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December 11, 2012
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Dinner with the Maharajah of Jodhpur

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We were so thrilled to be invited to the Palace by the Maharaja!!!  In celebration of Diwali, His Royal Highness invited us to his Fort ( Mehrangarth Fort ) for dinner!!  Of course we accepted! 🙂

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Everyone got dressed for the occassion!  I wish we had a Saree to wear!

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I am so happy my husband is so GAME!  He wore a turban!  LOVE IT!  The Maharajah really looked at him and said ” You look like one of us!”  and he looked at James when we greeted him and when he said goodbye to us 🙂

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With our tour guide Raj!  His uncle works for the Maharajah so he has access too 🙂  We love Raj!  

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I forgot my bindi!

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This was the old Fort, Mehrangarth Fort, where the dinner was held

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As you enter, camels welcoming you 

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Music

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More camels

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Wow, walking up the castle

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The view of the City of Jodhpur!  BEAUTIFUL!  Later on you will see lots of fireworks in celebration of Diwali

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Musicians on the roof

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The India group 🙂

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I am telling you, we are beginning to look Indian – look at Mom! haha

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What an honor!!! To have the Maharajah sit with us on the table

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Later on Her Majesty arrived so photo opportunity also!

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What a long buffet table!! with a delicious Indian spread!!

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October 30, 2012
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Happy Birthday Tita Tess

By | Celebrations, Foodie | One Comment

From now on, we have to celebrate every year  your birthday Tita Tess!!! haha!!

Previous entry: Happy Birthday Maritess October 3, 2011 

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Tita Tess is known as Tokie to her friends and she is probably the Ninang of almost everyone in the family!  A very popular Ninang 🙂

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Cute painting of her when she was a kid

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Enjoyed the food by Chef Ed Quimson!  He is becoming a staple in our family gatherings because his prices are reasonable and there is a lot of variety at the same time it’s Yummy! 🙂

Previous entry: Commemoration Anniversary by M Cuisine and Fine Foods July 2, 2012

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She received so many cakes for her birthday 🙂 

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October 25, 2012
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Grandmothers Pride and Joy

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 I love this hanky of my Lola!!!  This is an old old hanky and it is handsewn with all of our names!  This is all of us grandkids ( some with cute wrong spellings haha! ) 

We are all proud of our Lola and we love her! Today is her special day and I want to shout it out loud and greet her here – Happy Birthday Lola Charing!! 

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October 8, 2012
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Mad Hatter Party

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Happy Birthday to my two beautiful nieces, Nicole, my hijada and Camille!  Sorry I missed this, looked like so much fun!  Thanks to my cousin, Catherine, for taking the photos 🙂

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LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!!! Cute Lolo 🙂

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My favorite hat and costume by Tita Tess!!  

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October 1, 2012
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Happy Birthday Margs & Jaime and Bon Voyage Jaime!

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A day before we left, Dad and Mom organized a birthday dinner for Margs and Jaime and at the same time made it a despedida for Jaime!  It was a very special occasion! 🙂

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Instead of going out, Mom got Kai to cater in the house.  Good idea!

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Pass around appetizers

My gosh! These eggs were so so delicious!!! It had truffle oil and caviar! YUM!!!!!!

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Lobster Sashimi

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Mom even hired her pianist, Allan ( cellphone # : 0927-329-6929)

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Table setting by Rustan’s Flower Shop of course 🙂

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A super delicious meal!

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Interesting dish- Corn tempura

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And though it is catered by Kai, Mom always adds her personalized touch!  She bought these beautiful boxes from Japan and she used it to put the desserts!  It came in different designs

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The kids had their own menu 

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And Mom had surprises for us- look under your plate and if there is a sticker – you get a prize!! WOOHOO!! I got one!  🙂

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Happy Birthday Margs and Jaime!!!

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Thanks to Pam for always taking care of the cake requirements 🙂

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Aside from the birthday celebration, we celebrated Jaime’s acceptance in Boarding school and his despedida

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It was very emotional with speeches and many love notes.  I was worried he would change his mind!! 🙂

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A beautiful poem from Ninong Noey and Tita Krie!

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From his cousins

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From his big brother, Tito Quits

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From Tito Paul and Ninang Maricar

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With matching ampao envelope 🙂

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The shortest notes are from us – Papa, Mama and brother Javier 🙂letters-sps-jaime-12.JPGletters-sps-jaime-9.JPG

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September 29, 2012
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Visiting Doc

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Mom and Tita Dorothy have been insisting on coming over to visit Dad since they miss him in the group get togethers.  So one night they came and visited Dad 🙂

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A super nice and thoughtful couple – Tito Edwin and Tita Dorothy.  They love Dad so much 🙂 And we all love them back

Previous entry:  R&M Preserves August 23, 2012  

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Tito Edwin and Tita Dorothy brought Chinese food! YUMMY!! James and I are benefitting too from this visit 🙂

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Mom brought food too which came with her chafing dishes! 🙂 I realized I didn’t take a photo of the contents 🙁

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And yummy cheesecake from Mrs. Yulo

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September 16, 2012
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Welcoming Talitha

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We are so happy to have more baby girls coming into the Lopez side of the family!!  We only have a few girls and it seems that The Johnny Lopezes are having a bunch of them one after the other 🙂  Congratulations to Carlo and Monique!  We are looking forward to the coming of Talitha!!

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Pretty and blooming Mom, Monique Albert Lopez

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The two moms of Monique 🙂 Thank you for inviting us to the baby shower of Talitha

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What a cute baby shower for Talitha 

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And many beautiful young friends of Monique

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FUN BABY SHOWER GAMES! 🙂

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Yummy food in between 🙂

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And more games!

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And many many presents for Baby Talitha 

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Nice giveaways by the sister of Monique, Rina Albert 

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