Prepping flowers for a wedding-Yilin visits

My good friend from high school, Syreeta, will be getting married this weekend in San Diego. I came down early to help my mom because she is doing the flowers for the event-which is going to be huge, glitzy, and detailed!
Yilin (Uncle Chuck's new wife) came down to help us with the preparation. I took some photos of us working, the 700 roses, and the beautiful centerpieces we created!

Then, we all went out to Fillippi's down the street in Escondido for dinner. It is a very busy Italian restaurant with DELICIOUS food. It has a real "small town, family-owned" feel and we really enjoyed ourselves.

I am really looking forward to tomorrow. I can't wait to see how all the flowers and decorations come together and I am also anxious to witness my friend getting married. It is such a wonderful thing to be a part of such a significant transition in the life of someone you love.

Uncle Chuck and Yilin get married!

This past Saturday, my mom's brother Chuck married Yilin Ping at a small wedding in Riverside.

My mom was very involved because she was in charge of preparing the flowers (of course) as well as most of the decorating, planning, and helping the bride get ready for her big day. Everything went very smoothly thanks to all her effort and love.
We drove up to my uncles house the evening before the wedding and my mom immediately began setting up for saturday. We all helped and then people started crashing one by one.

Then, we were all up very early in the morning to prepare because my uncle and his bride were going to be married in court at 11am. The ceremony was quick, but surprisingly very pleasant and enjoyable. I will be editing the video in the next two weeks and will post it here for you to see. Alaina was the official photographer and took some amazing photos that she will also post up once she is done editing them.
For now, you can see some photos that I took with my little camera on my flickr.
My Uncle was very happy with how well the whole event turned out, and Yelin seemed comfortable and pleased with how welcoming everyone was to have her as an addition to the family. We wish them the best and a long future together :)

Baby Shower for the Beck Twins!!!

On Saturday, March 7th, the family celebrated the soon-to-be birth of our first set of twins to the family. David and Elias are set to enter our family in June, and we had a great party in their honor at Uncle Tim and Auntie Nancy's in La Verne.

There were yummy treats, great prizes, and of course, plenty of laughter and unexpected antics!

Check out the pictures and you will see the beautiful decorations that my mom put together and the delicious treats that my Grandma brought for the party.
Also, see Eric take a dive in the pool for 30 bucks, see Lemmy and Joe juggle babies blindly, and baby gifts that Jo wants to keep for himself.

Feb 24th-Visit the Becks in SB

As a resolution to see his granddaughter Hanna more often (and to keep up before she gets too much smarter), my dad invited me and Alaina to visit the Becks on the last weekend of February.
We started it off with a quick dinner at the new Bob's Big Boy in West Covina, and then the three of us headed on our journey up north.

Hanna talked our ear off when we arrived; showing us her room, her baby brother's future room, and telling us about her calendar which marks how often she doesn't wet the bed.

In the morning, my dad and sis and I got some doughnuts and chilled in a plaza fair across the street. When Hanna got back from dance class, we went for a lengthy, breezy, adventurous walk to see the butterflies, eat lunch, and hang out in the park.

I have some photos from our adventures, but Alaina has some that she has made look very pretty and you can see those here.

Dad and Uncle Tim go to the Buick Invit. in SD

On February 6th, I took a drive down to SD for a family visit. My dad and Uncle had just returned from the Buick Invitational in La Jolla. Here's my dad's report on the event:




After my uncle headed back home, I hung out with my family and we were just our normal selves. Taking silly pictures, snacking, and eating ice cream.

The next day, I went to a shower for my friend from high school, Syreeta, with my mom. My mom is doing the flowers for her wedding-we had a lot of fun.