The Proctor Group

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

Beach Week

In July, we got together with Paul's side of the family at Sunset Beach in Watsonville. Unfortunately, Ben, Emily, Shayna and Eric were unable to join us for the trip. My husband, Paul, only made it to about half of the last day of the trip. He had to work and then had to finish his finals for school. We really missed those that weren't there but also had a lot of fun with those that were able to make it. The cousins were all together and they seemed to have a blast. We spent the first day at Sunset Beach behind the beach house we stayed at. The second day we spent at Carmel Beach, San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo Mission and finished the day at Point Lobos State Reserve where we visited some tide pools and went on the most beautiful hike. The third day of the trip we spent in Monterrey at The Dennis the Menace Park and Monterey Aquarium. The fourth day my sister arrived from New York and we spent the day at Sunset Beach again. Paul joined us for the latter half of the day after he finished up his finals. We left that night to go pick up my parents from the San Francisco Airport. They arrived from Michigan. The next morning we all got together in San Jose for Zoey's Baby Blessing. It was great to have everyone together. My mom and Paul's mom met Zoey right after I had her but it was everyone else's first time meeting her. Thank you everyone for such a great week!

Paige with Kristen at Sunset Beach

Sunset Beach

Paige and Jane at Sunset Beach

Of course, on the second day, Paul got hurt. He was running down the stairs and hit his head on the side of a door. He had a goose egg on top of his head the size of a golf ball (no exaggeration whatsoever). It was huge and it was really painful for him. Luckily, Peggy had some Redmond Clay that she put on it to help it heal faster. It actually seemed to take the pain away immediately. We put a bandage on his head and he went out to the beach. Redmond Clay. Check it out. It also works nice as a facial.

Paul at Carmel with his bandage. He never lets an injury slow him down.

Paul again at Carmel.

Paul and Paige walking to the candy store in Carmel.

In front of a cute candy store called Cottage of Sweets.

Paul with dried clay on his head :) After observing his head in a mirror for the first time at the Mission, Peggy asked him how his head was doing. He said it was feeling "itchy and white". He got lots of looks at the Mission. I guess people haven't seen a kid walking around with dried clay on their head.