Two Little Piggies

David here.  Christmas is the time of the year where it's socially acceptable to eat a lot of sweets. I mean, if someone gives you a box of cupcakes wishing you happiness and joy, isn't it just rude to not eat them? Here are some of the goodies we got over the past week (along with the cookies we made earlier):

Oh, but that's not all...

That's right, the Santa is filled with CANDY!!! We got that at a ward white elephant gift exchange. Once Diana saw that the Santa was filled with candy, she begged me to steal it for her. So, instead of stealing a cool board game, I got the Santa. I must say, it does seem to give our house some extra holiday cheer. And, its rotundity and jolly smile only helps us feel better as we munch on all of our goodies. Maybe this is why most new year resolutions involve weight loss...

Also, in preparation for Christmas, we got a Christmas tree! We only have a few decorations, but this one is my favorite:

It pretty much sums up how I feel about our first Christmas together. :)

TwentyTwelve

Twenty twelve, coming to an end. Let's have moment to reflect back on 2012.
For me, I have more of a content and grateful heart than a regretful one, which is not common.

List of things that made twenty twelve so great..

• . Finally, a BYU grad! Took me so L-O-N-G but I made it!!

•  Found a job in the tough job market! -Thank you Heavenly Father and my parents pushed my siblings and I to become fluent in both English and Korean. My language skills have never failed me in the job market.

•  Started building my "net worth" by funding a $avings account that I cannot touch for a few years with a good interest rate -This is a BIG wow for me as I am notorious for my bad spending habits. Oh, what miracles a marriage creates. Again, I thank my dear hubby for being such a great example.

• Hubby has been accepted to a few Medical Schools -We know we're going somewhere next year.

• Got my driver's license!!--- -- Muhahahah :p I got it a few days before my dad came. I knew he was going to kill me if I didn't have tangible evidence. I pushed it off for two years and at the age of twenty six, I got it! :D :D

• Not even one SVT (Supra-ventricular tachycardia) attack! -Since the day I was born,  I had these attacks at least once a month. After my ablation last year, I have not had once since. Twenty twelve is the only year I have not had one. And the chances of it reoccurring are very slim. Did I mention David (at that time, a friend) gave me a blessing before I had my ablation? A blessing given by my true love sure created a miracle! 

Firefly Portraiture

• Last but not least, I married the love of my life for time and all eternity. None of my accomplishments can be compared to the happiest, holiest, and most sacred day I had on 8.4.2012 by marrying David Li Teh Eng. To be sealed to this wonderful man was the biggest event and blessing of my life. I believe David will always remain to be the best thing that has ever happened to me. Just the fact that David became my husband makes my twenty twelve the best year. He is the apple to my pie, the straw to my berry. The love of my life, the happy to my ending .

Firefly Portraiture

sUgAr, SpIcE &MaRRiAgE

Yesterday, from the minute I woke up, I craved sugar cookies. Not just any ordinary sugar cookie, but cookies that my friend Char made almost a year and a half ago. All day long, I thought about those cookies.

So, after digging through a year's worth of e-mails, I found the recipe and went on a mad hunt to buy ingredients! I even texted David during work to inform him our FHE activity- sugar cookies.

David got off late so dinner was later than usual. We still had a few tasks to complete before going to bed but I NEEDED MY COOKIES! Therefore, we made these, baked these, frosted these, and ate these all within two hours. 

Was so anxious to make them, lined up all the ingredients,
and admired them while waiting for the husband to get off work!

The first bite I took, "C-RRRRUNCJ," I was in heaven. Exactly what I remembered-the slight taste of almond with the soft powdered sugar completing these cookies.. Mmm!  I polished off four cookies the moment we were done frosting them. heehee. What a great day,right? Whilst feeling like a complete glutton, I yank my head to look at David, anticipating that he too, like I, will be crying with sweet joy! WRONG!
 ....He looked so sad. Turns out he dislikes crunchy cookies whereas I HATE soft cookies. He took a bite or two of them but shook his head with disapproval. Once again, I learned a crucial lesson about marriage from such a small mistake. My way isn't always his way...

Forgot to buy a rolling pin but we were creative!
 Used the butter spray! Worked like magic!! :D

So silly I learned this lesson from our baking activity today. But, I went to bed with lots of thoughts. 

How selfish I was.. Turns out David doesn't even like sugar cookies. But, David, my awesome husband knew how much I wanted these. So, for the two hours we were laboring away, he kept his mouth shut and played along with me. How foolishly oblivious I was.. Even when I suggested that we leave in the cookies for an extra two more minutes so they would be crsip and crunchy, he did as I desired. 

Yet again, I learn my husband's example. I vowed that I would try harder to put him before myself. His happiness needs to come before mine. Next time, I promise we will bake up some soft chocolate chip cookies, my dear David's favorite but my least.  Sigh..We are so different but I guess that's what makes marriage so great! Balancing each other out.

P.S., Our two moms that are most likely the only readers, I am grossed out by my gluttony too. I promise, no more dessert for us this week! :D

 What are some small but mindful things you do for a better marriage? 

12.10.2012

Sorry, I've been kind of lazy so I've been putting off updating my blog for almost three weeks.

My precious pink Dell laptop's cracked screen was another contributing factor. And my crazy work schedule! I thought 8AM classes were absolutely horrid but that was complete heaven compared to my 6am shift. I miss being a student. Sigh..

We have been good. Both are terribly busy with working full time jobs. We only get to spend maybe three hours together on the weekdays since our schedules are slightly different. And, we have so many errands to run on the weekends so it's been challenging. 

Here are some pictures that we took during the past three crazy weeks. I don't remember the exact dates but here we go!!

Tempe date and dinner at Rumbi.

The husband and raw fish bibimpab! (Hweh duppab) 

Uncle Michael and Aunt Don treated us out to Sweet Tomatoes! 

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Celebrated my sister's birthday in Provo. 

I took David out to see James Bond since he was craving a guy  movie.
We never go to expensive movies but poor guy is married to the girliest girl ever..lol.
I thought I'd be generous and treat him out! 

Now that I have a laptop that is working (thanks to my awesome hubby), I promise I will be better at updating my blog! 

Are you excited for Christmas? What are some things you're planning on doing? 

This is the first Christmas Davie and I will spend together as a married couple and I am extremely excited! 

Perfect Two

David and I have been so busy and so sick  for the past week. We've finished one bottle of NyQuil in less than a week and our DayQuil is nearly empty as well. Plus, we just bought some cough medicine and cough drops are our bestfriends! :(  Thank goodness we're finally recovering, almost. Throughout the week we've been sick, I felt the Lord's tender mercies-although both of us have been sick, there was always one day when one of us would be less sick to take care of the other. We're such different individuals and you would think we'd have tons of clashes but interestingly, our differences complement each other and become a complete couple. Being sick is kind of awesome when you have David Eng as your husband. He takes such good care of me-he's just amazing! (Once again, I realize how lucky I am!)

David is the apple to my pie, the straw to my berry. The mint to my chocolate, the kettle to my corn. The love of my life and the happy to my ending.  

There's a song that my good friend Emily loves- "Perfect Two," and thanks to this song, I started making up my own version and sing it to David!]    David always motivates me to become a better person. He says I do the same.  Yes, we fight. Yes, we are different but that's what makes it even better. Because we learn to accommodate and appreciate.

 Anyhow, David and I are doing fine now. David took off half the day from yesterday to rest and I took today off. I think we're almost back to normal, thank goodness. Hate being sick!!  Bundle up, drink lots of fluids, and rest-both of our mommys' advice. And boy, am I glad I listened to them. I thought I was somewhat young enough to let my body reach its limits and never rest, eat whatever I want but nonononono!

Since I had the day off, I made dinner! This is something I have not been able to do the past few days thanks to the dumb cold I had and the long hours at work.. I decided to make some American f00d! Thanks to my dear friend Rachel, I made chicken pot pie. (Well, kind of. I use cornbread, gravy, veggies, and chicken to make my own version). So, cornbread-chicken-veggie mix with a tossed salad was our dinner. Hopefully, I'll cook more from tomorrow. Now, time to snack and watch Once Upon A Time. We are addicted to this show!!

Three months

Davaid and I have been married for three months as of today! Is it good or bad it we both feel "married life" has been much longer than three months? To celebrate our anniversary, we decided to ... FAST and boy, was it a challenge! Seriously, we've been zombies the entire day. My eyes have been heavy and sticky with sleep. What do we need to do in order to feel less sleepy and less hungry during Fast Sundays?

There have been some changes in the past week. I said good bye to the Preschool on the 30th of this month. I took a day off on Halloween and on November 1st, walked into Goldman Sachs to start my new job in IT. Yeah, I know. Don't ask me why or how but I somehow did get the job. We'll see how long it lasts. For now,  I am so grateful for my language skills that never fail me in the job market.

David is doing well. He has been accepted to three Medical Schools so far and we're still waiting to hear back from the rest. Fingers crossed! We were so lucky to have David fly out to many different schools. We have been so blessed to hear back from them. I know that the Lord has been a part of this wonderful process.

My handsome hubby.

10.22.2011

Exactly one year ago, I made the best decision of my life by agreeing to date David Eng. 

Click here  if you want to read our story! Before the whole boyfriend-girlfriend, D &D thing, David and I had been friends for over a year. He was my best male friend that I always hung out with. We would confide in each other when we had "dating issues."We spent a lot of time together summer of 2011. Thanks to the series of adventures we shared during that summer as friends, our friendship slowly shifted into a more romantic one.  After a lot of ups and downs, on 10.22.2011 we finally started dating. It took awhile for the both of us to admit our true feelings because we did not want to risk our friendship. In the end, we both liked each other too much and decided to risk our friendship for something even better. During the eight months course of dating, we've fought, cried, broken up a few times.But in the end, we always found our way back to each other.  In May of 2012, we decided that we wanted even more and got engaged. After a short engagement, we were sealed in the Bountiful Temple as husband and wife on 8.4.2012 for time and all eternity. I know everyone in love says this cheesy line, but I truly feel as if we were made for each other. I love this guy very much and am I ever glad he'll be stuck with me for eternity! heehee =)

David and Diana @ the SLC Temple. 

A Happy Day

David and Diana both received very good news today! David  received an acceptance letter from one of the Medical Schools he's been hoping to attend. (His third choice, actually!) And Diana was offered a job she's been hoping to get for months! They were both thrilled with the good news and decided to celebrate at Red Lobster even though they are an extremely poor married couple. They are both very full and very content. They both believe after they found each other, good things are happening. Do you agree with them as well?
P.S. David and Diana will soon update their friends and families when things are finalized!

David and Diana, at Red Lobsters enjoying all you can eat shrimp! Nom nom nom  =) 

Wedding Pictures

     All of our wedding pictures were done by Hayley from Firefly Portraiture.

8.4.2012 Happiest day of my life

David and Diana Eng

The groom and the handsome groomsmen. Seriously, GQ style! 

The bride and the bridesmaid. My sister and my bestest friends! 

The bridal party! 

Me and the sis. 

HAHA. Love this pic!! 

The Choi and Eng clan

David's wonderful parents. 

My wonderful parents. My mom is so pretty. Only if I looked like her more... tsktsk.

Awww.. Mom and her baby. (David' is the youngest. Therefore, called the baby of the family!)

Love my mommy so much. Glad she flew out early to help me with the wedding and all. 

Balloo and his baby daughter. I am the first in my family to get married. 

Mom and Dad Eng. So blessed to have another addition set of great parents! 

David looks exactly like dad. 

 Thank you, our dear parents for loving and supporting us. We wouldn't have been able to make it till here without their help. Heavenly Father truly gives us the parents we need. I have felt His love through my parents throughout my entire life. I'm thrilled to start a new family with David and will forever be grateful that I met David.