04/20/08 This is our first post! 11 more months to go before the big day. We are so excited to begin planning our wedding. So far we only have our venue... but we are super excited about it. Marie-Gabrielle is so beautiful and is perfect for us. It is a little difficult to juggle work and planning a wedding... but it certainly makes my days more fun!
04/24/08 Yay! We have the date our "engagement party" or Dam Hoi set for 05.18.08 at my house. The Dam Hoi is a special Vietnamese ceremony/feast when the two families "officially meet." It entails the groom's family bringing all sorts of gifts in pairs (wine, tea, fruit and sweets) to ask the bride's family for her hand in marraige. Then everyone celebrates. It'll be great fun and I'm so excited for it. I only have 4 weeks to get my Ao Dai made. Gotta get on the ball!
05/18/08 We had our Dam Hoi yesterday and it was a wonderful afternoon! Too bad all the pictures are of me bawling my way through the ceremony! Still, it was great to see our two families together. Jon's father made a wonderful speech that started the waterworks, it really touched me! My parents were wonderful and made our house and backyard so beautiful for the occasion. I'll post pictures soon!
06/06/08 I just had my birthday extravaganza this week! Turned the big 28! gasp! so close to thirty! that's okay, it was such a great week that I got to spend with my family and friends. On Wedneday, my actually birthday, the girls came over and we went to go watch SATC which was so good. Then on Thursday, Jon suprised me with dinner and then a private dance lesson at a studio. Our teacher told us we'd be ready for dancing withe stars soon! hmm.. i think not, but it was still alot of fun. Then today Jon's parents threw me a birthday BBQ. They set up a table outside in their pretty garden and invited my family to come over. mmmm... so much yummy food! I felt so loved and blessed to be surrounded by such awesome people!
