home sweet home

whereabouts: my parent’s house (aka the house i grew up!) in C-town

food craving: chocolate milk & a nice, ,warm glazed donut

song suggestion: moonlight sonata by beethoven

there’s so much to catch up on! a full update is especially in order to discuss my two absolutely incredible showers from this previous weekend! but i haven’t uploaded the pictures yet (big surprise) and i’d love to describe, elaborate and reminisce on the showers in detail with some sweet visuals!

until then i just wanted to say how neat God’s timing can be sometimes. jon is out of town this weekend on a youth retreat with 20 guys he and cameron have led and disciples over the past few years at pine cove! and it couldn’t have been more perfect timing for me and for us because i’m busy all weekend with wedding, friend fun, and family time! my brother flew into town on thursday and jon and i had dinner with my whole family that evening at Zander’s House, our reception restaurant, to finalize details and finally give my brother the opportunity to see what the big deal was about our reception site. my mommy had the day off today so as soon as i got off work we:

-picked up my wedding dress! (it’s perfection…i think i’m in love…with my dress that is…jon too of course!)

-got some family business out of the way

-went shopping for my mom’s mother of the bride’s dress with Chi Kim and Christine at North Park

-bought Christine’s bridesmaids shoes!

-had dinner at bistro b

-stopped by target to pick out curtains for my parent’s new living room furniture

and now i’m at home spending the night at my parent’s house! i stayed home over the summer before i moved into an apartment with katie and emily but it’s been a long time since my brother, mommy, daddy & i have all slept in the same house.

i love family.

it’s kind of fun to think about my childhood and the different seasons of life our family has gone through and to stand as a 23 year old now, on the cusp of adulthood (or rather within the beginning years of adulthood) getting prepared to get married & wander down my own path alongside my incredible husband-to-be. do you know what i’m talking about? i love the relationship i have now with my parents where i actually understand somewhat where they are coming from when they offer advice rather than being dramatically defiant, like when i was a teenager, and instantly thinking “they don’t understand me.” i love my family so much and i’m excited for jon to be a part of my family and to be a part of his!

my parents invited jon’s parents to a lunch in dallas to formally celebrate our engagement & meet one another! and jon’s family graciously drove up to dallas with such excitement! our families are pretty fantastic.

my brother was able to visit dallas at the beginning of march as well. this is a photo from that visit at jon’s house! yay rockband

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going well

whereabouts: the 4306 apt (aka, my apartment)

food craving: bistro b egg rolls with the special sauce - a craving that was satisfied at approximately 10:45pm earlier tonight

song suggestion: lemon tree - a very popular english song in the asian community!

i just wanted to give a quick update to inform everyone that things are just…..going really well! plans are falling into place and i feel comfortable with where jon and i are at in our wedding planning even though we’ve only slightly officially each asked 2 out of our 7 bridesmaids and groomsmen! what’s been especially fun is catching my mom up with all the wedding details. she wants to be apart of the planning but from a more distant view and i’ve really appreciated the room and understanding she’s given me to plan my wedding but still offering her input and not to mention financial help! currently jon and i are working on finding or developing our design for the wedding that we’ll ultimately be putting on the invitation, placement cards, response cards, and basically everything! once we figure out that we’ll be able to use it as a template for all our wedding paper needs. here’re a couple of designs i whipped up to get a general idea. these are two VERY ROUGH drafts including the writing! please offer your grace and forgiveness for the incorrect grammar, sloppiness, and careless design mistakes.

i’ll resize this at some point & i’ll fill y’all in with more wedding details later! i gotta go to bed and pray to get to church on time! viv

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