Family Walk in the Woods

Below photos were taken when we had our family walk in the woods nearby our home. Hubby showed us where he saw a lot of deers and bunnies when he went for a run. We did not see any bunny but we were lucky to see deers and black raspberries.

I couldn't pass not to pick the ripe black raspberries that we saw. They were lots of them in there. This is just one of the vines but along the way where we walk, there still more.

I am blessed to have a simple and yet contented life with my loving husband and two lovely kids. Praise God for that.

Thanks for visiting friends, I have to hit the bed as it is almost one wahhh.. I don't have time to blog on day time as my one on one lessons with my daughter is back. Goodnight everyone!

Power Wheels

EJ got to taste how fun it is to ride an ATV when we visited Jen last weekend. He did not want to do it at first but with all of our encouragement, he rode with Jen. When we got home, he said "Can we get one of those thing that I rode in?". It's funny how he was scared and then suddenly loving it. We looked for some power wheels and see the one showed below at Kids Wheels. I think, EJ would love to ride in it when he grow up. Right now, he is too young for those kinds of rides.

Nostalgia #10 - Gifts from the land of the Rising Sun

If Korea is the land of the Morning Calm, Japan is the land of the rising Sun, which one would you go? I'd say both, I have never been to Japan yet but I wish that someday I could. My entry for this week is the precious gifts that we received from a dear friend whose residing from the land of the Rising Sun, Japan.

Clang of Kizuna sent us these goodies last Christmas, thank you so much Clang. I displayed this Japanese piece of art in our kitchen (pardon for the crocked photo, it's way up by the ceiling so I couldn't get a good angle).

I love this cookie or dish container, there's two of them and it makes a nice display at my china cabinet too.

Here's all of the Christmas gifts we got from the Sasaki family, thank you so much!

Thank you Tita for giving me a chance to wear a Japanese outfit!

We also get a package all the way from japan yesterday. Arigato Clang for being such a thoughtful and loving friend. Although we just know each other on virtual scene but by heart, I feel your sincerity and kindness.

I love this letter box with a clock that she sent me for my birthday. The kids love the cookies too! Okay here's what I want to know, what is written on the rubber stamp Clang? Lol, I am curious!

Please visit this loving Mommy of three beautiful princesses, Wakaba, Haruka, and Clarence and a loving wife to Yochan.

We also would like to thank the Cole family from Pennsylvania for the package that we got (also yesterday, will post it separately). Thank you so much Mel.

Vacation Bible Study - First Day

My daughter attended her first Vacation Bible School/Study last year when we were still in Korea. So this year, we decided to let her attend again in the nearby catholic school here in our area. The event was dubbed as "High Seas Expedition" which my husband love because he was then a sailor hehehe.

The four-day event has three hours of activities each day which includes Bible reading, crafts, and games.

It was held at the Gym of St. Joe's.

Parents are invited to come early during the last 30 minutes each day so they could participate to the closing activity which is a mini concert where Christian songs are being sung by the official singer of St. Paul's Church.

Rylie was a little shy during the fist day and she did not interact more with other kids but during the last three days, she did very well associating with the other participants.

We were so glad that we know someone (Sarah is our very kind neighbor) Rlie clung to her the first day.

She enjoyed having paint/art in some part of the body which highlighted each day she's there. Thank you so much for dropping by!

Plum Picking

Hello everyone, how's did your Saturday go? Ours was busy, hubby mowed the grass this morning and me and the kids swept the grass on the sidewalk. Then we visited Jen down at Follansbee and stayed there for about 3-4 hours. The kids had so much.

Anyhow, here are the photos of our last week's fruit picking escapade. I mentioned in my other blogs that we went plum picking at my friend Raquel's backyard last Saturday. We dropped by at my FIl before we proceeded at Raquel's house. Here are the plum pickers, having fun and acting silly lol.

We went there first because my SIL waited for Jen to arrive. Raquel and Tom helped the kids picked the high part of the tree. Too bad my husband missed the fun, he stayed at Dad's and talked to him while we pick some juicy plums.

See how loaded that was? I just wish that this is in the Philippines as there are so many kids that would enjoy this.

Jen climed the tree because the ladder wasn't enough to reach the fruits lol.

I only picked two small baskets for eating, my SIL and niece picked most of the fruits and made it into jam and jelly. Thanks for the two jars that you gave us Jen. I learned one interesting fact about plum. Tom told us that plum doesn't bear fruit every year, it is only 3-4 years. Thanks Brady Bunch for inviting us to pick your plums, we had a blast.