happy birthday, aivus! for aivy’s 16th birthday, she treated the family to tony roma’s where we were helped by the happiest server in the world! (hehe) pictures from the festivities are up:

last week we were suppose to have a party for ba noi’s birthday. it was cancelled due to ba noi being ill BUT she’s feeling better now so we partied this weekend!

lots of pictures from the party:

anh chu 6′s baby girl

the family celebrating noi’s birthday

chu sau’s new kitchen

with my smarthomies!

thank you…

• dixie for coming over and ruining my party with you kickass guacamole
• jessica for making the best pie i’ve ever eaten…is there butter it in?
• victor for his mystery basket
• jonbon for just being the life of the party
• the pearsons for bringing dominic to tire out pepper
• the wongs who were held our prisoners until 2:30am
• and debbi for noticing i didn’t thank her

now i’d like to introduce the next big thing…

boy bands are making a comeback

congrats, wongs! beautiful wedding in HOT altadena! had a great time partying w/ the wongs & the nixes

lawson & mariko wong

bruce almight (vp of marketing) at smarthome is leaving and i’m sad. we invited him to join us to happy hour since nix was in town and had a blast! bye bruce…thanks for all your guidance, leadership & just being an all around cool guy.

07.07.07

today jimmy finally got married!!! yes, he found himself a beautiful young doctor to support him. we don’t have to worry about him anymore! (hehe)

all kidding aside, we could not be happier for them. jimmy is one of my oldest and dearest friends — he’s like a brother to me — so it felt like a family member was getting married…but the wedding was so beautiful. the thing is, it wasn’t the decorations or the money that was put into this wedding that made it so beautiful. it was the fact that those two genuinely loved each other and everybody who attended this wedding loved them. they are one of the greatest couples i know and i wish nothing but happiness to them both.

we love you guys!

thank you for having us be such a big part of your special day.

PICTURES

MMC representin’

van preforming at the ceremony


happily ever after

Trang & Natty graduated today from Rancho Alamitos. I have to say – their choir is EXCELLENT! Best high school singing I’ve heard. The families all baked in the sun but overall it was a good graduation. Congratulations to the graduates! You both have a bright future ahead of you…go on and conquer the world!

Trang with her proud family

Us + Natty

I went to happy hour today w/ the Smarthomies. Cady & Pearson are moving on to greener pastures and I’m gonna miss they so much — but I’m happy for them. They deserve the best! Pictures from the crazy event are posted:

lawson + thi: our version of what drunk asians look like

Today Thanh graduated from UCLA w a bachelors in Biology. He will be leaving us for UCSF for dental school this September. I think it’s an understatement to say that we are all so proud of him.
Mike took hundreds of pictures: