SoCal Trip Part III

On the last leg of our trip we joined the Park family for lunch in Burbank. Sam and I have known each other since we were in Kindergarten at LA Young Nak Church and I met Kylie when I attended the Young Nak College Retreat in 1991. 

They have the sweetest kids and the oldest, Jaylen, was so gentle and nurturing with baby Isaac. 

SoCal Trip Part II

Heading down to Carlsbad from LA is an easy 1 hour and 40 minute drive. Next stop was Minah and Lewis's home for the next two days. The girls were uber excited to see their buddies Nathan and Ashley whom they had not seen for almost a year. Minah said her kids stayed home from school because they were equally excited to greet us and wanted to maximize playtime with Maddy and Alicia. But as soon as the kids greeted one another all they wanted to do was play Minecraft on the iPhone and iPad. So much for playtime. Minah invited a few friends over for dinner which was like a mini OKC reunion. Grace, Sally, Minah, Ho-Jhin and I attended OKC and Sunny Hills together. Sung and Chris were in town so they were able to join us, too.

Sung, Sally, me, Grace, Minah, and Kitty

Sally's three girls: Jordan, Kaitlyn, and Lauren; Minah's daughter: Ashley; my kids

On Saturday, we headed over to the Flower Fields in Carlsbad to attend Dale and Mai's wedding. It was a gorgeous venue to hold a wedding since the grounds were filled with rows upon rows of beautiful spring flowers. 

My sweet kids

Nathan giving Isaac a lift

Pak boys

Me and lovely Minah

The wedding ceremony

SoCal Trip Part I

During the first weekend of April, the family drove down to LA to visit family and to attend a wedding in Carlsbad. Our decision to drive down was practically made in the 11th hour. We weren't sure how Isaac would do in the 5.5-6 hour drive and if I would be comfortable sitting in the car for such a long time. Isaac was a trooper and we only had to stop once for fuel. Praise God for His traveling mercies! As soon as we arrived in LA we met up with my cousins (just half of our clan since I have so many in the LA area) and dined at Soowon Kalbi. Delicious! My cousin-in-law Jessica is friends with the owner's daughter so we received a lot of freebies. Sweet! If you're ever in Koreatown I highly recommend this restaurant. It was one of the highest rated Korean BBQ on Yelp. 

The family at our one and only rest stop 

Mi Familia...aren't we a handsome group? 😊

Posing next to the turtle at the hotel

My parents with Isaac 

Happy grandparents with their pride and joy

My Friend, Grace

Grace was visiting from the Philippines because she had to attend a couple of work functions. Fortunately, she was able to ditch one of her meetings to be with us. We always have a good time whenever she visits. Here we are celebrating Shua's birthday. 

At church with Grace, Betty and Tina. 

I miss her already :(