Saturday, October 11, 2008

Laughter





For all of those out there who know about the many cultures in my family..... (JAI, KAREN, MICHAEL, TERRY, CRYSTAL!)
Let me introduce some of the best members of my family here in San Diego. From left to right :

My cousin, Lea. She got her degree in Culinary Arts. She also has her Bachelors in Business Administration.

My Uncle Eddie. My mom's brother. Fun & extremely intelligent! Too many accomplishments to list here.

My beautiful Aunt Nida. (This whole post is dedicated to her.)
My cousin, Dina. She also has a degree in Business Administration and another in Forensic Science.

Oh wow! My family in San Diego is pure hilarious!! My uncle Eddie and his beautiful Filipino wife, Nida have kept me laughing incredibly hard the last two days. First of all, Filipino's are stinking amazing..and constantly giggling about something. Take a fun Filipino and my crazy giddyness...Phew, that's just constant stomach-wrenching laughter. Aunt Nida is a RN. She has taught nursing school, raised two beautiful girls, and is such a great wife to my sweet uncle. I love her so much.

Today, she worked hard with all her patients in San Diego. She came home and said in her precious voice, "Oh, I want to paint your toes!! You've got the cutest toes! Sit here. I will make you relaxed!" She went on to tell me that she'd love to just sit in an Asian shop and paint nails for a living. :) Ha. So cute.

She painted my toenails and even designed little flowers on them--"So people would know I had been in California." Sweet girl. I really hate when people post pictures of their feet on blogs, but in honor of her hard work...I must! Here's a close up. hehe.

Not only can she paint toes perfectly, be a hard working nurse, mom, and wife...She has a huge rose garden. Here are just a few pictures from the garden today.

I think I could move here one day........

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Emergency Trip to California



Old Grandpa + Sick Grandma + I need a break + God's Provisions = Sunny California!!

Im here in San Diego with my grandpa. If any of you remember stories about him, he is the grandpa who looks like a member of the Mexican mafia/ninja turtle! :) He was the first man I ever loved. In the first several years of my life, he was the dad I never had. He's one man Ive always been deeply burdened for spiritually... Right now, he's talking to me in the background as I type about planning his funeral.... Devastating. I cannot even imagine having to bear such loss. My prayer is he comes to know Christ first so he can live a part of life bringing glory to a worthy King.
So, here I am. God provided a way. And Im here.

This morning, grandpa and I woke up at 6 am to go to a Mexican infested flea m 'arket. I was the only person who spoke English! Then, we drove all over San Diego running errands. Grandpa treated me to an 'old pasttime' of a fattening chili dog at Wienerschnitzel. Humble Motto:



Ole Gramps lives about 15 feet from the sandy beach. I took a walk to enjoy the desperately missed ocean. Here are some pictures to enjoy.... Im heading back out to soak up some sun and enjoy God's creation! The third picture is a picture of where I grew up in San Diego...the ocean was my personal backyard and the pigeons my pets. Oh sweet days.....