Cancer Battle

We visited my BIL the day after Father's day. We were suppose to visit him on Father's Day but his wife told us that he was so sick due to the last chemo that he received.  His battle with cancer is  still not done because even if the big amount of it was removed from his lungs, there still some that spreading  in his liver.  Since they can't do an operation, the doctors are just hoping that  it will be cured through chemotherapy treatment.  

These photos were taken when  he  has still a long hair, after  a couple of chemo, his hair started to fall off so his wife decided to just shaved it off.  He is now bald.

My kids are very fond of Dave because just like my husband, he is also very good in dealing with children.

I hope and pray that the chemo treatment will cure the remaining cancer  in his body.  

Thanks for dropping by folks!

Happy Father's Day Dads!

Happy Father's Day to all the Dads in the world!

We just came home and it's a perfect time too because it is now raining.  We attended mass at noon then went to  my FIL's home and cooked dinner.

After we ate and bonded with Dad, we took my husband to the mall for a little shopping spree as  our Father's Day gift.  He did not find  the one that he wanted which is   a pair of  new running shoes but we bought him a pair of Levi's  pants and four.  We will find him a  shoes next time.  

How about you folks, did you have a good Father's Day celebration?

Kids play pretend Camping

Nothing else to do? Take out those camping gears and whip it up in your backyard, that's what we did the other day.

They wanted for us to sleep there but I did not let them since the  tent that they have isn't  that secure from bugs and other stuff.

We plan to buy a real tent and maybe camp in our backyard one night.  Maybe even on Fall, we just need our patio heater to be plugged in.

This is something that we never did for real yet.

Hoping that someday we would.

Blooms

Below is the blooms that my clematis plant brings this year. I thought that she won't bloom this year because I transplanted her from one place to another but I was wrong.

It is now in full bloom (haven't uploaded the latest pic I took).

Not sure what kind of flower this one is but I love it.  The flowers are close in the afternoon and opens up again in the morning.

My pink roses are  getting ready to open up the buds too.  I actually one that is opened this morning.  Oh it smells so good!

I will be getting ready to go to church afterwards.  Here's wishing you a blessed day and a lovely week ahead.

Gardening with Mr. Burrito

We got so lucky to have had two days of warm weather last week. Me and my son took the opportunity and prepped our vegetable garden. My hands got blisters because I used the heave maddock in digging out the dirt hehehe.

I decided to remove the grass adjacent to the fence so I could plant some veggies  in it instead of just plain grass.  I used the grass to  fill in some of the low parts of our yard.

My son was busy picking up all the earthworms he could find and give it to the birds.  

I love it that we have a fence now because I can wear anything and not worry about  the neighbors looking at me lol.

My yellow tree (not sure the name of this plant) has bloomed already.

I took shots of these pretty blooms when we went at my SIL's home the other day.

These hyacinth are blooming  beautifully at Dad's front yard.

My Spring flowers did not bloom this year.

Have a  blessed Sunday everyone!

Philippine Products

Below are some of the Philippine products that some of the Filipinoes brought to the multi cultural fair that was hel yesterday at the Millsop Community Center here in Weirton.  First is the  tree made with shells.

A ceiling piece that you can hang in the living room, also made of shells.

A big fan made of bamboo with the Mayon volcano painted in it.

Some shell and wooden product  from the beautiful island of Boracay.

Some small decors made of local products.

A model of tricycle, one of the most convenient form of  transportation.

Below is a local bag made in Bicol (Southern part of Luzon), this was given to me by a close friend when we had our vacation.  Most part of the bag is made of abaca.

Some Philippine traditional costumes.

And Filipina women sporting their  costume.  

I'll post some more photos later on.  Thanks for your visit and comments!

Egg Drop Soup

When I was  pregnant with my daughter, I would always send my husband to the Chinese Restaurant just to buy me an egg drop soup.  So I am not wondering  that my  daughter loves it too. 

Playdoh Cookies

Two sets of our burrito's playdoh are already hardening up due to excessive air exposure so before it totally gets hard, we decided to mold them into playdoh cookies last Friday.

It's fun for all the three of us because Mr. Burrito was a great help in kneading the dough and Ms. Burrito was in charge of baking it in her "oven". 

I never had these stuff during my childhood so playing with them, I felt like a big kid hahaha.

Here are some of the "cookies" we've made.

We used the empty cookie cans to put all of them.

Now whenever Ms. Burrito wants to "host" a tea party, she has something to serve for a "snack".  So don't let your  playdoh hardened up, make something out of it.

Newspaper Appearance

Good morning everyone, how are you? I just got done talking to one of my brothers back home. His wife just delivered their second baby, it's a girl. Congratulations bro! Anyhow, another good news to share is the newspaper clipping.

This is the front page on January 15, perfect timing for my son's birthday.  The  girl in stripe is our Ms. Burrito.  The rest are the  kindergarten and first grade students at our daughter's school who  did the Christmas play last year.  

My husband saw this on the school board  so he  asked Dad if he sees the paper with the above mentioned front page.  We missed to see this because it was Mr. Burrito's birthday so we didn't read the paper.  Thanks to Dad who have subscription  for the local newspaper.

 Let me share one of my daughter's favorite filipino refreshment/dessert... Halo Halo!

Whenever we go to the oriental store,  we always buy a bottle or two of the halo halo mix.  Good night everyone, I a now going to zzzzz!