Monthly Archives: November 2014
Turning 30!
This is a big year for us with lots of life milestones, but turning 30 is definitely a milestone that stands out for sure. For my birthday this year, my work threw me a nice party, with a giant cupcake cake! They totally went all out this year with decorations too! Then I got to celebrate with my other half, since she come down from Canada so we can celebrate together!! I then had a nice family day at the Irvine Great Park, then a nice intimate dinner at the Orange County Mining Company, which had an amazing sunset view of the city. For Khoa’s birthday celebration, I threw him a raving dance party at our clubhouse with a bartender and DJ, with laser lights and tons of glow in the dark accessories. We also had nice dinners with our families, still waiting on the dinner with Khoa’s parents for his birthday, but that will happen soon. At the end of the day, parties are fun, but it’s all about being able to celebrate with the people who love you most. Being surrounded by so many great people, feeling the love and care in the air, really makes you feel like you’re so rich in life. Who needs presents when you have this lovely bunch of family and friends? You guys make life so much more fun and better =). Also, it’s so cute and fun to see Lily getting the hang of blowing out candles now, she can blow out all our candles from now on, we’re definitely gonna need help doing so! Haha.
Birthdays are always a good time to sit and reflect on what you’ve done with your life the past year or so and see what you’ve accomplished, or not accomplished haha, and milestone birthdays tend to make people heavily analyze what they’ve done with their lives since their last milestone birthday. As for me, I feel like so much has happened in my 20’s, but the best part was obviously 2 years ago when my sweet Lily pad was born. The last year in my 20’s was probably the toughest year of my life, and everything I knew about life and myself got challenged and I honestly didn’t know if I’d ever recover from it. However, although it was the hardest year of my life, I am very grateful for my experiences and what came from it, because there’s a silver lining to everything, even if it may not seem clear at first. I’ve found a new love and appreciation for life, and the phrase “cherish each moment” have never meant so much to me than it does now. Life is about going on adventures with your love ones, battling the bumps on the road together, and getting through and onto the next adventure. Creating fond new memories is what I aim to do in this next new chapter of my life and I can’t wait to see what life has in store for me. Life isn’t perfect, but as long as I have my angels, my lily pad, and my love with me, I’m one lucky and happy gal! =)
You can check out more pictures from my birthday HERE and from Khoa’s birthday HERE. Also, check out this video of Lily, Emmy and Skye having the time of their lives at Khoa’s dance party bday! They’re so stinking cute!!
Halloween 2014
This year for Halloween, Lily casted her spell on all of us with her bewitching costume that my aunt gave her! Lily got to participate in her school’s Halloween parade for the first time, and she did so well! She is quite a character! Check out the video below!
We also took Lily to Mickey Mouse’s Trick or Treat Halloween Party at Disneyland for the first time this year too! Lily dressed up as a Minion, one of her favorite characters, and totally got spoiled by all the candy Disneyland gave out! It was literally handfuls of candy at each station! What was nice was that they didn’t just give out chocolate candies, but they also had healthy alternatives like baby carrot sticks, apple slices and yogurt craisins! Way ta go Disneyland! We will definitely come back next year! You can view more pictures here. We also took Lily to go trick or treating for the first time at the South Coast Plaza Mall. I like it a lot since it’s so safe and easy and Lily got the hang of it really quickly, and even said “trick or treat” before they gave her the candy!
We also took Lily to the pumpkin patch again at the Irvine Regional Park with her friends Emmy and Skye! She enjoyed riding the fake pony, rolling the pumpkins around, and playing with her friends more than the pumpkin patch itself. Maybe next year she’ll be big enough to drive the little motor tractors and enjoy doing more activities! She’ll probably be able to carve her first pumpkin next year! That’ll be something fun to look forward to! You can see more pictures and videos here.
