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Pearl Farm Birthdays

Pearl Farm Birthdays

by | Apr 18, 2014 | Lifestyle

We want to celebrate birthdays with less physical 'stuff' and more experiences so Paul wanted to go to Pearl Farm Beach Resort for his birthday.  Pearl Farm is on Samal Island a 1 hour motor boat ride from Davao City. The kids were super excited for the boat ride!...
Happy Golden Birthday, Alia!

Happy Golden Birthday, Alia!

by | Apr 8, 2014 | Family Update

Alia was worried when we left Michigan that she wouldn't have a fun birthday away from "home".  She changed her mind last night. We started the day off with a "no school today" announcement...that went over GREAT!  Then we Skyped with Grandpa and Grandma Weerstra, had...
Kid Updates

Kid Updates

by | Apr 7, 2014 | Photos

The kids were having a snack of peanut butter on graham crackers and Alia laid her head down on the table. We'd love to claim she was suffering from Jetlag, but nope, in this case she was suffering from her hair color. The kids loved watching this mini musical...
Visits to the beach

Visits to the beach

by | Apr 6, 2014 | Photos

Times Beach Panorama, We visited a Restaurant on the beach and this was what we found. (not white sand beaches) We road this cool boat to Paradise Island http://youtu.be/yHSXxazUGMc Josiah gave the explaination of what we were doing and what was going on around us on...
A Tale of Two Houses

A Tale of Two Houses

by | Mar 31, 2014 | Family Update, Travel Update

South Villa Neighborhood friends: Alia, Ashley, Chin-chin, Josiah Becky and I have traveled internationally before, and so we know how nice it is to have a house/place to land for a week while you acclimate. Showing up to a country and not having a place to sleep is...