before christmas, exactly December 23 when we received the best christmas ever!  The landtitle of the lot next to the dreamhouse was cleared and transferred already to our names.  

2008 is indeed a great year!  God is so good to us.  We are grateful everyday for all His blessings.  

We welcome 2009 with great faith and belief in Him!  

God Bless us all!

Here’s the latest update with the dreamhouse. Workers were there until mid afternoon of 31st. They had a simple christmas party last 24th and we gave them something to bring home to their families last 24th and 31st.  We look forward to the everyday progress.  

I think we eventually need to cut off those Fig trees infront of the house.  Next week, they are going to work on the trusses of the roof already.  If you look closely, they are starting to work on “palitada” of the walls of the second floor.  

2008 is a great year for us.  We are praying for another good year for the whole family.  

Good health, prosperity, happiness are things we look forward for 2009. 

From our family to yours, we wish you a New Year filled with so much blessings from Above.  And if life gets difficult, may we all find ways to strengthen our faith and just lift up everything so that we can truly enjoy what matters most.  

to blog about but I just want to take this time to be with my family. I am enjoying every bit of it. The kids are now so clingy to me and Dicky and they are just making us laugh all the time. I have so many stories to tell, so many happenings to share. I hope to get back in the groove of blogging next year.

Let me share the things I would want to write about so this could serve as a reminder for me as well for the first couple of weeks of next year…

1. Our Christmas Eve and Christmas Day
2. The best christmas gift ever is finally in our hands.
3. A great deal we got regarding a no exam life insurance.
4. The husband gifts for me.
5. My “another” gift for the husband.
6. Update on dreamhouse
7. My special treats
8. Preparation for the new year celebration.
9. How great it is for us the year of 2008.
10. Things we look forward for 2009.

Enjoy the last day of the year with you loved ones!

were the words that came from Margaux and Bianca when they opened their gifts from Mommy and Daddy the evening of Christmas Day.  

It was a heartwarming feeling just to see the simple joys in your kids eyes. I admit, I do tend to spoil them with toys or anything they would want to have. I just want to give them everything, which I never had when I was a kid. But I have no dissapointments about it, because it made me realize that I can work hard and achieve what I would want in life eventually. Now, my kids are reaping the rewards.   These things are my simple happiness as a mom!  And I don’t want it to be taken away from me.

The kids had a blast when they opened their gifts from Santa under the Christmas tree.  They opened it during the morning of christmas day itself. Getting gifts from Santa means a lot to them!

These are the items.  Santa Claus has some good tastes!  lol!

1.  The Barbie Doll House

2.  Barbie Living Room Set

3.  Barbie Pool Set

after christmas, I still have a hangover for too much partying during reunions with family and friends.  We spent well the christmas eve and the christmas day itself.  It was so much fun to be with the company of relatives.  The kids had a blast in opening the gifts from Santa and also the ones from mom and dad. (sorry pics were not downloaded yet).  We had a sumptuous feast of the noche buena and of course the potluck reunion with my side of the family.  Dicky and I also enjoyed opening our gifts from friends and family.  We also love our gifts to each other.  Will post about it next time.  The husband was so ecstatic on what I gave him.  Yes, he deserve another one aside from the dslr.  But he also gave me something nice and useful for me.  I love his gifts!  We also got a number of nice gifts for the future house.  Yes, friends and family knows that we are building the dreamhouse so they gave us interesting stuff for the house including an electric blanket would you believe?

I just love christmas because of a lot of christmas giving and receiving!  Don’t you just love both?

Before life gets too busy
with all the tasks we have to do for the holidays,
those that are mundane and those that really matter most,
let me wish you and your loved ones
a most blessed Christmas
that is full of love, joy, peace, healing, prosperity
and all the best in the coming new year!

I feel blessed with your friendship
and I am grateful for it .


Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from our family to yours!

I wonder up to what number will be this dreamhouse update?  lol!

Anyway, we were so amazed on what we saw last weekend…

Wow, there are walls already. We were just so happy. We even went up to the second floor since they completed the flooring there already. We were able to visualize the size of the rooms, the comfort rooms and even the walk-in closet! Hahaha. I was giddy happy to see everything falling into place. The interior designer who happens to be our aunt was also there. We were planning already the orientation of the beds, the cabinets, and even the flat screen TVs! There were minor changes. It is actually expected all throughout the construction. I can’t believe that we need to decide on something almost every week. It is actually in accordance on how we plan the interior of the dreamhouse. That’s is basically an advantage since the contractor and the interior designer is a tandem team. The workers were not just putting things based on what has been designed by the architect, they were even considering the aesthetic inputs of the interior designer. We know exactly now where to put some paintings and even included a provision for aircon system at the ground floor. Since in no time, they would do some finishing, we are encouraging the contractor to get the workers their personal accident insurance already and hope that we won’t need any Lexington personal injury lawyer or whatsoever.

For the meantime, here are some more pictures…

4 more months!