A Red Suprise for Joy!

This  is a long overdue post,  nevertheless the surprise birthday celebration  was done on the exact date   of  her  big day!  I was busy that day, and still is, and still  cramming every now and then  but  I made it  a point to see her and give her my warmest greeting.  The joyful mom, Joy,  is  now on her 3_th,  almost in her fortieth, as if  I'm making it too hard to guess.   It doesn't show right?  Now,  I am looking forward and  excited  for  that  day,  when she celebrates with us the fortyish life. Hurray!

 

 

Yes,  Beyonce was there too. She  was the  guest performer and  entertained us with her greatest hits.  We all  agreed to wear something red that day.  We're done with  different themes, (click the label "party"  on the sidebar)  White Baby Shower, Party Pink Baby Shower, Green Jenny,  Honey and Beds,  Red Christmas, Pink Pink Magaline, Pajama Send off,  Yellow Anniversary &  Jing's Casual Dress. Did I miss one?

 

 

What's behind the big smiles and chocolate cake?  It is rated SPG! lol.

(Grab this photo from Jenny of joyfulifeofjen.blogspot.com  ) 

Less word.  Let my photos speak.  To Joy, I wish you all the best in life!

Happy  Happy Birthday my dear friend.  You truly bring so much  joy  to all of us!  

The Pink Magaline Pink Party!

The owner and author of  Pink Magaline, Jingke,  just turned 32  and we celebrated the big day  in pink.  She is a  beauty,  lifestyle and fashion blogger  by heart  and  loves this craft besides  being a busy mother,  wife,   student,  and  friend.

 

 

Friendship survives even across the seas. Seas talaga? So many, so far,  but she could always be reached.  Jes was present, as always, all the time and she came  in  pink too.

 

 

The early bird catches the Popcorn Maker!   No one could   beat her.  She was the earliest at  Jingke's place about  lunch time and the party was set to start by 3pm.   Honey,  you already.  Haha.   Can we set now for another party?  How about a Popcorn Party.   

 

Less words. Let my photos speak for this post. 

HAPPY  BIRTHDAY  JINGKE! 

The White Party

It seems like we're always looking for something or reason to party on. Haha. It was a white party! It's actually a two-in-one party to celebrate a housewarming and a surprise for a friend. I disclaim. The other reason is yet to reveal.


Happy in white except for the other girl in blue. Again, we're complete with Jes who was present in tablet that time.


We had fun that day and later enjoyed videoke in a secluded entertainment room.

Do I hear another party soon? It must be something big to celebrate.

At the dining area enjoying the food. I love the pancit that Hon prepared for us. It is something new to may taste bud, a pancit with a twist cooked with Pusit. I forgot to take a picture of other food at the party. We actually agreed to only prepare finger food that day and just bring something light but we ended up having our tummy heavy and full.

What we feasted that day.

Sapin-sapin, Ube, Pancit, Fresh Fruits and Graham Cake.

It is always fun having you friends around. Now, I am looking forward to another party very very soon. We have a lot to celebrate, don't you think?

Occasions of Joy 2nd Anniversary at Grace to be Born

Last February 20, Occasions of Joy celebrated 2nd anniversary by holding an outreach program. Together with other friends and co-bloggers, I joined with Joy in the said activity for a good cause.

Giving a joyful party for moms and moms-to-be is just one activity worth supporting for. A medical mission was done in the morning.

Dr. Rodolfo Pascual Jr., OB Gyne

and Dr. Gilbert D' Asis, DMD

Photo credit: www.OccasionsofJoy.com

A baby shower was given in the afternoon where moms enjoyed a lot in the photo booth courtesy of FUNLIPIX. There were also games like Dress-up Pooh game, baby bottle drinking and Cupcake eating.

*Photos above were blurred to protect their identities.

Thank you Grace To Be Born for warmly welcoming us and allowing us to spend a day with you.
This outreach activity will not be made possible without the help of generous sponsors, namely Adong Shirt, Ainon Baby, Annesy Del Mundo, Baby Company, Baby Magazine, Bakersfresh, Cando-Florenda PR & Marketing Consultancy, Castle for Baby, Cherry Blossoms Cake, Darlyn Ty, Funlipix Photo Souvenir, Glecy Lopez, Mommy Matters, Myla & Sam Quional, Orient Merchants Inc., Pancake House, Shey Castillo, Soyami, The White Hat, Tot Couture and Water For Less.

Occasions of Joy would like to thank the following:


Alvin and Jannet for partnering with OJ's events.

Blogging community, namely, Bogs & Joy, Cza, Fedhz, Hon, Jeff & Mel, Jes, Jingke, Lace & Az, MarJonel, Olga and Tetcha for the support and sharing their blessings.

Agnes, Ainie, Bedz, Dr. Bert, Dr. Dolf, Jing, Lyn, and Robert for spending your precious time.

John, (Joy's husband) who's always supporting her endeavors.



About Grace To Be Born:


Grace To Be Born is one of the many ministries of Mr. Bo Sanchez, located at #53 Dr. Sixto Antonio Ave., Bgy. Kapasigan, Pasig City. The place is a temporary shelter for pregnant women in distress, confused and have no resources to provide throughout the pregnancy.


To those who wish to help the center, you may donate in cash (for electricity and water bills) and in kind (Bonna milk for babies 0-12 months, diapers, maternity clothes, baby clothes, toiletries, and food). For more information, you may email reylindo.ortega@gmail.com or myrna.ortega@gmail.com.


If you know a pregnant woman who needs a place of refuge,
please call Light of Jesus at 725-9999.

Bed's Baby Shower for Baby IC

"Can't wait for Baby IC," the message in specially designed cake from Blossoms Cake during the baby shower given by the happy mom of two, now going three. Beds as we call her, was even more excited, well, I guess all expectant moms are.

The last time I attended a baby shower was a celebrity event thrown by J&J for celebrity moms. It's no different because, Beds is special to us and Baby IC will bond us all as official kumares, as I myself declared. Teehee. We have enough reason now to make our get together becomes more frequent. Haha. There were games like banana eating contest and the fastest to finish to drink via feeding bottle. I won a Spinkie Pillow in this game sponsored by Mutya Laxa's Spinkie Pillow.

Guess, who won?

The Spinkie Pillow where Jingkie won in banana eating contest and yours truly in feeding bottle drinking contest.

Jes couldn't afford to miss the baby shower and made her special way to be at the event. She was just too quick and just posed for the photo op with her gift to Baby IC. I understand as she's very busy in her Hobby Lovey Store.

Gifts...gifts for Baby IC

Bed's Baby Shower would like to thank the following:

Smart Steps

Cha Dao Tea Place

Spinkie Baby Pillow and Cherry Blossoms Cakes.

and Sassy.

And my only wish to you Beds.. have a safe and healthy delivery.

" Woman is the artist of the imagination,

and the child in the womb is the canvas
whereon she paints her pictures."
Parascelsus, 15th century physician

Merry Christmas 2011!

I should say this is a Biggie Meal like post. I go extra large this time. I can't afford to miss a single photo of the party we had last night. It was a big blast. I'm afraid I'll tire you out with too many photos and words. I warned you, this isn't an Ala Carte. Not only the mommies enjoyed the party but our children as well.

The party was held at Legend Villas. Joy called it their second home. They usually hold their parties, anniversaries and other occasions there. Thank you Mendiolables especially Rafael Mendiola Jr., Joy's better half for sponsoring the venue. I've been here many times as well covering event and I feel at home too. We earlier planned to have our party at Dad's Megamall but then changed the venue to Honey's home but few days before the party, Joy settled at the The Legend Villas. Hooray for this! Almost a perfect attendance. We came with our family and the venue was just perfect to accommodate us.

The early bird and the late comer.. :)

Jingke always comes early even at the many events we have attended together. She's my early bird buddy. Before we were complete we had already picture taking minus Jen who came late so we had to repeat the shooting process when she arrived. I love you Jen. Haha. Repeat the process. "picture taking."

Now you know, what binds us all? Half kidding.


For the Award.
Drum roll please..

The Best Costume Award goes to Jing! And the prize you will get is a big exposure and compliments here in my blog. Haha.
Have you ever seen a lovely Santa Claus in your life? My first time actually. She totally amazed me with her charm and how gamely she played in her Santa outfit!

While the moms were away, (just downstairs actually) the children play..

They're not playing actually. They're having their own game, playing hide and seek and a dance exhibition. What else could you expect when all the mommies were busy at the moment.

and here's more..
Warning: The photos above need PG. Only professionals can do that!
Playing and enjoying and picture all the way. Are they playing hide and seek? Where's Juan? I can't see him.. My little daughter who took this picture is always quick in getting picture such as this.

This is supposed to be for kids only. I wonder why the pretty lady in white stole the scene. Peace! haha

Kids have their exchange gift too. I cannot put the names into a detailed story, let my photos speak for my post. Just imagine the toddlers, tweens and teens exchanging gift.


The Swapping moment..

Part of the party was actually swapping of our old items like bags, shoes, accessories, etc. I forgot to bring mine so I just took photos of them. I wanted to swap my camera with Joy's new DSLR. :)


Chow time..

Children comfortably seated in bed while dining.

I ate a big chunks of Jingke's dessert and later had sumptuous plate of Bicol Express from Lyn. I thought it's a perfect meal as dessert always comes first for me.



And now for mommies' exchange gift..

Grabbed this from Jenny's album. Thank you so much Jen for this photo.

Jing started the exchange gift. I featured her again because her gift caught me as she matched it with her outfit :)

I received a bag from Honey. I so love it! Thank you so much Honey!

Now to start again, during the picking names few weeks ago for exchange gift, I actually picked Joy's name three times. Because I knew I will have a hard time to shop for this fashionista mommy, I returned her name in a bowl and picked another but no matter how I raffled off, I still picked her name three times. Do you believe in destiny? Now I do! Disclaimer: I am not teaching nor encouraging my readers to do the same. It was just for fun. Haha.

I captured the moment.. all the time spent with Lyn's help looking for the red cardigan paid off..

Now, we're complete in red outfit..

I grabbed this photo above from Jen's album. Joy, Honey, Jing, Jen, Jingke, Lyn and Beds minus the one in Arkansas, Momi Jes. Still looking for her photo with Santa hat to photoshop picture before even Google crawlers find this post. :)

We just couldn't get over with the fun we had. Too bad we had to leave the place early second after the early bird Jingke left the place. Early birds catched worm. Late comer washed the dishes.. *lol*

Thanks for the gifts that I received, a bag from Honey, and other gifts that are still wrapped waiting for Christmas day surprise to come. Ah wait, the brownies that Jing gave me didn't actually last long. We consumed it the moment we arrived home. Oh so sweet of you Mrs. Santa.

I am thankful for the friendship that we have. May we all be blessed this Christmas and the coming year 2012. Merry Christmas to all!