Showing posts with label Family. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Family. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 08, 2012

Cheaper way to do easy bake


My husband and I bought an Easy Bake oven for my daughter's birthday present and we found out that cake mixes are too pricy. So we tried to use a muffin mix that we can buy in a regular store and tried it; yay! It's working: But make it sure to find the muffin mix is only adding water.
Ingredients:
3 Tbsp of muffin mix
Heaping Tbsp of water
Mix it

Use they same instruction in the manual. Preheat for 15 minutes and then bake it for 12 minutes. Cool it down and ready to eat.









Tuesday, September 06, 2011

September 6 at Ramona CA

Peacock Suites is one of our resort from Shell Vacation. I was comparing the accommodation from Disney Vacation Club Resort..This is just 2 stars down. But anyways, having a place to stay is the most important thing.

Today, we are packing again and getting ready to head out to Disneyland. Oh yeah, we are Disney NUTS! Waking up at around 800AM, setting up everything and loading the car-Wow!!!! I really don't like the idea of hotel/resort hopping. I guess there is a good strategy in doing this- Oh yeah Brian has and will let you know later hehehehe

Brian checked us out in our resort around 9AM and looking at the time, looks like we could not make it on time in returning our 1-day rental car that we picked up from the airport. We decided to change rental car the next day since it is cheaper that way. The nice thing to the location where we pick up the new car, they let us turn in to their location. It was so nice though. If you guys are looking for rental car, do Hertz though. I find it there cheap from other rental car company but maybe am wrong.

After we got the new rental car, we grabbed some food to eat. We had no breakfast and it is 10AM. ... Oh what a hassle but we dont want to pay more in getting a rental from the airport. It is just too expensive :)) . So, we drove head to Anaheim- drove it for almost 2 hours. When we got there, there is no room available since we got there early. So, we tried to find a grocery store and pick up few things like water. The nice thing, the resort has a complimentary hot breakfast which is good. I just like to save some money and hassle too. It is so hard to travel....everything is a cost.

Right now, while am typing my little journal of the day. I am watching the kids swimming at the pool here at Peacock Suites. What do you think of my fish kids LOL? Brian came in as well and joined us. I am not really a water person. I don't like to dip in the cold water hehehe, Brian was being a chickened though he let his one foot touch in the water. He felt it was freezing but when we asked the kids. The kids said it is fine. They are really fish kids.

After an hour, we head to our room and we saw that the hotel has a complimentary free ice cream at their breakfast. It is nice to have an ice cream, we head up there and grabbed and ate. We were enjoying though, it is F-R-E-E hahaha. That is what Mary was saying.. F-R-E-E... hehehe

After that little refreshment, we did tried to find our annual pass but I could or we could not find. I was so sure that we have it but am just too lazy to look inch by inch in the luggages. And so we went to the park and hoping we could get in but then we were kinda disappointed. Disney is charging now for replacing annual passes. It changed a lot since 2001. So we went back to the resort. We were so thankful though, we found it. We could not pay 80$ for replacing the four passes. LOL.

We spent the rest of our evening here in our resort and trying to sleep early then.

Monday, September 05, 2011

Flying to San Diego from Seattle

September 4th, 2011 - We met our cousin Doris at Lori and Ken's house in Shelton WA

We just had a wonderful time- talking and laughter..

We left at around 630 and trying to catch the ferry at 755PM bound to Seattle.

Brian dropped us (Ben, Mary & I) off at the ferry terminal together with our luggage and I saw a taxi dropping off his passenger. I ran and told the driver to follow Brian to the parking lot where we drop off the rental car. Oh I did not really carry luggage more than 2 before but this time I did. My hand is full. Plus Mary just woke up from her 30 min nap. I am so thankful that Ben helped rolling our luggage... Plus we found a taxi that can bring Brian back to the ferry terminal quick. We just had 25 minutes spare time to do all things. But we were glad that we made it on time.

The ferry run from Bremerton to Seattle, approximately an hour crossing time. We got there around 855PM and grabbed a taxi going to Hilton Garden Inn where we spent one night.

Today, we woke up early at 430AM. Prep ourselves and the kids- load our luggage to the luggage cart. Huh! I was still sleepy- technically all of us. The kids were complaining that the sun is not up yet. All things flow smoothly. Airport were so busy even early in the morning. I regret that I did not send our stuff back home. We are paying 20$ per checked in luggage :(.

When we were boarding, we heard that a couple of seats were broken and was trying to fix it. That's why our boarding was being delayed. Oh well, we let the kids finished eating their oatmeal.

We got here in San Diego safely and drove around 40 min to get here at Riviera Oaks Resort, Ramona California. Took the kids to the pool. I have two fish kids LOL. We were also driving at the city. It is very small city but it is really relaxing though. I like to come back and do horseback riding :D when the kids are old enough to ride. Must be fun.

We spent our afternoon relaxing and catching sleep.

Thursday, August 25, 2011

Twin Glacier at Tracy Arm Alaska

video below, we are like choosing what arm we are passing. I was just confuse a bit :))


A little video are we are approaching the turn going to Tracy Arm... no snow but the wind is so cold.. Cold..brrrr.. Windy too.



When the boat turn... amazing!!!! Disney cruiseliner are amazing..

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Happy New Year everyone

We had a great time together with our new friends.

Saturday, November 07, 2009

Sailing Day-Brian took us out in the SEA

Whoa! We just got back from sailing and the kids were out. Brian went to the bathroom and soaked up his foot. Got a foot-pain again.

I made movies from our little trip


The Monkey Island where lots of Japanese visiting on this little island. During Summer, this place is packed.
There is festival held in Mikasa Park. I wanna go there and be nosy and of course eat some food but I am tired after the sailing.

Yokosuka Naval base, those towers you seen. Those were the units where the military families lived.
Ben's snaps...
Taking photo as we go around the island...

It seemed Benjamin does not look good. He got sea-sick. Poor kid! he was throwing up. But we manage to let him coming out in the cabin and he can see the horizon.
The kids needs to stay inside the cabin when we got by big waves caused by big boats/ferries.
Here is our second guy in the boat
She finally coming out from the cabin. I think I was inviting her to eat some peanuts. She was so funny though and wanted to help changing the sails
Here is the master sailor, Brian.
Benjamin is helping me stirring the boat, he was really stirring it and he had fun though.
Mary stay inside the cabin, she was scared. We kept inviting her to come out. She was just look up in the water through the little window.

Wow! I am stirring the sailboat. Hold on guys! I always drive rough

Wednesday, July 01, 2009

Brian visited our cousin Lori and her family

Brian is at states and so I am home with the kids alone.

I just received a phone call early this morning by telling me that "oh we can lower your interest into 6.5% APR" - oh that would be so cool LOL. And since hubby is at Bremerton then I remembered cousin Lori and her husband Ken that Brian need to see them. Brian was being scheduled to see Barb and Tony but then all his scheduled were change after.

Brian got a chance to meet his 3rd cousin Brian which is Lori and Ken son. It was really wonderful to know that we have family near us. Not really near because we are here in Japan. They gave us an invite when we go back to states for a visit. We can stay in their home. That was awesome. :)

Brian had a good time after all. He also had a chance to let them see our kids to them. The admiration to my two children gave me a big fat heart.. Of course, my children are adorable :D. This is the only thing that the parents could be proud of. :D