Remembering Our Veterans

This post has been  sitting in my draft folder  since August but I did not have the courage to post  it but since  Veteran's day is coming up, I am now publishing it.  After  my father-in-law died  in March,  we lost another  beloved veteran in our family.

We might not  be related by blood but he certainly was a huge part of my little family.  Don and his wife Ruth were there  for us especially my kids  ever since we bought our first home in Park Avenue.  Don died  of  brain cancer.  He was diagnosed earlier this year and passed away in August.  He was a great man, he was like a true  grandpa to my kids and a father to me.  We loved him dearly.  He was a Vietnam veteran

The Fancher's have always been there  celebrating especial events and milestones of our kids.  Halloween, Christmas, Birthdays, and  even on ordinary days, they were always around.  He was our  constant companion in our regular walks during the summer.  It was a  huge shocked to us because he  was the most active guy we knew around the neighborhood.  A very social man who was a friend to everybody.

We had so many great memories with him and his wife.  There are two families that we are so close with when we still live in Park Avenue, we were always  together every time, my kids have events or special occasion.  He taught my kids so many things like  doing handstand, climbing up on their  shed roof, eating edible  grass, biking, and  so on and so forth.  I can  write a book if I list everything but yes, he will be surely missed. 

This was the last time we all got together. These were taken in January of this year. We hosted a little birthday celebration for our son at our new home.


 The song below  is dedicated to all the men and women in uniform who are currently serving and for all of those who sacrificed a lot to serve our country. 

It's heartbreaking that one of the best people that touched our lives has departed on this earth. Don was like a father to me and a great Lolo to my children. Him and Ruth are always there for us. They attended all of our children's events and functions. It's hard to wrap around the truth in my head that he is gone. you will be truly missed Don, May you rest in peace with God! #death #cancerSucks #family #friends

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This post is  dedicated to all  the veterans, my husband included, his late  Dad and Uncle (WW2 veterans), our late neighbor Don,  and to all who served.  Thank you for your services and your sacrifices. 

Get Together at the Brady's

 We were invited for a small get-together at the Brady's residence last weekend.

It was Raquel's Dad's death anniversary and we did some  rosary prayer.

 We received some gifts from the Boyd, Brady and Alimario families.  Thanks a bunch guys!

We sung karaoke after devouring some yummy Filipino foods and we went home with a full tummy.

Playtime

After a day of exhausting fun and excitement at Hollywood studio, we went back to the hotel. We ate dinner at Dragon Super Buffet and Sushi Bar.  We liked the selection of food but the price is expensive plus you have to pay a mandatory 15% gratuity fee.  We only ate there once.  

Then the kids wanted to play at the playground inside the  Clarion Inn  compound so we went.

Do you see one of the Dad's having fun as well? Lol.

Kids never runs out of energy.  We did a lot of walking on our first day  in Disney but they still have so much left afterwards hehehe.

Thanks to Ms. Burrito for snapping this photo.  The parents  picture together.

It's nice that  most of the hotels in the Sunshine State  has water fountains  around the vicinity.

We end our day  with a beautiful sunset on sight.

Will post the  Hollywood fun next time.

Google Friend Connect, Google Page Rank, and Blogging

I would like to thank to all the wonderful people who are spending time to  read my blogs and  for sharing their  valuable thoughts all the time.  Today, the GFC follower of this blog hit the four digit, yay!  Thanks everyone.  

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On the other note, Google  decided to take away  this blog's page ranking the other day, what a bummer.  Oh well, I guess I just have to work on it a little harder again to gain it back.

Next month will mark my 3 years of blogging. I started blogging on June 1st, 2008. Would you like to see my very first post, mouse over the link and see.

Let's get  connected through GFC, follow my blogs and I'll follow yours.  This is just a quick  post before we hit the road.  The weather is getting warm so our car is going to be a hot rod once again.  I am leaving you with this beautiful message I saw at the park.

Meet Up in Summer

 My husband talked to an online family friend  the other night discussing about our up coming meet-up.  After they talked, the daughters talked too!

Here's the conversation:
Girl from Texas: Hi!
WV Girl: Hello!
Texas Girl : What are you doing?
WV Girl:  Well, I was  watching TV a while ago and now I a talking to you.
.... pause...
WV Girl:  Do you want to see my bunny?
Texas Girl: Yes!  I am bringing toys for us to play when we see each other.
WV Girl:  Okay.  See You!
Texas Girl:  Bye.

Isn't it amazing how blogging connects people from different places.  We are excited to meet a family that we met online through blogging.

Precious Gifts

We would like to thank the Cole family from Pennsylvania for sending us a box of goodies last week. Thank you so much Mel for being such a thoughtful and nice friend, may God bless you more for that! Blogging have brought me so much great experiences especially in meeting good people.

Mel sent a Holly Royalton Collection with a certificate of authenticity. Holly's head hands and feet are fashioned of fine hand - painted bisque porcelain. Her costume has been hand-tailored using the finest fabrics and trims.

Do you see how happy she is in the picture? Thanks Mel for the gorgeous sterling-swarovski earring you sent me. You made my two sweet tooth men happy with the box of chocolate - my husband's favorite brand too. Most especially, our little man was so happy that he has something in the box, he is a fan of light bug years characters. He love those cute pencils and the stickers and magnet stickers made the two really busy hahaha.

So from the bottom of our hearts, thank you very much Mel. I hope that in due time, we will meet your family in person sistah.