The Baker's Corner

Values School Christmas Party

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2nd grading Recognition

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Best in English and Most Tactful

Christmas Cupcakes

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Her finished Cupcakes

Our daughter Patricia was in the mood to decorate cupcakes, i baked her a dozens of cupcake, she did very well in decorating.

Talicud Island

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With Grandma and Patty

Putting Up Mama's Christmas Tree, 2011

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Jennifer and Anne, two of Annie's classmates and great friend's of ours.Goofing around and laughing it up!

Patty puts on the Star!

Mama "We forgot to put the lights on first"!

Rona Marie and Patty hanging ornaments.

I made fried potato's and Bacon for our Anniversary

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Steve's favorite breakfast.Happy Anniversary cupcakes made by Mom and Patty. (8 years)

Trick Or Treat in Davao, Philippines

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T or T in Woodridge.Thanks for the candy.

Patty and her cousin Rona Marie.

All the kids having fun Trick or Treating!

At the Clubhouse (lots of decorations).

Our Anniversary Dinner

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Our anniversary dinner out, 31 Oct, 2011We had Patty's favorite, Pancake House.

Mom and Patty.Dad and Patty.

unplanned boat trip around Davao Harbour

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Papa taking us for a boat ride around Davao harbor
Checkin' out the BIG boats
crusin' by the beach resorts
Annie "hangin' ten"

almost says Ohio!

D' Leonor

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Gettin' wet at D' leanor wave park!

We had a great time on a very, HOT summer day!

The Baker Family Easter egg hunt 2011

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Here in the Philippines they do not celebrate Easter the way we do in the U/S. The Easter eggs and the Easter egg hunt are both very novel to our friends and family here.

We started out coloring eggs with the kids. None of the kids or the parents had ever seen this before. We had lots of fun and every kid got to color his/her own egg.

We celebrated Tim & Dotties birthdays. We thanked GOD for the bounty of food and friends/family we had surrounding us that day.

The parents and kids had never seen an egg hunt. They could not get over the idea that they could keep the eggs. Or why someone would take the time to put things inside the eggs and then give them away.
Of course we told the story of Jesus Christ, His death on the cross, His resurrection and His return to heaven to sit at GOD's right hand. What a great day we had.

We won't soon forget our Easter 2011 with Tim and Dottie, here in the Philippines.

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A day at Talikud Island with my Cousin Tim $ Dottie from the USA. The boat trip out took about 40 minutes.

We took Annie's Papa's boats (fishing boats) to Babu Santa beach resort on Talikud Island. We took two boat loads of people, food and snorkeling gear and spent the day at the beach.

Dottie found a star fish

We spent most of the day snorkeling and swimming.

Watch your step! Spines galore!

sea eurchants.

Coral

We searched the beaches for seashells, ate a great meal and headed back out for an Island tour around Talikud.

We stopped at the Corral Gardens and snorkeled awhile. The boat trip took about 1 1/2 hours and we sure had fun.

We finished the day with another big meal of Shrimp, Fish, Chicken and salads. The food was great!

All-in-all, a great way to see Davao Bay and Talikud Island.

Easter Sunday 2011

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You are invited to an Easter Egg Hunt
When: April 24, 2011 @ 1 Pm
Where: Baker’s Residence in Ma-a
RSVP: Before April 24th, @ 2441627
It’s a Potluck bring dessert to share. We will
be serving hotdogs & buns, chips
Bake Beans
Devil Eggs
And some Filipino Foods
Hope to see…

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Busy,Busy

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No time to write on this blog been busy lately, but i will try to update once in awhile

Feb. 2010 update

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Hi guys, how’s life back in the states? We hope all is good with you.
Well here it is February 3rd and I can’t believe it’s been a whole three months (four since we left Prospect). So much has happened to us and we are doing very well.
We have posted all of our vacation pictures and videos on Annie’s facebook and her blog (The Baker’s Corner). The trip across the U.S. was lots of fun and we recommend it to anyone, especially for the kids. Patty still talks about the places she has seen, even being sick in Nashville and Orlando (5 days trying to get over the flu in a Hotel).
As you already know, we bought a house, bought appliances and furniture and got moved in. I no longer have a savings account, but we’re very comfortable and Patty loves her new room. Patty’s attends level 2 Preschool (no kindergarten here) at Ateneo Elementary School, a Christian school run by Jesuit Priests. My Aunt Annie Adams would be thrilled to know that Patty attends a Catholic school.
We found a nice church and Patty is already planning sleepovers and pool parties with her new Sunday school mates (called mates, not friends here). Our church is very small and we are the only non-Filipinos attending. The Pastor is a Chinese-Filipino named Patrick San and he is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Church. We really enjoy his sermons and believe him to be a very knowledgeable, well rounded leader. I told Annie that “If Pastor Tony were Chinese-Filipino, he’d be Patrick San or vice-versa”. We see a lot of similarity between Pastor Tony and Pastor San. The other church members have welcomed us very openly and we think this church will be a good fit for us (no air conditioning, I usually sweat thru my shirt during church, ayyy man!!).
Well as I said, it’s Feb. 3rd and we are planning a trip to the Blue Jazz Resort on Saturday morning for breakfast and a swim. It’s a small resort just across the harbor on Samal Island. We go down to the Blue Jazz pier and take their ferry boat across. It’s about a 10 minute boat ride. They have private cabanas, good food, both kid’s and adult pools, kid’s and adult waterslides, plus the beach and ocean swimming; all for about $10 a day for a family of 3, $20 with food.
We really, really miss the cold and snow! NOT!!!!!!
Well that’s an update for now. We love you and miss you and hope to see you in Davao!
Steve, Annie and Patty

2010-01-09T16:18:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas Everyone

2009-12-27T01:07:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas and Happy Birthday Jesus!

First, I want to say thanks to Bruce for allowing me to use this site to tell my story. I have followed your site for several months now and enjoy the information you provide.

Well, it’s Christmas morning in Davao, Philippines. This is our first Christmas here and with all the differences, there are as many similarities, as well.
First, of course, we are celebrating the birth of our Christ. Happy Birthday, Jesus!
My five year old daughter, Patty, still believes in Santa Claus. She makes out her wish list and we send it to the North Pole for Santa’s approval. On Christmas Eve she puts out cookies and milk for Santa and carrots for his reindeer.
She asked me on Christmas Eve. “Daddy, does Santa know we moved?”
“Yes Patty, Santa knows everything.”
“Daddy, will he find me in the Philippines?”
“Yes, Patty, He knows where you are, now time for bed, so Santa will come.”
We got up on Christmas morning and Patty headed down to see if Santa had eaten her cookies and milk. He had!
“Dad! Santa was here! …. He ate the cookies and drank the milk!” …. “Oh, look, presents!”
“Dad, we don’t have a chimney, how did Santa get in?”
“Santa has magic, Patty.” I replied.
With that, we opened gifts. Mom took lots of pictures, and we laughed and had a great morning.
Now was time to get prepared for Christmas dinner. Annie’s sister came to help cook. Soon her Mama and Papa and numerous cousins arrived to help and it was chaos in the kitchen.
They made baked ham, Lechon (roasted suckling pig), grilled fish, beef vegetable soup, spaghetti and garlic bread and, of course, rice, rice, rice. Side dishes included tropical macaroni salad, Lumpia (spring rolls) and Pancit Canton. We also had Mango float, birthday cake and ice cream for dessert. What a feast.
We expected around 10 to 15 people to come to our home and they did come, with friends! Everyone wanted to see an American Christmas. We said a prayer and thanked our God for the gift of His Son. We then handed out gifts to everyone (we always buy extra, so unexpected guest will have a gift, and this year it paid off). Dinner was announced and we headed to the table to eat.
The meal was ample and delicious. I’m still full today and everyone took home doggie bags. A good time was had by all.
We had a special honor this year. When we came here in November, we carried money donated by a Church in Ohio, to help build a Church over on Samal Island. We got a phone call on Christmas Eve, telling us, the Pastor and his congregation will dedicate their new building on Sunday, December 27th. Unfortunately, we cannot attend this week, but will make the trip next Sunday, for services. We are so blessed to be a part of this project. Thank you Jesus!
As we adjust to our new life here, we find that living here is not so different than life in Ohio. Sure, the tropical weather is different and we miss the snow (a little). Driving here is a real trial (we are from a small farm town), but, all-in-all we are getting accustom to being here and finding comforts we didn’t expect. I even caught a college football game on Christmas day. The friends we are making and Annie’s family are a great comfort.
Thanks again to Bruce, for letting me write here, and we wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Steve in Davao

Fort Walton

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Niagara Falls

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Maid of the Mist

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Swimming

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Dancing Country Inn square

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Indiana Dunes

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Dancing

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First haircut

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I took patty to great clips for her first haircut she never complain she act like shes a big girl proud of my baby doll.

Jimmy's Pond

2009-06-30T17:13:00.000-07:00

Having such a good time today at Jimmy's Pond swimming, boating and fishing...

Twinkle2x little star

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Jumping in Patty's trampoline

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Jesus my SUperhero

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Egg Hunt 09

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Easter sunday

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Her ABC's

2009-03-20T21:09:00.000-07:00

I am so proud of my Patty today even if she was busy from a filipino get together she still had her energy to practice her ABC's upper and lower case. i took some photos while she was doing it enjoy.

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along the beach

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Disney Adventure

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Sledding

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Funny Faces

2009-01-16T21:28:00.000-08:00

Nothing much to do in a weather just like today, we took patty to her school , then we went to home depot to get our new oven since our old one it quit on us yesterday. I got pictures of patty making faces..

Snowy day

2009-01-16T21:16:00.000-08:00

Wednesday was just snowing like crazy here, i went to school that morning roads are clear the weather was bitter cold, i was hoping they will cancel school but they didnt, i got there and our teacher realese us a bit early since it was snowing so hard, hard time driving home thanks God got home safe and sound. We ended up plowing our driveway and our neighbors driveway, its was cold but we did enjoyed playing outside and i made some hot chocolate with marsmallows.Heres the pictures..

A day with Leah

2009-01-16T21:02:00.000-08:00

Ive been busy lately with school and work so this is a late post. Anyway i just wanna share Leah and Patty's pictures, they had so much fun that afternoon even though its chilly outside they still jumped and played hop scotch and played with our neighbor dog named Shayyen. here the slides hope you'll like it.

Christmas Morning

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Christmas Solo

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Christmas Morning

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Our Gingerbred House

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She thought...

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The night before thanksgiving we decided to put our Christmas tree up, we usually put our tree on thanksgiving day we end up doing it anyway since i was off work and off school that day..the next morning Pattylu got up early and smiled at me and look into her daddy and she asked dad did santa came by last night with presents.. As you know Daddy said oh no Patty its not christmas yet today is thanksgiving day,, she thought its Christmas morning, We both have a grinned..This morning again she didnt asked both of us but she said excuse me i will be back in a minute we know for a fact that shes checking under the tree again..and she said his not here yet.. we just smiled...

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Trick or treat

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Trick or treat

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kinawawa si mommy

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with my cousin Brady

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listening music

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Observation Day at her Ballet Class

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All the parents today was excited to see our kids doing their moves in Patty's Ballet Class, It would'nt be complete without mommies taking pictures and video's including myself..Im sharing a short clip

Petting Cows

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Fall 2008 Pictures

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writing A"s

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Fall Festival @ Zoo

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Fun Slide

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Fair 2008

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A fawn outside the window

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Cinderella by Steven Chapman Curtis

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This is one of my baby dolls favorite song everytime she heard this on the radio she will say dad and mom please listen this is my song...Its been awhile since the last time we heard this song, we were at Lowes today at their kitchen area and then cinderella came on and she stop and said daddy its my song and she's telling the guy who works there hey its my favorite song . and then she dance like a ballerina at the store..A cute story for my baby doll

after her school

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First Day of Preschool

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First picture before going inside her classroom
Proud Mommy with her babydoll
Daddy outside the classroom
My first art from her first day of class

I am one of the excited mom of the day, Steve and I took our daughter to her school today, Having a unica ija is not really hard but sometimes i asked myself how good she will be in a classroom with 12 kids. She fit in in right away, she never cry she's excited and when we waved goodbye she just smile and then we headed for home.I could'nt remember having a picture taken during first day of my school, will , not here i thought im the only one that brought a camera with me, next thing i knew click, click and more click here and there.. I asked her so many question and she said she had so much fun at her preschool she told me that teacher has her own rules ..and then she showed me her drawing and a red ribbon saying Patty had a great time...

Picking Apples

2008-08-29T19:38:00.000-07:00

We spent the rest of daddy's birthday picking apples at our neigbhors backyard..and we played in our backyard the whole afternoon, jumping on our trampoline was so much fun

Daddy's birthday

2008-08-29T19:20:00.001-07:00

Not much of a birthday, todays Daddy's real birthday, mommy and i Took daddy to Applebees for dinner and wwent to Lowes to pick up the thing daddy need for our own bathroom, we gave daddy a nice birthday last saturday and one of his present for himself was our bathroom, he did an awesome job remodeling it..

My favorite nephew King

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My Own Olympian

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She feel so proud holding her chuck E Cheese's Medal

A medal she got during her birthday At Chuck E. Cheese's

Baby Dolls Birthday

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Our house was full of people over the past weekend, My Cousin Amy And Dan of Chicago and Aunt Sadie of Wisconsin was here for Steve's birthday..We really had a good time for just a short 3 days. later this afternoon after they left, it was just me, Steve and Pattylu so i took a nap and then Patty was busy doing her coloring books so i took a picture si here are the photos that i took this afternoon

Steve's Birthday

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a ride with Chucky

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Happy Birthday Tita Beautiful

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Hey tIta here's Patty's card for you , i hope you like it its late better than never ika nga sis ..antay ka na lang sa padala ni patty ha

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Shes enjoying one of the presents she got today its a princess video with a wand and a mat, its pretty neat for her age to listen, watch and dance..enjoy

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Happy Birthday Pattylu

2008-08-20T19:36:00.000-07:00

Today my little one turns 4. We had a small party at Chucky Cheese we invited most of her closes friends and 2 of her Classmates at gymnastic came over too..Birthdays isnt fun without the presents , she got so many presents

Letting go of my fishes

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Canoe @ Hocking Valley

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Kiddy Pool with Joey

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