Typhoon Ondoy

September 29th, 2009 5 Comments

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Even during rainy season, the showers tend be short lived and sporadic and you usually have blue skies on the horizon.  But if the day is overcast and gray and it has been steadily raining for more than an hour, you …

Back to School, Back to Work

August 6th, 2009 1 Comment

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We have been in the Philippines for one week now and we are happy to be getting back into the swing of things. Daniel received a special welcome home from his office mates that involved 16 rolls of toilet

Summer Recap – In Photos

August 5th, 2009 No Comments

The Pape's Summer of 2009 in Photos

I thought the best way to share about our eight weeks in the US would just be to show you.  The following is a photo …

A Brief Respite

March 24th, 2009 3 Comments

One thing I have often read about blogging is that you should never make excuses for your lack of writing. It always sounds so sad to read a post where someone is apologizing for not having written in ages because they have been busy or sick or whatever. So I’m …

Adventure Weekend

August 5th, 2008 3 Comments


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 …

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The Ornament Tree

June 26th, 2008 4 Comments

The Ornament TreeMy 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 …

A Crazy Two Weeks

November 13th, 2007 1 Comment

2 weeks of pics

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 …

Footbol Mania

October 28th, 2007 3 Comments

good game!

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 …

Where are the red and yellow leaves?

October 9th, 2007 3 Comments

Pumpkins we found at Shopper's Day
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 …

Raining Bukos

September 15th, 2007 3 Comments

From right to left, Divine, Isa, and Julay

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 …