ItsAbbyTime: quality time

Thursday, August 8, 2013

4th of July Recap

I'm a good month behind on my blog posts, but that's alright. At least I have a few stories lined up to share.

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This was the first time our family did something for Fourth of July. I believe the past several years we just stayed home. It was a pretty great experience overall, except for the heat.I felt like the heat was just extreme that day.

Initially we had nothing planned that day, but Sean's sister stopped by for a haircut that afternoon. She mentioned that they were off to Warner Center to watch the fireworks and invited us along. I had to wait for Sean to get off work and at first I wasn't sure if he was up to hang out all evening since he was at work all day.To be honest I'm glad we joined them. It was a fun experience and even though I had mediocre "fair food" I at least got to spend some good quality time with the family and Ryu enjoyed himself.

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We followed the kiddies to the playground at the park to have some playtime. Have you ever been to a kids area at a park, mall, or theme park when it's extremely busy? It's like being in a jungle. The playground was full with screaming, yelling, and crying kids everywhere. There were even children in the playground that were my height if not taller roaming around. I'm not going to lie, I was nervous. I don't mind Ryu playing in the play area, but there has been a few instances where Ryu's been hurt by bigger kids and their parents watch as if nothing happened. That is the kind of behavior I can't tolerate and it's not the child's fault. It's the parent that does not say anything about it. Therefore, I just like keeping my eyes on Ryu to make sure that nothing happens on his part or anyone else. We were there for a good minute and it was a bit difficult trying to keep up with which direction the children headed. It was a bit hectic in the play area and I was not even sure how any of the kids enjoyed themselves considering that it was a jungle!

As we headed back towards our area I bought the kids silly string to enjoy. It was definitely a rip off! I purchased it so that the kids could enjoy it. However, there was not much in the can. I felt bad because after a few sprays they ran out and I was very tempted to buy them another can, but I knew that they would be just as disappointed if they ran out quickly.

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I also filmed the fireworks!

I can't wait to do this again next year! If we do not go to Warner Center hopefully we can spend time at another place just as memorable as this place. They had great fireworks! I have not posted all the videos up, but at least you get the idea of what we watched that evening. I enjoy spending quality time with my family. I also love that we get to take Ryu around like this. Growing up we experienced some quality time, but not the way that Ryu is getting to. I just feel very blessed and thankful for everything and everyone good in our lives.

Friday, August 2, 2013

Hello Sister, Hello Auntie

I am behind on posting, but I still want to make the effort of at least trying to post what has been going on this year with me and my family.

This summer my sister paid an extremely short visit, and to be honest it was not even enough time for us to do anything. I wish she could have been here longer for us to spend time together with Ryu. It was a very nice and short visit, but I hope we get to spend some quality time with my sister some time soon. It would also be nice if she can bring my brother-in-law with her that way Ryu can get to know them more. It was also an even greater time because my Aunt and Uncle flew in from Australia for two weeks to spend time with the family. This would be the second time in a decade that I reacquainted with my aunt. It was a great experience and it was nice getting to know her as an adult. I also enjoyed how fond her and her husband were of Ryu. It makes me feel good when people are not annoyed with my child. I know some children can be a bit out of hand and I'm glad that Ryu is not one of those kids.

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These pictures were taken before my Aunt and Uncle went to San Francisco to visit his relatives. After having breakfast we headed out to The Grove. We actually had breakfast on Father's Day and it was great. It was a really nice and simple family outing. When my sister was over we spent time at home mainly because we insisted on making dinner and just spending some quality time together. We were able to go shopping with my aunt for a bit and got to catch up with each other there so it was nice. Unfortunately, we didn't take that many pictures and to be honest I wish I did. My sister was here on the days that I worked so I didn't really get to spend that much time with her. I couldn't get days of and it was a bummer, wish I did.

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