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Tuesday, December 23, 2008
We were planning on going to Six Flags @ Magic Mountain today, but we decided to change our plans since we're too tired to wake up too early. We've been waking up early for a few days now and Russ has been driving for 6 or so hours for the past 2 days. We just decided to relax early in the hotel since tomorrow will be another busy day for us. We got Andrew a race track so he can have something to play with his cars on. He loves it a lot and he played with it for hours...
We went to see the Fresno California Temple today. The Fresno California Temple was the fourth temple built in California , the second built in Northern California, and the first built in the Central Valley.
Monday, December 22, 2008
We dropped the kids around noon, their mom is happy to have them of course and she's glad we allowed them to spend Christmas & New Year with her. After dropping them off and taking care of our business stuff we stopped for lunch @ Russ's favorite noodle house in Milpitas.
After eating lunch we went straight to Oakland Temple Visitor’s Center. We did a tour on their Limited Exhibit of "The Healing Power Of Jesus Christ" 13 original sculptures by Angela Johnson. Before the guided tour we watched a short video of her testimony about her artworks. I was moved by her testimony. Her sculptures are beautiful and when I looked at them, they seemed real to me. Taking pictures of the sculptures is not allowed that's why I don't have any but you can visit her website and see her sculptures here .
We then took pictures of the Oakland California Temple.
We met some Elder Missionaries and Andrew was excited to see them and he was shaking their hands. He then told us he wanted to be a missionary someday.
Here's some picture of the scenic overlook from the temple. You can see the Golden Gate Bridge. It was beautiful.
After running around, we checked in at our hotel (La Quinta Inn in Hayward California). They had nice decorations and we wanted to take pictures.
To complete our day we ate dinner at Jollibee in Union City. We love Jollibee!
To complete our day we ate dinner at Jollibee in Union City. We love Jollibee!
Sunday, December 21, 2008
We woke up early this morning (4:00AM) and started our adventure. After 11 hours of driving we stopped in one of the hotels in Bakersfield California. We have to take I-15 to California since there's no CNG gas to get us across Nevada the other way. It wasn't too bad of a drive for 11 hours with all the kids in the car. Andrew did a pretty good job, he was just observing and talking a lot what he could see from outside.
Tomorrow we'll have to drive for another 5 hours before dropping the 3 kids off then we'll be off to our fun vacation!
Andrew loves his Ate (Jessica). In many Filipino homes (including ours), a certain hierarchy denotes sibling nomenclature. The eldest brother is called Kuya and the eldest sister is called Ate. They always have fun playing together, even though with their age gap (10 years) they relate each other pretty well. Jessica is a good sister to him and Andrew loves her.
Tomorrow we'll have to drive for another 5 hours before dropping the 3 kids off then we'll be off to our fun vacation!
Andrew loves his Ate (Jessica). In many Filipino homes (including ours), a certain hierarchy denotes sibling nomenclature. The eldest brother is called Kuya and the eldest sister is called Ate. They always have fun playing together, even though with their age gap (10 years) they relate each other pretty well. Jessica is a good sister to him and Andrew loves her.
Here's some pictures I took while catching them playing. They had a lot of fun!
Saturday, December 20, 2008
We opened our Christmas presents today since we'll be leaving tomorrow morning to California. The 3 kids we'll be spending Christmas with their mother while Russ, Andrew and I will go some places and have fun. The kids we'll be back on January 3rd and Russ, Andrew and I will be back on the 28th. I'll try keep my blogs updated as possible as I can.
From my Family to yours, we wish each of you a pleasant and a very Merry Christmas, and a Prosperous New Year!
Friday, December 19, 2008
Tonight was our ward Christmas party. We had dinner and enjoyed visiting with some of our friends. Santa came and the small kids had the opportunity to meet him and sit on his lap. Andrew loves Santa Claus a lot! Every time he sees one he wants to go sit on his lap. There's one obvious reason why he loves Santa. He loves to have the candy cane that Santa gives away.:)
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