This Saturday was our great-grandmother's 88th birthday. We joined the family for a mini-reunion at Chosun Galbi in K-Town. Yona and I were the first to arrive, and Vina joined us shortly after. I ushered Vina into the bathroom to draw on some eyebrows so that it didn't look like she just had them waxed off. =P
It was a huge hustle & bustle when the crowds started to arrive. We had about 35 people in our party so we were ushered into our private room, but our aunts didn't let us sit down until they put our placecards down on the tables to match the intricate seating chart. Needless to say, we stood around for a good 15 minutes before we were allowed to sit down.
As usual, we were seated on the "kids side". I hadn't seen the family in over a year and it was so weird to see how much everyone has grown in the past year! Charlton was the "cool, older college cousin" and Oliver and Aaron are about 16. It's not only amusing to see the kids grow up in size but to also witness how they've each grown into their own personality. The majority of the night was spent watching the boys show off their cell phones and sidekicks. Bear in mind that these guys are our uncles. =)
"The girls" were a bit older. Here we are taking a picture with my mom's cousins.
Audrey is 7 and is super cute. She's been taking ballet for 2 years and showed off some of her moves to Vina. 5 moves to be exact.
Here are all of the grandkids (plus 4 great-grandkids) with the guest of honor. The woman who started it all. =)
Linda gathering the kiddles for a picture.
My uncle and his family, who flew in from Dallas. His wife speaks more Indonesian than Yona and Aai combined.
My two great-aunts... they are both younger than my mom. The one on the left lives in Utah and the one on the right lives in Diamond Bar.
My great-grandma with her oldest living daughter and her youngest son. She had 8 daughters before she finally had a son!
Wait a second, Charlton isn't old enough to drink, is he?
He wasn't.
Where did the other "8" candle go?
Singing "Happy Birthday!"
Athai with 6 of her children. (D'you notice everyone in our family has a dimple on the left cheek?)
Towards the end of the night, we gave Athai our gifts and I had her open mine before she left. I found an old picture of my great-grandma, my grandma, my mom and me in a row. We are all our mother's first daughters so since I was a kid, whenever we reunited, we stood in a row in order of generation and took a picture. This gift was especially timely because this year marks just about the 10th year that my grandma passed away from cancer. Coming across that photographed earlier this year touched me so much that I wanted to share that with my great-grandma so I blew up the photo and framed it for her. She was so happy to see the photograph that she started passing it around and explaining the tradition to everyone. I was happy that she was happy, but also embarrassed because the picture was taken in 1992 and I was wearing a B.U.M. Equipment t-shirt. I will have to scan the photo and post it tonight. =)
It was a huge hustle & bustle when the crowds started to arrive. We had about 35 people in our party so we were ushered into our private room, but our aunts didn't let us sit down until they put our placecards down on the tables to match the intricate seating chart. Needless to say, we stood around for a good 15 minutes before we were allowed to sit down.
As usual, we were seated on the "kids side". I hadn't seen the family in over a year and it was so weird to see how much everyone has grown in the past year! Charlton was the "cool, older college cousin" and Oliver and Aaron are about 16. It's not only amusing to see the kids grow up in size but to also witness how they've each grown into their own personality. The majority of the night was spent watching the boys show off their cell phones and sidekicks. Bear in mind that these guys are our uncles. =)
"The girls" were a bit older. Here we are taking a picture with my mom's cousins.
Audrey is 7 and is super cute. She's been taking ballet for 2 years and showed off some of her moves to Vina. 5 moves to be exact.
Here are all of the grandkids (plus 4 great-grandkids) with the guest of honor. The woman who started it all. =)
Linda gathering the kiddles for a picture.
My uncle and his family, who flew in from Dallas. His wife speaks more Indonesian than Yona and Aai combined.
My two great-aunts... they are both younger than my mom. The one on the left lives in Utah and the one on the right lives in Diamond Bar.
My great-grandma with her oldest living daughter and her youngest son. She had 8 daughters before she finally had a son!
Wait a second, Charlton isn't old enough to drink, is he?
He wasn't.
Where did the other "8" candle go?
Singing "Happy Birthday!"
Athai with 6 of her children. (D'you notice everyone in our family has a dimple on the left cheek?)
Towards the end of the night, we gave Athai our gifts and I had her open mine before she left. I found an old picture of my great-grandma, my grandma, my mom and me in a row. We are all our mother's first daughters so since I was a kid, whenever we reunited, we stood in a row in order of generation and took a picture. This gift was especially timely because this year marks just about the 10th year that my grandma passed away from cancer. Coming across that photographed earlier this year touched me so much that I wanted to share that with my great-grandma so I blew up the photo and framed it for her. She was so happy to see the photograph that she started passing it around and explaining the tradition to everyone. I was happy that she was happy, but also embarrassed because the picture was taken in 1992 and I was wearing a B.U.M. Equipment t-shirt. I will have to scan the photo and post it tonight. =)
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I wanna see the picture.. do scan it (=
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