Hello, hello! It’s not too far from being July already. Nuts! I had a blast having my folks here. They are super cute and love to mobilize and get stuff done. Much like Lizzie. Like I said before, I don’t know how that trait skipped me. But somehow it did. Anyhoo, much good food was consumed (my mom is the best cook ever, and I am totally not biased about this!), lots of home reorganizing and decorating occurred, and dad also rewired a lot of stuff for us so we could be super cool cats with dimmers and motion sensors out the wazoo. Plus, our big playroom (aka, “Daveland”) got all neatened and super effectively laid out by Dad. The week went by entirely too quickly, but I was glad to have been able to spend Father’s Day weekend with my folks (and I was so sad when they left…Monkey and Iwatched The Family Stone¹ the evening after they went home and I wound up bawling my eyes out!!).
Ok, how about more pics? Less cumbersome than reading, right?
{dining nook curtains, dining room curtains. Mom made curtains for 4 rooms in our house. She’s such a creative, do-it-all saint!}
{bedroom curtains, made by Mom. our new bed with new bedding, not made by Mom; though she did help me make the bed with the new bedding .}
{good eats. banh cuon, xoi with lap xuong (chinese sausage) and dried shrimp, and basic noodle soup. lots more good food made and consumed, but somehow I got remiss and just ate rather than took photos. bad gnome.}
{goodies received in the mail: my buddy Kramer sent Monkey and me a great tower of treats for housewarming (so yum!!), and I got the goodies on the right from LindaNeto in the June Coloriffic Swaporama.}
I still need to snap all the great handiwork my Dad did. He’s such a cutie. Always tinkering. Totally made our garage all neat and capable of containing 2 vehicles. Set up the surround sound and overall theater experience of Daveland.
I feel bad that they spent their vacation doing things for us, but that is what they like to do on vacations. Me, their first apple, has fallen far, far from the tree. I like to lounge about and do not a whit on vacation. I miss them much and wish they’d move here too. That way, they wouldn’t feel the need to do anything but come and visit!
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Two great contests!
Two of my great blogworld-cum-realworld creative pals have some great contests happening this week! Do pay a visit for a chance to win some FABULOUSNESS:
- Jes is having a grand opening contest for the grand opening of her wonderful new shop, Junque Revival! You will be glad you visited…so many gorgeous trinkets and treasures to behold!
- Leslie is hosting a fun raffle to introduce more new cards and a new subscription program. Anyone who knows The Paper Princess knows the goodies are without compare in cuteness, hoardability, and adoration. Plus, there’s a 25% off coupon code for your next order! Woooot!
- We at the Walrus took off the month of June. For all the eating and hanging out with family and such, of course. Hope to come back in July with new goodies for you too!
¹I love Christmas-based movies. I loved this kooky family. It reminded me a bit of my kooky family. Lots of great laugh-out loud moments too…way better than the trailers would’ve prepared you to expect.
Your family is the cutest! And your parents are quite the handy/crafty folks — see? The apple did not fall quite too far! :)And The Family Stone — oh my that made me cry. Especially the very last scene; the long camera gaze on the photo. Oh my! Thinking of it makes me mushy now.And super thanks for the linky! 🙂 And it was fun “chatting” today too!
I watched the family stone recently too… I weeped my eyes out! Your parents are so sweet, it sounds like it was a really great visit. 🙂
i love your blog!
hahaha…I’ve all ready bombarded your photos with my comments…your parents are so talented….Les is right…those folks got them some good genes!! And the house is looking like a home!
And thanks for mentioning our contests…we are lucky to have a friend like you!! xoxoxox (I’ve got to get over and sign up for Leslie’s still!!)
I love getting to see how your lovely home is coming along… I just adore the sea/blue colors!!! YUM!!
Giao, your house is looking totally fab! And you parents are just the cutest.
Your house is looking lovely! You are so lucky to have such helpful and crafty parents. Would they like to go to my new house in Tucson? Kidding!
I miss my folks too {wipes away tear}, but it’s only because I had to leave them when I finally left Hawaii. I want to go back HOME!!!! My dad isn’t too great a cook by a long shot, but it was fun to go out to dinner with the family!
Nothing beats homecooked food. I’m sure the parentals were more than happy to help y’all out and see you settled in. The curtains are so relaxing!
I love those curtains! And the house? SMASHING! I was just up visiting my folks. Why is it that when we’re young and have them around, we so want to get away from them, but once we grow up, we just can’t get enough of them!
Oh gee, I missed this post when it first came up. I think I’ve commented on most of these pics on flickr so I’ll control myself a bit here. You know I could go on and on and on. ;DAgain, you parents are super adorable! I can see where you picked up your own cuteness! Hee. Let’s not even get started on the handy/craftyness. Those are some fabulous genes! Still want to do a little swapping sometime soon. Just been so swamped. 😦 Someday, somehow!
I always love your posts Giao! So much fun adn details! Missed you too!