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i'm thankful for Jesus in my life

thankful for my family and friends!
i'm thankful that for the most part we are all better, recovering from the stomach flu...

traditional thanksgiving lunch
turkey, mashed potatoes, all the fixins and of course filipino food

non-traditional thanksgiving dinner
we had japanese food-shrimp and veggie tempura, awesome homemade gyoza's by jp, spam musubi's, the main dish gyodon and good ol rice

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR 1 YEAR OLD

one year ago today, little miss peyton elizabeth was born and she's definitely growing up!!!

she's still itty bitty...a mere 15 pounds but lots of love to give...
and just before her first birthday she's gotten 2 teeth and is able to walk!
she's been a huge blessing and we love her soo much!

lovely lanterns and flower pom poms made by me and my sis
and the b-day outfits
the birthday girl in her birthday outfit!
sisters...and of course tay needed an outfit
my lil 1 year old
cake and dessert table...and the cool fabric birthday banner i made that i can't wait to reuse over and over
centerpieces...picture on scrap fabric and yummy cupcake ball favors made by auntie krissa (neen & jerica)
food table
gift table
the balloon girl who does awesome disney balloons
the balloon girl made her a flower

peyton and lolo
cake time
happy birthday to you!
now for the pinata
and a family pic but taylor is nowhere in sight
plenty of presents to open up back home


and today was her actual bday....
and she was super excited to find that the balloons had fallen to the ground and she could now touch them
church, then bday lunch at bjs...she loves her peas
and she got a free birthday pizookie
papa and his girls
at home....lola lola came to visit
dirt?
pretty peyton
happy birthday peyton!
we can't believe she's 1 already!
we love you!

growin up...

peyton can practically walk! whoo-hoo! she takes way more than 2 steps. she takes LOTS of steps! hehe. yay...just shy of her 1st bday and she can walk. she still crawls though when she's in a rush. but i love it. i love that she's walking. she beat taylor at it-cause taylor took her 1st step on her 1st birthday.

and....
peyton's 2nd top tooth is practically out too! wow, 2 teeth and the bottom 2 are coming out too!

2 steps

this morning peyton has taken lots of steps on her own today.
she took lots of "2 steps"
how exciting...hopefully she'll be walking by her birthday!
i hope i can get it on video next time!

teef

peyton's FINALLY gettin a tooth! one of the top teef are coming out!
she's been cranky and has had a cold and runny nose as a result.
praise God she's finally gettin some chompers...cause who knows how she eats all the food she's been eating with no teeth!

thirty ONE

thank you Lord for another year!

today we celebrated at disneyland!!!

but first we went to church:
taylor didn't wanna get in our family pic! =(
well here's one...
this girl is sooo silly
and even sillier
1st ride...teacups!
then dumbo-peyton was knocked out!
then we saw the parade
then went on the pooh ride...and taylor was scared cause it was dark
toon town!
then after that we ate dinner there then headed home...but grabbing coffee bean on the way back! it was a fun day and taylor and i finally have a annual passes! we'll be visiting disneyland plenty of times!!!

then the bday festivities continued on monday as my inlaws had a bday dinner for me!

yay and praise God for family and friends! thanks for makin it memorable!

GOD IS AWESOME!!!

today i was in a car accident with my sister in the passenger seat, peyton was in her carseat behind her and luke in the car seat in the middle. we were stopped at the red light when out of nowhere a black truck came flying at us! we are all okay. PRAISE GOD!!! no serious injuries. the black truck came from the opposite direction and made most of it's impact on my car then made it's way thru all the other cars, hitting 4 others while pushing another thru the traffic of stopped cars. supposedly he just came back from the dentist and somehow blacked out. anyhow, please pray he had insurance and that it's enough to cover all that was involved. and that we can get a car cause mine is totalled.

pee wee soccer

taylor's been asking to play soccer so i finally registered her thru the city of chino hills! i was looking into ayso but you have to be 4 to play in that league and any other soccer league...so for now the city shall do. we'll see if she really wants to play when she turns 4 in march. it's non-competitive, no actual games and more of an introduction. they do drills and learn how to kick the ball, etc. and she gets to do it with her good friend sophia who also takes dance with her!

tay and phia
let's play
still messin around before they start
both tryin to take the balls out
they're about to begin
line up!
now s-t-r-e-t-c-h!!!
touch em toes!
knees down!
and run!
run!!!
then they kicked the soccer ball very far
yay tay...our lil soccer girl!
meanwhile...peyton watched her big sis...and kept standing up on her own and i finally got to snap a pic!
more drills
no hands tay!
we're done! 50 minutes in the hot sun! it's soccer tunnel time! good job!!!
tay and phia with coach jen and coach erica