Making dough…
Today she made:
Layered cheese cake, Vanilla mini cupcakes with chocolate frosting, Home-made pretzels with cinnamon, & Pizza.
She also made new friends.
While Chloe was cooking, Shane and I hung out at Starbucks next door where he played his games and I worked.
Then this cutie and I got frozen yogurt. 🙂
Kids have a winter break this week so I signed up Chloe for a two day cooking camp at Sur La Table.
She was thrilled to say the least! Her dream is to become a chef star like Giada. 🙂
They made: Cornflake-crusted chicken fingers with brown sugar barbecue dipping sauce, Oven-roasted sweet potato wedges, Rainbow coleslaw with honey mustard vinaigrette
Impressive!
To me, the best gift my family can get for my birthday is their thoughtful cards. And today, I’m on cloud nine because of what they gave me. Feeling so loved and blessed…
Chloe wrote 40 things about me in her notebook and gave it to me with her card:
This is AMAZING. I cried and I laughed… Thank you my dearest daughter Chloe. You are AMAZING.
Andrew also left me a card with kids to give it to me today. 🙂
Thank you God for loving me so much and blessing me with a beautiful family….
Even though I had the whole king size bed to myself, I only occupied one side. That’s called married with kids crawling in your bed all the time.
Breakfast at 6 a.m. Who knows when my next meal will be… I need to eat when I can!
Now check out the gorgeous view,
Then, park myself in the suite until things get done! Let ‘s do this.
I’m taking before and after pictures with my coworker to see how skinny we’re going to get at the end of this week. Or maybe the other way… But of course we chose this mirror that made us look so much skinnier than we actually are. lol. We had fun goofing around.
It’s an icy cold weather outside and we’re making the most out of this weekend by staying warm inside and doing some painting. Chloe and I are recovering from nasty cold/viruses/infections and it was nice to do something productive and relaxing. We talked, we laughed, we hugged, we praised God… what a nice bonding time we had!
Chloe’s ‘Picnic Time’
Shane’s ‘Sail Boat’
My ‘Lobster Friend’
Chloe’s working on her second painting, ‘Sunrise Ocean’
Chloe and I got up at 6 am this morning to get ready for our first 5K run/walk together for USR Pink Passion Run to raise money and awareness for breast cancer. I was so proud of her for wanting to do it and actually running more than an half way! 
We both really enjoyed the time together this morning. We finished the race in 51 minutes! 
Girl Scouts Brownies. Thanks for the support, girls!
I’ve been look forward to this event all year. I get to hang out with my awesome friend, sampling unlimited amount of oysters while listening to a fabulous polka cover band. AND we got to meetTyler Florence!
About 10 min drive from our house is this gorgeous lake in Ramapo Valley.
The reflections of trees on a pond looked like watercolor painting. 
It was a perfect short walk right before dinner.
Wife, Mother, jewelry designer &
graphic designer /Creative Director, I am HaeWon Cadence Ryu. This is a glimpse into my life’s blessings, passion and inspiration.
This blog came to fruition after I began motherhood; I wanted to be able to capture every millestone of my two beautiful children - Chloe & Shane as they journey through their early years. Since the launch of my online jewelry site, cadencelee.com, I’ve come face-to-face with having to juggle multiple roles. As a result, I have decided to feature some of my designs and inspiration alongside postings of my precious family. For me, this is the perfect medium of work-life balance.
