Hello friends! Happy Valentines day, I hope its a great one for you and your loved ones! We stayed home today, but this weekend the Hubs and I will go have dinner and the grandparents will watch our Boo! This is our 11 years together in celebrating Vday! We normally keep our Valentines celebration simple. My hubs asked me if I wanted something for Vday, and told him I really don’t want anything. No flowers, chocolates. I prepared Filipino Escabeche (sweet and sour whole fish), Ribeye Steak, then we had hot chocolate to end the night!
Hello Friends! Our little Mia Boo had a cough this week so we stayed home, except to do some grocery shopping. Aside from the cough, she’s good, but we still called her Pediatrician just to be sure. I discovered that she likes the baby Vicks! It’s the non-medicated ointment, so no worries! I swear she naps easily after I put a little on her chest and neck! Or maybe it’s just a coincidence? Who knows! I still find it funny…my sisters were laughing when I told them about it. I had to take a picture and show them. HA!
The Hubs got us cupcakes to enjoy this weekend!
More cuddles with my Boo! I love our photo bomber too..Love my Puss!
This weekend, My MIL Kathy’s friend Linda gave Mia some gifts since she couldn’t make it to the shower! So thoughtful and kind!
Yummy Mexican food for us! We usually do take out on the weekends:)
Went to the Asian Market and got out favorite yogurt! This is the best one out there.
Hello friends! Hope you were able to relax and enjoy your weekend! We watched the Superbowl at Grandmas place. She is a big football fan and loves the Seahawks (but I think she was cheering on the Pats yesterday!). The hubs and I could care less about football ( I prefer basketball) but it was fun hanging out with the family and enjoy the crazy game!
Mia’s cute #ootd courtesy from Grandma and Grandpa!Greatgrandma Jean and my adoring Gma Kathy and auntie JujuYummy Pizzawe had cupcakes to celebrate Mia’s 4 months!
Mia Boo wasn’t in the mood to blow her candle!hehe
We had a snow day today (Monday) and we took some pictures with Mia but didn’t get around to building a snowman! When she’s a little older though, we’ll have lots of fun in the snow for sure! Zach and Riley, however, did spend some time outside today enjoying the snow!
Hello Friends! I know it’s so cliche but “where did the time go?”! I can’t believe it’s already February now and the first month of the year is gone! January was quiet/uneventful in our corner of the world. We mostly spent it at home, taking care of our little Mia Boo! Mia went to her first birthday party of her cousin, Warren. He turned two this last weekend! We also got to hangout with our friends, where we enjoyed a Mexican dinner and played a card game.
Mia at her cousins bday party!The face you make when your furbaby wants attention too!“attempting” our first family walk! freezing cold,so it was a short one!i’m one #fashionvictim…Riley wants attention too! he’s been good with her so far*
My MIL Kathy has been watching Mia every Wednesday so I can have some free/alone time! She is such a blessing. I’ve spent it napping, doing errands/ going to my fave stores (homegoods,starbucks!).
we watched the Inauguration too!
Went to Church twice and Mia has been good, not giving us a hard time! Praying this will continue because we really don’t want to skip Church this February!
Yes, she’s in her PJs!hehe
The Hubs and I haven’t been on a date night since Mia was born (I think), so it’s been take outs and Netflix most of our date nights! It’s fine with us as we (ME mostly!!) are home bodies and love to have loungey weekends!
we love Ramen, especially authentic ramen!carne asada steak nachos from our fave mexican place!
Enjoyed some Dimsum with my Inlaws after church!
Hubby baked some goodies this January too!
molasses cookiesBlueberry Muffins
I hope you all had a good January and thanks for visiting friends! I’m about to watch some Netflix with the Hubs and enjoy our Saturday night!
Hello family and friends! I’ve been MIA for the last couple of months because just the week after my last post, I gave birth prematurely to our baby Mia (6 weeks early!). She’s been in the NICU for 3 weeks so it was a crazy hectic October for us. She is doing so good now (praise the Lord!). We also had Lots of family visiting us around october and november, and the next thing I know the Holiday season is here! I will be posting this new year (Hello 2017!) and I wish you a safe and Happy New Year to you and your family!
Merry Christmas!The best time of the year!We got to visit SantaPicture before attending Christmas eve service
Hello Friends! How are you all doing?! It’s been a while since my last post because it’s been a busy week in our corner. My sister was visiting us for a week, she is living and working in New Zealand. We spent lots of time together, just hanging out and catching up. We also have some exciting news to share, WE ARE PREGNANT!!! It’s been a long journey for us but we are so blessed and thanking God for this gift and all praises to Him. Hubs and I (and our fur baby Riley) are so excited to meet our little babe before the year ends. Baby is due this fall. Looking forward to sharing more of our pregnancy journey with you all!
gotta start preparing the fur baby!with my 2 babies!4th of July family pic!
Hello friends! It’s been a while since I posted some of our dinners that we’ve been enjoying. I’ve cooked every now and then but for the last 2 months we’ve been ordering/take out off and on. I really need to step up because I want to save more money when it comes to our grocery budget.I plan to do that this July! Wish me luck!
This may seem like a lot of food in one post( I even forgot to take pics of some of our dinners), but these are some of the dishes we’ve had for the last 2 months (May and June) excluding some of our dinners out. I plan to make a separate post about that! Happy eating friends!
Braised Pork Ribs in oyster sauce!saladmung bean soup and green beans adobo (filipino dishes)roast chickensteakClams in wine sauce!seafood feast at home! grilled hamachi collar,baby squid in adobo,leftover clam souppork milanese,mashed potato,roast brussel sprouts
Hello friends! It’s Tuesday evening ( almost midnight) but I can’t sleep because it’s so windy and it’s freaking me out! I decided to just post our meals for the last couple of weeks in the month of February. Can you believe it’s already March? Where did the time go?! Anyways, back to our meals. I didn’t go to the grocery store in the last week of February but I got some Smith brothers delivered. I’m under budget this month (not by much though), so this made me happy. A little savings is always good!
We’ve already consumed the clam chowder and chocolate milk!roast asparagus and steamed lobster
Beef stroganoff and egg noodlesgrilled asparagus and salmon
avocado with reduced balsamic vinegarCrispy pata (deep fried pork hocks) a Filipino recipebacon,eggs,rice Easy dinner! Spag and meatballs
we did a couple nights of take out these last two weeks (especially Friday and Saturday nights). Chilling out with good food and watching some good T.V. / Netflix is one of our fave weekend things to do. We got a generous gift card from my In laws to one of our fave local sushi places so we used that. We also had Italian for dinner, courtesy of the In-laws. Thank you God for such a generous family!
Hi Friends! How’s your day going? I hope it was a great one. Mine was awesome! I did my grocery shopping today, I usually do it after my Ladies Bible study on Tuesdays but it’s winter break this week at our local school (the church follows the school district schedule, so no study for us this week). I got some good deals at the grocery store but the cashier forgot to scan some of the coupons (I only noticed it when I got home) that were on the products. $6 worth of savings 🙁 I’m not really sure if it’s worth going back to the store tomorrow, we’ll see. Anyways, the first 2 pictures are of my grocery hauls last week, I’m thinking that I probably don’t need to go grocery shopping for the rest of the month because we’re pretty stocked up. Maybe I’ll just buy some fruit (we have frozen veggies that I really want to use) and we’re good. I’m excited because if I’m going to stick to my “plan” I will be under budget this month. It’s always a good thing when I’m under budget with my grocery money! Happy cooking, eating and savings friends!
Safeway haul last week!Fred Meyer haul last week.Fred Meyer Safeway
Meal Plans this week:
Tuesday/tonight: Lobster,asparagus
Wednesday: Roast salmon, veggie fried rice
Thursday: Beef stroganoff (and egg noodle)
Friday:Not sure (maybe Pizza or Take out)
Saturday: Not sure/out with friends
Sunday: meatballs and spaghetti
Meals/Dinners last week:
Clams in wine broth, grilled breadCrabs and we also have left oversFilipino breakfast (for dinner). Dried fish, eggs,riceeggplant omelet (we had this for lunch last week)sardines,rice (lunch yesterday)roast chicken (plenty of leftovers for lunch this week)chicken, rice, broccolibuffalo chicken wings Vday dinner with familyPizza night with hubs last Sunday!
Hi Friends! How’s your Friday night going? The Hubs and I are watching a Filipino show (On the Wings of Love), I’m so sad it’s going to end soon:(. We’re also watching some NBA games, and maybe Netflix later! We are staying home because the weather is crappy tonight. Windy and raining and Riley is not loving it.
Anyways, I wanted to share my groceries this week. I’m really trying to save in this area because food is getting expensive and if I don’t monitor this it’s so easy to blow the budget in this area. So far our January food expenses have been under budget. I want to continue this trend in February.
Our groceries this week! I also got some milk that I put in the fridge right away.Paid less than $100Bible study treats for my Ladies!sautéed ShrimpsOven Baked RibsRibs, broccoli,sweet potatoesroasted broccoliTomato soup,grilled cheese and Pork belly with shrimp paste (Filipino dish)Home made version of Chicken bowl burrito
My Hubs got me some Chick Fil-ALOVE their coffee!
Was out and about this week and I stopped at Ross and found these Skechers shoes. I have a similar slip on pair like this gifted by my sister and it’s really comfortable. Once I tried them on the shoes had to go home with me! I’ve been wearing them nonstop!
so comfy (it’s like you’re wearing flip flops made with a yoga mat!)Walmart candles!I got a new rug for our dining table from Overstock.com!
I’ve been watching the Gilmore Girls on Netflix this week. I’ve seen the first 2 seasons years ago (I was still in the Philippines). So far I’ve been enjoying it.
Rory!Spoiling my Puss with belly rub!
Have a great weekend friends! Happy Superbowl weekend too! The Seahawks are out so I will be rooting for the Denver Broncos.
