An Eventful Weekend

Pardon me for the overdue post. I was having such an eventful weekend, which I couldn't wait to blog about.  But before I knew it, it was all over, I got caught up with work and travels, and just when I'm ready to blog about it, we are approaching the weekend yet again.

We had a house guest--our pal and Lucas' godfather, Walter.  He came to the US on business and stayed with us for a few days.  Lucas is so fond of him and talks to him like they've known each other for so long.

We took "Ninong Walter" to dinner Friday night at this charming restaurant called Buckeye Roadhouse--one of our favorites in Marin.  We had to come for an early reservation because this place can get packed at dinner time.

Lucas was fairly well-behaved that night.  The crayons and coloring pad did the trick.

While waiting for dinner, I treated myself to a glass of Appletini.

We had fried calamari and baked oysters for starters.

There were too many good dinner choices in the menu.

Walter went for skirt steak, 

while Charles and I ordered the same thing--Braised Lamb Shank in a bed of couscous.  It was perfectly done.

Lucas got his own dinner too--Hotdog with fries.

He didn't finish the hotdog but ate almost all of the fries.


The following day, my sister and her family joined us for the weekend too.  Nathan and Lucas are always happy to see each other.  Lucas wouldn't go to sleep at all when Cousin Nathan is around and he is always in a good mood.

While Charles and my brother-in-law John went to see the Warriors win over the Mavericks live in Oakland, my friend Cindy and her family paid us a visit and joined us for dinner.  They drove 8 hours all the way from San Diego to the Bay Area.  It was wonderful to see Cindy and her girls again!  And it was nice seeing Cindy's husband Doy and meeting his parents for the first time.

Lucas calls her "Tita Cindy Gwapa!"

They got along pretty well--these kids.  Ate Emma didn't mind playing with Lucas' toys.  Ate Ella was more quiet and she preferred to hang out with the older ones.

Lucas remembers them very well.  Until now, when he sees this photo he'd yell "Tito Doy!  Ate Ella!"

Ate Ella is one sweet girl.  Pretty soon she's going to be a lady, and a very beautiful one I'm sure!

Nathan stole the show.  He was dancing to our chants and was loving the attention!

He also kept posing for me and Cindy, and would check out our photos after we took each one of them!

Ate Emma did the same--she danced with Nathan.  She is so much fun to play with!

A group shot before they left. 

It was fun having them around.  Cindy and I had very little time to catch up and share photo tips, but I did learn a lot.  Wish we had more time.  Maybe we'll pay them a visit in San Diego this summer--we'll see.

I love having house guests over.  It brings merriment to our humble place.  So I'm thankful to my sister who comes with her family whenever they can.  I miss them when they're not around.  I'm also grateful to Walter and Cindy's family for sharing some time with us and for adding fun to our weekend.  

In the next two months, our weekends have been planned out, but I am excited for each one of them.