Sarah's photo shots (click here)

Check out my pictures. I took those pictures 2 days ago. I love my new professional camera. I guess if I study hard, I can turn my hobby into a business ;-) I'm still working on my portrait photography skills. I am reading tons of books about portrait photography and professional techniques for location photography. I bought a reflector the other week and I finally figured out how to use it. I just need to practice, practice, practice.

Merry Christmas/ Feliz pascua

In this season, may we never forget God's perfect love. His love never fails us. We know that greater joy will come to us through love than any other way.May the spirit of Christmas be always in our hearts.

love,
Isaac and Sarah

:-)

It's freezing this morning but the road's clear. Isaac took me to work since we only have 1 car as of the moment. He went shopping while I was at work . It's a last minute Christmas shopping.He's not a procrastinator, it's just kinda hard to have one car right now. I wish we can commute here. I miss riding in a metro, taxi and jeepney. But anyway, I don't have to go back to work until after Christmas. I get to sleep in tomorrow and spend quality time with my husband. I have to enjoy this before he goes back to work. We're car hunting right now. We're thinking of getting an SUV or something bigger than our totalled ford escort. After the wreck, we decided to get a bigger car. Aside from the freezing weather, we're doing absolutely good and we're excited for Christmas and New Year. Have a blessed Christmas and a prosperous new year to all!

2wks after the wreck.The scar is almost invisible (at least in the picture)



"Bonita Mujeres"

Brrrr.. brrr..brrr

Last year's pic.Am I havin' a blast or what?


It's freakin' cold outside.It's windy and we got 3 inches of snow. I'm glad I'm not working today.Although I'm not a winter person, I must admit that the snow looks so pretty. They say it's going to get better later. We'll see..

It's Isaac again

Well, I'm doing better. Not the best but better. We just got home from a doctors appointment and the doctor said i should be able to go back to work on January 12, the day after my birthday. I wish I was off of work because of a vacation and not because of an accident but its alright. I do like being home and spending time with Sarah ! That is very nice! Another plus is that i get to catch up on all of my day-time soap operas! HaHAHa just kidding, but seriously,Christmas will be nice and New years will be fun and i'll even have my Birthday off! Sweet! I think I need to be my own boss and start working at home for myself! That way i could do all of those things and not ask for a day off from my employer. The question is, what should I do? I need to find a million dollar idea like a rubber chicken or a pet rock, or something. Maybe a cologne i could call it " Odere de Isaac". I dont know how well that would work though. Especially if Sarah cant even stand using the restroom after me!!! Well these pills are making me drowsy and giving me selective amnesia among other things....I love you all and hope i see you all soon!!! I also would like to thank you all for all the calls, prayers, cards, balloons, food and messages. I'll be keeping you all in my thoughts.

birthday party part 2

I had a post birthday party today. It's a surprise of course. I don't know why my husband decided to celebrate it twice. When I asked him why, his reply was, " You're extra special, so you're getting an extra birthday party". He's just the sweetest! I had breakfast in bed this morning and a birthday party this evening. Thanks for those who came, and for the birthday gifts. I love them all. I also had another birthday cake a.k.a chocolate french silk pie and another special wish.

december pics

Birthday

the picture looks dark coz the light was off

I love my cake


Birthday 2008


My birthday/Christmas present. A photography starter kit.Love it!

Yesterday was my birthday! I wasn't expecting anything from Isaac. I just want him to recover and rest, but we had a long debate. He did not want to rest that afternoon. He wanted to bake and cook something for my birthday. I tried to stop him but I gave up because he won't let me anyway. He said he needed to do something to make him feel better. Anyway, my sweet husband baked me a birthday cake and cooked chicken enchilada.It was the best! I know he's not supposed to do it but It made him so happy while I was blowing my cake while he was singing the birthday song. I nearly cried but I was able to control myself. I didn't want to ruin the moment. I honestly say that yesterday, was the happiest birthday I've ever had.I'm just so filled with joy that we're together. Isaac is the best present ever! He's the sweetest person I know. I'm not going to say I'm lucky. I am truly blessed!

Tyler's Birthday!

I love this picture.This is so cute!

After eating his birthday cake

He's sooo adorable!

Isaac at FUN RUN! He's not 4, he's 24!


We celebrated Tyler's 4th birthday at FUN RUN. It's a children's indoor play center and Imagination village. It was fun!

Isaac's home and he's happy to be alive!

Isaac is feeling much better today. He can't do the electric slide dance yet but at least he's walking. He gets tired easily though and his left hip is still bothering him but he looks so much better than yesterday. He was discharge from the hospital at around 9:30 am. It's indeed a great birthday present for me see him walking, talking and joking again.
Before we came home, we went to the the tow place to see his car. We took some pictures.The car looks pretty bad as you can see. It was a good car and it had good gas mileage.The good news is, it has full coverage.

This is Isaac writing to all my fans out there

few hours after the wreck

latest news

Day 2

It's beggining to look a lot like Christmas

Elder Romarate

Meet my youngest brother, Elder Joseph Romarate. He's currently serving a full-time mission in Bacolod, one of the most beautiful islands in the philippines. We call him a "Giant" because he's pretty tall. He's 6'2 the last time I saw him and it seemed so long ago.He's not just a "giant" to me but also a spiritual giant.His strong testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ strengthens my own testimony.I am so proud of my brother.He is such a blessing to us. Whenever I see his mission pictures, it reminds me of the good old days when I, myself was a missionary like him. It was truly a blessing for me to serve a full-time mission...not one moment of my mission life I considered it a sacrifice.I can truly say that It was the best 18 months of my life and it went by so fast. I'm grateful for that once in a lifetime opportunity.I would love to to it again with my husband someday.I'm thankful for all the Missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I do hope and pray that my youngest brother-inlaw Jesse will decide to go on a mission too :-)

freaky, pretty or funny?

I found this website where you can "Yearbook Yourself". I used Isaac's picture and I picked the 60's look. Now Schaefers, tell me, who's the fairest one of all? Hah!

Who says baking is a girl thing?

My husband is not a pastry chef but he can bake like a "pro". It's his natural talent which he discovered 2 years ago when I demanded that he should bake my 1st birthday cake here in MO. He was hesitant at first but he did it anyway ( It's all because of love baby...awww). For my first birthday,he made me a black forest cake which probably took him approximately 4 hours.I was restricted to go to the kitchen and watch him though. I was very impressed with the outcome. It was also very delectable. And then last year, he made a chocolate cake with cherry filling and strawberry icing. It's fabulous as you can see. I married a sweet man who bakes delicious cakes. Anyway, you're probably wondering why I'm blogging about this. Well, next week is my birthday. We'll see if I'm getting a cake this year.



2006 BIRTHDAY



2007 BIRTHDAY


YES! I AM KINDA SPOILED

Winter is back!!!

I'm not sure if it's officially winter but it already snowed last sunday and today. It was more like a surprise to me because it was definitely unexpected. The reason behind, is because I don't watch the weather channel. I don't watch TV that much anyway. But I must admit that it was a pretty sunday morning. For the first time, I was happy to see the snow. It was very unusual to me because I'm not a winter person. I grew up in the Philippines and I'm a self-proclaimed island prinsesa ...go figure!
This is only my 3rd winter.My main goal is to love and enjoy it (wish me luck) It's not gonna be easy though because I hate driving in the snow and I get so cold easily. But I can do it, with the help of my killer lookin' fabulous 50% off snow boots.Yay!
About the picture I posted, this picture was taken during my first winter.Obviosly,I was so thrilled to build my first snow man. And then right after that, I asked Isaac a very important question "When is spring coming?"