Philippine Vacation 2010 - Surigao Here we come!

My hubby and kids were waiting outside the airport in hope that
my family was there to meet us. But we didn’t see any of them. All the passengers were slowly gone and only a few people left, including us. All the excitement I felt was melting down and turn to disappointment and sadness.
We hired a tricycle to take us to our hotel and I can’t help wonder why they didn’t come and meet us? To ease my crazy thoughts I sent a message to my niece and asked where in the world are they? Then, I found out that they were actually coming but the jeepney they were hiring were broken and need to be fixed. The news calmed me down.
We stayed in our favorite hotel in Surigao City. It had changed a lot since our last vacation. Anyway, my families finally showed up in the hotel after an hour of waiting. They were all looked exhausted and hungry. I took them to the restaurant for a late lunch. We started talking and exchanging greetings while waiting our food. My kids were shy seeing their aunts, nieces and grandma. The last time my kids saw my family was three years ago and they were young. I was happy to see my siblings, especially my mother. I noticed that she lost weight and was getting on in age. One of the reasons we visited my family was to celebrate my mother’s 75th birthday. I was starving for Filipino cuisine but the food wasn’t ready yet. It took the restaurant 30 minutes before the food arrived since we ordered a lot.
My siblings were fascinated with my kids, I guess because they thought they are beautiful. My kids are beautiful indeed! It was late afternoon when we finished eating. We really had a good conversation with good food and we didn’t notice the time. The exhaustion I felt earlier was totally gone after I saw my family.
I got three rooms for my family so they can relax and rest. It will be a big day in the morning. We headed to our room and finished our conversation until we all became tired and fell asleep. Even though I was still tired I got up very early the next day and could not go back to sleep. I took shower and packed up again for our trip to my village while my kids and hubby are still snoring. Then, I made a list of all the things I want to do along with a list of all the groceries.

Philippine Vacation 2010.

Time rolled so fast and I can't believe it's already one month since we returned from our trip from the Philippines. We flew from Boise to Seattle all the way to Korea and Philippines. Whew! it was a long and tiresome flight. I didn't realized how miserable it was when you are running from your next flight to another. Anyway, over all it was amazing!

We stayed in a beach resort in Cebu on our first day in the Philippines. We arrived at the resort late at night and we are starving and exhausted. Luckily they have a 24 hour service. Right after we checked-in we took a shower and headed to the restaurant for chow. It was 3 am when we all finally knocked down and got up before lunch.
It’s a nice and quite place for relaxing, it had a beauty of nature that I’ve always dream to go once in awhile. The kids are enjoying and so was hubby. We explored the place and found it so delightful. We had a wonderful dinner with my high school friend that night, we chatted remembering the old times. She brought her beautiful girl with her and got to see and meet my kids. We still had not recovered from our long trip. We left the restaurant before midnight and packed up again for the trip next day. We got up very early to get ready for another flight to see my folks in Surigao. The flight from Cebu City to Surigao City will take 45 minutes. So here we come Surigao! I haven’t seen my folks for three years and I was so excited to see them. Anyhow, we arrived in Surigao City on time.

Right after the plane landed I felt like I wanted to jump out so I can see my family. The weather was hot when we arrived in Surigao. When I walked down it amazed me when the airline crews handed an umbrella to each passenger.

I told my husband to meet my family outside while I am waiting for our luggage. The porter was kind enough to assist us with all our baggage. Of course, I need to pay him:-) that is how it works.

Continue later.

Planning our trip to the Philippines.

It has been 3 years since our last visit to the Philippines. The kids are growing up and they can hardly remember the memories we have with our folks back home. A lot of things changed - - - I got my citizenship, the kids are both in school, and we finally finished the house we built in the Philippines.

Every year since our last visit - - - we planned on visiting, but due to circumstances; like hubby was sent overseas or the kids are in School, we couldn't manage. So, this year we plan to go visit my family, thinking about the vacation makes me excited. I miss them - - - especially my mother. They are all excited as well to know that we are planning for a vacation and spending time talking, eating ,and laughing , that is the most exciting part I am looking forward to in our empending trip.

I am Glad to be back Home.

There’s no place like home…an old saying; when a person is away from his or her own nest. I am so happy to be back home from a three week vacation; our annual visit to hubby's family. We arrived home safe and sound late Sunday. It was a very exhausting trip since we had a delayed flight, but we are lucky to arrive on time. It surprised me though because right after we got out from the plane it feels so much better knowing that in 25 minutes will be driving back to our own house.

My girl was a week late starting school. Plus bills are waiting to be send and a hundred emails that were waiting, and a house that needs cleaning. This was my thoughts that played in my mind while I was in the car headed home.

The first thing we did right after we rest was to fill up the pantry and buying school supplies for my princess. Of course hubby couldn't wait to cook so we had grilled steak for supper. He is not tired when it comes to cooking for his family, which is one of his passions. I still have a lot of things to do and it will take a few days to get it done.

Blogging from the Denver Airport.

It was not fun getting up so early and getting ready for our flight. We left at the house at 2:30 AM because our plane will leave at 6AM. On our way to the airport, I asked hubby if he got his backpack where all our important stuff was there and he said yea with hesitation. Then when we arrived at the airport he just found out that his backback was not there and I am afraid he left at home. He drove back for 30 minutes to get it and the waiting is what kills me. Oh well!

Anyway, we got the plane on time and we arrived in Denver safely. We still have to wait for our last flight to Huntsville for 2 hours. This is a little bit exciting to me blogging from the Denver airport with their wifi free internet using our new bought netbook. It is a bit hard to type with this small keyboard and read with this cute screen but it is good enough to use for travel. We are exhausted and can't wait to get to our final destination. Have a Blessed weekend all.

Family Vacation.

We are set to fly to Huntsville AL. this weekend to visit the family and we will stay the whole of August. The kids are very excited to see their cousins and Nana and Papa. I have a lot of packing to do and I can't believed we got outrageously priced airline tickets. I should know that because we have a last munite purchase it will be more expensive oh, well. My friend will watch the house while we are gone and we will put everything to sleep and throw some Bounce, the clothes fresherner around each corner to prevent bugs and odors. We always do this everytime we are gone and it works pretty good. We still have some last munite shopping and today my boys will get their hair cut done while my girl and I will get busy packing.

One day Closer.

My hubby has been gone for six months and now I am counting the days when he finally comes home. It is hard to live a life being apart from the one you love but I guess this is part of life that we must understand. Sometimes you cannot get the point of what life wants you to be until it happens. Life is beautiful in so many ways. . . with a lot of surprises that you might want or not.
It feels like he is living there forever even the fact that we talk 2 to 3 times a day plus emails, this doesn't adjust the fact that he is away from me and the kids. The time is getting closer and before I know it he will be home. I just pray for his safe trip back to the USA.