Life is Beautiful

Motherhood, Sewing, Family

Letter from a mother to a daughter:

~ Etc.

I found this on the web and thought it was beautiful.  Now that my parents are getting a lot older in their years, I believe a part of my mission in life is to be there for my parents and help them as much as I can, since they’ve given up so much in life to give me the life that I love.  As much as I’m excited to leave UT in a few years, a part of me worries and stresses about leaving my parents here.  Jay’s been such a wonderful and caring son-in-law and he’s helped them so much and does it so willingly and happily, I’m so grateful for him and I know my parents are too. 
I’m the only one out of my parents’ five children that live near them, and I worry who will watch over them and take care of them when I’m gone.   But I guess all I should think about now is doing as much as I can for them while I’m here now, and worry about the latter as it happens.  
I believe the love a parent has for their child is the most pure and perfect sentiment between two people.  I’m grateful for my parents who showed me what perfect love is, and I hope I’m not too far off while trying to catch up in their footsteps.  

Over the weekend

~ Etc.

made kimchi with my mom
Jay and his bff made some sugar cookies…
(my mommy said if you can’t say something nice, don’t say nothing at all so….)
went to the biggest playground in UT(wild west jordan playground)
we did Insanity(I did the first 5 mins, then plopped on the couch) 
and Adi was the ONLY one who finished the whole thing!  I was so impressed!
coat: romwe | leggings: wal mart | bag: brahmin | two-tone boots: c/o oasap
we drove to salt lake despite the snowy road to go to a huge Asian market 
and so that Jay’s bff could try out a pho’ & boba place we love.

I hope everyone had a great weekend!

Our little night owl

~ Etc.

Every night after we put the girls to bed, our little night owl likes to sneak out of her bed a few times to tell us, “I’m too scared.”, “I have growing pains!”, “Can I just get a one more kiss and a hug?”, and always, “Mommy, could you sneak in my bed and sleep with me after?”
Sometimes when Jay and I are watching a movie downstairs and we go back upstairs after the movie is over, we find her sleeping on the stairs like this.   Sometimes it’s in the living room upstairs when we’re watching t.v.  We’ll turn the t.v off and as we get up to go to bed, we find her sleeping 10 ft. behind us.  We don’t really know how long she’s been “hanging out” with us quietly, but we find it kind of adorable that she loves us so much that she wants to be near us until the moment her eyes shut close.  
My darling girl.  How much I love you.

In the kitchen

~ Etc.


The girls and I were making orange rolls one day when it somehow turned into a dance party.  

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and the party only stopped when the orange rolls were done.
adi: “ana! there are no real strawberry shortcakes in this world!”
ana: “……………WHAT???”
Oh, how I adore my little girlfriends.

S.T Collection Headband Giveaway{CLOSED}

~ Etc.

Hello!  Have I mentioned lately how much I appreciate everyone who reads this blog of mine?   I appreciate you a lot.  I especially love reading each of your comments and they’re always so kind and genuine.  Some make me cry, some make me laugh so hard, and the ones that are to just say hello mean a lot to me too because it lets me know you’re reading!  I’m grateful for this blog that brings all of us together in a little way.
Okay, mushy stuff is all done now, you can breathe!  I wanted to have a giveaway just for you, to show you how much I appreciate you!  
Ava
Clara
Audrey
Vivien
Francesca
Lenorah
Elizabeth
Sophie
One lucky winner will receive two headbands from my store S.T Collection, one for herself and one to give as a gift, perfect for Christmas!(if you keep two for yourself, I won’t tell anybody, I promise. 😉  This giveaway is open worldwide.  
To enter the giveaway, please leave a comment below telling me which headband is your favorite.  
For extra entries:
-leave a comment telling me who you’d give the 2nd one to!
-leave a comment telling me what your favorite thing to read on this blog is(DIY, motherhood posts, dog, marriage, etc.)
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-become a follower of Welcome to the gOOd life blog.
This giveaway is open until December 11th, 11:59 p.m.
*For all my readers, enter a promotion code: HOLIDAYS12 for 30% all orders.  Expires on Dec.16th.
*UPDATE:
and the winner is:
congratulations!  please email me at sarahmchoi{at}gmail.com!