i'm BaCK!

i had an awesome trip over all. people i've met were all beautiful inside and out. i praise the Lord for giving me the opportunity to travel for work even when it sometimes cause for me to miss my loved ones.

the Lord continues to amaze me. i really thought that the trip will just be plain work just like old times, but this was surreal!

1) i had a chance to connect and laugh with my boss - which i totally did not expect.
2) there was this director i talk to 3x a week for the past 2yrs and i just found out during my trip that he's a Christian all is life! we shared our testimonies for 30mins and we were both filled with awe and praises to the Lord. it really brightens my day when i meet fellow believers =)
3) we ate, chat and laugh like old time friends - even my boss had an awesome time in this trip -he usually doesn't hehehe
4) after 5yrs... our family friends picked me up on a friday and gave me a 1day tour of almost everything i would be interested in seeing. well, they sure are right! i had a great time! our jaws started hurting from all the laughing =) although i hoped to have had my fam with me, i sure needed this time.
5) i missed my flight from utah to chicago - i had to wait 7hrs for the next flight otherwise that will be the last for the day. but sure enough the Lord had an awesome plan. i took a 45min. tour of utah since i had a lot of time to spare... but i will have to save the rest of the story for the odb... so make sure to read my next blog!

sunday: although my legs were sore from walking back and forth at the airport, there was a promise i had to keep. we took the kids to the zoo! we thought it would be better to take them to lincoln park instead of brookfield zoo since i wanted them to experience paddle boating. so we did! yanna certainly knows her animals! she was ecstatic seeing "mufasa", "simba", "nala" "pumbaa", "rafiki" & "ed" - if you don't know them, they're the characters in the lion king - too bad we didn't see timon & zazu hehehe

however, she was fascinated to see kerchak, terk & kala... who are they now? um, the gorilla family in tarzan hehehe

okay enough! the kids absolutely enjoyed riding the paddle boat. but goodness graciousness! it was HOT!

well, another weekend outing in store with the fam this weekend! beach, here we come!

y'all have a blessed night!

weekend update

can't sleep again so i thought i'd blog about this past weekend. been keeping myself bc with the kids... since we all have been missing my husband already.

last friday, i took them to oberweis - gotta start the weekend with some good shake and ice cream you know what i mean? hehehe

sat: i took them to an indoor water park... so happy my lil' one is getting used to swimming. see, i'm not a swimmer myself. i drown in a kiddie pool - yeah yeah yeah go ahead and laugh! trust me, i've embarrassed myself too many times that i just gave up learning. it's ok, i like watching my kids enjoy while i chat with friends and family hehehe

it was past lunch time and they were finally hungry so i took them to pizza hut! wow! their new chicken alfredo is not bad at all! when the whole gang was full, we drove an hour to gurnee mills... haven't been there for almost 2yrs now. just got a couple of things for myself and everything else were for the kids. my teen just can't get enough of hollister so we were there for a while... i think she got the shopping disorder from me *wink* thankfully everything she got were on sale... whew!

sun: finally feeling some leg cramps from all the walking at gurnee. went to church with an absolutely great msg of "dying to self and living for Christ"... i'm always in awe with the way bill hybels delivers the Lord's msg with clarity and just straight to the heart. well, after church we bought my daughter's hair formula. she wanted me to dye her hair again (got permission from her dad already). pretty much i was exhausted over the weekend, but always great to spend some quality time with my family. my day won't be complete without it.

i thank God for another wonderful weekend!
gotta hit the bed... i'm gettin' my photo taken for my school id tomorrow. wow! can't believe i'll be back in school after a loooooooong time - pray for me?

nitey nite and God bless you all!