Thursday, September 22, 2011

Chong's Wedding and Parent's Visit

Right after Zoey's Baby Blessing, we took off for Manhattan Beach for Chong and Clarysa's wedding. They got married Monday, the 18th of July, at the Belamar Hotel in Manhattan. Chong has known Paul's family from the time Paul and I started dating in 2002 so naturally they are family to him as well. Paul's family followed us down to L.A. for the wedding. Paul was a groomsman, I was a bridesmaid, Little Paul was the ring bearer and Paige was a flower girl. I didn't think Paige would walk down the aisle alone so we had Brooklyn hold her hand and walk down with her. It worked out perfectly and everyone made it down nicely without any mishaps. The ceremony was beautiful and the reception was so much fun. Lots of great dancing by Chong and his fellow friends. Unfortunately, I didn't take any photos. Photos to come...

After the wedding, we drove back to San Jose. My parents wanted to tour the area around where we live before they headed back to Michigan. The next day we went to Carmel, the hike at Point Lobos and did the 17 Mile drive in Pebble Beach. The following day was spent in downtown Palo Alto and Stanford University. The last day of their visit we drove up to Napa Valley for the morning, San Francisco for the afternoon and had dinner at Brother's Korean Restaurant in SF where we met up with Paul and Chong and Clarysa. Chong and Clarysa were on their honeymoon but took some time to have dinner with us. They spent the night at our house on the way back down to LA. It was so nice to spend time with both the Proctor and Park families in July! We really miss everyone and wish we could be together more often. 

My mom with Zoey on the hike at Point Lobos in Carmel. 
Paul on the hike. 
Point Lobos hike. 
Beautiful views. 
Point Lobos. This is now our favorite hike. 
My dad at Point Lobos. 
Paul and Paige at Point Lobos 
Paul and Paige holding hands while hiking. So cute!
Paul at Carmel Beach.
My parents with the girls at Stanford University in Palo Alto.
Walking around the campus. 
Stanford.
Castello De Amorosa Winery in Nappa Valley. The kids loved the sheep outside the castle. 
Castle entrance. 
The great room of the castle. 
Paul at the castle. 
Paige and empty wine bottles:)
Going down to the tasting room. They had the most amazing grape juice made from the grapes they grow.  The kids loved it.
Paul also loved eating the sour grapes off the vines. 
They were so sour but they liked them.
Union Square in San Francisco. 
Cable cars. 
Kids on the cable car.
Dinner with the newlyweds at Brothers. 
Korea BBQ with the parents. 
Uncle Chong and Aunt Clarysa!
Paige loves Korean food!
Saying goodbye to mom and dad. 
Chong with Paul and Paige at our house before they headed back to LA

2 comments:

emily said...

stanford and castles and grapes? best ever.

shayna said...

What's your parent's secret on never getting old?