pics galore

okay... here we go. uploaded all my pictures from the past week - amazingly, there were a lot. and since work is slow during shutdown, here we go!

in chronological order:

Tuesday, Dec. 20
celebrated olivia's 26th birthday at cascal.

here, see olivia excitedly blow out her candle




afterwards, headed to the renaissance household where we made a gingerbread house.

the foundation of the house. can you guess what house this was modeled off of?




andrea made graves for the pets




the completed house!




shally, joy, andrea & i have some fun




Wed, Dec. 21 - Fri, Dec. 23
Went to Vegas to watch Cal play in the Vegas bowl!

we had lunch at the aladdin (where we stayed) buffet. gina and i saw the desserts and just couldn't help ourselves




me, mel, and ma in front of the bellagio fountains & paris




the cal football team on the field after we won




go bears!




took us forever to get back due to traffic, so we ended up having a midnight dinner in paris. despite the time, eric still ordered a whole rack of ribs




Sunday, December 25
After Christmas service, went to Tapicoa Express & lunch with some old school canaan people

silly old canaan gals




That evening, went to dinner with the other orphaned saratoga gals at Spiedo in San Mateo

the animal magents i gave them




olivia almost choked jean




Monday, December 26
alinna & hideyo get married! it was a long day, from getting to the church early to set up, to jetting straight to mayflower to help set up the reception, to discovering mayflower wasn't ready for us yet and still had lunch patrons, to the 2 hour reception, to the 4 hour banquet that followed immediately. phew!

bride & groom before the ceremony




look at the pimpin' ring bearer with the two flower girls




alinna & papa walk down the aisle





the head table




our table with the couple. hip, hip, hideyo! gooooooooooooo alinna!




peter, the good sport, went and stole some big cupcakes for us




their wedding favors




Tuesday, December 27
stuck in the office during company shutdown. but discovered that my coworker found something i've been searching for forever at a flea market in berkeley. seriously, this stuff rocks, but is almost impossible to find nowadays (errr maybe cuz it's carcinogenic or something). awesome! our ant chalk supply was running low.




okay, lots more pictures on my smugmug. go check them out.

olivia's bday
gingerbread house
vegas bowl
christmas service & dinner
alinna & hideyo's wedding