In the Cooking Mode

Today is a lazy day for me. Why? Because it's been raining like crazy for the whole day. I didn't get the chance of walking Pumpkin outside and I feel so sorry for her. I hope the weather is okay so we can walk early in the morning at the park. I did a lot of cooking today. I made Filipino foods for lunch, dinner and for our brunch tomorrow. My son loves the meal I prepare for dinner. It was a garlic spinach, eggplant with garlic and oyster sauce; and fried tofu with lime juice, onions and soy sauce for protein. He did eat rice with all of it. Anyway, below is a pork adobo with new potatoes for brunch tomorrow.

This dish happened to be the Philippine's National dish; it is easy to make and really delicious especially if you eat it with steamed rice and some veggies of your choice. On the other hand, I can't eat it with rie for I am diabetic. So, I eat it with few cubes of potatoes instead. Anyway, if you haven't tried it, you should. "cause if you don't....you are missing a lot!

Camping in Cooper Lake State Park

After church last Sunday, went home right away, ate lunch, and packed our camping stuffs up and headed to Cooper Lake State Park in Sulphur Spring. We got there before 6pm. Though the weather was a little bit warm, we set up our tent right away, ate diner and then went for a walk with our new dog, Pumpkin. It was fun because Jacob saw an armadillo for the first time while we were walking. Thank goodness, at around 10, it started to cool of and we were able to comfortably lay on our bed inside the tent. It took a good solid hour before we all finally fell asleep for the bugs were very noisy.

Anyway, above are few of the pictures I have taken during our two day camp there. We were supposed to stay there for another night, but the transplant center phoned us saying that I need to go to the hospital to have my cbc test done. Oh well, it is really hard to schedule a perfect time for a family camp. Hope next time we wouldn't encounter anything like that again.

Jacob's Mother's Day cards for Me :-)https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=847156733542270786#allposts

These are the cards my son's made for me for Mother's Day. What a sweet boy I have! The messages where very touching and I love them. I never thought how much he appreciates every little thing I do for him....and how much they meant to him.

These cards will be kept in a safe place where I can always read and remember how much he loves me...and how much he values the love I give to him...even the small and simple gestures of hugs, kisses and tickling :-). He is growing like a weed and before I know it, he is already a teenager.

Damage from Hailstorm

These are the photos of the damage the hailstorm made on our van four weeks ago when tornado touched the Dallas - Forth Worth areas. We parked our car at Park 'n Fly near the airport the 30th of March when we flew to Utah for our church's semi - annual General conference. We've found out about the tornado that hit Forney area through our family friend who happened to live in the community where we live. Our house was unharmed, but the van.

Anyway, we are so glad we have insurance company who helped fix the window. Now, it is good as it was, plus we got money ($3,000) from them to fix the dents. Not bad, hope the money would be enough.

My Little Egg Hunter

In our house one of our family tradition during Easter is to boil, color/decorate and hide the eggs. We don't just buy plastic egg shells and stuff them with toys and candies, instead we do the real egg. Daddy hides the eggs and Jacob's finds them.

Of course I do the boiling of the eggs and helps decorate them. How about you? What's your family Easter tradition? Oh and one more thing, we don't buy Jacob an Easter basket and filled it with toys and chocolate for it deprived the true meaning of Easter. Plus, he couldn't care less even if we buy him one.

In Front of the Manti LDS Temple

During our trip/vacation to Utah three weeks ago, we took a lot of pictures on all the places with visited and that includes this old LDS temple. Manti Temple is one of the few of the LDs operating temple in the world. This temple is still beautiful though it is old. While there, we saw tons of LDS people went to do temple works for the living and also for the dead. It always amazes me how the work of the Lord goes forth despite trials and tribulations.

I an glad we are part of HIS marvelous works and wonders. With me is my adorable son who enjoys every visit he had on the temple.

When There is No School

It is very seldom that we are together as family during school days or weekdays. So, when the opportunity comes, we don't take it for granted. We grab it with our hands and have fun with it. This Monday, there was no school due to the Staff or teacher's training. Hubby, son and I went to the Dallas World Aquarium in the morning, and then went to the harbor place for a dinner at the an Italian Resto where we had pizza and craw claws, so yummy, followed by a short trip to the neighboring park. We all have so much fun that day.

Hubby and me taken by our son, who is very good in taking pictures :-) better than his Dad...sorry Honey, you also agreed when I said how good Jacob is when taking a photo.

Movie Time with Friends

The other day, my friends (Lyn and Emely) and I watched movie for the first time. We've watched the movie entitled "The Vow" starred by Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum. It was a good movie; a love story that is very touching. Would you believe that it is based on a true story? I fell in love again after watching it. My friends were crying while watching this movie. Yes, it was a tear jerking movie. Watch it if you like love story.

I love Rachel McAdams for she is not only pretty, but very talented gal. I fell in love with her when I saw her first movie which was the "The Notebook" with Ryan Gosling. Both of these actors are Canadian who are based in the US. I also love the movie she made "The Stone Family." That movie was hilarious. You will laugh so hard every time you see it!

The New Look of Our Living Room

Couple of months ago, hubby and I decided to finally paint our living room with a shade of adobe. We went to a home improvement store and bought two gallons of paint. The paint was quite expensive but it is worth the price because we both love the outcome of the finished product. It took two days for us to paint the living room area; and now it looks great! We love our newly painted living room. Oh, and by the way, we also rearranged the furniture, thus making it looks better than before it was painted. Below are the photos of our new living room. What do you guys think?

Merry Christmas Everyone!

From the Kenyon family (Matt, Cecile and Jake) we would like to wish you all a Peaceful Christmas; may we all feel the spirit of Christ we we celebrate HIS birthday. The true meaning of this season must be celebrated with or without plenty of food and gifts.

"For God so loved the world that He gave his Only Begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have Everlasting life."

Shopping Early for Christmas

Last Christmas, we bought a remote control car for our son as a gift on Christmas day. And he really like it. The car was so neat that it does a lot of thing like flipping over and stuff that other remote control cars don't do. Our nephew, Cody got the same gift from us and both of them played it with so much fun! I am pretty sure that Grant would like to have one, too. We better but him one for Christmas so he won't fell bad not having one since he is old enough to operate it. I know it is too early yo buy him gift but I don't want to be one of those people who do shop for gift on last minute. Stress is one thing I don't want to get during holiday season.

I Am A Deep Thinker

Your Ideas Are Blue

When you think, you tend to have very detailed, well thought out ideas. You take your time with your thoughts. You are a deep thinker who likes to explore every possibility. Your ideas tend to be very innovative and perceptive. It's amazing what your mind can come up with. Your mind is energetic and alert. You are "always on" and thinking of new things. It's hard for you to relax.

What Color Ideas Do You Have?

A Busy Week Ahead of Us!

It's been awhile since I had my last visit with our family physician and I will be in trouble if I don't make an appointment for me soon. And so I did make an appointment for me and my son next week. I feel sorry for my husband who will spend his three days off accompanying us during our doctors visit. Our appointment will be on Tuesday morning at 9am. Monday would be my appointment for my day surgery on Wednesday. During those days, we could be doing fun things together like going to San Antonio, Texas or maybe camp somewhere where the weather is cool. Oh well, maybe next year we could do that. It would be nice if we could go to Utah to attend the semi-annual general conference. Till then, we will make ourselves busy with my son who will be attending 2nd grade this year :-)!

Fun Time with Friends

Yesterday, my son and I went to see our friends that lives in our neighborhood. Their house is not really far; I can even walk there if I want to, but it was too hot outside! So, we drove down there to do some fun things like card games, while the kids are playing wii and some toys. I tell you, we had a blast! There were plenty of foods like pizza, rotisserie chickens, my favorite Filipino dish and the dish I made that every Filipino loves which was Pancit (sauteed' noodles). My friend's husband was very supportive the whole time were there. I wished we could do it more often.

Back to Blogging

I know it's been awhile since I posted my last personal entry here and I apologize to all my readers for that. Between my health issues, family life and our recent visit to my native land (Philippines)...blogging has been put aside, thus making the rank of my page down from PR2 to PR1. It is sad, but that is one thing I need to accept and work on to get it back. If I will not do anything about it, I would eventually lose those loyal advertisers such as the 3P's and SS. I need to write more and get my blog readers back. This blog needs traffic and visitors who will be interested on reading and leaving comments that are very helpful in the success of my blogging career :-)!

Camping Out In The Backyard

Last weekend, hubby and I decided to camp out in our backyard because our little one has been begging us to go camping somewhere. Since the school is not over yet, and the weather has been nice lately, we camped out this Sunday night. Our little one was very happy. We put up our tent, and cooked some hotdogs while gazing up in the sky. Last night, he wanted us to sleep outside again since the tent is still up; oh well, it was really cold last night so we told him when the temp. warms up a little bit, then we will camp again...and he understood.

Here am I, I slept in the tent by myself 'cause they wanted to sleep outside with their cots.

The little man trying to decided whether he will sleep outside or inside the tent, lol!

Never seen my hubby make faces; this was his first time and I didn't even know it till I saw this photo :-)!

Jake with his fave stuffed toy :-)...in front of the fire.

Our campsite :-); noticed the cots outside? Yup, that's where they slept alright!

Hulagway sa Kinabuhi: Itlog

The night before Easter, my son and I colored eggs for eggs hunting the next day. We both had fun! I took pictures of the finished products before my dorky son went to bed. So here is my entry for "Hulagway sa Kinabuhi" meme. Egg or Itlog in Bisaya and Tagalog as well.

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Green Monday: Jake's Art Work

These photos are inside my son's 'Pond and Bugs Bag.' They are so cute! Aside from Math, Science and English subjects, Art is one of Jake's fave thin to do. When home, he always draw stuffs, make books and so forth. As you can see, they used green construction papers.

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Hulagway sa Kinabuhi: Higala

I am back with my entry for Hulagway sa Kinabuhi. It is hard for me to remember words in Bisayan language anymore since I don't speak this languang as much as I want to for I don't have many friends here in Texas who speak Bisaya. Good thing I remember this one 'higala" which means 'friend.' So here is my share. We are going to Philippines soon and these are my friends I miss most; and I'll make sure to visit them while we are there. A moth would be enough for me to see these close friends of mine.

Malou from Imus, Cavite.
Cielo from Las Pinas.
Vicky from Nueva Ecija.
Emily from Manila

And Ate Bessie from Laguna. Mao na sila akong mga higala nga na miss nako. Ampo lang nako na nagkinitaay mi tanan pag abot nako sa Pilipinas :-).

Green Monday: New Sun Chips Bag!

We love Sun Chips, it is yummy, healthy and now, they made the bag biodegradable and it helps the environment. Some critics say that the bag is very noisy when you touches it, opens it or closes it! Who cares about the noises. As long as it is healthy and is good for the environment, right! If people want to "go green" they need to be willing to make sacrifices. I would think that having an annoying noisy bag would be a small price to pay for biodegradable packaging. I say, "You’ll never look at your snacks the same again once you see Frito-Lays’ 100% compostable chip bag!"

There’s something magical about the thought of eating an entire bag of chips during your midnight munchies craving, and instead of throwing the bag away in the trash, you throw it into your compost pile…don’t you think? I do, and that’s why I was pleasantly surprised to hear about Frito-Lay’s new SunChips 100% compostable chip bags.

It took 4 years of research and numerous field trials to make the 100% compostable bag, but SunChips finally did it! So, how did they do it? The company created the bags by using renewable, plant-based PLA plastic, which fully breaks down in compost in just 14 weeks.