End of Summer, Beginning of Fall

Hello blogworld!

Much has happened through the summer and into September. Nancy has finished her first rotation at Loma Linda for her 4th year and now is working at Costco in LA. Instead of staying the week in LL, she gets to commute from our home. Speaking of commuting, we now have a new 2010 Silver Rav4 for her to drive. I think Toyota cars are great. They're a great drive and very durable. We bought our Rav4 at Puente Hills Toyota. I swear we're never going back there again. I didn't like the experience we had there and regret not sticking with Russ from Hamer Toyota. I posted on yelp as well.

Puente Hills Toyota Yelp

But at least some good came out of it. We found two new restaurants, Boston Cafe, and Boston Kitchen. Boston Kitchen was pretty good when we had breakfast there. It was a classic Hong Kong style breakfast of soup noodles and sandwiches. Anyway, this is turning into a review so I'm going to skip the details.

On Labor Day, Nancy and I met up with the Tong family with Aunt Jane and Uncle Ken in Las Vegas for the F&W Associates company trip. We stayed at the Mandalay Bay and had a fun time at the Wave Pool. The craps tables were kind to me as well and we took the family out to Olives @ Bellagio. They really enjoyed the experience. I ended up $475 from the tables but after shopping at our favorite place, Tangier Outlets, I was probably down to $150 haha.

For my birthday Nancy took me to Disneyland. We were lucky our friend Tracy works for Disney and got us park hopper tickets as well. I had a great time because a lot of 9/13 babies were there and were very friendly. It was like a community from young to old, all of us were born on that day. We discovered Dole Whip Float by the Tiki Room and it really hits the spot on a hot September day. We got the drink twice! In addition, all the Disneyland people were saying happy birthday to me and that really was pretty special. Even Peter Pan during the parade celebration gave me a thumbs-up happy birthday wish. As cheesy as that was, I felt pretty cool haha.

Final Thought: The weather is turning colder now (well cold for LA anyway) and the chilly feeling of Fall is coming. I sort of like this weather. The leaves begin to fall, the rain starts to come around and I get the hint of the holidays around the corner. Football season is here and UCLA basketball is a comin'! This time of year is great because I think people come closer together and see each other more. There's more festivities to lighten the season and in the cold season of winter, the company of family and friends will keep us warm. Bring on the holidays!!

Part 1 of Nancy & Mike's Wedding slideshow

Wow. Where has the time gone?

Married life has been fantabulous! We have been super busy with our family after the return of our honeymoon. I guess everyone just wants to hang out with the "newlyweds"!

A huge update awaits!

Valentines Day Special

Happy Valentines Day!

Mike and I celebrated our 5th Valentines together by eating lunch at Louises and enjoying each other's sweet company. :)


We meant to take pictures of our delicious food, but realized we forgot to after we took our first few bites. That always happens when our stomachs are impatient!

For appetizer, we ordered the lemon-buttered sea scallops- a Valentines special. The dish only had 4 scallops. By the time we remembered to take pictures, we had already eaten 2! These scallops were simply melt-in-your mouth amazing!

One of my favorite things about Louises is they give you very special bread with a olive oil and basalmic vinegar sauce. We had about 3 rounds of these and snuck some in our to-go boxes.

Mike ordered their lasagana. It doesn't look that appetizing, but that's because he already destroyed the backside (if you look closely) within seconds of getting the dish.

I ordered their cajun jambalaya with italian sausage, shrimp, and chicken. I had expected it to be spicier since it's "cajun" style, but it was hardly spicy at all. Still good though. Yes, I admit, I took a few bites too, but by the time I remembered to take these pictures, I was already 3/4 full from eating so much bread!

And last but not least, I present to you our dessert- red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting! By far, my favorite dessert EVER, of all time! And by then, I was so full that I actually remembered to take a picture BEFORE we started eating. :)

~Nancy

Moving Along!

Well we're in February now and a lot of things are moving along. Last week we got our rings back from the jeweler, Gaspar Jewelers. I went with the 14K Gold Satin band with milgrain channels, rounded edges, comfort fit. Nancy got a half eternity band with 14 diamonds. She still wants to round her edges so we'll probably take it back for remolding. But here it is!




Sweetness yeah? We also took some free engagement pictures with Ashleigh in Beverly Hills on Super Bowl Sunday. Apparently, there are people that don't watch the game and wander around the 90210 haha. You can see one of the pics shown at the top of the post.

Everything but our invitations are running smoothly. Doug, our photographer is set to take our pictures in march and I gotta set up a taste test for our reception food soon too. Our invites on the other hand are stuck. One thing is linked to another and I don't even know what blue or pink we have anymore! I swear Nance just asks me about other similar colors to make it complicated -_-. Oh well.

The groomsmen are coming through and that makes me pretty happy. I'm excited to see what they have planned. Whatever it is, I'm sure it'll be fun.

That's it for now!

~Mike

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5 more months!

Yes, you read that right!! Exactly 5 months from now, Mike and I will have already exchanged our vows and be taking pictures with our family and friends in front of our amazing gazebo. I would most likely have already smeared my makeup by this time from being overfilled with joy and emotion. 

 

As time is winding down, things are slowly beginning to come together. There are really a lot of surprises for our guests (and us too!) that I really think will make our wedding unique. :) 

And btw, we're no longer having a Tiffany blue wedding and we are a lot happier. Sometimes in the midst of the wedding planning, you forget what's most important to you and in the end, the decisions that are made aren't meant to please anyone but ourselves and our families. So we don't care if you don't like our new colors, dresses, flowers, or anything. This is our wedding and this is how it's gonna be! :D 

 RAWR!

Tiffany Blue Wedding

Yes, that's right. After 3 potential color schemes later, we've finally decided on our colors! Tiffany blue and pink, with accents of ivory, brown, and green!