Christmas 2014
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
Hello. The Villarosa family wish everyone a special holiday season and a blessed 2015. 2014 has been a roller-coaster year. We had some wonderful times and very sad times. But the events make us realize the importance of those who remain, treasure and value friendship.
Von and Niño continued working on cruise ships abroad. Joy is happy raising her baby love who turned one in August. Eugene (Joy's husband) was in Davao during his daughter's baptism in October. Joy is currently studying to become a teacher. Yay!
The little people in the family are still enjoying being kids! JD, Jillian, Bea, Adrian, and baby Love continue to play in our little home in Ma-a. They play, sing and laugh. Priceless! Liane and baby love turned one this year. They both have beautiful smiles being surrounded with the people who loves them so much!!!
This year's memorable and funny conversations with the kids:
Baby Love's smiles and her eyes light up. She can stand alone. Pretty good at doing things such as eating with her fingers and grabbing things. Loves learning and imitating her cousins. If one is dancing, she will dance. If her mama joy will sing, she will sing. She's starting to understand what people are saying. She is becoming shy or anxious around strangers and clinging to Mami La at school when she tries to leave. She's starting to talk, say a few words like "Mama", "Papa", "Mami", "Dadi" on a regular basis now.
Jilliane- eight now. Grade three. Loves to color and make cards. Never stops talking. Extremely independent. Picky eater like JD. Tita Joy is not happy feeding them, LoL. "Tita Joy is your hair rebonded?" Jilliane asked. "Yes!" Joy replied. "Ok, I'm going to focus on studying hard so that when I get older I can have my hair done just like yours!" :D
JD- Eleven now. 5th Grade. Loves to play games. Lover of Pogs, a game that involves throwing a small heavy disc, called a slammer, on top of a stack of cardboard circles. It's a very popular game with grade schoolers. JD's latest line "Tita Ganda, wow your Christmas tree is soooo tall.... ours is really small."
Janna- Six years old. Grade one. She likes to make and play with clay. All four ( JD, Jilliane, Janna and Adrian) sneak in to get oil and powder to make clay. They all watch YouTube to make it. Hides the clay after because baby love likes to eat it. "Ok, let's finish up this giant iced tea, so we can head back home." Tita Joy said. "Ah, you finish drinking that, not me. You all bought it, you all drink it!" haha tama ang bata.
Adrian- Seven now. 2nd Grade. Energetic and always wears a smile. When he likes the food he will say "This is my favorite!" and when he likes another food, "This is my favorite food!". His mama Yeye was surprised every time and say, "I didn't know that's your favorite". Mami La's favorite line fom Adrian: Mami, when I grow up I want to be a sea man! Huh? Mami la said. "Yes, and I will break this house down!" Adrian continued. "Why?" Mami was confused. "So that I can build a new and better house". LoL
Our parents, Estelito and Leonora continue to work as teachers but their job are going well. Mama Nora joins community services like tree planting, giving food and things to needy people as part of her job. They're both had thoughts to retire in a year or two. Papa still enjoys taking care of animals.
Sadly, we lost contact with our brother Jay. He is somewhere and wanted to be alone. A decision he chose that we can't force to change quickly. He probably decided to go some place where he is free and can grow. We can only respect his decision. God bless you and take care!
In May, Jessa had another severe allergic reaction. Two ER trips and two admissions. Hives, swollen of the face and stomach cramps. This time her doctors worked hard in finding the cause of a major reaction. She spent a week in Rockport to recover and think. The food that triggered her body to react was quinoa. It was also the food she brought in the Philippines to eat in 2012 that caused her to be hospitalized due to stomach cramping. Her advice to people was not to eat quinoa if they notice something after consuming it. And to avoid ibuprofen, that caused her to go back to the ER the following day. On a brighter side, Jessa passed her Texas test and now a certified math teacher. She reviewed for two months, failed the first test and passed the second time. Woohoo!!!Finally, she is happy teaching math to 5th graders. She's looking forward to teach math to 8th graders next year.
David and Jessa settled in Winchester,their new house built and finished in July. "It's nice to to have the beauty and privacy of living out in the country surrounding with the scenery of the beautiful trees and animals." Jessa said. Their dogs continue to bring joy, especially in the evening after a hard day of working at work.
In October, David (Jessa's husband) was diagnosed with lymphoma. Fortunately his dad noticed a lump on his head while cutting his hair. Have it checked and found out its cancer of the skin. His cancer was contained in the scalp only which a 3 week of radiation and healthy diet would help clear . This time, David finished his 12 treatments and is now back to usual. The next appointment will be pet scan and praying it to be cleared. Thanks for your prayers, it's working! David is doing well!
Our mama Nora celebrated her birthday on December 23rd. Joy took the gang to eat out for a simple celebration. We wish our mom to have more birthdays to come and retire soon so she can enjoy an everyday vacation. Hehe...
We are hoping that Von, Niño, Jessa and Jay will be visiting the little home of Villarosa family sometime next year.
We hope that life will go on without stress or sadness. Have a wonderful, healthy and successful 2015.
Love and blessings to all,
Villarosa Family 2014
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