One night to remember....

Our engagement party was last night. the day started off a little slow for us both. we decided that we would cook, or shall i say, i would cook all the food for the party. we wanted a bbq type of feel to the party. It was really casual to say the least. daniel and i had stayed up pretty late the night before marinating the food. we peeled garlic for almost 3 hours...trust me when i say, that i wont be doing this again....but if i do, it wont be such a huge quantity as this. i started cooking the meet about 2pm and didnt finish everything until a little past 5pm. thanks to monica and dominique i had some help getting things in order. daniel did all the leg work of course. so the party kicks off a little late...about 630pm. people really liked the food...thank goodness...i was worried it wouldnt come out right...but everyone enjoyed...or at least they said they did. about an hour in the party monica decides to go for an ice run at the liquor store. unfortunately she locks her keys in the car. not a big deal, except for the fact that the car was still running. how she managed to do this is beyond me. so needless to say, i leave the hosting up to daniel and walk to the liquor store and see whats going on. having talked to most people coming in and out of the liqour store, monica is unable to get someone to open her car. AAA to the rescue. thank goodness i have such a service, otherwise it really would have sucked!!! here a few photos documenting the scene....



** sign says 15 min parking max...she was parked for almost half an hour!**

**monica's prince in the shinning white tow truck finally arrives to save her**

**eric works diligently to fix her window after unlocking her car and saving the day**

** yul eats as he watches the erick work his magic**


***Daniel and I take moment to take a keepsake photo***

***myself, dominique and monica***

***janice, myself and ernest***

***monica, myself and yul***

***tim, myself and yul***

***my buddy and me***

***daniel and yul***

***the kiss to end the night***

That was a quick run down of what happened. If you need more photos look daniel up on flickr- djyoung71. you'll find the full library of photos of our engagement party. Overall, we had a great night. Most of our friends and family came out. unfortunately my dad was too sick to come and take part, i was pretty bummed about that. two of my bridesmaids was unable to attend. kieu wasnt able to come because her friend's mom had a heart attack earlier that day, and i felt if was important for her to stay with her friend. my other bridesmaid...no idea what her excuse is, but i think she'll be booted from the wedding party. sorry!!! my maid of honor was in michigan, and will be in town the following weekend. we'll see if we get together or not, its usually hectic when she comes into town. lets see how hard we can try to get together.

now that the engagement party is done and over with, the work begins to plan this wedding that is a year away. i think we have a head start on it, just because we already have the church and know where we want the reception. i will be calling tomorrow to get the reception venue rented out to us, so that way no one sweeps it from under our feet. next month, the guest list will be compiled and we'll have a rough but approximate number of how may guests will be attending. we're trying to keep it no more than 400.

again, thanks to all those that helped set the party up and a special thanks to those that stayed behind to help clean it up. we greatly appreciate your help. we hope you all had a blast.

362 days and counting down....