Happy Halloween!

I didn't feel like doing much this Halloween. While everyone was out partying and whatnot, I stayed home and passed out candy to the trick-or-treaters. We didn't get much kids this year which was strange. This year we bought $10 worth of candy and we weren't able to give them all away. We used to get A LOT of trick-or-treaters. It's unbelievable, we would get groups of 5-10 kids and they would come one group after the other. My mom would usually have to buy 50-70 dollars worth of candy! Can you believe that?!

I enjoyed being the official candy passer-outer. I enjoyed seeing all the kids with their cute costumes, with their parents taking pictures and video taping them. If I had known that there would be picture taking, I would have beautified myself instead of wearing para balay (ilocano: "for home") clothes. Oh well...

Chanel & Neela: looking out for trick-or-treaters


After passing out candy, we went to Elisha and Colleen's house. We ate Costco pizza (the best pizza, ever!) and we played Guitar Hero: World Tour. That game is awesome! My favorite part was Andrew's vocal talent with Coldplay's Shiver. Haha, "shiveeeerrrr."

What would you do?

....if you knew someone was bad but this person is also the best friend of someone you deeply care about.

I really need help with this one guys.

Neela???

HAHAHA! No, it's just Dan's Pedro wig.
I was fooled. Dan left it on the floor and I really thought it was Neela.

HAPPY 1st BDAY, CELESTE!

Yesterday, we went to Princess Celeste's birthday celebration. =)
It was held at Awakenings Coffee House in Lomita. It was a lot of fun!
Since her birthday falls close to Halloween, they asked everyone to dress up. Dan, Elisha, and Andrew went as the characters from Napoleon Dynamite. I went as the Mad Hatter and Julie was the white phantom.

Color Me Mine

We went to Color Me Mine last Sunday.
I made a penguin bowl and Dan painted Mario on a plate.
Color Me Mine = Mucho fun!! =)

Curve balls

You never know when life will throw you a curve ball.
Well, on Tuesday, we were thrown a fast one.

Last night, I had trouble sleeping because I kept thinking about the past couple of years. I thought about the different events that lead us to be in this situation today. I kept thinking about the "if onlys" -- If only I knew what was really going on. If I knew, maybe I could have helped prevent this. I thought about the many different things that could have been done and the things that should have never happened. But, I was eventually able to accept the past as past. I figured, you can't control everything and it's never too late to get involved.

Although I feel uncomfortable revealing the nature of my family's problem here... I just feel like this - blogging about it - is a good way to reassure myself that, in the end, things will be okay. It's not the end of the world. We have many options; there are many things we can do. It truly helps to know that I have family and friends I can always count on during times like these; I am truly blessed for having all of you a part of my life. Just pray for us, pray that me and my family can overcome this hurdle and get back on our feet.

Losing Weight: Update

I'm STUCK at 160!
GAHHHHHH!

hahaha.
No worries, just need to work harder.