feels like fall

hooray, we made it through the crazy crazy month of october! amidst weddings, showers, birthdays galore and this almost fall weather that keeps psyching us out, the pyo clan made it out to tanaka farms for a fun afternoon of roaming through pumpkins.

yes, we were tired from caden's 3rd birthday party earlier that morning, yes, we had to save energy for our karaoke-fest later that evening, and yes, we were all too cheap and tired to actually buy any pumpkins for the kiddos but we were there! and we've got pics to prove it!













loving the cousin camaraderie, the happy (sometimes confused and angry) little faces, and especially loving colin's hair in the group pic. ha! happy fall everyone! :)

a neon party for james

very happy to be posting pics from jamesy's first birthday party that i've been antsily pantsily waiting for. thanks a bunch, pam! love them!
special thanks to jenny for letting us borrow her most perfect backdrop, my aunt pauline the florist, best cousin hyein for her slave labor, and all our wonderful friends and family for coming out to celebrate with us!

we love you, jamesy! sorry for putting you in such merf-tastic shorts on your big day, though...hehe...

analyze me!

just for kicks, i recently retook this personality test, wondering if it would produce the same results it did when i took it 8 years ago. ends up i'm the same ESFJ me after all!

talked to some of you about it, so here's the link. TRY IT and don't forget to let us know what you are! :)

zippity zoo day

one quiet friday a couple weeks ago, joe and i were hit with the crazy bug and came thiiis close to packing our bag, strapping the little one into his carseat and making a mad dash for vegas. enter voice of reason, and reality found us heading out early the next morning to san diego instead for a nice little day at the zoo.

it was actually kind of a big deal, because this was the first time being at the zoo EVER for both james and joe!

here's jamesy - a little bit scared, little bit excited (mostly not sure what's going on) to see all the animals.


a couple of our fave friends.


ooh look, a new exhibit next to the pandas in the asia section!


gorilla, man, back to back chillin'.


elephant squeeeze!


good times, especially thanks to cutiepie cousin london and fam.