Celebrating Moms and Dads

Hello Everybody! I've come to realize that there comes a time of the year when you say thank you to the two people who have been there for you through thick and thin...who have accepted you as you are...who seemed to take care of every detail of your life, even when you're not aware of it...If it were not for them, I would not be here...so Thank you, Mom and Dad! You're the best!

And to help you celebrate Mother's Day and Father's Day, I shreded some paper to use as confetti...aren't I resourceful...hey dad, i hope you didn't mind, but i used your need your bible study notes to make the confetti.

Me and Destiny

Me and Riley

Me and Michael

Here we (maddy, bella and me) are celebrating Father's Day, with Uncle Mike and Grandpa Kim

me and my cousins, maddy and bella

Hey dad, what do you say we go celebrate "Father's Day" at Chuck E. Cheese?

Mother's day at Grandma Nancy's House

Don't tell them, but dad's family is kinda weird...Why you might ask, well this is the first time I ever saw a family have mother's day cake with a candle and sing a "Happy Mother's Day" song, by the way, it truly sounded like the happy birthday song...anyway, it was cool, Nanay let me blow out the candle...

It was kinda funny, because everytime i blew out the candleTatay would light it again, it's like he thought I wanted him to light the candle every time so i could blow it out. You know me I didn't want to disappoint, so i kept blowing out the candle every time he light it.

I'm not too fond of this picture, it looks like i gained some weight, well that's what the camera will do to you sometimes.

J.J's Method for Car Washing

This is the way we wash the cars...wash the cars...wash the cars...
This is the way we wash the cars...so early in the morning. Well it wasn't really that early, it was about 10am.

Wax on, wax off...wax on, wax off...I'm not too sure what my dad meant by that, he mentioned something about some 80's movie, called "The Karate Kid." Have you ever seen that movie...Well if you have this is for all the "Mr. Miyaga's" in the world.

We all need a little help from our friends to get those spots which are hard to reach, especially for a guy like me.

So what does it take to wash a car? I'm not an expert, but I can tell you by washing a couple of cars, it has showned me that it takes a little bit more than spraying down cars. It takes determined diligence, hard work and a good attitude. Mom and dad let me help the Mission team with their Missions Car Wash. So next time you think about washing your car...Think about me.

Chores and Water Fountains

Mom and dad decided I needed to make some contribution to keeping the house clean. After all, I make about 33% of the mess, mom and dad make about 67%. So after careful thought, I decided that I would start vaccuuming. As you can tell I'm already an expert, moving the furniture and getting those areas, my parents would normally miss.

Along with the housework, dad decided that I should be involved in painting my room, well actually soon it will be mine and my baby brother's room. Dad thought I didn't know how to paint, so I let him teach me. What he didn't know is that I'm a pretty painter already, especially during the Mommy and me classes, mom and I have been attending. I'm just a little more comfortable just using my fingers. What do you think?

In preparation for my baby brother, mom and dad decided it was time for me to move from my crib to a big boy's bed. After a couple of weeks, I decided it was best, since I am outgrowing the crib. As soon as we went to IKEA, I knew this was the bed for me. It's real cool, I wonder when I'll outgrow this bed.

If you didn't know, one thing that I absolutely love doing is running through those fountains of water. You know the ones that shoot water straight from the ground, I'm not too sure how they do that, but all I know is that it' really cool. This one is at a Paseo Mall in Pasadena.

As you can tell, I thoroughly enjoyed my time.

Greetings!

"This Little Light of Mine, I'm going to let it shine..." So much has happened since my last blog entry. Probably the latest and greatest news is that the doctor told me that I'm going to be a big brother to a little "brother". How cool, I'll have someone to hangout and play ball with. Mom and dad said I may have to wait a couple of years before he can actually play with me.

Here I am with Stephen-Fua, as you can tell our parents dressed us for the Missions open house.

Just in case you wanted to get a better look at my Vietnamese Outfit here it is. Just realize, in Vietnam, they usually don't wear "vans" with this outfit

Here I am with mom and dad at the Missions Open House at church. I asked my dad what he was wearing and he said the native attire for the Philippines, a "barong tagalog." I didn't have the heart to tell my dad, but don't you think his shirt is a little "shiny", not to mention it's almost see through, I'm glad my dad wore an undershirt, aren't you?

Here I am with Mo, Jenny, Candace, Crystal and mom. Hey, how come you guys didn't dress up in an international outfit?

I told you "I didn't do it."

How old are you again? You look kinda big for your age.

Alright, dude. Pose for the picture, this is going on the blog.

HAPPY 2009!

Hello Everybody! I hope you had an awesome Christmas and an amazing New Year, because we definitely did. Mom and dad say it's always good to be thankful for what you have, because it's God who gives it to us and I'm learning that.
My apologies for not keeping up, we've been pretty busy over the past couple of months, you know how it is...It was especially challenging since mom, dad and I have been battling with the "flu...cold...cough..." Anyone else out there catch that...wait...do you hear that, it's Dad's and he's still coughing. Anyway, thanks for being patient with me, so here's a brief overview of what's up with jj...me...




Oh yeah, Just in case you didn't hear, by this July, this family picture will have one more person in it. That's right, I'm going to be a "big brother". I'm so excited, although I'm not too sure what's involved in being a big brother, I hear it's a pretty important job. Maybe if you have some experience in being a big brother, you can give me some pointers, since I only have about 6 months to prepare. So let me know as soon as possible.

I don't know why everytime I come this dude always makes me drive, it would be nice just once when I go to Chuck E. Cheese to ride in the passenger seat.

Hey dad, I know you're like supposed to watch out for me and all, but how come you didn't tell me that there was a hole in the ground?

So what you're saying mom is that you don't think it would be a good idea to climb over this rail and jump into the water, just because everyone is doing it?

Here are some pictures of our Traditional Trip to Disneyland for Christmas...well, it's kinda of a tradition, since this is our 2nd year going, but one day it will be a tradition for the Mascardo's.

So this is what they mean when they sing that song, "Let it snow, Let it snow, Let it snow..."

Oh, I get it now, that's why that guy sings "I'm dreaming of a white Christmas."

Ummm...Well...Ummm...I don't where it is? I just got here...Maybe you can ask Tyler, he might know

So...all you have to do is look real sad at your parents and say you'll never ask for anything again...

Thanks guys, it worked!