Wedding in Pasadena

As mentioned before, a couple of weekends ago we went to my second cousin’s wedding. I am sad to say, I didn’t take any pictures of the bride and groom! Ack–I can’t believe it. Well, you will have to trust me that they were a good looking couple, and should be back from their honeymoon in Costa Rica (so jealous!)

The ceremony was held in a Catholic church. This was my first Catholic wedding, so I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. It turns out we didn’t make it through the whole thing with our two squirmy kids. D took n out first, and then I had to take k out a little later. The church itself was beautiful, and according to the sign outside, 100 years old!

Catholic Church

big tree

The reception was held at the Westin in Pasadena.
tablescape

For the favors, there was a candy bar for guests to help themselves. Our table was close in proximity, so D decided to help himself before dinner! This led to other guests going to the table, which the wedding planner people quickly put a stop to. The DJ made an announcement that the candy was for AFTER dinner. Sorry about that, Mindy! :/
candy bar

The reception opened with a rousing set of taiko drumming. That was a unique, memorable touch! Dinner was a duet of filet mignon and salmon which I thoroughly enjoyed. k liked her chicken strips and french fries, but she liked the salmon, too.

The bride made a touching slideshow for her dad, and then there was another traditional slideshow.

wedding cakes
Red Velvet Cakes

The attention to detail was quite present throughout. This was the basket that was given to everyone who stayed at the hotel.
gift basket

It was so nice to be able to crash that night in the hotel, since it was WAY past the kids’ bedtimes. The next morning we had breakfast with my parents and sister at Lucky Boy Drive-In. We tried the famed breakfast burrito from the “Burrito Nazi”. It was VERY filling, and we still made it to church in time for the last half of Sunday School. 🙂

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The Best Egg Salad Sandwich

Last weekend we went to my second cousin’s wedding in Pasadena. Her reception was at the Westin, so we stayed overnight and made it a mini getaway.

For lunch we ate at Europane Bakery. We had the famed egg salad sandwich, as seen on “The Best Thing I Ever Ate”. I must it agree, it was the best egg salad sandwich I have ever had, but I hardly ever order egg salad. (Random fact: egg salad was one of my few pregnancy cravings). We also ordered the chicken sandwich and a caramel-sea salt macaron. Yum!
Euro Pane egg salad

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1st Day of Preschool

1st day of preschool
k had her first day of prechool today and it seems like it went well. She didn’t cry when I left, although she looked sad. Her teacher was not there today so she had a substitute. When I picked her up the teacher and the assistant said she was fine, and that she played with dolls with another girl. I can’t believe she is officially beginning the (hopefully) long journey of formal education.

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Teams I Root For

Many people ask me what teams I root for. For college sports it is easy. But for pro sports, I have a hard time answering that question, because I have lived in four metro areas: Sacramento, San Francisco, Indianapolis, and Los Angeles. So to finally answer that question, I will list my two favorite teams in each sport.

NCAA Football
– Cal Bears
– Indiana Hoosiers
NCAA Basketball
– Cal Bears
– Indiana Hoosiers
NFL
– San Francisco 49ers
– Indianapolis Colts
MLB
– San Francisco Giants
– Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
NBA
– Golden State Warriors
– Sacramento Kings

For the NFL, the only other team I can root for is the Raiders, but they got too out there and have ownership issues. For baseball, I can’t like the Dodgers because I like the Giants. The A’s are just OK since they never have big name players due to small payroll. For basketball, I hate the Lakers (who doesn’t outside of L.A.), the Clippers never win, and I never really liked the Pacers, probably because of Reggie Miller.

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Bouncy Birthday

Loving the cooler temperatures this weekend. Saturday we went to a birthday party at a park .4 of a mile from our house, so we decided to walk. We took the wagon; k walked there and rode back (n rode both ways). The birthday girl, who is so sweet, turned 6. We went to the bounce house first thing, which was perfect since k gets intimidated when there’s other kids. It was pretty big, and k had fun. She even went down the slide once the birthday girl showed her how it is done. For lunch there were six foot Subway sandwiches and cupcakes for dessert. It was nice to enjoy some time outside in the shade, but we were really tired after walking back.

homestead park

bounce house

For dinner we went to Sushilicious with another dealperk coupon. Our favorite rolls were Little Miss Sunshine and Supercalifragi-(something, I can’t remember). We ordered a chicken teryiaki bento first thing, but it was taking a while. I reminded the waitress and she had forgotten to put in the order (hmm…not sure if their i-touches really served their purpose). Anyway, she was nice and gave us a free dessert. We chose tempura mango ice cream. We were also reminded why it is so difficult to take n out to eat. He is so squirmy and likes to throw utensils on the floor. He was charming the waitresses/waiters by constantly waving at them, but I’m sure they didn’t enjoy the cleanup from our huge mess.

This week will be busy…k’s first time at VBS!

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Running Errands

This past weekend wasn’t too busy, mostly just running errands.

Colorado Rockies Mickey
Look who we saw outside of Sports Authority!

Ikea rocker
Ikea: Looking forward to the 2011 catalogue next month.

Chicken Maison
Chicken Maison: Our newest Yelp find, by South Coast Plaza. Must try the spicy lemon garlic chicken…so good. We also had a gyro, not pictured, which was also very tasty.

chillin'
It’s been pretty hot recently, but it cooled down nicely today. n, D and k all hang out without their shirts on, but n was the only one that seemed appropriate to take a picture of.

Oh yes, for those of you not on Facebook, we saw Jason Lezak at Pick Up Stix on Saturday night. You know, the gold medal Olympic swimmer that beat the French guy in the 4×100 freestyle relay in Beijing? I wouldn’t have recognized him, but after D pointed him out, I could tell it was him. He was waiting for his food to go, so D struck up a little conversation with him.

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Busy Weekend

Usually our weekends are pretty relaxing around here. Last weekend, however, left D and I pretty tired. On Saturday we went out to lunch, then went to look at houses at Woodbury East. They were having a free barbecue (hamburgers & hotdogs), so we took some food over to my sister’s place. They have their hands full, so I think the food was appreciated.

nephew
This is who is keeping them busy: our new nephew.

Our next stop was the Great Park’s anniversary celebration. There were a lot of freebies, but it was kind of hot.

petting zoo

camel & zebra
Random animals for a petting zoo, don’t you think? There was also a tortoise that was stepping on all of the rabbits.

Next we went to a swim party/BBQ at our new small group leader’s house. They have a huge backyard, which I didn’t even think existed in Orange County.
backyard slide
k loved the playground equipment. She said, “They have a park!” and she was right. Apparently it took 4 days to build and had over 150 types of parts.

Sunday we went to church, a country fair in the afternoon and a piano concert at night. D was so tired he said he couldn’t wait to go back to work. Haha.

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BoardWalk Ice Cream Co.

Boardwalk Ice Cream
Since we had the day off on Monday, our adventure was to go to the Spectrum. I wanted to use the coupon I bought from www.dealperk.com for BoardWalk Ice Cream Co. The deal was $2 for 2 ice cream bars. The normal price is $3.75 each. They have vanilla ice cream bars, they dip them in your choice of dark or milk chocolate, and then you can have them rolled in unlimited toppings. D chose dark chocolate with oreo crumbles and I chose milk chocolate with coconut, waffle cone pieces and sprinkles. We were both careful not get anything with nuts so the kids could share with us. I guess the concept is based on the Balboa bar, which we’ve never had (we had the frozen banana). Anyway, is was very good, but you cannot help feel bad about eating it, at least I couldn’t. I also wanted k to ride on the ferris wheel, but it was closed for refurbishment. It is supposed to open up later in the summer. Boo.

hug
In other news, n has developed some new “tricks”, some good, some bad. Good: He likes to give k hugs. He loves to wave at people and point at babies and dogs. He holds up one finger when you ask him how old he is. Bad: He scratches our faces with both hands and thinks it is funny. He climbed out of his crib yesterday (it is now on the lowest notch…hopefully that will keep him in for a while longer). He likes to throw things (anything) off of the top of our stairs.

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