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Hi Friends! We had a busy week because Hubs was out of town (he’s back now) and we had a stomach bug (thankfully it was only 2 days)! Thank You, Jesus! Before Hubs had the work trip, we visited one of Seattle’s famous bakeries/cafes because we wanted to try their kouign-amann (it’s a french pastry). Of course we waited in line for 40 mins and they were all sold out!Boooo…We did try their other baked goods and they were all winners!

Random coffee I’m drinking this January! I like it but I’m not sure if I will get this again for this season. I have so much coffee that I need to use. I follow some Trader Joes accounts on Instagram and I got influenced!HA

Prepared roast pork belly earlier this week. This turned out dry for my liking! Hubs and Dad in law liked it, so I didn’t feel that bad!

We had lots of sunny days this week despite it being so cold outside. We did family walks a couple of times just to get out and enjoy the sun.

Hubs took a picture of Detroit sunrise!

My sister after spending many months with us, finally went to her next destination! We had Korean for our last night. We ordered from our local Korean restaurant in the neighborhood.

Lunch before dropping her at the airport! Kids had Jollibee while we had Shake Shack! We are sad to see her leave but we’ll see her on our next trip:) Hopefully in the summer/fall.

Stay safe and healthy friends! Praying for the family and friends in California with what’s going on right now. So heartbreaking!

Hi Friends! How’s your first day of the year? We are still taking it easy here at home, not a lot of things going on. We had my In laws for dinner where Hubs prepared Prime Rib and we had sides like lobster, mashed potatoes and roast broccoli. Dessert was Costco chocolate cake. It was such a great dinner to have for the 1st day of the year!HA.

We also had our family walk to get some exercise because we’ve been home bound for the last 3 days (by choice). Hubs wanted to do some errands but I was able to convinced him to just finish our Kdrama show! We are currently watching “Family by Choice” so far we are loving this drama. I did a little laundry and journaling with my new planner (I got the cheap one from Amazon $5).

Mia calls Lobster tails Mermaids. “Mommy can you get me the mermaid?” HA

Reading to Grandma and showing her some of her favorite books.

I’m done buying expensive planners and by June I get bored and reject the planner by July! SO I got this cheap planner at Amazon and hopefully I will use it and get my $5 worth:)

Have a good night friends. Stay safe and healthy! Talk later:)

Hi Friends! Happy New Years Eve! We are hanging here at home and just waiting for the Times square ball drop. We’ve been doing this since we’ve had kids, it’s just easier, and they never make it close to midnight. Pre kids we did wait for the Space Needle/Seattle NYE event. It didn’t rain today so we had our family walk around the neighborhood and got to enjoy some sunshine! Last family walk of the year:) I convinced the Hubs to take down our Christmas decorations as our real tree is getting so dry and this Saturday there is a neighborhood tree pick up. It was such a mess! Lots of needles and we had to use our shop vac to clean it all!

Hubs had to do a Costco run and he said it was crazy! Worse than Christmas Eve day!HA . For our NYE dinner, we had cheese fondue with bread and roast veggies, and Snake river farm filet mignon. It’s been a long day of and we are ready to go to bed. Not going to wait for Seattle NYE program. We will be in bed before midnight!

I hope you had a great day (Bye 2024!) and got to relax as you welcome 2025! Stay healthy and safe friends:)

Hi Friends! Merry Christmas:) I hope you had wonderful time with the special people in your life celebrating our Saviors birth. We have a tradition that we sleep over in our living room and movie night (Christmas tree lights on the whole time) the last weekend before Christmas! We picked Home Alone as the movie this year.

Hubs and I got to enjoy a Sushi lunch date!

Last minute Christmas shopping!

Baking cookies with the kids!

Christmas Eve service with the family and we invited our friends to join us too!

Christmas eve dinner, we ordered roast duck and Chinese food. I also cooked pata tim (braised pork hocks). Enjoyed all of our food:)

We also opened our stockings on our Christmas eve gathering!

Christmas morning

Snackies

For our Christmas dinner we had fillet mignon, crabs and king crab legs, potatoes! Hubs made Bernaise sauce so we can build “oscar style” if you want.

We’ve been resting and taking it easy since yesterday because this Holiday season was really busy for us. I was so overwhelmed and I needed to take things easy this week. Matthew seems to have come down with a bug or something, he had a fever last night. Praying he will be better and this will be a quick recovery.

Have a good rest of your evening friends. We are enjoying some Kdrama and Harry Potter movies!HA.

Take Care and Stay Safe!

Hi Friends! Yesterday, we watched the Nutcracker Ballet show in Seattle! They do this every Holiday season. I’ve seen the show a couple of times but this is my first time with Mia. The show was great (I do find the first part a little boring) and the second/rest of the show is amazing especially the stage settings, clothes and dances! Mia enjoyed it but she said she liked Swan Lake better!HA.

After the show, Hubs picked us up and surprised us for a steak dinner at Capitol Grille Seattle. We really enjoyed our steaks and will probably go back again if Seattle traffic is not such a mess. Before dinner, we did stop at Kerry Park to enjoy the view and take pictures! It was crowded though, so we didn’t stay for a long time.

Have a great Monday! We are back to homeschooling, house chores, and getting the house ready for Christmas (slowly decluttering, donating toys). Just enjoying home and being productive yet focusing on the reason of the season. Anticipating the celebration of Jesus Birth:)

Stay safe and Take care!

Hi Friends! I’ve been MIA here because it’s been busy here since Thanksgiving. My family visited us and spent Thanksgiving with us. Lots of family time and road trips here in our state. It’s always a special time together with my sisters, lots of Filipino food involved too!HA

Some of the pictures we took!

Enjoying Christmas lights at Tulalip Resort Casino! So cold but the lights (7.8 million) will put you in a Holiday mood:)

I will share more of our trips this week. We are still resting after we got colds last week. Finally feeling like my old self, after losing my voice these past days!HA. The house is a disaster so we will be doing lots of cleaning and sanitizing this week too. Have a goodnight friends!

Hello Friends! This past weekend, we had a little road trip with the family (together with my sis) to celebrate our Birthdays! Hubs and my Sister are November celebrants too. It was just a quick trip. We rented a cozy house on the water in Ferndale but visited Friday Harbor (San Juan Island), Neighboring towns like Bellingham and FairHaven! We ate too much food!HA! We dined at Anthony’s, Downriggers, and Black Cat! Totally enjoyed all of our food. Thank You to all our friends and family for all the Birthday wishes. Thank You Jesus for the gift of life, to celebrate birthdays with family:) To God all the Glory!

Ferry ride going to San Juan Island!

Ramen dinner after a long day at San Juan Island!

Brunch at Black Cat restaurant!

Have a great evening friends! Stay safe and warm:)

Hi friends! One of our fall bucket lists is to visit the Pumpkin Patch and a local farm to see animals and pumpkins! We had so much fun riding the horse “hayride” and picking our pumpkins this year to carve. We had apple cider and popcorn after for treats. The kids got to pet the pigs, goats, and \ponies! It was such a perfect fall day:) The kids carved the pumpkins a week after!HA.

Have a good rest of your Monday evening friends! Take Care and stay safe!

Hi friends! A couple of weeks ago, we watched the Swan Lake Ballet. Mia loved and enjoyed the experience. This was her first ballet show. I’m so glad that she had fun because we really want her to explore arts/entertainment through performance art. It makes my heart happy to see her enjoying and giggling throughout the evening!HA.. My sister treated us to a nice John Howie dinner before the show, so it was a great night! John Howie Steak House is a personal favorite of mine:) Thanks, sis!

This is my second time to watch Swan Lake, and it’s always a treat to see such a performance.

Have a great Tuesday evening. Stay safe and take care:)

Hi Friends! We had a wonderful weekend catching up with friends, and back to swimming lessons with the kids. It was a mix of fun and rest. Our friends just got back from China early this month so I was looking forward to hearing about their vacation. They gave us some thoughtful gifts. The kids, especially Mia, were really excited!

How cute are these magnets?!

I got a pretty mirror!

Swimming class day! The kids are loving their time and are really building confidence.

After Church, we had brunch at a local restaurant! Hubs ordered brisket Eggs Benedict, while I had the traditional eggs Benedict. It was delicious!

Can you tell that Hubs loved his?HA! In fairness the brisket was tender and full of flavor:)

Hubs had a little baking session yesterday afternoon! He baked pumpkin spice muffin. I just loved a good cream cheese frosting!HA. It was so good, even the kids had two muffins each!

We put plain pumpkin seeds and pumpkin seed with pumpkin spice.

Mia and I got to enjoy a nice Monday afternoon at the park. What a beautiful fall day! Thank You Jesus:)

Have a restful Monday evening friends! Stay safe and take care!