On A Wonderful Day Like Today

...and Zara is on sale! Wee!

"Stuff Girls Love" - that's the tagline of Lisa Frank. For those who have a bit of generation gap: :-) About Lisa Frank - Based in Tucson, Arizona, Lisa Frank, Inc. is named for its founder, Lisa Frank, an American pop artist and designer who pioneered an unmistakable aesthetic loved by generations. The distinctive brand celebrates and understands girls and features high quality products in bright, vibrant colors. Today's core products include stationery, craft, seasonal and cosmetic items. Built on a mission to enable young girls to believe in themselves, express individuality through creativity and have fun, Lisa Frank has an extensive fan club base, now boasting over 10,000 Facebook fans. More is available at www.lisafrank.com . In our case, Lisa Frank means fun stickers! Thanks to Ninang Net and Tita Josie for giving Zoe the stickers last April. Now Zoe wants to be an artist! :-)

We promised our kids that we will bring them to the beach this summer. But as the summer days passed by, we simply became so busy with other things that we didn't really get to plan our outing earlier. And so, on the last weekend before school started, I was finally able to book ourselves a hotel for an overnight stay at Subic. It was so worthwhile since family bonding is so priceless! I'm sure the kids will treasure the memory of that special time we had together. On our way to Subic- the kids were so excited! As we had prayed for, the skies were clear!!! Welcome to Subic Bay Freeport Zone! When we got to Camayan Hotel, we quickly checked-in to our room, left our bags and headed straight to Ocean Adventure to catch the Dolphin Show and Sea Lion Show.   We visited the big aquarium too. After the shows at Ocean Adventure, we changed clothes to have quick dip at the beach. On the next day (Sunday), we woke up to a beautiful day: ...

I know...it's been on for the longest time. But then again, it's better late than never. :-) Have a nice day everyone!

Zara's first day of school - Grade 1 (June 13, 2012)

This year marks the second time I celebrated my birthday in __. I was expecting that my birthday will just pass silently just like last year . However, my officemates surprised me with a song and a very beautiful bouquet of flowers. When I heard some singing in the background, I was even surprised that they were singing for me. My birthday wouldn't be in 2 days (it was a Friday) and I wasn't feeling the "birthday feeling" yet. Hahaha! Great shot of my Hub friends and myself: TR Girls: A closer shot of the flowers: Anyway, on my birthday itself, we had a small get-together with my Dad, Ninang, my mother-in-law, sisters-in-law and some friends and pamangkins. Here's my birthday cake: Some of the handa: Sorry, I can't seem to rotate my pictures with the new blogger system. Sigh. Family picture: This one with my Tatay: When we prayed the blessing before meals, Zoe started crying! I think she was expecting to si...

  Just to remember two special occasions in my life this year. Thank you for all the wishes and the greetings!