-02-16T13:39:00.000-08:00

Most of the materials we need for our invitation has came in. All we need to do is get our invitation finalized and sent to print. I'll probably do that next week. Our ribbons that we ordered from some company said it will take "5 weeks and 5 days" to get to us. I was like holy moly! Hopefully by the time it comes our invitations will be printed. We are planning to have an invitation making party. Haha! My mom is soo looking forward to it. She's so funny! It was her idea!

Ron has not moved into our new place because our apartment isn't ready yet. Boo! We were looking so forward to it. Hopefully in the next couple of days we'll find out when we can get our keys.

Tomorrow I try on/pick up my dress! I'm excited!

Shoes!

2008-02-05T21:15:00.000-08:00

I got my shoes! I love shoes, so it was hard for me to find the right pair. Plus I can always use these again!

Yes...4 inch heels. =X It will make me at least 5'2! Woot! :P I mean, I'm really not wearing it for the whole day/night. I just have to see if it will work with my dress. *crosses fingers* I'm hoping to pick it up on Sunday. =D

I plan on getting some more comfortable shoes. I can walk in these shoes. Guess what though! Only cost me $19.99!!!! So I bought two pairs, only cause I wasn't sure what size would fit me best. I decided to keep them both, just in case.

My New Best Friend

2008-02-03T21:31:00.001-08:00

I bought it for our invitations. ;D I can totally use it for other things as well.

I also bought all our invitation materials (except for stamps and ink). I did find a printer! All I have to do is review what I designed and finalize a few things and then i'm sending it to the printer. ;D

Some of the bridesmaid dresses came in! The pics don't do justice with out the person that belongs in the dress. Hehe. ;D Left side are the Maids of Honor and the right side are for the bridesmaids. I can't wait to see them in it! The only thing is, they ALL have to be altered!

A Place to Call Home

2008-01-31T15:52:00.001-08:00

Ron and I have found an apartment to call home. =) It was so exciting! He's moving in on the 16th of February. Yes he, not we. I'll be slowly moving my things into the apartment but won't be living there til later on.

It's a one bedroom apartment that is in between my work and his work. We decided to go for an apartment before buying a house because I am still looking for a permanent job and who knows where I'll end up.

Anyways, we're both excited about having our own place!

Vendor: Rockwell's Creative Cakes

2008-01-26T19:08:00.001-08:00

We had our cake tasting session with our vendor, Rockwell's Creative Cakes.

I would have to say this was the easiest part of the whole wedding planning process! We came in, they gave us our samples, told them what they wanted and TADA! all done! I swear it only took us a good 20 minutes.

Ron of course was set on the red velvet cake once he saw it. He practically chose the cake, even the design. It will have bavarian cream and Raspberry Jam (which I am not fond of cause I hate raspberry). It will probably taste better when it's actually put together.

As you can see, Ron dove into the red velvet even before I was able to take a photo.

Here is the design of our cake, but of course, with our colors. That is not the cake topper we will be using. =D

Bridesmaid/Flower Girl Dresses

2008-01-26T12:36:00.000-08:00

All the girls have ordered their dresses.

Sadly, the our priest emphasized how important it was that the girls are covered. So, being the nice person that I am .. I'm ordering shawls for all my bridesmaids and paying it out of my pocket. Yikes! I personally do not want them to wear shawls, but then I don't want to get in trouble from our priest. Hehe.

Bridemaid/MOH Dresses

They are from Alfred Angelo and run about $180 with tax. For the MOHs the blue part is going to be tangerine and the white part will be fuschia. The bridesmaids are the opposite. Since it's a long dress, the girls are choosing their own shoes as long as it's silver.

On the left is Kristen (Ron's sister), and my 2nd MOH. Next to her is Laura (Ron's cousins). The one in the middle is Nicolle (my cousin). These are the young ladies of my bridal party.

Flower Girl Dresses

I can't be more ecastatic about my flower girls' dresses! We were even able to get a discount on them! I couldn't wait for them to try it on so I had my cousin bring her daughter over ASAP! We got them at this little shop in the mall. As a gift, I got the girls' matching tiaras and a jewelry set. SO FREAKIN' CUTE!!!!!!!

We're going to our cake tasting today! Update later!

Save the Date Glue Dilemma

2008-01-07T14:12:00.000-08:00

We were able to fix the glue issue. We had to scratch off a small area of the cardstock (because it was glossy) in order for the ribbon to stick to the glue. So the past few days, I've been printing out the envelopes and stuffing them as I wait for my FMIL to send me their guestlist/addresses.

I'm so excited to send them out! ;D So I'm hoping within 2 weeks or so.

I'm still on winter break this week from work. Back to work next week.

I've been under the weather today. I am soooo fighting it! I don't want to get sick!

My niece and nephews have been with me this past week. It's so quiet here! It was nice having them around. They helped me ALOT with completing our Save the Dates!

Here's a video of them doing what they do best. :P

First Bridezilla Moment

2008-01-05T00:24:00.000-08:00

I had my very first Bridezilla moment!

Being the nice sister than I am I was helping out my brother who told his friend that he would do a photo montage for her 18th birthday celebration. Homegirl was supposed to drop it off at 7 am but overslept. My brother had work and since I have more experience creating montages he asked if I could do it. So I said sure. Homegirl dropped it off in our mailbox because I was out and about. I started working on it at 2pm thinking that it will be done by 5pm. She had hell'a photos which was not organized.

Now I'm the type of person who like to do things the right way rather than just do it. So I made her montage (not my best, but hey with the party being this evening, it is the best she could get). Then she freakin' asks me if I can drop it off. I was like uh .. no .. I have an appointment. I was already doing this thing as a favor. Then she tells me she can't get anyone to pick it up. Boy did I throw a fit at my brother. I even took it out on my niece and nephew who stuck the magnets onto our Save the Dates. I was VERY upset. I did not just waste 3+ hours of my time for nothing. I could have been working on wedding stuff! On top of that I got upset at my niece and nephew because some of the magnets were not straight. =X I'm just glad they didn't get upset that I was yelling at them. They did say sorry and I did say sorry back.

I hope I don't have a second Bridezilla moment! I didn't like it at all!

Save the Dates

2007-12-30T23:04:00.000-08:00

I'm hoping our Save the Date cards will be going out within the next two weeks. We made it ourselves. Mr. R. works for a commercial printing company and they were nice enough to let him print our Save the Date cards for free. That saved us ALOT of mula!

Here it is:

All I have to do is glue the ribbon (purchased from the Ribbon Factory Outlet), put a magnet on the back, and address them. Image was purchased from istock.com.

We bought the Martha Stewart pen glue and man it didn't work! The ribbon wouldn't stick. So we tried Krazy Glue. It worked, but Mr. R. was able to flick it off. =( So we're going to try to super glue it.

*crosses fingers*

Engagement Encounter Retreat

2007-12-29T13:21:00.000-08:00

As required by the Catholic church, any person who would like to get married in a Catholic church is required to go to some engaged encounter retreat. Mr. R. and I were honestly excited about the whole thing. We didn't know what to expect.

Our retreat was in Santa Barbara. We arrived Friday evening. Checked into our dorm rooms. Mr. R. had a cell. His room was just curtain, a bed and walls. Oh and I can't forget the metal chair in the corner. LOL. My room had to be twice as big as his. It had a closet and even a sink as well.

It was a beautiful place. I would say that Mr. R. and I did not benefit from it as much as the other couples did because we practically have talked about our issues and future together already. It was nice to revisit them though.

Our Vendors

2007-12-28T02:19:00.000-08:00

We have all our vendors booked! Well most of them. The only thing left is the cake, but that shouldn't be a BIG problem. I'm so glad! It's such a relief!

Photography: Harvard Photography - La Palma, CA
We met with 2 photographers (or was it 3? I don't remember!), and ended up going with Harvard. Mainly for the following reasions:

They were nice enough to give us split hours (since there's a big gap in between our ceremony and reception).
They threw in a 2nd photographer for FREE. We couldn't turn down the offer after this!
They produce everything in-house, including their albums. =D
They were friendly!

Videography: Robles Video - Brea, CA
Very family orieted company. We went with them because they have filmed at our ceremony site many times and knew what they could do and could not do. We couldn't resist the unlimited filming time for their price. =D

DJ: The DJayCompany - Alta Loma, CA
We had two choices for our DJ and we really liked how Jay was more down to earth and up front with us. Plus we got $100 off for booking them during the Holiday Season. They are a web based company meaning we can listen to their songs off iTunes and plan everything using their system. They'll even purchase music for us that they may not have!

Wedding Consultant: Joyful Weddings and Events
Courtney is a sweetheart! I really can't wait to work with her and her assistant Darcy. She has been very helpful these past few weeks. Darcy will be our Day of the Wedding Coordinator.

Florist: Thuy's Bridal - Garden Grove, CA
Finding a florist was the most hardest part next to finding a reception site! I don't know how many florists we met with but damn, it got a little stressful. They were able to give us flowers, decor for the head/cake table, chair covers + sash, centerpieces, and others for less than what other florists were charging us for. Plus they've decorated at our reception site numerous times. Oh and they threw in a little something something for our centerpieces which was a BIG plus! ;D

Others...

Bridal Gown: Mariposa Boutique - Anaheim, CA
I love Kaycee! She is the sweetest person! She was my consultant and she is the owner of Mariposa. She was very helpful! I really love her boutique and her employees! Mariposa was the first and only store that I went to. Their customer service is excellent!

Bridesmaids Dresses: Alfred Angelo - Brea, CA
This was the closest one to my house. I knew from the start that I would most likely be going with Alfred Angelo because my cousin got her bridesmaids dresses their and I liked the quality of their dresses. I was set when I saw their 2008 catalog with our colors. =D

Tuxedos: Friar Tux - Brea, CA
TBD!

Invitations: DIY
I'm totally making our inspired weddingbee.com invitations. I already made a mock up and it's the cutest thing! I'm even thinking about doing it as a side job since I've been getting many compliments about it from those who have seen it. ;D

Honorable Mentions

Florists: Flowers by Linda
Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet lady! I would have loved to work with her! She has been making flowers on her own as a side job for the past few years. More professional than most of the florists I have met with who have been in the business for years. She was my second choice!

The Sites

2007-12-27T13:13:00.000-08:00

We will be having our ceremony at a beautiful churchin Diamond Bar, CA. We will not be having it at my home parish because it's too hard for me to get married at the same place my grandma had her funeral services at. Too emotional. The priest at the chruch was kind enough to take us in due to my situation.

It took us forever to decide on a reception site. We are having about 300 guests and there's not that many sites that can hold that much for a cheap price. Our parents picked out our reception site since they will be paying for the reception portion. I honestly asked them if that was the place they really wanted because I liked this one other reception site and it was way cheaper, but that was the place they really wanted. The place is huge! ;D It is about half an hour away from our ceremony site. It is also down the street from Disneyland. ;D

The Proposal

2007-12-26T13:00:00.000-08:00

His side of the story...

I decided to finally get Ms. A. the ring of her dreams back in the month of Ms. A. after she finally completed her Master's Degree program. I was waiting for the perfect time to pop the question. After receiving the blessings from both my parents and her parents, I figured it was now or never. On the day of the proposal I had called the concierge to spread flower petals in our room while we were out having dinner at Lawry's. We went out to dinner and came back to the hotel. We walked into the room and there were the petals all over the bed. I told Ms. A. to close her eyes and cover her ears. As she was doing so, I kept asking her if she was peeking. I went to the curtain of our room to show the scenery (night lights of Vegas, specifically the Eiffel Tower as our backdrop) and grabbed the ring out of my bag. I knelt down on one knee in front of Ms. A. and shouted at her (she couldn't hear me) to open her eyes. That is when I asked her to marry me. She began crying and said yes and cried some more. Soon afterwards she began hitting me, then hitting me some more. It was the perfect night!

Her side of the story...

Saturday morning was when Mr. R. and I had planned to leave for Vegas. My parents were going to Santa Barbara. When I was saying bye to my mom she was in one of the most joyous moods ever. As she was walking to the van she said, "Call me when you win the jackpot!" I was like "Okay!" And she kept saying that to me everytime I called her during the weekend. I was like "Why does she keep saying that and why is she in such a giddy mood?" So Sunday comes along. Mr. R. and I ate breakfast in our suite and then hit the lazy pool at the MGM Grand. We went back to our suite to get ready to go eat at Lawry's. I kept asking him what we should do after we ate. He kept inisiting that we come back to the hotel so that we could change. In my head I was thinking "What for?"

When we got out of the hotel elevator, there was a housekeeping lady standing very close to our hotel suite with the biggest smile. I thought to myself, "Geez..why is she smiling so big?" Then we walked into the room and there were pink flower petals spread all over the bed. I was like "Aww!" and I thanked Mr. R. for his sweet gesture. Then he started thanking me for everything, for being me, for my support, etc. Then he walked me to the middle of the room and told me to close my eyes and cover my ears. I was like "uh..okay?" So there I was just standing there doing my best to not peek or hear anything. I wasn't expecting a proposal. I thought he was going to give me a stuff toy or something! Hehe!

I heard him faintly talking, but I wasn't sure what he was saying. Then I heard him yelling at me to open my eyes. When I did, there was Mr. R. on one knee with the jewelry box opened with a shimmering ring, asking me to marry him. Of course I started crying and I said yes, and cried some more, and started hitting him.

I TOTALLY wasn't expecting it! I was so in shock that I wanted to throw up. I told myself I better not because our dinner was expensive. Hehe!

After everything, we took a walk down the strip as the future Mr. & Mrs. RM. =)

How We Met..

2007-12-24T12:49:00.000-08:00

Her Story...

Page me, beep me, if you wanna reach me!

In March of 1998, Mr. R. and I were introduced over the phone by Ms. L. When I heard his voice I thought he sounded cute. From time to time we would talk on the phone or page each other , til it became a habit. I was crushin' on him. One time when I was going to page him I heard some girl on his outgoing voicemail message. Stunned, I hung up the phone and later told him that I couldn't call/page him anymore because my parents got mad at me because of our phone bill, but on the reals, I was a bit broken hearted.

A few months passed and one day Ms. L. and I went to the movies. It just so happened that Mr. M. (Ms. L's bf at the time, who was Mr. R's bestfriend) was going to be there as well with his friends. When we got there, Ms. L. was looking for Mr. M. and I was going to pay for the tickets. When I was standing in line, I realized that my wallet wasn't in my bag. I started to freak out. I looked up to look for Ms. L. and I saw Mr. K (part of Mr. R's high school circle of friends) and some guy walking with him. I was wondering who the guy was because I knew who all the guys were except for him. I called Ms. L. over and told her about my wallet and the guys decided to do something else because some of them didn't want to watch Godzilla (lol). So Ms. L. ended up paying for the tickets and as we were walking to the movie we were going to watch (Bullworth), I asked her who the other guy was and she said "Oh that was Mr. R." And I was like "WHAT?! WHY DIDN"T YOU TELL ME?!" So later that evening, Mr. R. paged me saying that he saw me and the rest is history ...

His Story

Who's that girl yelling?

So one day my good friend Ms. L. called me on three way with this other girl on the line who's name was Ms. A. I wasn't able to talk long because I had Tae Kwon Do to attend to for the night. (Don't laugh, I had a mean round house kick.) After that we were talking almost everyday for a good month and really got to know each other. Unfortunately we had lost contact for a bit, due to some other girl, but luckly that didn't work out. One day me and a bunch of my buddies headed out to the West Covina Edwards to meet with Leah and hopefully watch a movie. At the time I heard this familiar voice yelling "DAD, HAVE YOU SEEN MY WALLET!" I thought wait a minute, I know that voice. Went back home and left a voice mail on her pager and asked her is she was the one yelling for her wallet at the theater. If it wasn't for that day, we probably may have never spoke to each other again. I guess it was meant to be!

Orange & Pink!

2007-12-23T23:26:00.000-08:00

My first post as Orange & Pink! I'm excited to start this blog, though already have tons of different ones! Hehe! I'm excited to share our journey as we become Mr. & Mrs. M! ;D