Not the 1980’s, but as in 80 something degree weather. It just didn’t seem right. I didn’t post earlier because I left my camera at my parents’ place…oops. We started the day off with pumpkin pancakes with cranberry sauce.

Then we went to the park across the street. There were a lot of other dads. I guess the moms were busy in the kitchen.

I, on the other hand, had it easy. The only thing I made to bring to my parents’ house was “healthified” creamed corn. We also brought frozen puff pastry appetizers from Costco and a pumpkin pie from Marie Callendar’s, courtesy of our neighborhood real estate agent. Thanks Jeff!

The turkey! I have yet to cook a turkey myself…someday. My cousin, aunt and grandma were at my parents’ house too. I love how our country set aside a day just to give thanks. Too bad more people don’t acknowledge WHO they’re actually thanking.

We didn’t have much time to get ready, but we took a quick photo before we left.

The wedding was at St. John’s in downtown Sac. What a beautiful church.

D ended up having to take n out to the foyer during the ceremony.

The newlyweds!

We went back to D’s brother’s house to rest, and then it was off to the reception at Arden Hills.

k’s kid’s meal. Love the mini bottle of ketchup! We had beef and a chicken breast wrapped in puff pastry…very nice.

Our table consisted of Zach’s high school/college friends, but D didn’t really know any of them since D didn’t go to the same high school. D met Zach while playing tennis in high school, and I’ve always thought of him as one of D’s “quality” friends. The reception was full of toasts with people saying nice things about the couple, and with Zach, I found them all to be true. (I had never met the bride before, but I’m sure she’s just as wonderful). There was also a slideshow with the cutest baby photos. The whole thing made D and I reflect on how short life really is and how easy it is to get wrapped up in our own family and grow distant from old friends.

Last week my grandma had a stroke, so my parents went up to visit her this past weekend. At first I thought that meant we would have to cancel our planned Mother’s Day/Dad’s birthday celebration. However, I rescheduled it for Sunday night and everyone made it, so that was nice. We had take-out from Zankou’s.

Our first picture with all four of us. k is wearing a sweet dress made by my grandma…hopefully I can sew like her and my mom one day.

My mom played “Happy Birthday” on the ukelele while we sang. My sister made the cake–yum!

Sigh…our vacation is over. It was nice having a break from our routine. Actually, D had to work all day Friday, and part of Saturday, so maybe the transition will be easier for him. 🙂

New Year’s Eve/Day were pretty uneventful for us. Lots of good food, of course. We slept over at my parents’ house. D was feeling under the weather, so we ended up watching the crazy stuntmen in Vegas, watching the east coast midnight celebration, and called it a night. I think it was the earliest I went to sleep on a New Year’s Eve since I was a kid. However, I was able to keep up my tradition of making a lot of cards with all of my moms’ craft supplies for the upcoming year.

k ended up spending the whole day in her pjs! Happy 2009!

Saturday afternoon we went to a birthday party for k’s favorite one year old. (She even named her baby doll after her). The guest of honor likes noodles, so they set up a ramen bar…so yummy. Put some noodles in a bowl, add broth (just a little for k), then add sprouts, green onions, char siu, dumplings, and hard boiled egg to your heart’s content. I think I see a restaurant concept here. There was also beef curry and rice.

Look at the size of that cake! It was from a Chinese bakery, though, so it wasn’t too heavy.