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This weekend was mostly spend studying, but Saturday was pretty fun!

Pick up game prior to the 20-year old meanies joining them.

Darryl and some of his uncles and cousins decided to play basketball at a park in Irvine before their great uncle's 93rd birthday bash.  Despite their team consisting of three guys aged 50+, two middle-agers, and one 24-year old, they kicked the asses of these five 20-something guys three times!!!  Granted, the middle-agers play weekly in leagues consisting of a few retired NBA and D-1 college players, haha.  Those 20-year olds were PISSED, especially this one Chinese guy wearing a religious shirt (who was rude, unfair, and not "Christian" at all).  God and the bible taught you to act like rude, whiny, disrespectful, and violent cry babies?

Another pick up game prior to the 20-year old meanies :)

Break time.

The trash-talking side of me came out in front of some of Darryl's relatives, but thankfully they didn't mind!  Darryl even got mad at one of the guys.  That NEVER happens!  This shows you how rude these guys were.

After they cleaned up (and two showers broke, yikes), we were all off to a beautiful house in Newport Beach.  Apparently Kobe lives in their neighborhood.... dayum!

Yummy food was eaten, stories were told, presents were opened, and cards were played.  It was a good weekend!

Mm, Peonies.

Totally going to be my wedding flower.  Even if they are twice as expensive as roses (wholesale roses=$2-$3, wholesale peonies=$4-$6).  Thankfully they're huge so they take up twice as much space!

*edit:  Apparently Trader Joe's (love) sells 6 for $5.99!  Hmm, I sense a small wedding with long and narrow cafeteria-style tables and small centerpieces every few seats.

Um, hello cold weather.

So I was visiting Fullerton since I had a long weekend, and it was FREEZING today!  Not a ray of sunshine hit my face until 4 pm, and I wanted to bundle up in a sweater, jeans, boots, and a scarf for the first time in months.  I'd guess that it was 65 degrees for half of the day (Californians would agree that that is cold, hehe).

I complain about the heat, but when it's gone, boy do I miss it!

This outfit would have been perfect for today:

This woman can do no wrong in my eyes.  She makes the simplest outfits look glam, and most of her expensive pieces have cheap counterparts that look just as good.  Where can you NOT find a black scarf, leggings/skinny jeans, or a gray sweater for cheap?  Those boots may be hard to find... but any rugged pair would do.

Awesome 4th of July!

As usual, my house was jam packed with relatives and friends as we celebrated the 4th of July with tons of delicious food and illegal fireworks.  We're slowly getting toddlers into the mix after a little more than a decade of only teens and adults.  It was a 4th of July to remember for my brother's friend's adorable son!

The little guy :)

The other block's illegals.  Not a great picture; fireworks are hard to capture!

I have no pictures of our illegal fireworks (just our legal ones), but I took a video of our neighboring block's illegals.  Gorgeous, but, not as good as ours!  :)

Love is in the air!

Wow, so within the past couple months, 4 couples in which I know one or both people in the couple (all my age) got engaged!  Congratulations to all of them.

It seems like 2 years after undergraduate graduation is a popular time to propose?  One of my girlfriends from the Masters program had a similar experience with her friends last year (and she's a year older than I am.)

I was bored so I was looking at some ridiculously expensive wedding dresses.  Surprisingly, I really only liked one of the dresses by Monique Lhuillier!  That's good for my future wedding budget :)  Apparently I don't enjoy ornate gowns with long trains, who knew.

It's a little too lingerie-inspired for me (lace is def. Monique's thing), but I LOVE the overall silhouette of the dress.  Strapless sweetheart neckline, cinched waist, A-line skirt.  Yummy.