142/365 - Chicken Vegetable Soup

Leftover chicken--what's a girl to make? Chicken vegetable soup!

141/365 - Dante's First Visit to Discovery Kingdom

Love being able to capture Dante's expression here when the elephant came out to do her show.

140/365 - Charlie's New Hair Cut

This dog's haircut is more expensive than most people in this household. Go figure!

139/365 - Dante Big Boy!

Dante's growing up so fast!

138/365 - Reviewing iPhone Apps

Had an early morning start today. Got up early because had to leave early for training and when I got back in the bedroom, Dante had climbed up the chair and grabbed the iPhone app magazine to review.

137/365 - Outside Looking In

"Just open this door and let me in. Put your camera down. There's nothing so great to photograph as a dog wanting to get back in the house," says Charlie.

136/365 - Dante's First Abstract Piece

One of many more to come. :)

135/365 - Charlie's View

All the photography tips I read about say one thing in common: get to the level of your subject. I thought it would be fun to get down to Charlie's level. Hi there, Charlie!

134/365 - Joy's Apple Cake

I'm not a "baking person" so when someone bakes, more power to them!

Joy made this awesome apple cake--even Dante likes them!

133/365 - Smoothie Binge

Been on a smoothie bout recently--just to get me to eat (drink) more fruits into my diet. We'll have to see how it goes...

Here's a banana-coffee smoothie. Next time, maybe I'll do away with the banana...

132/365 - Dimsum Leftovers

These steamed black bean spare ribs are just awesome!

Got to always have them when we go for dimsum.

131/365 - Tired

Leave me alone...

130/365 - Toms Shoes = Comfy!

Another Mother's Day gift.... score!

These shoes are so comfy. I'm recommending them to everyone I know!

129/365 - Dante and Charlie At Work

These two certainly don't make things around the house easier! Partners in crime!

128/365 - Mother's Day 2011

127/365 - Another Gathering at the House

Pacquiao fought Mosley tonight and well, won again.

We had our cousins over for dinner and to watch the fight. Good fight, good food, good company.
I made lobster rolls. The recipe can be found on my food blog.

126/365 - Look, Ma! Drums!

We're trying hard to wean Dante off his pacy... the consequence though, is that he mouths anything and everything...

125/365 - Cinco de Mayo Sunshine

Someone must have prayed for good weather today and the heavens granted fabulous Spring/Summer-like weather!

I was in a training session in the East Bay today and it was almost no-sweater weather out there!

124/365 - New Bird Feeder

A blue bird has been visiting our backyard the past few days... maybe this will bring him back. Or not.

123/365 - Youth is Not Wasted on the Young

Ahhhh... to be young again. Not a care in the world.

Not a care that one gets another's foot in the mouth. Erica and Dante are best buddies.

Can you tell from this picture? Here they are enjoying outdoor life on the jumpolene.

122/365 - Waiting for Spring/Summer to Blossom

We've been having weird weather lately. One day, it feels like Winter (we're still revving up the heat in the early mornings and late evenings, by the way) and another day it feels like end of Spring, early Summer...even the flowers in the backyard don't know whether to stay in full bloom or wither away with the Winter cold!

Blame it on global warming, I guess.

121/365 - Park Time!

Went to visit Drew's dad in Antioch and checked out a nearby park.

The heat was close to 80 degrees, so needless to say, we only stayed for a few minutes.

120/365 - Family Picture

At a friend's 50th birthday celebration, luau-style.
Yep, I look huge in this picture. Not the best photo of me, per se, but a pretty good one of the three of us--and that's all that matters.

119/365 - iPad2 Addict

To say that the iPad2 is being put to good use is really an understatement. The kids play with it everyday and access youtube daily. Lion King, Dumbo, Beauty and the Beast...

Dante has figured out how to access the icons to his favorite apps.

Way to start early!

118/365 - Stacker Toys

Kudos to Dante for stacking these all by himself! :)

117/365 - Happy Birthday, Mommy!

I absolutely love this candid shot taken while Mommy's trying to blow out the candle on her cake. Priceless, indeed!

116/365 - Dante is Growing Up Fast

Dante's growing up really fast as evidenced in this photo.

It seems like just yesterday when he was an infant! Time sure does fly when you're having fun!

115/365 - Office Potluck

International Potluck at work. I brought chicken adobo. What else is new? Filipinos equal adobo, it seems...

114/365 - Easter Sunday

Easter: a time for celebration, renewal, joy, family gathering, together-ness. A time to sit together at the table and enjoy being a family.

113/365 - Dante Under the Weather...

...again. Thus the hair.

112/365 - Dante, the Budding A's Fan

111/365 - One of Charlie's Many Moods

110/365 - Dante and his Giraffe

If you know Dante, you know--he loves his giraffe!

109/365 - Bulalo Hash

What's a girl to do with leftover bulalo?

Make bulalo hash for breakfast--that's what!!

These actually turned out pretty good. The bulalo beef was so tender, this is a good use of leftovers.

108/365 - Preparing for Easter

Erica is getting her Easter eggs ready to share in pre-school.

107/365 - Gelato Anyone?

Anyone who knows me knows that I'm a sucker for gelato, or any ice cream, for that matter. This is Bacetti--just goodness in a small package. Saw them at Valley Fair Mall in San Jose yesterday and had to have some. They're bite-sized gelato pieces wrapped in sensational, light, chocolate.

Excuse me, I must get back to my Bacetti.

106/365 - Celebration at Th' Bucket in Milpitas

Drew and I celebrated our five-year anniversary at Th' Bucket in Milpitas on our way to a drive to San Jose. This is my affogato dessert and in the back is (was) Drew's seafood feast.

105/365 - Five Year Mark for Drew and Me

104/365 - Pooh Bear Water Jug

We're teaching Dante to be a better communicator by pointing to us his everyday items via a stack of pictures.

This is one of the more important pictures for "water."

And the iPad2 being to handy-dandy that it is, will also allow me to upload these same pictures into an app so that I can make our own customized flashcards!

Point for the iPad2 again!

103/365 - My iPad 2

To say that I'm ecstatic is somewhat of an understatement, really. Here's my new 64 GB iPad2. Thanks and much love goes out to Drew for getting me this. As you can see, it gets most of its use simply by playing Hakuna Matata from youtube everyday for the kids!

I will get a sexier photo of this nifty device--I promise!

102/365 - Play Ball!

Baseball's here... let's play ball!

101/365 - Kicks from Grandpa Gavino

Kicks courtesy of Grandpa Gavino who recently returned from a trip from Manila.

100/365 - Picture #100

I made it to 100 pictures! Almost unbelievable... but here I am. Lots of challenges, but overall, a satisfying experience. Looking forward to the remaining 265!

99/365 - Laughter All the Time

Does this picture say laughter or what? Dante loves laughing with Daddy.

I know this photo is blurred, but it captures the action. I have to learn to adjust my settings better and faster so that I end up with crisper shots. I like it though.

98/365 - Dante Looks at the Camera!

The rare opportunity that Dante looks at the camera!

97/365 - Moist Goodness

Thanks, Joy, for baking this banana bread! Had to capture it before it all goes eaten!

96/365 - Where's Dante?

I was looking for Dante this morning and passed by him and this mess a couple of times.

I really did not see him playing here!

95/365 - Home Fried Chicken

Mommy tried out a new recipe for fried chicken and it was oh-so-good!

Joy and I made the rest of the veggies--sauteed mushrooms, boiled squash, oven-roasted asparagus, and buttered corn.

Makes my mouth water all over again...

94/365 - Dante Basking in the Afternoon Sun

93/365 - Breakfast for Champions

Not! Breakfast like these are only for Sundays...

I applied the HDR effect from picnik.com's site. This is not a true HDR shot. Alas, the wonders of photo editing software!