This is the bow that Grandpa made for Patrick. He also made one for Ben. That was last Monday, when Gary and I went to Portland to file my AOS and EAD application.

These two just wanted to pose in front of the cam so I let them...

Swimming on a hot day

It was sunny, but the wind was a bit blowing so it makes the day colder. The water in the pool was icy cold! It took us getting used to the tempreature gradually before we can submerge.

Kids were still apprehensive to get in the water...

Juliana was the first to dare get in it. AT first she was wearing the usual 2-pc bathing suit. Then she decided it was too cold, went back into the house, got into shorts and tops with long sleeves, wishing these would warm her, but no luck. 

Public Playground

We went to the Athens Fairgrounds to join the STick-Horse Show (I had no pre-conceived notion about it save for children using a stick-horse). It was so boring. I thought there would also be rides and exciting shows, but there was none. So we proceeded to the public playground. It was a very hot day.

Last day of school

The K class sang for the opening number of the Talent Show. It was the last day of school and students from every level presented a talent of some sort (although personally I wouldn't call some of them a talent. In the Philippines, when a kid shows off her/his talent, most often, the audience would be captivated. Here I was mostly disgusted, (Talent ba yun?) but the rest of the audience clapped and cheered in encouraging the children. I was wondering whether the presentors were just making a BS out of the whole thing...)

Helping in the Garden

Kids: While waiting for Grandma to arrive to teach us how to plant potatoes, we helped Mama attend to her flower goarden. 


You should see Mama's Hardin...we also helped in planting potatoes, picking up rocks from the veggie garden and throwing them into a drainage pit.

We took a break while Mama prepared lunch.

They played ball in the freshly-mowed lawn (Gary mowed the lawn yesterday).