Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Our day started out with GREEN egg omlettes (with green spinach too) and ended on a sweet note with the kids making cloverleaf cookies. Hope everyone had a HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!

The kids try skiing for the first time at WISP near Deep Creek Lake, Md

Kids learn to ski

We took the kids to WISP near Deep Creek Lake on Sunday to learn to ski - they had lessons 1/2 day then tried out their skills on a few different hills. They had a blast!

Football fans on Superbowl Sunday

On a warm February day, Dave took the kids fishing.

My not-so-Filipino kids in their traditional Filipino shirt ("barong tagalog") and dress for International day at church

February 2009

December 2008

We went ice skating on Saturday night with the Rooneys and Turners at Reston Town Center.

One of our family traditions at Christmas time is to decorate a gingerbread thing...house, tree...this year it was a train!

Sabrina & I went to see the Nutcracker at the Weinberg Center in Frederick, this is a childhood tradition of mine and Sabrina's 5th year going.

Joseph's Tree

The Turners gave us a tree to plant in honor of their son Joseph's dedication to the Lord. We look forward to watching Joseph and his tree grow!

Christmas comes to the Tejeda Family

Our friends, the Tejedas, told us they don't really decorate for Christmas or put up a tree, so we played ELVES brought Christmas to them instead! The kids had a ball and the Tejedas were so surprised!

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition

DRUMM FAMILY

Our family's favorite show is Extreme Makeover: Home Edition which recently came to the area to build a house for a family with an autistic child. Together with our friends Ashley & Joshua Rooney, we were able to see some of the process and even one of the designers, Didiayer Snider. The kids had a ball and took home tee shirts as a memento which they now wear for our weekly viewing of the show. Sabrina's pink shirt is hard to read but says "Move that bus!" The show is scheduled to air in January - it is the DRUMM FAMILY in Chambersburg, PA. Watch for us in the crowd when the teachers are being interviewed, we were standing right next to them.

Cutting our Christmas Tree Thanksgiving Weekend

Thanksgiving 2008

My family from Columbus (Ryans and Chuctas) came to spend about 5 days with us over the Thanksgiving holiday.

Pictures:

Nate, the Grouchy Pilgrim

Gram & Grandad

Kids ready for football and pumpkin pie!

Sabrina's 8th Bday Japanese Tea Party/Sleepover

On the way to Mt. St. Helens

Nate was severely disappointed that we did not get to go down IN to the volcano. Then when I told him we had to go back to Portland to catch our flight which was in 3 hours, he ran around telling people that the volcano was coming in 3 minutes. Crazy boy.

On the way to Mount St. Helens

Dave's sister Elizabeth, and friend Dawn who went to Mozambique with us.

Washington State

On the way to Mount St. Helens, we stopped off to watch people fishing for Coho Salmon - Nate wanted to get right in and fish too! Found a blackberry bush on the way out, so we all enjoyed a little snack!

Dinner at Rowena & Leong's beautiful home overlooking Portland

Rowena & I both had bdays within a few days of each other. This was a chocolate hazelnut torte from Papa Hadyn's - WOW was it ever yummy!