Craft Project: Date Jar
Posted on September 25, 2015 by Ching under Projects.
Brian and I had a blast creating this date jar for our friends Christina and Jake. Yes! Believe it or not, he actually helped me!
As you know Brian is the more creative half. He was a huge help in coming up with date ideas to write in the popsicle sticks. However, his biggest contribution was keeping me from including “joyride” in the jar. Apparently, my idea of “joyride” is not the same as the general population. LOL.
Congrats and best wishes to Christina and Jake!
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Fun Times
Posted on September 25, 2015 by Ching under Life.
Brian made a taco bar for us for lunch last Saturday. It was delicious! Naturally, I ate too much. After lunch we ended up playing Skip Bo. She didn’t let us win. Not even once!
Speaking of games, I got to play some games with my colleagues last week after our work dinner. We had a plethora of games to choose from but we ended up playing the old standby, Catchphrase
Then earlier this week we ate at the Hill for the first time since the fiasco with the front bumper happened. We really like their food so we couldn’t stay away for very long. We met our friend Tracy there for dinner on Monday night when she was in town.
Check out Brian’s enormous burger.
Here he is trying to eat it.
One word: WOW.
Tracy had an enormous burger also.
I tried to be good and just had crab cakes. Although, I wasn’t completely good. I had a bunch of the chicharon we ordered while trying to decide what to have for dinner.
Fun times!
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Christina and Jake’s Fabulous Wedding
Posted on September 23, 2015 by Ching under Events.
As promised, here are some pictures from Christina and Jake’s fabulous wedding at Exploration Place over the weekend…
I feel like I have to explain this picture because it’s not something that you see normally. Christina and Jake opted for a dramatic and unconventional entrance where they walk down the aisle together.
It was a beautiful ceremony. I’m glad they didn’t start on time because Brian and I were cutting it kind of close. Melissa was even surprised that she and Todd beat us to the wedding when they’re notorious for being late. In my defense, I thought the wedding was at 6 PM whereas Christina put a reminder on Missy’s phone and had the wedding time listed as 5 PM. LOL. It actually worked!
Anyway Brian and I were both grateful that our friends arrived early and saved us a couple of seats. We were also grateful for the late start because we didn’t want to miss Christina and Jake gazing into each other’s eyes as they spoke their vows.
Here’s a picture of the newlyweds as they made their exit.
Our awesome group of friends.
Huge thanks to these guys for saving us seats!
Meader and Hideki clean up really well. I was really disappointed that Brian refused to wear a suit. He said he’d been wearing suits all week and wanted a break. We were running late so I didn’t have time to persuade him otherwise.
Brian and I couldn’t resist taking a wedding reception selfie.
A photo of the bride and groom at the reception.
Here’s a photo of our friends Holly and Meader.
We took a regular photo and a fun one.
Missy and Todd.
Me and Brian again. My arm looks weird because we were trying to fake a selfie.
Jake and Missy.
Todd and Hideki.
Brian, Carla, Holly, and Meader.
Holly and I wanted a photo of us with our matching Stella & Dot necklaces.
This was one of my favorite parts of the reception — the newlywed game played using shoes! I thought it was really clever and a lot of fun.
Christina and Jake also had a special photo booth at the wedding where you could created flip books like this one…
And this one…
Here’s a video of Jake and Hideki doing a little dance off…
And Jake and Missy shaking it off…
What a great wedding and reception! Congratulations to our friends Christina and Jake. Thank you so much for allowing us to witness your union, sharing your special day, and letting us celebrate with you.
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Presents, Presents, Presents
Posted on September 21, 2015 by Ching under Life.
Donating my copy of The Little Prince
Other presents we gave away this week are baby shower gifts for a coworker and a couple of friends who are having babies and a wedding present for our friends Jake and Christina. Come back tomorrow for pictures from their wedding last Saturday at Exploration Place. It was a blast!
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Zoobilee 2015
Posted on September 18, 2015 by Ching under Events.
Zoobilee was a lot of fun this year. Except for the first part of the event when I had a massive headache. I would have skipped it altogether except we actually paid for tickets. For the first time ever, in our seven year history of attending.
Brian was drinking Stellas all night and had a great time.
We ran into several people, including Jeff (above). We also knew of others who were there but we didn’t ever run into them. It’s no surprise, though. Thousands of people attend every year.
Local restaurateur Steve Bacci of Gianni Bacci and Taste & See
Brenda and BJ
Me with Shanda and Nykole
I managed a smile for this photo, despite my massive headache.
This is my gregarious and extremely outgoing Leadership Wichita friend, Bill Ramsey, also known as The Bill Guy.
There were so many people at the event that we didn’t run into the Phelpi and the Dills until almost nine o’clock. The only reason that we knew Dills were at the zoo was because we saw their names on the Sveta’s chair massage sign up sheet.
Thank heavens for that chair massage. It helped my headache go away.
Brian and Kristen at the private YPW area
Jay and Becca
Our crazy, loud bunch
Me with my friend Andrea
I’m glad I toughed it out because I did actually start to feel better and my headache went away later in the evening. I wish it would have happened sooner, before all the food was gone, though. I hardly drank or ate anything because I didn’t want to overdo it. By the time I was ready to cut loose, most of the vendors were gone.
On the bright side, Brian and I once again got really good deals from the silent auction. We got one year of pest control treatments every 60 days for $190, which I thought was a good deal. I also got a gift card for a haircut and some Aveda products for just $65. I love silent auctions! We have a few more fundraising events coming up later this year. We’re both looking forward to seeing what bargains can be had in the silent auctions.
BTW, if you are bummed about missing Zoobilee, fear not. There’s another fun eating and drinking fundraising event next weekend on September 26 — Haus of Brews. Click on the link to purchase tickets. Proceeds go to a great cause. We’d love to see you there!
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