From Texas with Love

Our family friend who live in Texas sent us lots of Christmas pressies, thanks sis Dhemz and Akesha!

I love the shoes and the dress, thanks a lot sis!  The Burritos had so much fun of the  plastic balloons  which reminded me of my childhood.  I remember when I was a kid, whenever I would ask my Mom to buy me a balloon, she would say "We'll just buy the plastic balloon  it's fun to blow them and you can make a lot more", my Mother is always  thrifty but she's right.

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Kali Rapid Expedition

The letter this week for ABC Wednesday is X so here are some that I found in my archive.  Xs in the window.

Below is a snapshot I took while we were on queue for the Kali Rapid eXpedition at   Animal Kingdom in Disney World, Florida last year. 

Our personalized Holiday cards from last year (photo above) and this year (photo below)..  Do you see the X-es in both photos (ribbons)?

Wishing you all a peaceful  new year!

Sandy Tragedies... a Realization

Whew, I am relieved, the world is not over yet! Thank you God, for giving us another wonderful  time to live and  to enjoy the gift  of life that you  gave us!  

Despite of the devastating "Sandy" wrath (hurricane in New Jersey and New York and the Sandy Hook Elementary Shooting), I am thankful that we are emotionally, physically, and mentally healthy.  May the the  Sandy tragedies gives us time to reflect and a realization  that every minute we spend with our family is valuable.

Please join me to pray for those  families who are affected by the "Sandy" devastation.

Photos were taken at home  after attending a Sunday mass.  

Let us not forget the true spirit of Christmas and that is to appreciate and  give thanks to God for everything that we have including the difficulty and hardships.  With this difficulty, we learned how to be strong and start  over again.  With every hardship and experiences, there is a lesson to learn.   

Let us not forget to tell our family how we love them.  Spend   quality time with your kids as much as you can.    Give a friend a hug, a smile, and pray for those less fortunate ones.

Have a Merry Christmas everyone and  may your new year be filled with Love and Joy!

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Wedding

Our wedding Rings

Wedding is a precious moment, a beautiful thing, a major step into  building a  strong married life.  It is something that each couple should value and cherish everyday.  

"Through thick and thin, In sickness and in Health...." Oftentimes said, but how many couples do really live to  it's meaning?

It's sad that sometimes, no matter what the promises being said during the wedding day, a couple ends up parting ways.

Our wedding photo

A dear friend of mine gave me a  book called "The Four Gifts of Love" by Willard  F. Harley, Jr.  It focuses on the four key factors in making your marriage  strong and successful.  These four gifts includes care, protection, honesty , and time.  Reading a book like this makes you understand more what it takes to have a long lasting relationship.  Sometimes, even if  we love a person, we sometime neglect  to tell and show them how much we care and how we appreciate each things that they do for us.  

On the other note, my prayers goes to the families who lost their love ones in the recent tragedy  in Newtown, Connecticut.  I have been sleepless for  two nights now thinking of those kids and educators.  I also pray for the for the family of the shooter.   I pray that  may  they rest in peace.

Miniature Bottles

My son found two very small bottles in the woods during our trek so I washed them and put some colorful sand.  The bottle on the  right end  is from my daughter's vacation Bible school, next to it is the invitation that we received  from her classmate and the tall one was the  souvenir I got from  a friend who visited Mexico during their  vacation this year.  It got broken but I did not throw it because I like its  design.  

Pink Saturday, ABC Wednesday, Shadow Shots, Mellow Yellow,  Blue Monday, Ruby Tuesday, Mandarin Orange

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