Mother's Day 2009

Wow, I cannot believe it has been so long since I've posted on my blog! We've been insanely busy that time has flown by.

On Sunday, John took us to the Fairmont Hotel for Mother's Day brunch. They had so much good food-the kids even enjoyed it. They had set up a mini-buffet on shorter tables for the kiddies so the kids could get their own food. They also had a dessert table which included a cookie decoration area.

For dinner - we went over to John's parents' house and celebrated with all of John's siblings. It was the first time in a while that all 7 kids were there to celebrate Mother's day with their mom.

Chicago visit part 2

At Dad's surprise party!! I only had a few pictures on my camera - we took a lot more pictures with my Dad's camera but this is all I have right now. I will post more later.

A couple Titas including Tita Maida, Tita Aida and Tita Delly

Allan and John

Zoe and her Ninong James

Ethan, busy as usual:

Allan and Michael (cousins) with Tita Ofe, Zoe, myself, Tim and Elaine


Some of my cousins: Maricar, Kris, Elaine, Abby (and myself)

Me with my two brothers:

At the Science and Industry Museum:

Zoe's Holiday Program

This was Zoe's first holiday program. The song I am showing here isn't very Christmas-y but it is super cute. After this song, her class continued to perform Christmas songs.

Check it out. My baby is a star!!!

Here is a clip of Zoe in action:

Chicago visit

We went to Chicago to celebrate my Dad's 60th birthday. He had no idea we were coming so it was a lot of fun to surprise him! We even threw him a Big Surprise party which was yet another suprise for him! I'll post some of those pictures soon.

At the Legoland Discovery Center:





At the Chicago Children's Museum:

Playing in the snow:

Our new friend:

Ethan- sledding down the hill:

Ethan's 2008 Holiday Program (rehearsal)

Ethan's Holiday Program was scheduled for Dec 12th but since we were in Chicago on that date, we made arrangements with his teachers to come and watch a rehearsal instead. The kids were so cute even if they weren't all dressed up in their Holiday outfits! And these kids have some hip dance moves, huh? Check it out.

Smores and more smores

One night we decided to make smores - indoors! The funniest part was that the kids ended up liking each ingredient by itself, not all melted together:

Turkey Day 2008

Here are some pix from Thanksgiving, held at our home:

Carla and Maggie

Some of the men playing a manly game of Hungry Hungry Hippos