The Beautiful Things

Life is full of beautiful things, including (but not limited to) weddings, friends, music, and small blessings.

On April 24th, Tad and I attended Elizabeth and Matthew's beautiful wedding at the Grand Tradion Estate in Fallbrook. The grounds there are gorgeous, and the weather was perfect for an outdoor wedding. We ran into Christine's family right after we arrived, and sat with them during the ceremony. True to a fairytale wedding, Elizabeth and her father arrived in a horse-drawn carriage.

The reception was held in a big banquet room in one of the mansions on the property. Tad and I had Shirley Temples with our appetizers and took pictures around the grounds. For dinner, we were seated with some of Elizabeth's friends from school and a friend of Matthew's from work. We spent quite a bit of time chatting with Bobby and Emily, though anything Emily or I said to each other had to be interpreted through Tad or Bobby, as I barely know any ASL.

The food, music, decorations, and company were all lovely. After the cake cutting, Tad and I got a chance to talk to the bride and groom a bit, which happened to be the first time Elizabeth and Tad had met. We'll have to find a time to go out with them sometime. =)

One of my favorite parts of the evening was the chocolate fountain, yum! The best man, maid of honor, and fathers all gave beautiful toasts, and then it was dancing time. I actually got Tad to dance a song or two before he started feeling too full from dinner. hehe All in all, we had a wonderful time, and are both very happy for the wonderful couple :D

The following Saturday (May 1), Tad and I made the drive up to La Mirada. We met Becky and Krista for lunch at Cabo Taco (right next to the dollar theater). Tad and I shared enchiladas, and the four of us shared about 3 or 4 baskets of chips, lol. As always when the three of us (Becky, Krista, and I that is) are together, it was quite fun. We hung out in Becky's living room for a bit after lunch before making a much needed stop while int he Biola Area.

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Becky had a concert to get ready for, so just the three of us went. It was delightfully tasty as always! We had some time to spare before dinner, so we went to the SUB to feed Valencia and pick out a game to play. We played several rounds of scategories before heading to Hart to grab Charlotte for dinner.

The four of us enjoyed some good ole In N Out and met Ginger back on campus for the POPS! concert. It was strange for me being in the audience. I've been to everal Winds semester concerts in which I was not a performer, but never a POPS! concert. This year's theme was "The Four Companeros" and was about 4 Disney sidekicks on a journey together. It was enjoyable =)

I was fortunate enough to get to talk to many friends after the concert (Amanda, Justine, Karissa, Beth, to name a few). We were also fortunate that there was an icecream social to partake in :P

Speaking of icecream, one of the small pleasures in life that Tad and I recently experienced was $0.31 scoop night at Baskin Robbins. We went one evening after class and each got the max of 5 scoops, heh. I felt somewhat guilty afterwards, but the Gold Medal Ribbon, Watermelon Chip, and "Wild and Reckless" (a delicious blue raspberry sherbet) were well worth it.

Slightly more important than icecream (but only ever so slightly) a recent small blessing has been that Tad has work again. His first project ended just before Easter, and he then found out that he does not qualify for unemployment in California until July 1, which meant he had basically no income in April. The Lord is good and always provides though, and Tad got called in about a week ago for a "short term project". Fortunately this project has and will involve a lot of overtime, so Tad should be ok until at least July 1 now. Praise the Lord!

And praise the Lord that this semester is almost over! We have been well assured that it gets easier from here, and this is very welcome news =)