Rainbow

There is indeed a rainbow after the storm. As always, grateful that we are able to pass through, it was rough, tough and we were wounded and the scar will always be there but it's ok, that scar is so beautiful! It reminds me of God's faithfulness and grace.

Praying 2018 will be way better than 2017. All the good and beautiful things will come, more happy memories and abundance of love and blessings. Wishing it for all of you too!!

Happenings

February will soon be over and I only have two posts, but of course that does not mean nothing is going on in my life :) In fact, it is because I only have little time in front of the PC to do personal stuff such as blogging. Anyways, here are some of the happenings this month.

My birthday!! 

We had a simple celebration with the family of my Pastor who happen to have the same birthday with me. We went to a campsite in Batangas and spent the one 2 days/1 night  there. It was such a refreshing time and my husband enjoyed the trees and the peaceful surroundings.

Couples Night

My husband was invited to sing a few songs in a Valentine event of another church, I was invited too :) whether they like it or not! hahaha!. It was such a lovely evening. They had a game wherein we were asked to write a note for each other. We had fun!

My love note for him :)

Tagaytay Wedding

Hetty and Toph got married last February 18-  You can view some of the pictures in my recent blog post. http://www.godsbestgift.com/2016/02/love-is-in-air.html

The husband was asked to sing again and it was very special because he was asked to sing his very own song (original composition) we learned that it was one of the couple's favorite worship song :) 

 Another wedding coming up!

This Sunday, we will have another out of town wedding to attend to, I'll be one of the Principal Sponsor and my husband's band is singing again :) We are honored and humbled by all the invitations.

It was a busy month for me both work and personal, I just hope I can go back to regular posting soon. I miss blog hopping!

August. Happiness

Time flies so fast. Soon it will be September and…..Christmas!!! 

I welcomed August in bed (fever and tummy ache) which lasted till Monday. Praise God I am okay now. I have always known that my husband is such a caring soul but seeing him take care of me while I was sick made me even more thankful. The whole weekend, he cooked and prepared food for us, did the laundry and at the same time did not forget the responsibilities he has in the church. I’ve got an amazing husband. And surprisingly even as I was sick and down with fever I did not feel irritated at all because I know I am being cared for excellently :) It helped me recover fast and quick.

Sorry for bragging about him, please do understand that I am just so thankful I married such a very very good man. Made me think of how I was to him when he’s in the receiving end. I cringe because I know there were times that I was not that calm and caring and loving. I know I am far from being that “woman” in Proverbs 31. I am a work in progress and I praise God even more because my husband looks beyond all that shortcomings and lapses I make from time to time. I am blessed beyond words. Blessed with much more than material things. True, money can't buy you happiness.

I love you mahal!

Have a happy weekend with your love ones!

Happier..bigger :)

We are getting bigger :) I can't count how many pounds we have gain na since we got married but have you notice what is very obvious?, the smile is very much the same ..

People may think that we are not complete as we do not have a baby yet but to us, it's entirely different.

Despite the odds and struggles and everything we encounter, we remain and will always be one happy couple.

SMILE EVERYONE!!!

Photo taken last September 26, 2014

Happy :)

I love this recent picture of us. This was taken last Sunday in the church, not that we look good but I'd rather say we look happy and contented (though it is blurred..sorry)

And yes we are indeed happy – and our happiness does not mean we are void of problems because like any ordinary people, we do have lots of things to think about-specially on financial issues BUT…(yes it is a big BUT)…the difference I guess is that we have learned to accept the fact that problems will always be there and that you have the option to choose happiness despite of having troubles, knowing that we have GOD who never leave us nor forsake us.

Choose happiness, you won’t regret it.

Birthday Post

I really am not into big birthday celebrations (for myself), in fact I am contented and happy just being with my love ones on that day, even if we do nothing special. This year is no different but that does not mean I was not happy because contrary to that I felt very special on that day because my husband treated me to a breakfast buffet. He knows how I love breakfast food eh and that I will be very happy about it. So yes, we woke up extra early that day to have an eat all you can breakfast.

 Happy me!!

 We also had lunch with our Head Pastor who happens to have the same birthday as mine.  It was a double celebration for us, the church treated us for a very sumptuous lunch. My only regret is not being able to take decent pictures.

On Sunday afternoon, a friend invited us over to their house where we had a swim at their clubhouse, it was fun. I had a full weekend and a happy birthday indeed.

Thank you everyone for the greetings you sent thru text and facebook messages. I love you too.

Lastly, Thank you LORD for everything.

Happy 75th birthday Tatay!

It's been 2 days since we celebrated my Tatay's 75th birthday. It was a simple, no fuzz celebration but we all had fun. My Nanay is extremely happy because we were complete and she got to see her siblings which happens only once in a blue moon.

I insisted for this celebration because our parents are getting old and I thought we should celebrate every occasion and make more memories before it's too late. And I know it's worth it. Money can't buy me back time and I don't want to regret not doing things that makes my parents happy if ever God decides to take them from us.

Here are some of the pictures.

 (all of his grandkids-making faces and poses)

(all of us girls in the family, my mom, my two sisters and 2 grandkids with the celebrant)

(and with all the boys-we need more girls in the family :)

(my Tatay with his best buddy-they can only have red wine now)

And the foods!!!

 I wasn't able to take pictures of the leche flan which my nanay made specially for her grandkids and my Ate Rina's buko-pandan and oh we also had rice cakes (bibingkang kanin and biko) and the evr present pancit and spaghetti for kids.

Thank you Lord for giving my father a long life and good health -although he can't do now the things he used to do when he was younger and he's on medicines, I am still very very grateful that he never got any serious sickness and he was never hospitalized and for that i am so thankful.

We love you Tatay!!

Wednesday Happy Thoughts

I used to do my Thankful Thursday here but ever since I had that ministry blog I moved it there. But still I wanted to do a thankful post here and Wednesday happy thoughts is exactly what I want, thinking of blessings both small and big and thanking God for them. For this week here’s my list.

1. More assignments
2. Meaning more income
3. Enjoyed that 3 day trip to Cebu
4. Pictures to look at
5. Not having to think of acne treatment
6. Internet
7. Some free time to surf
8. Facebook
9. Cellphone- recently an old friend which I lost contact for almost 10 years called me and I was so happy.
10. Friends!!

Happy Thoughts

1. Sister in Law giving birth to a baby boy named Isaiah Paul last July 27
2. Hubby's timely allowance
3. Friends that knows how you feel
4. Movies in VCD's and DVD's!!
5. Not so hot and not so cold weather (though it's been raining again)
6. Early payment from payu2blog
7. Facebook's applications
8. Chat with Liz
9. Free Lunch
10. And hubby's morning kisses :)

Wednesday Happy Thoughts

yes, it's already Thursday (I was supposed to do the Thankful Thursday Post in my other blog) but I was led to post about this weekly meme (my first). It is always nice to think of happy thoughts and isn't it nicer to write it down and share it to the blogging world? So today I would like to think only of happy thoughts. Want to forget stress and problems.

1. The availability of internet
2. Hubby's chicken adobo last night
3. Jabez' hugs ( a 6 y/o kid from the church)
4. Facebook
5. Payu2blog assignments
6. Computer at home working again
7. Foods from sis' house :)
8. a good night sleep
9. no flooding despite of the consecutive rains
10. hubby's hugs & kisses :)