Linh and Son's Wedding
It has been a whirlwind of a weekend, which started off with...
- Took car to dealership, to get it checked for the long drive up and down. Made an appointment, yadda yadda, they took one look at my car and sent me away. REJECTED!! But yeah, it drives fine. :)
- Yearbook was distributed on Friday....FRIDAY!! I'm tired from all the behind-the-scenes work and heavy lifting, but the actual distribution of the book was as calm as ever. They look good this year; the clarity of all the printing went up and my kids immediately noticed it.
- Drove up with An, picked up Jerylin from the airport, arrived at Linh's, and got to work :)
- By work I mean, after Linh fed us, that Jerylin and I were assigned to make sushi rolls. And not just sushi rolls, hana rolls. We took a picture of it with Bryan's camera, so we have to wait for those to arrive first, but yeah. The idea is, with ingredients, we construction a rice roll that has a cross-section image of a flower. Think of it as...instead of having the middle stuff of a California roll, that there was an image of a flower instead. Yeah...we read the directions for a LONG time, trying to figure out what they meant. Made a midnight run to Albertson's, which turned into Lucky's (WHEN did that happen?!), to get eggs, pizza dough, and cucumbers. We managed to make the rice (white, yellow, and pink), and rolled them the next morning.
- At around 6:30 am, the day of the wedding, I realized that I had left my dress in LA. Linh immediately understood why; mental overload from the yearbook distribution. After constructing the pizza and rolling one semi-successful roll (not enough rice on top of the flower o_O), I made the mad rush to Target (washing my car via drive-through and filling up on gas along the way), bought a dress that matched my shoes, luckily grabbed the last can of anti-cling spray for Linh, and continued with the day.
- Wedding, Mr. and Mrs. Nguyen became Mr. and Mrs. Nguyen. :)
- The reception included a LOT of "I've NEVER seen that before!" This included Linh, wearing her wedding gown and an apron over it, working in the kitchen, making food for the reception...along with about somewhere between a fifth to a third of the guests helping. It worked, since the wedding was small and low budget (many things borrowed and given...not gifts, but food, wine, decorations, all done in love for the couple). It may have seemed odd to some, but we concluded that this was what Linh wanted: to gather her friends and family, and cook for them, a sign of love, as she has done all these years.
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Congratulations, Mr, and Mrs. Nguyen! We all enjoyed your one day, under the eyes of God, holding this name. So congratulations on today, when you will become Mr. and Mrs. DOCTOR Nguyen!!