Recently Daniel and I decided to set aside the first Saturday of each month to go on an outing with our family and dubbed it “Adventure Weekend” to give our children something to look forward to each month. To start things off right, we …
My art professor in college always said that bigger is better. She would look at our tiny canvases and tell us they were too small and give us examples of abstract expressionists like Robert Motherwell …
I don’t even know where to begin. The past two weeks have gone by in a blur and I’m still not sure when life will get back to normal. The whirlwind began as Batman, Kaptain …
Isaiah has officially entered the sporting world! Faith Academy has an intramural soccer club for the elementary age kids which started yesterday and they drafted Isaiah to be a part of the Leopards! When we got the announcement …
This is probably the one time of the year that I REALLY miss being in the States. October has always been my favorite month. I love the crisp chill …
Julay and his cousin Divine and sister Isa spent the day at our house today plundering our two buko (coconut) trees. Julay has asked if he could climb our …
Many of you are getting this random email about a post on this random blog and may be wondering if it’s spam or not. Well, it’s not, kinda … it’s from your classmate Daniel Pape who is now married to another one of your classmates Melissa (Swank) Pape. Thanks to …
We are back in the Philippines from our 2 months in the US and life is starting to get back to normal but I feel like we have some catching up to do. This is what we look like now….
Tropical bubble bottles on each chair, leis circling necks, tropical flowers tucked behind ears, little boys with buckets in hand, little girl dropping petals on the ground, Kevin waiting anxiously and Mandy Moore’s …
It’s 4:50 am and I am waiting for Melissa to get out of the shower so we can head to the airport. We have had such a wonderful two weeks in the States so far. We are enjoying the food, rest, and comforts of home but most of all we …