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so i know i haven't been updating like i should have but seriously, this past month has been totally busy what with me moving out of my parents' house and school starting. it's all been a bit of a blur some of the time and i haven't really had time to take outfit shots.

but anyhoo, i have some photos from the last few weeks of my summer for you guys anyways :] [[those of you who are kind of enough to read my blog :D]]

so a couple of weeks ago i went up to LA for a family reunion on my mom's side and it pretty much ran like any other reunion. you know, eating a bunch of good semi-home cooked food, relatives saying "aww you're so big now! do you have a boyfriend?", etc.
then once me and my cousins get bored we head over to the near by park to hang out for an hour or two :]

[[yea...this is where i get the crazy from lol]]

i've actually worn this outfit several times since it's pretty easy to put together and despite the southern california heat, this dress actually kept me pretty cool :] though in retrospect, probably shouldn't have worn heels to the park. [[i couldn't walk very far the next day -_____-;]]

ANYHOO!

later on that day i also had another reunion only on my biological dad's side where i actually got to meet all of my siblings! which is a pretty big deal since this is the first time we've all pretty much been together under one roof. [[with the exception of one of my brothers who couldn't make it but other than that, we were all together :D]]

i haven't seen my brothers since i was 13 and i haven't met my eldest sister irene til that day and it was pretty funny how long we hugged when we finally met each other. everybody was all, "uhhh any day now you guys..." lol

and i got to meet all my nephews and nieces which was pretty crazy how many there were! but it was still pretty awesome since they all seemed to like me and i love me some little kids to chill with ;]

i dunno, that day was just very hallmark-y and i'm pretty glad that it all happened :]

dress-forever 21

belt-aldo

shoes-steve madden

fun fun fun

the rest of my fourth of july pictures but since i don't really want this to be a photo dump, i'll show you some of my favorites :]

tell me what you know about dreams

so, in keeping to the theme of catching you guys up on what's been going on lately, my cousins matthew and almond and my niece leanza graduated from high school! :D

they grow up so fast x') i can't believe they're already on their way to college!

pretty much the whole immediate family [[which is still a lot of people lol]] came down to support our grads. we're all pretty happy and proud of them and wish them the best when they get into college :]

we later on proceeded to a chinese restaurant called lucky star and gorged ourselves on yummy food :9 [[we usually go when they're serving dim sum but unfortunately it ends at 3pm ;____; i love dim sum...]] and looking back, i regret not taking pictures of all the delicious food to make your tummies growl :p haha

life and love are the same

o my goodness! why do i feel like i've had such a busy two weeks?? i even find myself not remembering whole days .___. or maybe that's just a combo of summer haze+busy-ness+my typical forgetfulness :p

for the most part i've been running errands most days and every other day i'll have some kind of even popping up. [[and when i say "event" i mean, "something other than errand running :p]] like hang outs with my girls, a high school graduation or two, or hanging out with the cousins/aj.

my cousin Eliza [[i call her "ate liza" [[pronounced "ah-teh" which means "older sister" in filipino]]]] and her busband BJ came down from hawaii with their baby daughter Sophia not too long ago. [[she and the baby came down june 1 and bj came down last wednesday night]] and it's been pretty awesome having them back down here at home :] we haven't seen them since last thanksgiving and after having bj come back last week, well, it just felt like the whole gang was back together again :]

also bringing a happy bouncing baby like sophia is pretty damn awesome too :] i'm getting my "baby fix" every other day in the form of this little girl and of course my neice izzy and her brothers ethan and tristan :]

anyhoo, i was just looking through all the pictures i've taken since last post and...it's a loooot ;____; and i don't want this to be a photo dump kind of post so i'm gonna try and post everyday to catch y'all up since my mornings during the weekday are pretty chill :p

so, see you guys next post :]