Before I start, I just want to thank everyone for their well wishes on my dad's speedy recovery. We are all praying and thinking good thoughts for a full recovery and to return home soon...
We are back from our whirlwind tour back east. It was a CRAZY trip to start off, but Cory & I feel truly truly blessed to have spent the holidays with both of our families, and look forward to spending many many more...
So, with our almost 8 hour lay over in Vegas on the way out, we got into DC around 3:00am. After getting some sleep, we were able to enjoy some time with my family in Virginia... we ate a TON of filipino food, Cory sang every song imagineable on the Magic Mic. We also met up with Mike & Christine for dinner and drinks, had a blast, and can't wait to see them again...
We spent Christmas with the Smith's in PA. We got to meet Kassidy (Cory's niece) for the first time... Kassidy and I share the SAME BIRTHDAY! LIBRAS ROCK!
I got to meet a bunch of Cory's high school friends at a lil holiday party. We had a blast... and I beat Cory at flip cup. HA! Next, we drove to NY to do the "meeting of the parents". That went splendidly! We met up in Rockefeller Plaza and took them over to our jeweler ("LC") in the city to pick out our wedding bands. Then we went to Virgil's for lunch. It really was a great time! I'm so happy that our families are so down to earth and get along fabulously.
We had our engagement party at Shirley's house in Garden City (Long Island).
Cory saw his first lechon. YUMMY! We all got to listen to the Meghan's and Mrs. Smith's wonderful singing talents... and my mom and her sisters danced to "Dancing Queen"... good times!
I also revisited my fear of being the center of attention while we were cutting the engagement cake. I SWEAR, I have NO CLUE how I am going to be the bride... I'll need a xanax or something. Everyone looking at us, taking pictures, hitting the utensils on the champagne glasses expecting us to smooch... I'm sweating profusely just thinking about it...
After that, we drove down to Philly to spend the night at Mark & Erin's. I finally got to try a real philly cheesesteak... we had Geno's - that's the one with the lights out in front! It was pretty good... although, I think Erin and I enjoyed the cheese fries much more! Hahaha!
(There are some adorable pics of my family and the Meet the Parents are on my mom's camera, and I will add some as soon as she sends them!!!)
After that, you know the rest. We were able to celebrate NYE with my dad in the hospital before he went to sleep. I'm so thankful for that! We got home New Years Day, and are exhausted...
So, now we are back in wedding mode. This month is already packing a punch! We have to schedule a meeting with Sweet Layers in Temecula (our cake people), the officiant, we also have our engagement photo session later this month. Rumor has it that the bridesmaids dresses are here, so I can't wait to see those! I'm still watching Say Yes To The Dress (still), and all the horror stories of the dresses not fitting right, wrong dresses, wrong colors... and I'm starting to panick (again) about my dress. Cory really wishes that I would stop watching these shows... yeah right! I probably shouldn't tell him that I have to see Bride Wars! We are still debating on where to go for our honeymoon... Tahiti, St. Lucia... something totally different? I DUNNO! We're going to look up more destinations. Anyhoo, this weekend, we are ordering the invitations (and everything that goes along with that), hopefully booking the rehearsal dinner location... and loads of other errands that we have fallen behind on since we were on vacation.
Until next time...
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Love the pics! :)
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