Magtuba Beauties

Here we have 3 of the 4 Magtuba girls together ... and it's so great to see them enjoying each others company so very much in person as opposed to web-cams and phone calls!! Yes... it's been too long since they've been together physically... but by God's Grace they're together today... and for the next few days!!

We're SOOOOO Bad.....

We didn't tell Sandra's sister (Endi) that we'd be coming to her house two days early... because we wanted to surprise her... and indeed we did just that... here we have Endi... En-En... Mia... Ahte... Manang Esther and Manong James... at 1am.... it's been 4 years since we've seen Endi and about 6 years since seeing Manang and Manong...

Rugged Beauty

God has created so much Rugged Beauty that when we see it ... so many times we actually take it for granted and miss the moment... I'm not talking about worshiping the creation... I'm talking about worshiping the Creator!! How many times have you missed the chance to worship the Creator? .. as for me... please don't ask... because I miss the opportunity to worship the Creator so many times ( be them known to me or just overlooked because of my own agenda) ... but here at an Idaho rest stop... we did indeed take a few minutes to marvel at our Creators handywork!!

Kids Getting On Together

As I had mentioned the kids got on so well it was truly amazing... and here we see Morgan being "Lucky the Dog"... as opposed to a Dinosaur as in another pic... but the bottom line is the same... the kids got on so well together it was heartbreaking to leave as Sid... playing with Angela in the pic on the left... to not leave and then actually broke down into true tears as we loaded up into the car... So sorry Darling that we had to go so soon... hopefully we can visit again much sooner than this trip allowed!!

Can't See "MY" Eyes!!

I noticed a funny thing about Shana on this trip... she knew the "exact" moment to close her eyes so as to shield the world from their beauty... it was great to visit Sis....

Red is so IN

Although Sidney and I didn't know each other well... there's something about colors that can make people instant friends... and here I have found a friend for life .... as Sidney was displaying her "Pujols" jersey and of course I had on the Ohio State gear!! I have to admit how surprised I was to see how much Sid looks like my sister did when she was young :-0

Visit to Shana...

It was great to stop and see Shana and her family for a day... honestly the time we visited was just way too short considering all the years we haven't seen each other... and amazingly the kids got on as if they'd played together every day of their lives!! In this pic we have Morgan (hiding his body... yet still gracing us with his smile)... Sidney... Angela... Sandra... Maxine and Mia...