Lucky Seven!!!

It's been 7 years now since the day we walked down the aisle and exchanged vows at the Redemptorist Church. So far, the good Lord has been so generous with His blessings for our family. As we journeyed through our new lives together, the ride was not smooth-sailing all the time. Sometimes we may have fallen into potholes, but somehow we manage to concert our efforts to patch things up and never left them unsettled. Most of the time, we really enjoyed the wonderful path we walked on that were surrounded with our children's cries and laughter. As we look back, we couldn't help but appreciate God's loving presence manifested in everything that we are enjoying together. Most of all, we also appreciate our families and friends for the support you've shown through the years that have passed and we are looking forward journeying with you in the years to come :)




Our wedding pose...

Hubert's Arrival

Hubert is here for our 7th wedding anniversary tomorrow and we'll have our new house blessed on the same day too. It's going to be a long day today for us --- running errands, buying things needed in the house, going to the grocery, taking the kids at the mall, visiting our parents, etc. So I'll just leave you with these pictures taken last night at the airport...



Daddy, Jeremy, and Frances




We're complete!!!



Bonding moment...




Spending quality time in the family room...




Frances' quiet time with her new pink gameboy a.k.a. gamegirl, hehehe



P.S.

I just learned something new tonight... that bats also prefer to land at the airport, hehehe... Ciao!

Busy Hands

This surely perked me up after a tiring day...

Gingered Pork in Oyster Sauce

This morning was one of those Sundays when everyone in the household would wake up very, very, very late. We didn't even wake to our usual wake up call from the Julie's mobile bakeshop. Which meant that we simply missed our daily supply of Jeremy's favorite "elorde" bread and Fran's most requested "plain ensaimada." Well, anyway, the kids still enjoyed beating their hotcake mix on their own while their Auntie Joyce cooked the batter in the pan for them. We all enjoyed our pancake breakfast a la McDo :)

As I engrossed myself chatting with cousin Elaine and Hubert, I was alarmed looking at the clock and that it was almost time for lunch. I have 3 mouths to feed and I haven't even thawed the meat! Tsk...tsk...tsk... Most of all, I don't have an idea what to cook, hahaha, I thought I have my day off on Sundays. Well, I guess not! Poor me...

Anyway, after 30 minutes of deliberating and the meat has softened, I finally made up my mind and came up with this delectable dish...

Gingered Pork in Oyster Sauce




P.S. I'm so glad it passed the most critical standards of my daughter Frances' palate, who mostly chooses to eat only fried chicken, fried pork, hotdogs, and scrambled eggs. She hates anything with sauce except for spaghetti, so I'm so happy she has tried to explore eating this one with oyster sauce:)

Rain, Rain, Rain...

Summer is at it's peak, and all I could wish is for rain to come at this time of the year just to hydrate our cracked lands and not to mention our minds too, hehehe. Anyway, I had my first attempt at digital scrapbooking last year, getting my inspiration from my ever artistic sister-in-law, Jolana, who's so good at generating layouts from the pictures she and my brother, Rene take so often. I feel the urge to post some of my digital scrapbook pages.

Here's the very first one I made, during the rainy days of June...





Another one I made for the pictures I took during the kids' Halloween Party in 2006...







And another one from the Moving Up Day in KFI-LEC...

The March that was...

The month of March flew by so fast yet it left me with sweet memories. I was just so overwhelmed with so much activities to go to. I always caught myself always running against time--- the kids final exams; school practices for two weeks; Moving Up Day; Graduation Day; Echie and Mira's wedding; and lastly, Lola Pat's 83rd birthday celebration. The last two activites were two occassions when some family members flew in from the U.S. like Aunt Margarette Helen, cousin Echie, and Ate Catchy with her family.


Frances Clare's Moving out Day March 26, 2007



Jeremy's Graduation ---March 27, 2007
















The Graduate


During Echie and Mira's Wedding ( March 28, 2007)















Lola Pat's 83rd Birthday @ Eastland Estate Clubhouse and Pool
March 31, 2007



Lola Pat, the Birthday celebrant