Are these not the sweetest little mary janes ever? this & more from emandsprout.


Sparkly navy bow wallet from F21.


Thunder Oxford flats by BC Footwear. Oh So Cute.


Pearls, chains, and a bow; what more could a girl ask for? Found at Ruche.


My type of diary :D


Desperately needed for my hyper-sensitive skin that is irritated by tags. (Esp. Zara & F21. Usually I rip it out but it leaves holes and I'm tired of sewing them shut!)


Recumbent exercise bicycle, I heart you. Please be mine soon. XO hana.


A very general sweep through my wishlist folder, but very wished for nonetheless!

I've been back for a couple of days and I can't deny it---it feels really good. While I loved being home in Colorado with family & friends, I've adjusted to living here in California with just me, Tare, and Aji. I wish I could bring some of you and plant you guys here next to me but I guess the distance is good for the times we do get to see each other. Before I left I was wondering how I could cram in time with everyone I wanted to see and what my schedule would be like and how special could I make it. But once I arrived, it seemed pretty natural. The whole week was exciting and full and busy and it was wonderful.

On our drive to CO...

Do you see the fog gathered in the valley?



One day in CO where one side of the sky did not agree with the other


Our Thanksgiving dinner




Some extra special dessert made by SJ unnie


It was delicious!


All gone!

Beautiful flowers my parents have



I love the macro function on my camera! I only wish I could do it with a DSLR one day... (major wishlist item!)
 

A panda I found at the Asian market after some dimsum (which was amazing by the way because I had craved it for months)
LOVE<3

Our Settlers marathon over two days...



(I am not so conflicted as I am acting. I am just the banker with lots of work to do.)



For one moment, Aji took SJ unnie's place, very confidently I might add.



OK, so what is all this commotion about?



Well, what do YOU see?

Bora discovered 6,5,10,8 create an interesting... shape. 8,3 were staged because Bora liked it so much. AHAHAHAHA.

So a couple of days were devoted to church and church activities. It seems pretty normal for us to just jump in and participate... it was like we never left. Almost (except for the new worship team :D go bo andrew josh).
Painting the rooms was a big job but it was accomplished and very rewarding to see such clean walls! I actually really like painting... can't wait to get a house to put some color on the walls. We've only ever had white ones :(
Operation Christmas Child volunteering flew by~ (probably because we were really late) but it was fun as always & I felt really grateful and happy about being able to help out and do something worthwhile while we were there.


Random fuji pictures




Also before I left, I had looked up some restaurants/food joints I wanted to stop by in CO if we had the chance (because I am much more aware of that now AFTER I've moved out of the state) and the posse was able to have dinner at Le Central. It turns out I had been there before for a French class field trip, but that was so long ago. Wow, possibly five or six years ago. Anyway, the mussels italienne were delicious & very satisfying. :D & the company was wonderful of course.

What I enjoyed most about this trip was my time with my family. I missed my grandma's cooking and it was the best thing to be able to eat it again. Same with my mom's cooking. (I guess I am becoming more of an ajumma because nothing I cook is really good to me, however eating someone else's cooking even if it's the same food is just so much better.) I love the dinners at my grandparents' place where we are stuffed full of food, then fruit, then coffee and just sit around feeling full and happy. I loved the outings with my cousin and sister & playing games! Shopping with my mom and sister and laughing our butts off into the night because of silly jokes. Seeing my dad play with Aji with such excitement & love was so cute and funny. Being able to relate with my mom not only as daughter&mom but wife to wife, woman to woman. My mom is so wise and beautiful and as I continue to get older, I can't wait to get to know her more as a friend. She's like a future version of me because I can see myself in her and I want to be more like her. I'm so grateful for her and I know I won't take this time for granted. With any of them or the friends I love. :D

We had a good drive back on the first day. We arrived at the hotel just as it had started snowing.




The next day was pretty.... and then pretty horrible.




Imagine lines of traffic the whole way ahead for about 4 hours.
We arrived 5 hrs after what was estimated. (2pm --> 7pm)
We thought we were smart when we pulled out to Old Highway 58 but we were so wrong. There was traffic on there too after 20 minutes.

It's amazing how much you can sleep in the car; I think I slept for an hour every other hour. However, I was not well rested because my butt hurt.
No more long drives for now (...until Vegas).