Woodenshoe Tulip Festival

I've been wanting to check out the Tulip Festival since I moved here and has never been until this weekend. The weather was not that great but I guess it was to our advantage since the place was less packed than usual. It was a nice short trip to the field and we made it out without being caught in the traffic.

Joshua at first was not interested about checking out the flowers but once we got there, he found ways to keep himself entertained...who does not like flowers anyway?

Easter Festivities

Easter morning started with a letter from The Easter Bunny...and surely Calvin 'ub Shua found it under his bed (took him about 10 minutes)
Then after Easter mass, we went to the Filipino American Easter party in the afternoon. My Mom enjoyed meeting a lot of Pinoys and being able to eat Filipino Food too. There was a lot of phone number exchanges for sure.

We too had our annual Easter party with our friends. My friend Helen and I started this when the kids were only 3 yr. old and has enjoyed doing it ever since. Now the kids are all grown and I realize that Shua needs some help with the girls so we'll have to recruit some boys for next year...

Shua being dragged by the girls...
Here are the kids preparing for the sack race. Lola sure hopped her way to the finish line.
Daddy Pat and the girls...
Boy did he get a workout from this. The girls were all calling him Daddy...it was pretty sweet. He became a Daddy to 5 girls and 2 boys for a day, not sure he wants to be after that though...

Here's a happy Easter family photo by the cherry tree that never bears fruit but at least brings us lovely blossoms every year :)

Birthday and all...

The birthday boy was awakened with lots of hugs and kisses from Shua and with a bright light courtesy of yours truly... sorry I never learn my lesson. Anyway, after breakfast, we all headed out to church for the annual easter egg hunt. Shua had a lot fun and enjoyed the event with his classmate.

Later after lunch, the birthday boy and son did lots of work on my car - changed the oil, lubed and oiled my creaking doors and replaced my tail lights. They even did a test drive and went to buy a filter for our aquarium...hmmm now I am really looking bad here...
Anyway, after all of his hard work. I took him to get his massage at the Spa. It was not as good as the ones he gets in Singapore apparently but at least he got some massage, better than anything I can muster.

After his massage, I took him to dinner at Marrakesh. It's a Morroccan restaurant located in downtown Portland. The entertainment was good but I think the food was better :)

Once we got home, Shua prepared the birthday cake. It is suppose to be a Trifle but it didn't come close to one. I think I should stick with cooking and no more baking for me.


Glad, we got our dessert at the restaurant...at least that made up for my lack of "baking" ability...

Spring break

Spring break seem to have gone by so fast. Unfortunately for Shua, he spent most of that time at home sick with a stomach flu. Still, we managed to squeeze in some fun during the week. We went out bowling one day and that was fun for all three of us. Lola Teresita definitely enjoyed it big time, since she hasn't gone bowling since she was in high school. Then, over the weekend we went ice skating and that was the highlight of Shua's spring break. Being his first time on ice, he fell a lot but he never gave up. He enjoyed it so much that he wanted to sign up for hockey. Thanks to Aunt Lynn and Uncle John - he's already got the gear if he does get into it.

Anyway, as ever here are some pictures of our adventures lately.

Dad, keeping a watchful eye...
I had fun too, it was my second time on ice...and I did manage to stay upright the whole time :)

Shua and his team during their little league basketball awards ceremony.

Looking forward to...

1. The spring break begins on Saturday here in Oregon. It should be nice to not have to get up early, rush in the morning and to get a break from the routine a bit.

2. I look forward to spending sometime with Pat at home over the weekend, we hardly had time with him this week.

3. To hearing more stories from Janet and Mike. I am really happy for them. I think it is no secret that I love babies and it is great to have another addition to the family. Can't wait to see pictures of Baby Katherine!

4. Sitting down with my girlfriends and their kids to catch up a bit. It has been over a month since I went and hang out with them. I have completely neglected my social life once I started my class.

5. To seeing my grades, not that it is that exciting but I guess I am happy to have pushed myself to do it, even if I struggled with it.

6. I am looking forward to my Mom taking her ESOL class by the end of March. It will be good for her and I hope she can meet a friend or some friends there too. That will be nice!

7. I am looking forward to all of the upcoming birthdays...yipee, Pat is going to be 28 again :)

A day of anticipation and excitement

Oh I am really very excited to hear about Janet and Baby W! I hope things are going well. It'll be great to meet Baby W finally. I want to fly to NY but we'll see how I can make that happen. Too bad my Mom can't drive, I would leave Joshua for a while just so I can help his Aunt Janet and Uncle Mike and of course so I can meet Baby W! Oh it is so exciting!!!

Not without a snag...

So, I finally took my finals this morning. I was going to take it Saturday evening but to our sweet surprise Pat came home earlier than expected. So I put it off.

So, today while I was in the middle of taking my exam, the network decided to fail which is not a good thing. I was worried that if I re-logged I would loose all of the answers that I already had or that I will have no more chance to answer the rest of the questions and so I proceeded until I answered the whole thing. The exam was 35 points and I was only on question # 23 at that time by then I only had about 1 1/2 hour left on my timer. The exam was good for 2 1/2 hrs. I was panicking while answering the rest of the questions and I was not even sure I got the prior questions right. Time was pretty tight as well. So, I decided to copy and paste the exams to Word then list all of my answers. I then relogged and fortunately was able to retrieve my exam again and just rewrote my answers, this is with just about 30 min left on my timer. I think I was able to submit all of the answers but I unfortunately didn't have enough time to double check my answers. I would hate to have to take my exam again but we'll see....ah I simply can not have a good day!

I just want to finally chill out! I won't find out the result until Wednesday....grrr bummer!

Anyway, at least Pat is home now and that is a good thing.