in honor of...

my saturday was about honoring others.

first, it was honoring little gracie, who's turning 1! what a cutie patootie.


gracie playing with maracas



kiddos on a big inflatable beam






gracie plays with daddy



bday girl blows out her candle

rest of the pics of gracie's bday party here

after gracie's bday party, it was about honoring God at worship practice. no pics of our practice :)

after honoring our stomachs on castro (at my usual favorite, queens house), i went off to cuesta park, where ev was participaing in relay for life.

since i couldn't physically be a part of her team, i went over to support her and honor the memory of her mother.


these kids were selling glow sticks as a fundraiser. the boy's sign said they were $1 and $2, so i asked him what was the difference between the two. the little girl, who was holding a glow stick in her hand, went on a spiel about the difference between the two. she closed by saying, this one (the one in her hand) is $3. hm. shady.



yes, that's me holding a stanford blanket. why in the world do i own a stanford blanket (i don't even own a cal one)? to make a long story short, i got hooked up with my current orthopedic doctor through stanford special patient services. at my first appointment, someone from the department met me at the doctor's office and gave me a bunch of free stanfurd stuff, of which the blanket was one of them. i keep it in my trunk since i refuse to bring it into my house :) that night was the first time i broke out the blanket.



olivia is actually eating the noodles, not throwing them up.





in memory of ev's mom. her mom was an inspiration, praising God to her very last breath.

rest of the relay for life pics

also, got around to uploading other random pics:
brunch at joy's & dinner at banana leaf
(by the way, as yummy as banana leaf always is, large groups are not recommended. the servings are so small that there wasn't even enough of some plates to make it around the table.)
hanging out at the posh tapioca express in downtown saratoga
memorial weekend bbq#1 at alinna's
memorial weekend bbq#2 at arex's