Urban Decay Friends and Family Sale Nov 9th - Nov. 20th

It's been way too long since I last spoke about makeup and I miss talking about it! Yep, I'm still a makeup junkie with a flat wallet. But this sale is hard to pass up because I recently heard about the buzz on the Urban Decay 24/7 Eyeliners. I swatched them at a sephora store and omg, the colors are just gorgeous! They are one of UD's best-selling products, so take advantage of this sale and try them yourself!! Eye pencils have the tendency to not last, they smudge and smear especially if you have oily lids, so I'm hoping these will be better than most. I am definitely putting these 24/7 sets in my shopping cart and move them right along to checkout. I want to try them on my oily lids and see how well they hold up. I will post my review on these once I received them. But before I do, I want to pass on the sale code "FNFW1" effective Nov 9 - 20th on Urban Decay so you guys won't miss out! With the holidays coming up, these would make greatttt presents, so take advantage of this:

Along with these 24/7 sets, I'm also getting the Urban Deday Book of Shadows Vol II.
I also swatched a few of the colors and fell head over heels screaming in excitement. Check them out at your nearest store to see in person or just head straight to Urban Decay for the sales! Did I mention it's Free Shipping over $50!
Aside from this sale, I have received my order of the Decade of Glamour Beauty Wardrobe Makeup Collection from Sephora and one quick review at first glance. I haven't tried it yet since I just received it a couple of days ago, but from looking at the kit with the size, this is definitely worth the bucks for $19.50! I was expecting a much smaller size, but it turned out better than expected. You could slip this in your handbag when you're on the go and have most of what you'd need. You can't go wrong with this, so check it out!
Hope this will brighten up your day!

Meadowlark Garden Family Photos of Baby Nathan

I'm going back to catch up with some long overdue family photos of baby Nathan at Meadowlark Botanical Garden. The last session we had with baby Nathan was when he was 6 months old, laying on his tummy. So when he started to walk, photos had to be taken to document this big milestone. I still find it hard to accept that kids do grow up after all and I'm glad I have a bucket load of photos of my little ones and baby photos of myself ;) to look back over and over again:




Straight out of camera (sooc) with some sharpening:



There were a lot of ducklings:


Aww look at the kiddies pointing to the pond


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First trip to the DC Zoo

I feel like I should take advantage of being a Washingtonian. I haven't - until I finally decided to take a mini break end of last month to take kiddos to the zoo. It had been a year since I last said I would take them, so when I finally did, it made me feel better. However, there are a ton of museums I should look into and well, I promised myself I will explore one by one with my little pals.

The zoo trip wasn't planned, it was a random Sunday that we weren't busy so I proposed TT in taking the kids out and he agreed. So we hopped onto the metro, kiddos' first metro ride. TT decided to get off at Cleveland Park stop so the walk would be downhill instead of the Woodley Park stop which is uphill (which we took to go back). Even with that decision, when we got off of the station we had to walk what seemed at the time a really long walk, partly because walking anywhere more than 2 blocks with 2 kids seemed longer than it really was. After like 10 minutes of walking, the kids said their legs are getting tired and we didn't even get to the zoo yet! We convinced them we'll soon see tigers and lions which kept them excited and continued our stroll. While at the zoo, we got busy carrying them so we only took a few photos.


Here are a few photos as we took 'walking breaks' from the metro station to the zoo! How hilarious is that.

While waiting for the crossing light, we took the following series and yes people in the car waiting for the lights were watching and smiling at them being themselves:





We didn't bring a stroller, so when TT isn't behind the lens, TT is their stroller.




Note: Yes, I have released the new look and feel of the website/blog and have been doing a little testing. I'll announce that again b/c I want to dedicate that blog post by itself. So stay tuned.

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Sneak Peek on a pre-wedding outdoors

I've been really behind on updating this blog. That's because I'm being a super mom and super multitasking. I'm working on the new look of our website (release date is TBD) plus I'm designing albums plus I'm spicing up a ton of images. I have a lot in the pipe to share, so in the meantime, here is a teasing sneak peek of an outdoor session from several weeks ago:

There are so many of my favorites from this delightful couple, so here is one:



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Diem & Trinh's Wedding

Congratulations to Diem & Trinh! Their wedding was held on Saturday and that morning we got out of the house by 7am to begin the day! They had a traditional Vietnamese wedding, starting at the groom's home for the getting ready of the family and the red gift trays, then off to the bride's home for the giving away ceremony, then back to groom's home for the acceptance ceremony. The day was very punctual with no big delay, which was a big plus for everyone. The morning ceremonies were followed by a light lunch before heading to church for a church ceremony. TT had known the groom and his family a long long time back, way before my time. I found from my first time meeting them that both the groom and bride are very friendly and super sociable. They prepared a big yummy dinner and we didn't know until we arrived! It was fun talking, eating, and exchanging information on our first meet and thus phone conversations during the planning process.

Here are some photos from the pre-wedding photo shoot in DC a few weeks after that downpour. I will post photos from the day of the wedding sometime this week!
Congratulations to Diem and Trinh once again and we're very happy to have shared your special special day!












A little update from us, I've been busily continuing the effort for the new look of the homepage/blog. So hang in there!

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