Birthday for a Princess

Aloha! Talofa! Mabuhay! Maayong adlaw! Gruss Gott! Ni Hao! Our wishes are that this little post finds you well!

Well, It’s been a long since I last wrote here. I hope things have been keeping well for you!

Last week was Jasmine’s birthday. She’s 7 now! Time really does fly; it seems like just yesterday our princess was a tiny little baby! Even hubby commented about how much she’s grown, and how he kind of misses when she was a baby!


The princess in all her 7 year old Glory!

Hubby took some time off from work, as he’s been going non-stop for a couple months now, and we celebrated her big day! Friday hubby cooked up 4 big racks of his world famous smoked ribs. I cooked so much, pancit, lumpia, rice, and all the usual dishes. Our friends brought over lots of food on Saturday and everyone proceeded to greet the princess!

The party lasted into the evening with talking, singing, dancing, and CAKE! Of course, no birthday party can be complete without a big colorful cake. This year Jasmine chose to have a Tangled theme, and the cake was no exception. She got some great gifts from some great people, for which she was so happy! Our friends really made her day special, and the kids really had some fun. She even got a real guitar! Look for the little rock star soon! Our friend Michelle came over early on Saturday and helped cook and she pampered Jasmine, getting her hair done and so on. Later that evening Michelle entertained us all with her singing. She has such a great talent for making you feel like She did the song originally, her voice is incredible, and she has way of making everyone laugh that brought so much life to the party.

Then it was back to life as normal. Hubby was back at work, Jasmine to school, and of course, I went back to being mommy and honey-ko. Things returned almost too quickly to normal, but with Halloween and Thanksgiving, and Christmas to go, things are going to be busy soon!

Last night hubby took Jasmine to a local Halloween party, and they had so much fun. My friends were there, too, so everyone got a chance to reminisce and something to think about for the weekend. Today is another big Halloween party, so we’re going and I’m sure hubby will get some more of his great shots, for my blogs and for his.

Monday will be another fun time, with trick or treating and a great time with our friends again. We can’t wait!

His photography’s getting really good, folks are asking about him teaching a photo class, offering to pay him for portraits, and just sharing their love of photography with him. He does his blog almost every day, he says it’s good to share his love with others, and it helps him unwind after a busy day. Check out his blog, it will make you think, help you learn photography, and give some information on the local area, too! Hohenfels Volks Photo club, THE place for Our Place.

To everyone who attended, and all those who sent their greetings to our princess, THANK YOU! Thank you to Virgie Werner and her family, Nanay Margaret who cooked so much, Joyce, Michelle, Melith and Jim, Angie, Cherry, Maria and Joe, Monica, Bob, Joy-Joy, Anna Beth, Ryan, Kayana, Bidek, and everyone else. It wasn’t hubby’s ribs or my pancit that made her birthday so special, it was your wishes and greetings. Your friendship and help really made this day special for her! Thanks again!

Here are some pics of the fun we've had over the last week.


Michelle singing and sharing her wonderful voice with us!


Some of the girls. A great group of ladies who bring joy wherever they go!


America's next rock star!


Cake and candles... time to blow!


Hubby's world famous ribs.

Don't forget to visit Angel's Journey for this post, with different pics!

Also pay a visit to Hohenfels Volks Photo Club, hubby's blog. It's worth a look!

To my dear friend, Art, thank you for always reading these posts and leaving your kind words. Here’s hoping you’re blessed with a great season ahead.

Time to go. God bless and have a great weekend.
Ciao!

What's on the Menu?

Hohenfels Volks Photo Club: What's on the Menu?

Camera menus, hubby's got the know how! His new Hohenfels Volks post.

Hubby

Hubby's blog is up and running.

He's really diving right in. Check out his photography tips and tricks section!

Here's a link to his blog- Hohenfels Volks Photography

Hohenfels photography- it's a hobby worth having!

God bless, may the week ahead be grand!
Ciao!

Hubby's Photo Blog

Aloha! Talofa! Mabuhay! Maayong adlaw! Gruss Gott! Ni Hao! Our wishes are that this little post finds you well!

Just a note to introduce hubby's new photo blog.

Hohenfels Volks Photo Club

Intro to Photography Here hubby writes stuff of interest o beginners and folks trying to learn photography!

I hope you like his blog!
Wishing you the best of days!
Ciao!

Happy Mother's Day

Aloha! Talofa! Mabuhay! Maayong adlaw! Gruss Gott! Ni Hao! Our wishes are that this little post finds you well!

Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there. We especially want to wish our moms, Mom Edna and Mom Ellen, a very wonderful Mother’s Day. You did wonderful things bringing us up and teaching us to be good people and we would like to thank you for all your love and the sacrifices you made for us. This day should really be for you! Motherhood really is a blessing.

Hubby got me a large digital frame, Jasmine got me a scrapbook, and together they got me flowers and a cake. Then came the Manny Pacquiao fight. Go Manny!

Things here are always busy, as usual. With work, school for Jasmine, and everything else, it gets quite hectic at times! But, seeing Jasmine grow into a proper little princess makes it all worth the effort.

Hubby has had some folks offer him money for his photos. He’s really getting good at taking wonderful pictures, and Jasmine has become his photo assistant and number one model. It’s nice seeing her and daddy share an interest in photography and work together at it.

Jasmine is doing so very well in school, her teachers are great and she loves them! Her report cards have been great and she is reading on her own and writing sentences on her own. She knows how to sound things out and she is able to follow through on her ideas and thoughts. Of course, she still loves singing and dancing, too! She practices them and makes great use of her ever-growing list of words to make songs that make sense!

Well, here are some pics taken by hubby. I hope you will enjoy them!


Posing together for a Mother's Day photo shoot


More together


Me with the flowers from hubby and princess


Lovely princess


In color


So pretty


Pretty princess! Notice the lighting in this one.


Proud and pretty


Another one in color


Nice picture of a lovely little girl.


I'm such a pretty girl!


Look at me!


With the digital frame


In the yard


Mommy and princess

To my dear friend, Art, thank you for your kind words and wishes. I always enjoy your comments and words of encouragement. We hope all is well for you and your family and that this spring is going incredibly well for you!

Time to go. Here’s praying that god will bless you with wonderful things in your life and great weather to enjoy them!
Ciao!

Spring!

Aloha! Talofa! Mabuhay! Maayong adlaw! Gruss Gott! Ni Hao! Our heartfelt greetings to all our loved ones and friends.

Things have been quite busy here, as usual!

Jasmine’s going to school full time and doing so well! Her reports are incredible. We are all so proud of our little princess! She’s making the rounds of birthday parties and learning so much. Hubby helps her with homework after school, and gives her some little tips to doing it better, and then they play and do little project stuff.

Of course, they also do photography together. She’s become hubby’s photographic assistant. She loves helping him with his flash and with lighting scenes. Now that he has a new camera, and learned so much, they are having a ball with it. After hubby’s last camera finally died, he spent some time learning more about lighting and techniques to make better pictures. Now that he got the Canon EOS 7D professional camera, he’s really doing great stuff with what he’s learned. I’ve posted some small pics of Jasmine he took with the new cam and lighting. Some interesting stuff!

Spring is finally starting to rouse from its deep and long winter sleep, and bringing blue skies, puffy clouds, and color! It’s nice to have some warmth. We can’t wait to smoke up some ribs, grill some steaks, and cook up new barbecue recipes.

Well, that’s about it for now. I’ll let you go. Enjoy the pics!


Doing her Yoga/Zen pose. I like the way the tone matches her pose!


The world's next supermodel!


Posing pretty!


Woo-hoo!


And GOD said...


BOOOOOOO!!!!


Hubby's favorite, because it shows how pretty our little princess is. He loves the way her eyes really come alive!

May God bless you all with joy, love, peace, and warmth this beautiful spring season!
Ciao!

Happy Holidays!

Aloha! Talofa! Mabuhay! Maayong adlaw! Gruss Gott! Ni Hao! Our heartfelt greetings to all our loved ones and friends. Happy New Year to all!



To my dear friend, Art, thank you for your kind words and wishes. I pray that this year brings many blessings for you and yours!

The holiday season was quite busy! We had a couple parties, dinners, and community events that really brightened up the winter!

Happy anniversary to hubby! It’s our 11th anniversary, so we had a good time celebrating it. Hubby got me a gift I really wanted for a long time! For Christmas, hubby and Jasmine got me an HD video camera. I’m hoping to play with that some!

Jasmine was able to get everything she wanted this year, again. Her and hubby really enjoy the Wii she got this year and play it together quite a bit. She even beats hubby at some of the games.

Jasmine was on vacation from school for 2 weeks and hubby was on vacation during her school time out for one of those weeks. They were able to spend some fun times together and enjoy the daddy-daughter days of winter. The next week, hubby was doing errands that he needed to do on his vacation and got everything finished.

Life is back to normal. We are busy, life is hectic, and the princess amazes us while filling up our time. She had her check up with the doctor, and is doing really well. She read us a book last night all by herself; we couldn’t stop telling her how proud we are! She always brings such amazement to life and really encourages us with it. And, hubby even lost 75 pounds over the course of the year! We're really proud.

Well, here are some pics of the season. I hope you will enjoy them!


Crab and pasta


Yummy crab legs!


Pasta salad


Shrimp


Pancit, mmmmmmmmm


Shrimp


To light the way


Cheers


Letson


Christmas Letson, home made!


Yummy.....drool.....


The prettiest little princess


WOW!!


Yay


My new Carousel, mommy!


MMM-MM


What's this?


More, woo-hoo!


Waterworks


Our town nativity


Happy anniversary


Family portrait


St Nick


Jolly St Nick


Vino


I wonder what it is. I love the angle hubby got on this one!


Christmas lights!


Light speed!


St Nick in a different costume?


The town


More of the town lights


The town tree


Looking the other way


Pretty girl


OOOOOHHHH


Through the tree


Angel and princess


Princess


So so pretty


Another portrait by daddy!


I wish he was really here!


Cheers


New Year Partying


More cheer


A toast to all of you this New Year.

May God bless you all with joy, love, peace, and success this wonderful New Year.
Ciao!