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So we decided to go to the Heard Museum yesterday. It was very well planned the night before that we will have to do one of the self-guided nature trails. When we got there Joshua totally freaked out and doesn't want to proceed any longer. So we stayed and focused on seeing whatever was the closest, which includes a few animals, birds and the butterflies. Overall it was a great family outing.

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I just found out that Jofia is not selling at TDC anymore, so I had to search where she's at. Fortunately, she's selling at Shabby Pickle now. I just had to check a few stuff from her store and found these perfect summer set. I hope these designers won't move from one store to another in a short period of time. I don't normally register to too many stores, but since I love her stuff, so I will

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I can still remember how crazy my younger sisters were when Meteor Garden was aired in ABS-CBN. If I am not mistaken it was like 5 years ago that the Meteor Garden a (Taiwanese Drama) was popularized in my country. This Taiwanese drama truly touched many teenagers' hearts and even adults are watching this show day after day. Due to my busy schedule I totally forgot about this drama and no chance

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I bet you won't be surprised what it's like here in Texas. The heat is totally giving me a headache this summer. I avoid going out in the middle of the day because the heat is just too much to handle. We tend to go places at around 7pm. and go to the pool early in the morning. My guy loves going to the pool everyday and since he's been taking swimming lessons, so it's a perfect time to practice.

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I've been so busy this week attending Joshua's summer classes namely ice skating, swimming and gymnastics. I think we've got the perfect summer programs for my little guy to enjoy. Joshua being able to interact with other kids is really important and our time spent on all three classes is really worth it. I can't ask for more all I can say is I am proud of him and no doubt he did great. I can't

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I was just browsing Etsy (PhatStraps) not long ago and found this camera accessory kit. I've wanted to change my original strap because the old one I have is giving me an irritation to the back of my neck. I want something soft especially my lenses are a bit heavier to carry around. I also like the idea of having a camera wrist wrap. This kit I found is just perfect. I had seen a few ones that I

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We always find time to do something together as a family on weekends and one of our favorite places to go is the White Rock Lake. We've visited a few other state parks as well, but us kind of stick to the one which is closer from where we live. Hubby gets so bored easily, that he needs to unwind outside and do something fun. It's a great way to relax, enjoy and get away from our computers as well

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We don't normally go out on Friday's, but since hubby came home early today; we decided to go to Turtle Creek. It's been awhile since the last time we visited the place and I believe Joshua was still very young. It's fun to really do things together as a family and my little guy seemed to enjoy it a lot. We just love each other's company. To see my son having a great time with his dad is the part

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One of the few things Josh and I love to do is really going to the park. We love to bring food and have a picnic over there and spent the rest of our time playing. No doubt I have an active 5 year old boy, so he needed that freedom to be outside and just really having fun. I do like it too and it's great to be active once in awhile and used up all the energy we got. Of course it won't be a

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Joshua and I just got home from his swimming class. His instructor told me he has really improved a lot. Oh I am just so proud of my little guy. He is having so much fun out there and I can't just ask for another class he going to be in this summer. I think swimming class is just perfect for him. We hurried back home because we still got a lot of things to do today. Guess where I am at when we

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It's sure is a delight to capture some of these. I don't see them everyday unless I will go to the arboretum, lakes or the botanical garden. But it was a pleasure to visit most of the places I mentioned last spring. What's not to love about these; they're bright, lovely, fresh, and beautiful. I am glad I was quick enough to hunt them down. Oh yeah, did I mention I hurt my knee one time because I

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For years I had been trained to create handmade custom jewelry and I would say that I had enjoyed that experience so much. Never did it occur to me that I will be designing stuff and the jewelry that I had created will be sold to an expensive store. I was so happy that the designers I worked with enjoyed whatever I came up with. Sadly, I had to leave because I was going to school by that time

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I thought Joshua would be so over of his fear of the fireworks. We always seem to miss the great show and the finale most of the time and last July 4th was no exception. Now that he is 5 years old he is not over it yet. Yeah, it was kind of a bummer since we waited until 9:30pm just to watch the fireworks show. When the show started him was teary eyed and we had to leave right away. I am glad we

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I am not aware of anyone in my family who has acne problems. I guess we're lucky enough not to deal with any of those imperfections. Thanks to my parents great genes! My beauty routine is quite simple all I need to have is a moisturizer, toner and cleanser. Apply a little bit of mascara and lip gloss on, and then I am good to go. Unless I will attend a very special event, then I would make myself

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I don't know what happened last night, but I had a terrible stomach ache and I wasn't able to sleep. I woke up late today and it came to my realization, that it's my cleaning day. So I forced myself to clean up a little bit and organized Joshua's toys and throw some of his junks. He tends to keep these free toys, which he gets every time we buy kid's meal. I just can't keep them anymore, so I

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I think I have quite a lot to share this week. My favorite shots are the swan boats taken at the Fair Park in our (July 4th) celebration. The rest are older photos, which describe this week's theme as well. Happy Hunting!

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We decided to watch fireworks tonight at Fair Park instead of going to the Trinity River Fiesta. To me it's just more of a family-friendly event and since we're familiar of the place that might help Joshua not to get bored while waiting for the fireworks show at around 9:30pm. Starting at 5pm. today all fair park museums are open and there are also a lot of games for everyone to enjoy. Other

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I tried to take Josh to the park yesterday, but even at around 6pm. it was still hot outside. Oh yeah nothing new about the dreaded heat in Texas and it gets insanely up to 103 degrees sometimes. Yesterday it was high of 93 degrees and my little guy and I were all sweaty. But he was unstoppable and still wanting to play, so I let him play. We were quite busy yesterday because he had his swimming

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Josh and I went to Target earlier just to buy this art table that he saw online. He really wanted it so bad, that I can't say no and ended up buying it. When I showed it to daddy he seems to really like it a lot, so no worries. If there are three things that Joshua really loves to do and is good at; I would say it's definitely dancing,singing and doodling. As a mom yeah I can tell he would excel

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My family enjoys watching this show so much and guessing the puzzles at the same time are sure so much fun. Joshua is the one who is really addicted to the WOF online game. Maybe one day this boy will be on the show; he just loves it so much. Family time is really important to us and a short time to gather around watching shows like this does make a difference. On the other hand, I was pretty

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I am so proud of my little guy today. He did great on his first session of his swimming class. He was a bit a shy at first, but afterwards he was very into it already. He can't wait for next week's class again. The instructor told me that their goal is for Joshua to at least hold his breath for 40 seconds and today Joshua did hold his breath for 10 seconds. That was a pretty great start. I am

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When I edit photos I tend to play more in combining photo actions and find the black and white to be my favorite effect. I am kind of addicted to its look really and that's why I just added a new B/W set in my album, which are all my personal favorites. I just loved it! I observed my little guy hasn't been so cooperative with me lately. He just gets so grumpy when I take photos of him. Poor

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Joshua is finally enrolled to a swim class. We just visited the swim school today and my little guy is very excited for his first session this coming Thursday. He is a little bit behind because they actually started last 3 weeks ago. But I insisted if he could still get in for this summer, then that would be great. I know my little guy is more than ready to learn all the techniques and what's

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