Every year, our church hosts a Couple’s Getaway, which is actually an overnight retreat for married couples held ideally at a hotel outside the city. Our church values family, that’s why we have these kinds of events on marriage regularly. The other, being, the Marriage Booster series which are practical discussions on marriage held at our church facility. Just to be honest, we didn’t make it to the introductory part of the first talk, so I’m not going to pretend I know what it’s about. But here’s what I know. The main theme of this year’s Couple’s Getaway is Best […]
Me & My Dad Camp: Why dads should take their kids camping
I had a quiet two days last week. My husband, Jay, took the two younger kids to the annual Me & My Dad Camp event with our church. The venue was in Clearwater Resort, Clark Freeport in Pampanga. It was really just an overnight event, but since my husband was a member of the staff, he had to go to the site a day earlier to help out in the preparations before all the dads and their kids who were joining arrived. I appreciated the silence and the company of our 13-year old, Pablo, who mainly kept to his books […]
The BEST Mother’s Day Gift I have received….EVER!
How did you spend Mother’s day? Me, I spent it alone in the house and sleeping for hours. Yep, that’s how good my day was. And it was the best Mother’s day gift I’ve received ever! How did I manage to get it? I asked for it. I celebrated my birthday a few days ago. We usually celebrate it with dinner or lunch as a family, and we did so a couple of days later. But on my actual birthday, I asked Jay to take our 10-year old to his musical theater workshop. I told him to take the two […]
Home Dating with the Hubby
I love spending time with my husband. He’s my most favorite companion in the world. Not that I can live without friends (only some of them, LOL!), but my favorite moments are the ones I get to spend with Jay. Jay and I try our best to set time for our dates, but it seems a little challenging for us in our current season, especially that we don’t have a nanny to look after our kids. But you know, I’m proud of us because we’ve figured out creative ways to ”date” even when the children are around. One of these […]
Enjoying Tagaytay with the Family on a Rainy Holiday
We didn’t have enough time to plan our Tagaytay trip. We were supposed to stay home over the holidays but nearing Christmas, we were dying to get out of Manila to breathe. That’s how toxic our year felt, haha! So we went looking for a place and after browsing for hours, found one with a wonderful view at SMDC Winds through AirBnB. Travel time was a killer! Jay frequents the roads through Tagaytay and anticipated about an hour or two of travel time. But because the holidays bring so much commuting woes (and because we took the bus), we had […]