Celebrating Life

My find myself a little lost for words putting together my weekend post tonight. Many of you already know I am not much of a writer and tend to just post pictures instead of writing out horrid sentences. But in this case I find myself reflecting my own life in seeing someone elses who is filled with so much love and hope. Please bear with as my heart is pounding so loud I can't even hear my own thoughts. I am writing this for my Dad and his beloved, Tina.

This summer has been a tough one for Tita Tina as she spent countless months in the hospital being misdiagnosed only to find out that she has stage IV Pancreatic Cancer. The news has been devastating to all of us and even more to my Dad. We are all praying for a miracle.

In hopes to lift all our spirits, my Dad planned an extraordinary party for her birthday. He transformed her entire house into a tropical oasis. It was beautiful and Tita Tina loved all the special details planned for the evening. We paid tribute to her exceptional life with all her nearest and dearest friends and relatives. Some of which traveled all the way from Hawaii to be with her. The night was filled with lots of love, laughter and of course Illocano songs.

Prop Stylin'

Getting ready to do another little shoot with The Flower Tray. Found this as an inspiration and just can't stop looking at it. Someone please get married and use this color combination! :)

I Love You Mom

This weekend was all about my Mom. We celebrated her Birthday is style... seaside. We booked a hotel by the sea (Santa Monica) and just hung out shopping, eating and of course worked on our tans.

My Mom lookin' feelin' fine in 2009!

Dinner @ Monsoon Cafe

Tanning...

For Mother's Day, my sister got my Mom Diana Krall tickets to use this past weekend. So of course Sonny and I tagged along to witness this beautiful talented songstress at the Hollywood Bowl. I've listened to all her albums over and over again...and I still can't believe her mad piano skills.

All smiles with our picnic baskets.

Me with my NEW Diana Krall tote.

Changing colors.

We had to leave the pups at home and sorta felt guilty. So to cheer them up we got them a few goodies from a doggie bakery. Good thing too... the second we walked in it was all tears and cries for the happy homecoming!

Spontaneous Weekend

This past weekend I was all over the place. On Friday I spent the night at my sister Nicole's house and crafted all night with her, Jillie and Aya. We had some delicious mini burgers and ate Froyo that reminded us of Dole Whip from Disneyland. I love girlie craft nights and hope to schedule more of them in the future.

On Saturday, Sonny and I made our way down to San Diego for a spontaneous trip to watch Katchafire at Canes. I've never really knew how big the Island Reggae scene was til we got there. It was a really great show and I have to say I have a few new crushes on a few lead singers. :) Check out the YouTube Vid... you'll know what I am talking about. Hahaha

On Sunday I woke up to the smell of Sonny's cooking! I couldn't believe it! It was such an awesome spread of Baked Tomatoes, Yellow Chicken Curry, and Garlic Naan. I was in heaven.

Playing With Flowers

This past weekend I hung out with my dear friend Tracey who is a talented Floral Designer. She has done many of the weddings I've recently attended as well as designed the personal flowers used during my wedding. Any time I have a question about flowers I turn to her for her genius and expertise.

I designed her website, The Flower Tray, about a year ago and being that I am such a blogger I've been buggin' her to start a blog. She finally said "yes" so I promised her I'd take all the pictures and even spend some time helping her out. This featured wedding was for a mutual friend of ours who had a tropical theme. Pretty!

This little guy is Tracey's puppy. Isn't he just the cutest!

I can't wait til her next wedding so I can take more pictures. Til then check out her blog at theflowertray.blogspot.com. We are hoping to update it often and add a few beautiful at home tutorials and wedding flower advice. Stay tuned!

Long Beach Dragon Boat Festival

The Dragon Boats all waiting in a row.

Kill! Kill! Kill!

Calm waters.

Sonny getting ready for this very first race.

The B boat line up.

Rey and his guppie fin.

A Boat leading the way.

Sonny strikin' a pose before his 2nd race.

The crowd was goin' crazy!

B Boat workin' it.

Even Pantone enjoyed himself.

Wow what a weekend! We have been just so extremely busy that I haven't had the time to blog or twitter much. I haven't even had the chance to announce the winner of my giveaway! Please bare with me all as I am just trying to catch up from this past weekend.

Remember how Sonny has been Dragon Boating for the past 2 months. Well this past weekend was well worth all the hardcore training. The Dragon Boat Festival was a success and the Killer Guppies did pretty darn good. Sonny is enjoying this competitive streak and can't wait for the next race up in San Francisco at the end of September. Can you believe it... Sonny is playin' team sports and lovin' every minute of it. I am so happy to be his cheerleader through all this. Seeing him having so much fun almost makes me wanna join. Almost.

I think being the Athlete's Wife is good enough for me right now. There is a lot that goes along with this role. I don't know how Vanessa Bryant does it... but I don't mind it one bit!