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Having an artist for a father, the girls have always been exposed to the art of creating art since the day they were born.

They all love to make one kind of craft or another, but they all ultimately love to draw and paint.

My oldest daughter, Asi, will be going off to a summer long art session soon, at the North Carolina School of the Arts. It’s a summer session for high school students where she will start earning college credits for the courses she will be taking. She’ll have classes in drawing and sculpture.

Last weekend, we started putting her supplies together. She needs to bring art supplies, which her dad is taking care of with her. But since she will be staying in the dorm all summer, she also needed to bring other supplies like toiletries, beddings, cleaning and laundry supplies (I’m seriously wondering if she’ll even use these ), and of course other miscellaneous stuff. From looking at the stuff we got at Target, you’d think she was moving into her own apartment!

*SIGH* They sure grow up too fast don’t they? It seems like only yesterday when they were painting in the backyard.

My 15 year old daughter thinks Indiana Jones is hot.

and I think Shia LaBeouf is a cutie.

Is something wrong with this picture?

Sometimes I don’t like breaking routine because it is so hard for me to get back on track. Since I went to California at the beginning of the month, I have been off kilter all month. It didn’t help that I was extremely busy at work for the last two weeks and that this past weekend was a three day weekend. Everything, it seems have just been upside down.

Anyway, I hope I get back into the blogging rhythm soon. All my blogs are sadly behind schedule and my two new ones are practically flat lining right now.

Blogging wise, here’s what’s been going on or not….

In our old kitchen, I am still posting and pointing to new recipes in our new food blog, Cooked From the Heart; however, I am now doing some sponsored blogging on that one too, so there will be reviews and what not in between posts about food.

I am behind on my blogging about food (what else is new, right?) but I’m trying to catch up in the next few weeks. Lately, I made some awesome cheesecake pops that the kids have already started to ask for again. My entry for Lasang Pinoy was a bit late and one that I wasn’t really happy with, but the girls and I have committed to making better bentos in the future. I’m also late posting for Daring Bakers this month. Today was the deadline to post and I haven’t even completed the challenge yet. I may try to do a really last minute attempt tonight. I’ll have to see how I feel when I get home.

With the weather getting warmer again, I am trying to revive my photo blog, In Our Backyard. Although, I’m a little disappointed with my point and shoot and am now hankering for a new digital camera, preferably an SLR but I’m not holding my breath

Maybe if I earn enough bucks, I can get a new SLR. I’m still getting paid to blog at our old house, in our old backyard and at Found Not Lost, our review site. I’ll give more updates later on what the rest of the family has been up to.

Thanks to all the mother’s day wishes and prayers for my grandmother’s good health. I really appreciate all your visits and comments even when I’m away.

I went to visit my family in Los Angeles, CA last week because my grandmother was in the hospital and was about to undergo surgery. Given her age and condition, we were not sure how she would fare the operation so I wanted to be there to see in case anything happened. Luckily, with her strong spirit and prayers of people who care about her and even those who didn’t know her, she came through the operation fine. It will take a miracle for her to beat what’s ailing her now, but she believes in miracles and we do too. I believe in the miracle that is she.

She is a woman of great faith and it sustains her. She exhibits admirable strength in body and spirit and is a great example to us all. She truly is the mother of all mothers. We are a family of women after all.

To all my fellow moms out there, I hope you had a happy mother’s day. To all who are lucky to have mothers in their lives like my mother and grandmother, I hope you honor them everyday that they are in your life and not just on this one day, for life is short and we often do not realize how valuable someone is until we lose them. I am thankful I haven’t lost her yet and I pray that we will have more days with her to learn from her and bask in her love.