aileen's first birthday: may 19, 2009

liney's lizard cake (yes, that's supposed to be a lizard...a gecko, specifically)

little girl, big cake

dava and liney...waiting to attack

cake monster

aint that sumfink...

daniel david (4, born feb 2005) and dava danielle (4, born march 2005), just met this year.

i just thought it was an interesting little coincidence. fun little fun fact.

roadtrip series (feb.25-mar.10): beach kids

sea of beautiful glass. smile of beautiful baby.

yum scrum!

oh, thanks, dad! i was getting so dirty.

dava's boogie board (palm tree wash-up)

running for the waves

with auntie nicole

roadtrip series (feb.25-mar.10): beaches

now, don't get us wrong. while there may be many pictures of the beach, this was definitely not the main thrust, or even the main highlight of our roadtrip. of the two weeks we were on the road, we spent about 3 hours of that on the sand, and in the sun and waves. other than that, it was definitely the witnessing that was our focus, our job, and definitely, our highlight.

our first less-than-successful beach trip.

we got there at sunset. but it was definitely a beautiful sunset. this is catbalogan.

this was our second (and last) more successful beach trip. beautiful catarman.

finally. the shot all couples take: kissing in the sunset.

daddy and fatty

dava playing with her prized beach-washed-up-nature-junk, with daddy and aileen in the background.


beach bums

totally loving it

daddy going for a swim

while dava's content to play in the shallows (but she also loves braving the waves and swimming like a crazy person)

roadtrip series (feb.25-mar.10): the great commission

daddy doing the mass witness thing...



...and the personal witness too.



mommy witnessing on the ferry...

...and at the airport.

dava singing cmas songs in the summer. (this was a little "drinking before driving" break...while waiting to board the ferry. i'm serious.)

talking with the pilot and flight attendants...

...and with kids, of course...

...definitely, of course.

giving out tracts at the terminal...

and talking with some of the candy vendors.

roadtrip series (feb.25-mar.10): port allen

the beautiful port of allen. still, i say, the port of maasin was even nicer, much clearer.

sea gypsies, making us envy a dive (to the immediate left were the ferries).

dava, desperately hoping to get in on the action.

on the ferry. with the sea gypsies in *the background having their summer time swimming fun.

*the background. practicing their diving skills.

the sea gypsies purpose: taking a dive off the side of the ferry to collect coins thrown to the bottom of the ocean for them by the passengers..

roadtrip series (feb.25-mar.10): when jollibee saves the day

calbayog was officially the province that gave us our hardest test as crazy-faith missionaries. but, jollibee saved the day! at high-noon it was the choice spot for taking shade and air-con shelter, as well as a rest and play-place for the kids (well, rest for the baby...just plain play for dava). it also was able to bag the winning title of sponsor for my birthday dinner. hurrah!

birthday dinner

with maam sheryl

roadtrip series (feb.25-mar.10): liney's sleepy time story

hello, i'm the halfbreed who went up the hill and came down with all the naughtiness, leaving of course the inhabitants of the hill with no naughtiness, and therefore bestowing the term naughty upon myself.

once upon a time, when i couldn't find a pillow, i climbed up on my big sister who was sleeping next to me, and felt very proud of myself for my accomplishment.

we were sleeping so nice and soundly, so comfy cozy.

we were, that is, until i woke up...

oh yes! something tells me it's playtime!

c'mon, sleepyhead! play!





and then my mommy took me away! why? what did i do wrong? i guess i'll just have to try again tomorrow...

the end.