Stephanie's Bridal Photoshoot at mi casa

Stephanie and Huyen showed up at my house yesterday at approximately 9:00am... at approximately the time where I was NOT ready to wake up, but upon remembering what I was waking up for I was VERY excited.  Stephanie's bridal photoshoot!  I took a shower and ran downtairs started making breakfast for everyone... Thanks to Cuzzie and Dennis for helping.  Of course, Thank you to my hubby for waking up extra early to go to the grocery store for me.  We all had french toast, scrambled eggs, and mac&cheese.  Thao, Duy, and Laura (the photography team) showed up at about the time Huyen was almost done with Steph's hair.  After Huyen was finished with Steph's hair, we just stared at Steph and had a silent girl moment.  I started crying!  She was beautiful. =)  We went upstairs, I helped her into her dress and off she went!  Great job to the photography team! 

To view more of Steph's photos, click here. 
To view Thaoie's website for your own photo shoot, click here.

Here Huyen is doing Steph's hair in my dining room.  This is where she did my hair for my wedding day.

Thaoie allowed me to hop in for this picture. Oh, Steph didn't have a bouquet so I cut that flower from my mom's garden.  Hopefully, she doesn't notice it.  Did anyone throw it away!!??!!

Look at those hot shoes!

Books books books!
For all your readers out there, I just wanted to share what I've been reading in my spare time.

In an earlier blog I wrote about how excited I was to read The Time Traveler's Wife.  It sure didn't let me down!  I was hooked and didn't want it to end.  Despite the title, it's more of a love story than science fiction.  The Time Traveler (who time travels involuntarily) meets his wife for the first time in his 20's, but the wife actually met her husband when she was 6 because when he was in his 40's he Time Traveled back in time.  Yeah, it sounds confusing, but it's a very good read! 

I wasn't at all interested in reading The Kite Runner, but I kept hearing about it and hearing about and so I just had to read it.  It didn't let me down.  It was a very powerful book about the coming of age of a boy who lives in Pakistan when the war breaks out.  When he witnesses a tragedy, his life changes forever.

For One More Day is written by the same authoer as The Five People You Meet in Heaven.  It was a short quick read about a man how receives the chance to spend one more day with his mother (who is dead!).  Since I grew up with a single mother, it hit close to home, but I think this book is good for anyone.

I was pretty hooked on The Stolen Child.  I read it every night right before I went to bed and one night I had a crazy ass nightmare!  I was kidnapped by hobgoblins and replaced with a changeling!  This story is about two boys... one who is kidnapped by the hobgoblins to live in the forest to become one of them and never age and the other (a hobgoblin) who takes his place in the world.  Good book.

Oh, my aching body...

I went with Gina yesterday to 24 Hour Fitness to take a Piyo class with her.  It's basically a lot of stretching, balancing, and yoga type excersizes.  Boy was it painful.  I can't even touch my toes.  I hate to admit it, but I think I can barely go passed my knees.  It was painful to see some of the much larger people be able to touch places on their body I can only look at.  All that stuff with the balancing on one leg while posing like a "warrior" as they called it was quite tough for me too.  Geez!  Sad thing.  I finally peruaded the Fiance to join us and he was even more flexible that I was!  Too bad Thanh didn't come out earlier.  He could have joined us for the class instead of doing those manly sit ups, he could have been gracefully stretching and warrior stancing with us.  There were times I would want to laugh so hard, but held it in so I wouldn't be rude, but DANG!  If I keep this up, my flexibility and balance is going to be BOMB!

I was able to do THIS fine...

But when they got to THIS... Man it was over.  I gave up.

Thanks for inviting me to take the Piyo class with you, Gina.  Sorry I let you down... haha.

Poor Anh.
Experiencing a bit of tough love.

Does anyone like LINKIN PARK? So do I! I've seen them in concert once already and it was so awesome! Apparently they are shooting a music video and some people are invited... I am cause im part of a Casting company and Kroq members also. COOL! $105 bucks! Dont know if Kroq people are gettin paid or not. Anyone else going besides Me, Brian, Uyen, and Hieu?

What piercing are you?

OKAY, SOME OF THEM ARE UP!

I know you have been waiting for this. Some of the pictures from my birthday celebration at Live Bait are up. Only the ones from before i got drunk though. If some of you are wondering why you are not in the pictures with me its because you are probably one of the bastards that took pictures with me when i was pissed drunk. The pictures that are posted are only a quarter of the pictures from that night. It seems as though, after i got drunk, some peole decided to become trigger happy... haha.

Here you go... I know these arent as good as the other pictures but bear with me for now. Some pictures from Live Bait.

a lil sample; after that go click on the link to see the pictures in bigger size. GO GO GO
        

IM telling you! CounterStrike Ruins Everyone's lives!

Here is THO and Me Speaking:

FaShoNeea33: fuck cs!!! 
FaShoNeea33: is chris playin cs? 
LiLMssDork: yeah like alawys
LiLMssDork: he neglects me =( 
FaShoNeea33: man.. i have like 20 peeps on my list.. and all of them iz playin cs.. they wont respond 
FaShoNeea33: i hate it 
LiLMssDork: LOL LOL
FaShoNeea33: bastards 
LiLMssDork: that is xanga material
FaShoNeea33: xanga what? 
LiLMssDork: You'll see

Here is Viet speaking:

VietaminsEVN: i dont play cs anymore
VietaminsEVN: I live in it

On to other things less sad. OOH steve harvey is so funny! Hes the Kang (not the king but the KANG) haha.  He makes my tummy hurt. He's even funny when hes just standing there making faces. Boy do he got a lot of teeth too. Got paid a Whopping 17 dollars to see it too... Enough for gas for the way home. whoo Hoo!

Heres a picture of him and the rest of the Kangs of Comedy! I know some of you dont like their humor but if you do and if you get a chance... You should watch it. Theyre all funny. They make me  You got Bernie Mac (hes the man!!!) Cedric the Entertainer (Oh so funny and he can dance too) D.L. Hughly (he cusses alot) and Steve Harvey (Puahaha)

Gosh im so tired. I realized I've been sleeping late almost every night (around 3am-4am) I think my birthday weekend messed me up good. Anywho, I wont get any rest today because im about to head to school and after that Im giong to a live taping of Steve Harvey's Big Time Show! They told me its like the west coast version of Night at the Apollo. Oh steve! hes so funny! Anybody seen the Kangs (not the Kings, but the Kangs) of Comedy? its pretty hilarious. I got a call yesterday asking if i wanted to attend and i replied "YAY! THANK YOU" and the lady laughed. Alritee... Off i go after chris brings back my lunch and coffee. Im going to need it.

I will be posting the pictures from the club and my birthday pictures up soon on my webby so watch out for those.