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Hi Friends! November is already half over and Thanksgiving will be here next week. Are you all ready for the festivities? We will be hosting but it’s going to be a potluck style gathering so I don’t stress about the food part. Hubs and I are in charge of mashed potatoes and green bean casserole. Anyways, I wanted to share what I’ve been cooking this month, and what I plan to cook the rest of November. November is a birthday month for me and Hubs so I anticipate that we will be eating out a couple of times for the rest of the month!

We shopped at Trader Joe’s for this weeks grocery. We didn’t get any meat there. We still have a lot from Costco and we also stopped at our local meat market. We paid $111 at Trader joes. We got our milk this week from our local dairy farm.

We have simple breakfasts like eggs/toasts/cereals/hash browns. Nothing complicated. Our lunches are usually left overs, sandwiches, cheese and crackers!

I plan to cook simple meals in the coming days because I really want to eat a lot of our freezer meals before Thanksgiving week and it’s our birthday month. We will probably have breakfast for dinner kind of nights and snacky food like sandwiches, charcuterie,etc.

Have a great Monday evening friends and Take care!

We spent our day inside because the kids are having coughs. The weather is getting cold (there was a possibility of snow, but nope). We did a little homeschool, watched a movie and read books (currently reading about Thanksgiving, Pilgrims). I’ve been doing a little holiday planning since this weekend. We host both Thanksgiving and Christmas but everybody shares responsibilities, and brings food to share! I want to enjoy my time with family, so a little planning goes a long way.

Hubs decluttered his clothes yesterday! I told him to just start with clothes that he knew he will never wear again. Our closet feels so light now!HA! I’ve decluttered the kids clothes and toys (I think 60% of the toys are gone now). I’m so glad that Hubs and Mia are on board when it comes to simplifying our home. It makes the process a little easier when everybody understands why we are doing this and wants to remove the excess.

We call this house Vans/Daga room!HA..Pre-kids this is where I “hangout” drink my coffee, read, etc. It looks like a mini playroom now for the kids! Mia and her little friends play here when they visits.

Hot cocoa kind of day! She looks so cozy and happy here:) HA

Have a good Monday night friends and stay warm!

Good Afternoon Friends! It’s going to be a lazy day for us here. It’s been a gloomy Saturday morning (Mia just got back from her gymnastics class). Flu, Covid, RSV is on the rise in our region so we are avoiding crowds as much as we can. Hubs and I are enjoying a Korean show (Love in Contract). So far it’s slow for me, but Hubs seems to be giggling (HA!). I did some housekeeping this morning like vacuum and laundry. I like my weekends to be both relaxing and productive:)

We had lunch yesterday with my DIL in a Mexican restaurant (it wasn’t crowded at all) and stopped at REI to get Hubs a new jacket. For the 17 years that we’ve been together, I’ve only seen him in two jackets!LOL. My In laws have been looking for a jacket that he likes for many years now and finally yesterday he found one that fits him! HALLELUJAH!

We wanted to avoid shopping this weekend, so we stopped at Costco to get some things for this month(after our Mexican lunch). They have things on sale for the holidays that we need, may as well get them now. We paid $364.

Have a good rest of your day friends! Take Care and stay warm:)

Couple of weeks ago, my little family visited Great Wolf Lodge water park here in our state (it’s only an hour and a half drive) together with Mia and her BFF (with her family). Hubs and I have been there before pre kids and we had fun. The kids enjoyed it so much and I’m amazed at their energy, especially Mia! They had Halloween events, so we did join their festivities. It was a nice little weekend getaway and bonus points that it is not very far from our house!

Time to go home! We saw a rainbow on our drive, thank you God for keeping us safe on our little getaway and quick travel!

This past Saturday, we hosted a little Pumpkin carving for Mia and her little friends! We had Pizza and popcorn while we carved! Mia was so excited because this was her first pumpkin carving where she was really involved. I can’t believed that trick or treating will be in a couple of days. It’s been a rainy week for us here (I’m not complaining. I love our neighborhood this time of year because of the fall colors, it’s just so pretty!)

I spent a little time in the yard today. I got some cherry tomatoes, cucumber,and broccolini. The yard needs a good clean up! Maybe this weekend Hubs and I can do something about it.

Hello Fall! Perfection:)

I continue to declutter our house! I can already feel the difference that it’s easier to clean in the rooms that I’ve decluttered. I listen to decluttering/simplifying audiobooks for inspiration when I declutter. Thanks to my Hubs for helping me in this process. We plan to deal with our garage in a couple of weeks.

Have a great Wednesday night friends! Stay Warm:)

It’s been a smokey week here so we’ve been spending lots of time being cozy in our home. I still continue to declutter and am trying to be more intentional with our things. However, I got a couple of new clothes (4 tops and 2 pants), a lot of my clothes I find are too faded/loose that they don’t feel good on me (I started my “no spend year” and no new clothes for me this year, so I kinda failed the challenge! HA. It’s OK though, I’m doing good in the other category.

Hubs and I are cooking more at home. We still do Friday take outs and get some fast food every now and then. I personally try to limit eating out because the prices are getting so ridiculous and it’s unhealthy.

We have an abundance of cherry tomatoes so I’ve been dehydrating them last week. We put them in our soups and pastas.

One of my goals this fall season (before the year ends) is to declutter the whole house. I’ve decluttered my clothes already and the kids (the hubs is not interested decluttering his clothes!HA).

Driving Matthew to school and I took a pic of this tree.

We have a Salmon Hatchery in our city and we celebrated “salmon days” 2 weeks ago. Lots of activities especially for the kids, Mia had her face painted and she wanted to be a tiger!

I like to drink coffee and read books during the fall season (lately I’m into simplifying/minimalism books).

What we’ve been cooking and eating lately:

Take Care Friends:)

Mia had her birthday last week, we had so much fun celebrating our big girl and she had lots of fun and special memories with friends and family. Thank God for our adventurous and fun little Mia Boo!

On her actual birthday, we surprised her by checking in at a hotel (Hyatt Bellevue) so we can go swimming and have fun in downtown/city. We had an early dinner at STK but both kids didn’t like dinner,so Daddy had to go to Chic Fil A to get their dinner!HA. STK dinner was good, but I don’t think we will be back again. We ordered Ribeye oscar style(steak was decent) but the presentation was messy!HA. The crabs and asparagus was all over the place:( Oh well. We liked their mac and cheese though.

Saturday night, we had my In laws! Had to cut the celebration short because my DIL hit his head and had to go to the ER to get stitches. Thank God he is fine and nothing serious. Mia enjoying a gift from my SIL and an American doll from my sisters. Thanks to our family and friends for their generosity! We appreciate it so much. She got lots of nice gifts and has been enjoying them this week.

I made Pork Humba and green beans for dinner here.

We invited 5 of her girlfriends to Defy Seattle (a trampoline place) and pizza after. They all had so much fun jumping their hearts out!

It was a great but busy week for Mia, we are thankful to family and friends for spending their time with us.

Take care friends!

Hi Friends! Happy weekend:) The Hubs just got back from a work related event yesterday (gone for a week),so it’s been an exhausting week for me (kudos to all the single parent out there!) taking care of the kids/home. Thank God things went smoothly, just the normal everyday things like school, park, homeschool, cooking/feeding kids! Mia started her gymnastics class and she is loving every moment. Matthew is really adjusting great at his preschool too, no more tears when I dropped him at school! He seems to look forward to school now!HA

I’m looking forward to slower days this week! Have a great night friends. Take Care:)

We had a wonderful time swimming with friends today. Mia had a blast hanging out with her little BFF! They swam and played in the water. We are experiencing smoke around our area because of the fires in surrounding areas (since couple of days ago). This morning wasn’t that bad at all while we were at the beach. The rest of the afternoon was spent napping and relaxing. We’ve had busy weekends this summer,so it was a nice change for sure.

My sis who was spending summer with us, went back to the East coast last night. Before going to the airport, we had a nice yummy Dim sum/dinner of Siomai,pork buns, Lechon kawali (Filipino Crispy fried pork belly). We miss our family, we pray that we will get to see them these coming holidays!

Have a wonderful Saturday night friends! Enjoy the rest of the weekends. Stay safe!

Hi Friends! Been a while since I posted here, it’s been a busy last few weeks with us. Hubs was away for a long weekend weeks ago to visit friends in Idaho (he’s back now). Mia and I started our homeschooling 3 weeks ago, so far we are doing great. Matthew started his preschool (4 days a week). Dropping him at school is hard but he’s fine once he is with his other friends. We also celebrated his 3rd Birthday last week. It was a simple celebration with family! Time flies so fast, he is such a miracle. 3 years ago, we started our 3 months NICU journey at Seattle Swedish Hospital and now he’s going to preschool! Praise the Lord!

He’s loving anything Dinosaur right now, so I got some Dino Party decors for his birthday theme. We got the cake from Metropolitan Market.

Hubs smoked ribs and we got some side dishes from Met Market also.

First day of school pics!

Have a great Wednesday Friends! Take care:)