A day of shopping!

Today we started out by going to Pick Up Stix for lunch. The food there is so yummy. Comz had Shrimp and I had beef. If you ever have the chance to go there to eat I would do it. I have been there a few times and have not been disappointed.

After a brief stop at the bank, it was off to shopping. The first stop was at Sports Authority to by some new slippers for me. We ended up buy a pair of shoes and shorts with the slippers. I guess it does not hurt to by new things every once in a while. Then it was off to the mall. We spent a lot of time there walking around looking for boots for Comz and other things. I got a new shirt for the New Year and we bought some clothes for her. A few shirts, shorts and some tights. We did not find any boots for her.

We finished the evening by eating at Jollibee. I love to eat there spaghetti. She had the 2 piece chicken dinner and said the rice was so soggy. Angel had a nice bottle for formula for dinner. Well that’s all for now. I will write some more later. Take care all.

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Our First Christmas as a Family

This was our first Christmas spent together as a family. We spent it at our friends house all weekend. It was nice time for all. Everybody was so grateful for all their gifts. We had a nice dinner with ham, turkey and all the fixings. So yummy. This was Angel's first Christmas with us. Even though she will not remember it because she is to young. There are always the pictures that were taken to relive the memories.

The wife so surprised by the gifts that she received. That made the moment even better than expected. I am so happy to have her and baby Angel with me always. Angel got some nice learning toys to help her along. I got the game that I have been waiting for.

Christmas evening was spent a a family reunion of her friend Riza. there were so many people there. I am guessing more than 100 people were there. There was a lot of good food there. Even it was very busy with all the people. The evening ended with an hour drive back to their house in the rain. Take Care everybody and again Happy Holidays.

Angels first Santa Claus encounter

On December 19, 2010 Baby Angel had her first encounter with Santa. With the parking lot full and people parking on the road we drove around looking for parking. Yeah, we found a stop after patiently waiting. All dressed up in her Christmas outfit and after almost two hours of waiting in line, she finally got to visit with him. I am happy to see that she did not cry when she was placed on his lap. Even though we could not get her to crack a smile. It was well worth the time spent waiting because we got a great picture of her. You make daddy and mommy so proud Angel. Your growing up so fast. We love you baby girl.
After the picture it was off to Chow King to eat some dinner and into Target for some more Christmas shopping. I am so happy they have all the registers open so the line are not to long. Now its time for Christmas to get here. We can't wait. Happy Holidays to all!!

Home decor. for the moving family

Throughout life there are many changes a person may have to go through. For my family it is life in the Navy. Always having to move from place to place. There is always so much time away from home with deployments and training. For me one of the most stressful things is moving from house to house. Always having to redecorate a new house in a new environment. 
Here are some ideas that I have found online and would be a great help for somebody in the same situation. One example that comes to mind is decorating your new patio with all new furniture such as lounges chaise cayman chairs, tables, outdoor fireplaces and various other items. This is so helpful because our last place did not have the room for outdoor furniture.
While we were looking for ideas for inside the house we found so many different designs and decor. Some examples are vintage indoor umbrella stands, various flower decorations, wall hangings and a lot of other things for in the house. You can buy video games, items for the bathroom, electronics, and even Christmas decorations. I hope this blog will help out all that read it.

Happy 26th Birthday

The Celebration of Comz birthday was a great time for our family and friends. We celebrate her birthday by eating many different Pinoy foods such as Chicken Sisig, Pancit Canton/Bihon, Fried Rice, Pork Afritada, Lumpia and a cake from Red Ribbon Bakery. The cake was chocolate with Bavarian filling. It was so yummy. The website for the bakery is http://www.redribbonbakeshop.us/. Check it out and tell us what you think. It was great to see everybody come to our apartment for food and fun. We had a great time eating and talking amongst friends. There was so much food and everybody just kept eating. Then it was time to sing Happy Birthday to the birthday girl. After that it was time to eat the cake. Then it was time for her to open the gifts. We want to thank everybody that gave gifts and celebrated her special day with us in food and friendship.

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Happy Thanksgiving

Today is not only a day to enjoy family, football, and good food. It is a day to say thanks for all the blessing in our lives. A day to say thanks to all the service members serving far from their families keeping he country safe. A time to thank all the public service employees keeping our cities safe. This was Angel's first Thanksgiving and a time for mommy and daddy to eat some great food. She is still to young to really enjoy it. Can't wait until next year. Happy Thanksgiving to everybody and may God Bless you all...

First Family Trip

                                           Blackberries ( Eureka)

                                                Dad's grave (Chico)

                                            Grandpa (Fairfield)

                                                Friend (Fairfield)

                                              Us ( Shasta Dam Redding)

Our trip started out here and San Diego in September and took us on a whirl wind tour of California. We started out driving up to San Jose to visit a couple of friends for a night. After that we took a trip through San Francisco to see the Golden Gate Bridge. While being stuck in traffic for a couple hours downtown we could see the fog rolling in. By the time we got to the bridge it was so foggy that we could not see anything. So we continued up the coast to Evelyn's house for about a week. We did some fun things while there such as fishing, swimming, and Comz got her first taste of picking fresh blackberries. She enjoyed running around picking them fresh off the plants. So it was on to Redding to visit with her aunt Carmen for a couple of days. The first night was spent at the local high school watching Carmen's daughter playing volleyball. While we were there we went to Shasta Dam. It was such a nice day there and we could see the whole area. It was so beautiful there. It was on to Chico for a brief but especially important stop to the Chico Cemetery to visit my father’s final resting place. It had been so many years since anyone had been there. It felt good to be there and show our respects to him. Finally we were on to Fairfield to visit my grandfather and her friend Maribel. It was great to drop in and see how well my grandpa was doing. He was happy to see his great granddaughter and Comz. He told us it was nice to see them but not me. Ha ha ha, what a joker. He is in great spirits for a man well into his 90s. We stayed the night at Maribel's house and went to a great steakhouse for dinner where they got up and enjoyed a line dance with our hosts. Then the next morning it was off to home. this was a great trip and some good memories came out of it. This was the first of many trips that baby Angel and Comz will be going on for our time here.

Let me know if I forgot anything. I love you both. Mwah...

Angel's Second Shots

Today is Angels four month birthday and what better way to celebrate than to go to a doctors appointment. It started by daddy having to wake her up from her nap. She did not like being woke up and then when we arrived in the doctors office at Balboa, it was like she knew when she was because she got fussy right away. Her appointment started with a trip to the scale. She weighed in at 15 pounds and 5 ounces. She is 62 centimeters long. Then off to the room for the physical part and shots. Every time mommy would lay her down on the she would start crying right away. The student pediatrician started with the checks and said everything looked good. Then it was the real doctors time to do his checks. Poor Angel spent a lot of time laying on the table. Finally the doctors were do with all their checks and everything is great. All of a sudden three corpsmen( Navy's equivalent to a nurse)  carrying the three injections and one liquid to be taken orally. Time for mommy to video me getting my injections. Wah wah wah not only are they giving me my shots they are holding my legs down on the side of the table. Whheeeww, now it is time to go home and rest. but not until after mommy goes in and gets her flu shot too. Ha ha ha. Now I am happy because mommy gets to feel the injections like I do. Pray for me that I will not have any side effects from my injections.

Kaylani's First Birthday Celebration

So this weekend we headed to Ontario California. It’s a two hour drive from our home in San Diego. The reason for the trip was our friend’s daughter’s first birthday. The birthday girl’s name is Kaylani and she is the cutest little thing.   The party was at John’s Incredible Pizza. You would think it’s a just a pizza place but it was a lot more than that. There were rides, games and pizza. I drove the bumper cards, got on a frog hopper which basically lifts you up in the air and drops you back down. There is a funny video on facebook of me and my friends riding the frog hopper if you can find it. I even got to play musical shares but alas I lost. We ate a lot of food again and again. It was a lot of fun.

Our Pets

                                                        Koko and Latte

                                                                     Puti and Railey

                                                                     puppies

                                                                 New owner of Puti

Our first dog's name is Koko, a black poodle from Cebu Philippines. My first encounter with her was when I started to chat with her owner and instantly fell in love with her. I just had to have her for my own.I took me three days for the owner to bring her to my house in Cebu City. I was so excited so actually see her for the first time in person. When she finally arrived to the house she was everything that I thought she would be. I was so very happy to have her as my own. The next dog added to the family was Latte, a Shih Tzu terrier mix. We gave him that name because he looked like the drink latte. We decided to get him because Koko was getting lonely at home by herself. We found his original own by talking to Koko's vet in Tagbilaran City. When we went to the owners house, we left with him that same day. They were so happy to be together. They live together with Mama and Papa in Hanopol. The next dog we got was after Comely arrived here in the US. Her name was Puti, a white and peach french poodle. She was so cute as a puppy. Then she started to grow up and her attitude started to change. She would not listen to us and she would not stop barking for anything. So we decided to get Railey, another white and peach french poodle. To no avail she did not change her attitude. We thought maybe if she had babies she might change, but that did not even work. She had 4 healthy puppies that we gave up for adoption. we started to talk to our friends about someone taking Puti from us. We found the perfect home for her at our friends house in Ontario, CA. Now Railey is living here with us now. He is happy, but he is a little jealous of baby Angel. He is getting used to her now and I think he will protect her from strangers. I think they will be good together. We will keep you posted on the progress of both Baby Angel and Railey. Stay tuned for more exciting updates in the family...

Veteran's Day

Today is the last Veteran's Day that I will have while on active duty. Finally after almost 20 years of service to our great nation it is my time to retire. I hope that everybody is out and supporting our troops both home and abroad. May God bring them all home safe and may the families continue to be strong in their support of their loved one. Be strong my fellow service members and Veterans on this great day. May God shine down on all of us.

This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave. ~ Elmer Davis

Trick or Treat 2010

On Halloween 2010 we traveled up the coast to Ontario, CA to spend it with our friends Riza, Garret, and baby Kaylani. This is the second time my wife has ever experienced Halloween as they do not celebrate Halloween in the Philippines. We went to Ontario Mills shopping mall and handed out candy while we were dressed in out costumes. My wife was a sexy Indian Princess, Baby Angel was a lady bug even though she slept most of the time, and I was Dionysus  the ancient Greek God of the grape harvest, wine making, of ritual madness and ecstasy. It was a great time seeing all the kids being safe and collecting candy from all the stores in the mall.

Angel's Birth

One day late in July was a very special day for us. The arrival of the most precious thing in the whole world. It was baby Angel's birth. After 22 hours of labor she was finally here in the world. She weighed 6 pounds and 7 ounces, She was 20 inches  long, had dark brown hair, dark gray eyes, and light colored skin.