The package has arrived....in time for the last family chat of the year!!!

yipeeeeeeee!!! our gift to Mabelle has arrived.... and has been delivered. since we asked Boyce, a friend living in Pennsylvania, to order it for us we've been anxiously waiting for Mabelle to get it. sigh! how i wish we were there to see Mabelle's face when she finally saw it!

mabelle, this gift is to make up for all those Christmases and birthdays that i wasn't able to give you any gift.... and for all those birthdays and Christmases to come!!! hehehehehehe.

the gift arrived just in time for the last family chat of 2006.... and in celebration of and to commemorate this event, here are some of the sights and words of that chat:

the cousins, Gino and Julius

the newly-slimmed down Ate Nette

Diko and Julius

Gino


Lynn and Julius

Julius (sleeping!)

Lynn and Mabelle

The chat screen

it was truly a "family chat" because Gail & Kuya and Daddy & Mommy joined us from Quezon City. it's a pity, though, that Gail's web cam was not working.... and so, we didn't have web cam views of them.at about 1:00 pm. jon joined us.... and by the time we finished the chat at 4:00 pm.... here's Jon: (Hehehehehehe.)

one of the highlights for me this year is the start of our family chat because this has made our family feel closer to each other even if we're separated thousands of miles apart. for 2007, my fervent hope and wish is for this to continue.... because we'll never tire of seeing you and talking to you guys!!!