Monthly Archives: December 2015

Adam’s school is on winter break so the boys have been entertaining each other at home. When the winter camp offered a field trip to the Manila Hotel which is right by the Embassy I signed them up and I left work early to meet them over there. Some quick history about the Manila Hotel,Continue reading “Manila Hotel”

Adam’s school had a holiday show on his last day of school. Randy and I took off from work and headed over. The first song up was a rock song they wrote themselves!  Adam was so excited to see us he ran towards us and gave us big hugs. Next up a performance from Stomp.Continue reading “Rockin' Holiday Show”

Every year there is one store in Manila that sells real Christmas trees. Every year they have way too many. Until this year. This year they ran out of trees right away and didn’t get any more in.  So we had to go to plan B. Luckily we live in a country where they sellContinue reading “Faking it”

Adam’s birthday this year was on a Sunday. It made it pretty special that we could have his birthday party on his actual birthday! We started first thing in the morning with some presents and what better present for a boy about to have a space party than some rocket ships! We started with thisContinue reading “Rockets and Cupcakes”

Dear Adam,  I never thought I would be lucky enough to have a son like you. Over the past year you have gone from my baby to a full on little boy who I love to spend time with.  Don’t get me wrong, I always loved being with you, but it’s changed so much fromContinue reading “To my 4 year old!”

I am thankful that we have such a wonderful smart boy who loves fishes and dinosaurs and is so generous with his toys, his time and his love.    I am thankful that Adam (and soon Malcolm!) goes to such a wonderful school with teachers and classmates who love him so much and give himContinue reading “Thankful”

One of the perks of working at the Embassy is when President Obama comes to town is that we get to attend a ‘Meet and Greet’.  It’s a pretty amazing opportunity.  When the President came to Manila last year I took Adam and Malcolm and we were able to get a blurry picture to proveContinue reading “Meeting and Greeting”