We are the Arzaga's: March 2008

Juliette's First Birthday

Jake and Joey spent a day at their cousins' home in MD's Eastern Shore (Kent Island) and helped celebrate Juliette's first birthday. Along with brother Will, cousins Gunther and Gabe, and pal Griffin, we ate cake, played in the yard, and went for a John Deere tractor ride. Unfortunately, I didn't get a chance to take a picture of "Baby Sister" in her pretty in pink spring dress - it's her birthday, and she can nap if she wants to...

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Juliette Goers' First Birthday

Nick's Lacrosse Game

Jake and Joey attended cousin Nick's lacrosse game at West Springfield High. The Freshman Spartans unfortunately faced a formidable team in St Albans, losing 0-12. Afterwards, the Arzaga clan dined out at Milano's for some Italian/Greek cuisines.

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Update: I've included additional photos from other games (vs Centreville)

One Fine Day

Before heading out to watch kuya Nick play in his freshman lacrosse game at West Springfield high school, Jake and Joey spent the morning enjoying a warm spring day in their backyard deck.

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Thanks Easter bunn..Kenny?

Jake and Joey enjoyed a whirlwind Easter weekend. The festivities started off with the second annual Heathfield Circle Easter Egg Hunt. Many thanks to this year's Easter bunny, Kenny P - you were AWESOME! and the many mommy-s who put together the event for the kids!

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Immediately afterwards, Jake and Joey headed over for an Easter lunch at Tita Luding and Tito Mar's new home in Richmond, VA. There, the boys enjoyed another egg hunt and a feast fit for a king, queen, and their whole kingdom. It was good seeing (long-lost) Lazos and other relatives to chat, eat, and enjoy the day. Thanks Tita and Tito!

On Easter Sunday, Jake and Joey woke up to baskets full of Thomas the Train toys and movies left by the Easter Basgle. The weekend wasn't complete until Jake and Joey shared their Easter with Kappie/Bappa. We all headed over to the Dulles Hilton to stuff ourselves with yet another Easter Brunch. Yumm-o! Thanks Easter Basgle!

Easter 2008

I Go Crazy...

...when I'm without you. Trina goes to Chicago on a business trip, leaving daddy home alone with two boys and two dogs. Daddy managed to survive the three days while mommy was away. How single working parents to do it all alone, is beyond my comprehension. We missed you mommy, welcome home!

- Flesh for Lulu

You're in our hearts, grandpa

It's been 5 years today. We miss you grandpa Phil...

"So far away, doesn't anybody stay in one place anymore?
It would be so fine to see your face at my door
Doesn't help to know you're just time away

Long ago I reached for you and there you stood
Holding you again could only do me good
How I wish I could, but you're so far away"
Carole King

"A life lived for others is a life worthwhile"

"A day without laughter is a day wasted." - unknown
"An unhurried sense of time is in itself a form of wealth." Bonnie Friedman
"Destiny is not a matter of chance, it's a matter of choice." William Jennings Bryan
"Do good things, good things happen." My Name is Earl
"Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole." Roger Caras
"Everything is going to be okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end." - unknown
"From now on, I'll connect the dots my own way." - Calvin and Hobbes
"Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, old time is still a flying, and this same flower that smiles today, tomorrow will be dying." - Robert Herrick
"Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you." Nathaniel Hawthorne
"Have fun storming the castle!" - Princess Bride"
"He who knows patience knows peace." Chinese proverb
"I have witnessed the softening of the hardest of hearts is with a simple smile." Goldie Hawn
"I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone? - Stand By Me
"I too am not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable, I sound my barbaric YAWP over the roofs of the world." Walt Whitman
"I wish I had your passion... misdirected though it might be, it is still a passion." - Field of Dreams
"In great attempts, it is glorious even to fail." Vince Lombardi
"It is never too late to be what you might have been." George Eliot
"It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." Ferris Bueller
"Love is shown in your deeds, not in your words." Fr. Jerome Cummings
"Luck is what happens when preparation meets oppurtunity."
"Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it." Soren Kierkegaard
"Our attitude toward life determines life's attitude towards us." Earl Nightingale
"Promise only what you can deliver. Then deliver more than you promise." Anonymous
"Some people walk in the rain. Others just get wet. " - Roger Miller
"The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend." Henry David Thoreau
"The secret to happiness is learning to appreciate the moment" Bill Watterson via Calvin and Hobbes
"The true test of character is... how we behave when we don't know what to do." John Holt
"This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains. Think about that for a while. " - Bull Durham
"To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart." Donald Laird
"We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for. " Dead Poets Society
"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." George Bernard Shaw
"What do we live for; if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?"
"When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends." Japanese Proverb
"Who I am, is who I want to be." Reba McEntire
"Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes." Carl G. Jung
"Work hard, play harder...one day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure its worth watching." - unknown

We are the Arzaga's

Juliette's First Birthday

Nick's Lacrosse Game

One Fine Day

Thanks Easter bunn..Kenny?

I Go Crazy...

You're in our hearts, grandpa

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