We spent the past 7 days in LA. Drove down for Yin’s wedding reception, so we decided to make a week of it and do other fun stuff too. On the day of the reception, our family and WILLY, CHUBBER, JEFFREY and VANIDA, went to check out Oki dog. I saw it on TV as a popular LA joint, so I wanted to try it. The hot dogs were indeed very good. The Oki Dog original is 2 hotdogs wrapped in a tortilla, which cheese and chili and chunks of bacon. It was so good! The place is a little shack somewhere on Pico Blvd run by Japanese dudes.
Wedding time!
Yin’s wedding reception was at Empress Pavilion in Chinatown. It was lots of fun! They rented a photo booth which Natalie was a very popular customer of and had a band as well as a wedding crasher. Their wedding is also being taped by Discovery Channel’s show called “Rock the reception”, so you might see us on TV in about a month. WILLY, VANIDA, and I were lucky enough to get interviewed on camera, so hopefully they’ll cut a piece of that into part of the show!
Isn’t her dress beautiful?! The actual wedding was in Maui 2 weeks back and they are honeymooning in Egypt. The TV production has been following them throughout.
By the way, the guy she married, Mike (great guy!) is Greek, so they themed it My Big Fat Asian Greek wedding. They’re wedding invitations mirrored the movie’s cover design. It was pretty funny!
Birthday time!
Since we were in town for the wedding reception, we decided to have Natalie’s 4th birthday party down there. It was at Chuck E Cheese. It was the first time Natalie has ever been there and she had a really good time! Our hostess was so gracious and hooked us up with 500 tokens FOR FREE!
Kaiya and Uncle Way
Big kids were there too!
Disneyland!!
We decided to go since Tyler is still a non-paying customer. I found a great deal on eBay for the tickets. Natalie’s been wanting to go back for some time now. Natalie braved several new rides this time, but she cried on the Pirates of the Caribbean. She did really well on Big Thunder Mountain and Star Tours though. Her favorite ride was Dumbo and Peter Pan. Tyler was a serious rider. He showed no emotion on any of the rides. No tears, no laughter. I could tell he was nervous when he pulled my arms around him. He would just look around and watch what was going on during the ride. Both kids were beat by the end of the day.
Meeting Cowgirl Jessie
In the submarine at Finding Nemo
In front of California Adventures
On the merry go round
N for Natalie!
On the Sun Wheel
Sharing some frozen lemonade
Exploring Toon town
On the drive back from LA, we encountered some traffic on hwy 152. There was a fire on the hillside and we came to a complete stop for about 15-20 minutes. I was worried someone might need to pee and we’d be stuck! Turned out it was a truck carrying onions that burnt up!
