It is indeed a very good Sunday as we celebrate “Lunar New Year” and Valentine’s Day at the same time for this year 2010. Going out for lunch with the family as we celebrate these two occasions and would also head out to buy those chinese amulets to guard us for the whole year through. We are a believer of feng shui but we only choose those appropriate. Aside from that, we also plan to get those hgh supplements as well as freshly brewed tea from our favorite chinese store. Enjoy the rest of the day everyone!

when we first became a couple. My life has been beautiful since then!

It’s a decision I would never regret…

Babes, Thank you for making each day a happy one for me…

It’s indeed a great 2009…

We moved to the new house, a realization of a dream!
The husband did very well with his job. Kudos to him!  He ended the year with flying colors! 
I had a good number and quality accounts for my business.
The kids were safe and healthy despite having flu once in a while.
We had a number of celebrations with friends.
We had two out-of-the-country trips (HK and Guam).

And most of all, our family is complete and united. There are so many things to remember for 2009 and I just can’t count them in my fingers.  Life is happiness!!! 

Now, I claim that 2010 would even be better!!!

Have a fantastic new year everyone!!!

in the house happened last December 8. It was a party with wedding supplier friends. Thank goodness it was a good weather then so we were able to enjoy the cool breeze in the lawn. Our christmas lights were all set outside and the husband made sure to use safety products for all our lanterns, lights and decorations. It was indeed a fun night that continued until wee hours of the morning. I think the party finished almost 3am with just non-stop talking! Thanks to Tita Jet of Josiah’s for providing our food. The guests went home with take-out bags as well!

happening in the house tomorrow and on Saturday, I have asked the househelps to do general cleaning of the house. I even asked them to scrub all metal tiles in the dirty kitchen as well as clean all glass windows. I have asked them to polish the wood on all furnitures and vaccuum the fabrics as well. They would also scrub the garage tomorrow as that would be our back-up venue in case it rains in the evening. But I really hope it would be a good weather. Glad, the household helps are not complaining. They shouldn’t right?

of the six parties we would have in the house for this month of December. It would be a party for some wedding suppliers friends. I was asking the husband to actually come home early so he would get to meet as well my friends from the industry. Apparently, tomorrow would be a busy day for him as they are rushing to prepare for a new product to be launched early next year. He wants that their new product of remote backup service would be up and running as early as 1st week of January so they could start promoting it to their clients. But he promised to still come home early. On the other hand, I am really hoping that weather would be good so we could just enjoy the cool breeze by the garden.

We are starting to feel the cool breeze of the season. It’s getting colder every morning now. Christmas is almost here! We have started shopping last weekend for christmas decors. The kids are getting excited everyday. They keep on asking as to when would Santa Claus start giving out gifts. They are excited to put on their big socks on the christmas tree.

Last saturday, they even made some decorations out of paper (with help of yayas) and placed it on their wall. As one of the christmas gifts for them, we are thinking to buy a new flat screen TV and get a sturdy mounts for it instead to maximize space in their playroom.

Before I make a reseach about Samsung TV (husband wants to buy a new TV for the kids’ room), let me share the Village Trick or Treat we went to last friday afternoon. Since we recently moved, it was our first time to join the Village Trick or Treat.  I was suprised that there are a number of kids joining the activity.  In fact, I learned that some are not even from the village but really taking time to participate every year because most of the houses in our village are known to be giving out loots/candies for the kids during the halloween.  

Yes indeed.  After the program in the village, we were able to move around (using our car) to different streets. Some houses are really giving out candies to the kids. Our neighbor said it was lesser though this year than last year.  Most of the houses in the main street are giving out.  But likely some deferred giving out this year since our village were also one of those hit by typhoon Ondoy.  Nevertheless, the kids had fund with the village trick or treat and we look forward for next year!

Oh and Margaux was one of the winners as well in the best in costume for the fantasy category.  I wasn’t really expecting it!  Cool!  She was first place and got a cash price!  I’m one proud mommy!

was a good one.  Thanks to his friends who are mostly former officemates who joined us for his birthday celebration.  Thanks also to the good weather.  It was worth it to do the party outdoor.  I had to make sure that we sprayed on some citronella oils within the perimeters since mosquitoes and all other insects are not at all invited.  We had it catered again by Josiah’s (our fave) and as per his request, he wants mongolian grill to be part of the menu.  Guests mostly came between 7pm-8pm.  We had a good number of guests, almost everyone he was expecting arrived.  I can tell that the husband is a well-loved individual even if he has not been with the company for almost a year now.  

After a sumptuous dinner, we trooped inside the house because it was air-conditioned.  They played poker until like 230am!  Everyone had fun!  And so as the husband since he also got nice presents from friends, including the new poker set, which they used right away!  It’s a better set than what we have currently.  I’m sure the husband would get more hooked on this game.

More than anything, it was with the company of good friends which made it really special for his  birthday celebration.

after and this is the best wedding anniversary we could get…

Its really the fruits of our labor and hardwork.  The husband deserves a great recognition for providing very well for the family.  We are thankful for all the blessings from the One Up Above.  

To my babes,  

7 years of loving family and I still look forward to everyday happiness with you…

Happy Valentine’s Day to everyone!

Last night, went home late coming from an event in Trinoma. I was guilty that I didn’t pay attention to husband when he called me on my cellphone as to what time I will be home. I actually went home almost midnight already and he was sleeping then. But I was suprised to see something beautiful for me…

Sweetness…he actually never fails in giving me flowers every Valentine’s Day. It says in his card: “Babes, dati dinadaan ko sa dami, ngayon…simple na lang para naman maiba pero puno pa rin ng pagmamahal!” Aw! Really appreciate it!

So how did you spend your valentine’s day? Well for us, nothing fancy. We went out to buy a new barong for him as we are attending a wedding in Tagaytay tomorrow. Then we went to Wilcon Depot in Libis as we are buying a shower set for our master’s bedroom. That was my Valentine’s Gift for him, for us actually. We saw some pet supplies as well. We are thinking if we would get a dog for a new house. But we are shelving the idea first.  Instead, I am glad we finally got the nice shower set which I have been meaning to get. I realized we didn’t even get to eat out. We just had lunch in SM.

I’m doing some backtracking so please pardon me.  Would just like to share my cousin, Jenny’s wedding last January 9, 2009.  You see, I was like the bride for this wedding, making all the preparations from the start.  But my cousin and her husband Howell was so easy to please.  The only thing that matters to them was that we would be allowed to bring in to the venue a number of drinks (hard, wine, beer) for the guests to enjoy the party.  Of course, I gave them the best-valued suppliers who are not skimping on their quality of service.  They had a great time and so as their kids.  And for us the guests, we enjoyed every moment of it.  

It has been a while since I have been part of a wedding entourage so I was pretty excited to dress up.  I’m the candle secondary sponsor and Margaux was one of the flowergirls.  

Preparations were made in Astoria Plaza.  I love the 2-bedroom suite which we got.  It was so spacious.  Look, we even had our manicures in the huge living room of the suite.  And we were there when Jenny got her suprise wedding gift from Howell.  The husband gave her a “tag heuer” watch. 

All entourage (all my cousins) dressed up in the hotel so we had a grand time in our picture-taking with the bride. We also love the color of our gowns…it was so radiant and cheerful…pomelo orange!

And my little girl, Margaux was so pretty then…

We started on time with the ceremony in Christ The King Church.  And reception followed in The Mango Farm in Antipolo.  Guests were treated first for cocktails and souvenir photos from Bai Capture.  Then we all proceeded to the main hall for a night of partying!  Literally, we had a great, great time dancing with Sound Salad band and even after the last set of the band.  Drinks were overflowing so you can imagine how drunk the guests were.  Here are some more photos:

And from a wedding planner’s view…it was a beautiful union not only of the newlyweds but of two families.  It was indeed a great wedding!

Yeah, I know it’s Valentine’s already on Saturday, but I’m backtracking and just like to share our pics during the new year’s eve dinner at mother-in-law’s place…

We bought a number of fireworks from Dragon Fireworks for the new year’s eve.  Dicky said we would buy more next year as we celebrate the new year in the new house!  

was the color assigned to our family last christmas for our relatives reunion.  This is a delayed posting of a picture last christmas.  Apparently, this picture just came from my point and shoot camera.  Imagine, we haven’t dowloaded yet all the pics from the new dslr.  And it’s so pathetic that I don’t even have our complete family picture in my camera.  It’s still in the dslr memory card.  It was so hard to get a decent family picture then.  The kids were just all over the place.  This is the only one worth posting which I am not too happy as well.  I was like a wet-chick who just got off from the shower!  I barely even combed my hair!  Grrr!  But just look at my two beautiful and precious little girls in their “terno” outfit!  And where is the husband?  so busy flashing his dslr all over.  I just hope he would have a time to download already all pictures so I can also share those here.

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.  

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!

It was all fun during the party.  There were games for the kids like the favorite, Bring Me, Pass the Ball as well as the egg hunt game.  The adults were also asked to participate.  Dicky and I headed our respective teams…

Here are the fun pictures from the games of the kids…

And its the adults turn for the SOS game (this was riot!)

And so as the arrange yourself game…

Of course, the pinata was a hit to the kids and even the adults!  

Here are more pictures of the birthday girl. She was very happy during the entire party. Good thing she was able to sleep before we left the house. By the way, I bought her clothes from Periwinkle in Shang Mall. I just love the color.

She adores Dora the Explorer a lot!

She almost wants to bring home Dora! (lol!)

The pictures from Howell are already here. I love the photos! As in super love! Thanks Howell! From the pictures, we can see how happy the guests during the party. We are so happy also that most of our friends and family were able to make it to the party. I only exceeded 6pax based on my reservation for 100pax. I was kinda anxious during the party if the lootbags I prepared for the kids would be enough as I only had 50pcs made so I was asking the maids to count all the kids to ensure that everyone would be able to get something. In previous parties, (if you have read before), we had 90+ kids during Margaux’s and Bianca’s 1st Birthday Parties. Well, we have limit our guestlist this time. But good thing, I still made the right estimate.

We started the party late since most of the guests were stranded due to heavy rains. We were in Shakey’s before 3pm so good thing we weren’t caught in the flash flood along Katipunan Avenue. Despite that fact that we started late, all the kids had a blast.

I was very happy with my suppliers as well.
1. Shakey’s Katipunan (love the food– bunch of lunch and we ordered 1 big giant pizza, which was a hit to the guests)
2. Adworks – for the invitations. I have always been a “suki.”
3. Melisse – for the tarpaulin and printing. Thanks girl!
4. Yanple – for the balloon decors, Dora Mascot and glitter tattoo artist. I’m happy with the balloons. Thanks Apple for accommodating all my requests and my last-minute bilins.
5. Quintbelles – for the 2-layer cake. Thanks again Elaine. It was a beautiful cake.
6. Sheila from 168 Mall – 2nd time to order from her. I’m good with what she delivered.
7. URC company store – thanks to the husband’s discount, all items inside the lootbags came from URC (universal robina corporation)
8. Divisoria Mall – of course, for the prizes and other goodies for the party.
9. Frostings – the super yummy cupcakes, which apprently, I forgot to distribute during the party. It was all at the bottom of the table and I just realized when we were packing all the stuff already. We were able to give to some guests who were still there anyway.
10. Howell – for photo coverage. I am very happy with the output. I love all the shots. As in I can make stories out of the photos.
11. Juana in 168 mall – for my fabulous outfit! lol! This is my fab find at a super great price! Please tell me I don’t need those fat burners when you see me in the pictures. 

Here are some pictures from Howell. I’m still downloading some and I still want to make more stories about the party…