Today we went to the Wei’s to hang out.

1 boy : 5 girls

Bacon wrapped pecan stuffed dates

Kale apple salad with honey mustard dressing & Penne with Sausage and sun-dried tomatoes. Thanks Amy!

Good food & great company… we are so lucky.

We are back at the Lin’s and the Wei’s came over to play with us too.

They prepared cookies for kids to decorate!

The kids wore halloween customs and guess what, all the girls were princesses. 🙂

Shane was the only boy in the house so he hung out with uncle Austin. Shane was giving him design advices. 😉

Dancing Gangnam style

Kids got a huge treat! Ben did photo shoots for everyone in his studio in the attic.

Pictures to come…

Our friends kindly invited us over to stay with them today. So here we are baking pumpkins at the Lin’s.

and chestnuts.

Chloe’s helping me make pumpkin fritters.

We had a lot of fun spending time with friends.

We’re having a potluck dinner at my friend’s so I’m making Baked Ziti with Ricotta and Ham.

Ready to go!

Stuffed chicken made by the host. Yum!

Thank you Lin Family for an absolutely wonderful evening! t was so great too that our children all got along so well and really enjoyed each other’s company. 🙂

Tonight, we’re celebrating auntie S’s birthday and her brand new apartment!

Places she visited.

Yummy cupcakes by Rachel.

Happy birthday! We love you and we are so lucky to have you in our lives.

Happy birthday uncle Conway!

Sweet performance…

Happy 40th!

I was so exhausted after the party. Not to mention, our house was a mess from all the left over props/food/presents. I was trying to clean the house while the kids were making a bigger mess by opening all the presents. There was wrapping papers and toy boxes everywhere. After hiding some of the presents in the basement, I decided to take the kids out of the house for the sake of my sanity! Oh yeah, the hubby came down with a cold and he was in bed all day too. Boo.

So we went to Family fun day event and met up with a few friends.

My friend came to my rescue and graciously invited me and the kids over for dinner. Thank goodness…a hearty meal. I didn’t have the strength to make dinner and didn’t want more delivery food after yesterday.

Delicious home made favorites!

I also found out that they were also celebrating birthdays. More cakes!

Thank you for your kind hospitality! We truly are so thankful for your friendship in Christ. Thank you Sang family & happy birthdays to you guys too!

Birthday boy has arrived!

A big thank you to everyone who came to celebrate Shane’s birthday! Thank you for making his day special and memorable. It was a blast!

This afternoon, we were invited over for lunch at my friend’s house. I was excited to see what her kitchen looks like because she bakes and cooks everything from scratch and even dehydrates fruits for her kids snacks.  Every time I talk to her, I get so inspired to cook healthy for the family and I’m always picking her brains for new recipes.

homemade focaccia bread

avocado plants

Bella, I have a new nick name for you: Hellokitty!

We even got a family photo taken by a professional photographer. Thanks Ben!

It was a perfect Sunday afternoon spent with good friends. Thank you Kang family. 🙂

Desserts by guests:

Salted caramel cupcakes : Seriously good.

This was the biggest bbq we had this summer. We had nine kids total! All running in circles at one point.
I’m so thankful for my friends at GRC and friendships we are building. I look forward to many more get together like this in the future!