A Late Birthday Shout-Out to

Jay-O (He's the one to the right.)


and Tita Marilou




Jay-O and Tita M both share birthdays on February 3rd. Hope you two had fantabulous birthdays!

January Birthdays, a Wintry Day, and Happy Chinese New Year

Birthdays, birthdays, and more birthdays have filled our January calendar. I guess, it's not just Ray and I who celebrate their birthdays in January. So, before I continue to blog, the Buenos would like to greet my cousin Hoolie and Tito Chito a happy birthday. We also had a handful of friends who celebrated their birthdays this month: Wil, Margaux, Ara, Paolo, and our friends' son Xavien.

Today, it snowed in Vancouver. Thank goodness, it wasn't too much. I was still able to go to drive and do an extra shift for the school board. Plus, we were even able to go for a (plastic) sleigh ride (Thanks to the Cruzes for sleigh!) to and from our mailbox!

Happy Chinese New Year to all!

Happy Birthday to our very best!

Happy Birthday, Ray! We love you!

Here is Ray when he was a baby. Doesn't Tessa look like him? Check out the picture of Tessa below.

Here's our Dada-look-alike

Here is Ray on his birthday this year. We went out for breakfast with Erika and Dan. Poor guy had to work, so the kids and I made him dinner and brought it to his work.

Happy Birthday to the best husband and dada in the world!

Karchy's First Day of Toddler Time

Karchy attended his first pre-pre-school class called Toddler Time at the Y. Since another boy was crying, he began to cry and threw up! Therefore, I had to be with him for the rest of class. To top it off, Tessa who I decided to drop off at the Y's childminding centre (so I can have some "me" time aka a workout) had trouble adjusting to being at the centre on her own. They had to call me as well, so I could pick her up. So, here I was at Karchy's Toddler Time helping Karch do his art project and taking care of Tessa! Oh well, better luck next week!

Tito Ed and Tita Gabriela Visit

Before I blog, just wanted to say Happy New Year to everyone!

This Christmas holiday, Ed (my BIL) and his girlfriend, Gabriela, visited Vancouver. After having their original flight was canceled, they finally made it here to explore Vancouver and spend time with family. They even took the time to prepare a fantastic New Year's Eve meal, babysit K & T so Ray and I could go on a movie date, and shovel the snow off our driveway!

Here we are at SSW (Sun Sui Wah-yum, yum, dim sum!). Cherie, my best friend who now lives in Ottawa, and Gerald joined us too!



Thanks for visiting, Ed and Gabriela!



We'll see you soon!

A Silent White Christmas

We had a very quiet Christmas this year. Besides hosting a couple of homestay students on Christmas Eve and Day, we just ate and ate and ate, and I didn't even have to cook! On Christmas Eve, my mom hosted. While on Christmas Day, Erika and Dan hosted in Tsawwassen. To top off the much-needed relaxing time spent with Ray and K & T, we had a white Christmas which was great until we had to drive!

From our family to yours, we hope you had a wonderful Christmas!

Here's our Japanese homestay students:

Here's Ray and I chowing down my mom's homecooked meal:

Here's four generations of the Cruz clan:

Here we are in Tsawwassen:

This was the view from our house after the snow storm:

Here's our house on Christmas Day. It snowed during Christmas Eve. Check out our snow bank. It was twice Karch's height!

Until next year!

Happy Birthday to all the December Birthday Celebrants!

Julia, Matthew, Tita Christie, Nathalie, Mike, and Leslie, we hope you all enjoyed your birthdays!

xoxo RJKT