Hello January 2016...Bye!

Yes, it has been a while. And, time does fly really fast as we bid goodbye to January of 2016.

Tons of things has happened and changed. I would like to consider that change is always good. And that is how being optimistic is, I guess.

Anyways, one good news is that I have successfully completed and finished the January photo-a-day challenge of Fatmumslin on Instagram. Hooray!! Some of my friends (co-bloggers) have completed the month too and we are all excited for the "Love" month of February. Join us and keep clicking!

Collecting the images from IG and making them into a collage has never been this easy. They also have an option if you would like to have your images printed. Something I will have to think about. Having said that, I am more challenged to take good and high-quality images... using my Lenovo A5000 mobile phone. That's right, no DSLR here. Just my reliable Lenovo phone.

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Instagram's Best 9 of 2015

To be honest, I have only seen posts about IG's Best 9 photos from my feed. This of course sparked an interest in me to also know what mine is. And here, it has been collaborated automatically. I liked these photos and they are the best 9 for a reason... these photos gained the most number of likes. And, may have also had me gain new followers. Thank you IG! Thank you IG friends!

#bestnine2015 #grateful

A photo posted by Stef Cruz (@stef0930) on Jan 2, 2016 at 6:26pm PST

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Post Christmas Fun

Hubby's high school friends (and their wives) became my friends too. Pare and Mare as we all call each other. It was after Christmas when the new couple Emman and Cherry invited us for an impromptu dinner at Yakimix, SM City North EDSA. As we were really to visit the said mall that day, I decided to inform hubby (who was at work) that I said yes to the invitation. He will catch up after work as we agreed. Sadly, there was also an end year activity at their office which caused him not to be able to join us. As I was capturing moments, I realized that it has been awhile since our group had a gathering like this. Too bad hubby missed the fun. Here are our photos:

 





 And look how grown up K and Isabel now. They are even big sisters already.

 

The girls really did enjoy the food, the meet up, the mall Christmas display, and of course, the company of life long friends. Ronnie, his wife Pia and their boys missed the fun too. Hopeful for the next meet up, soon!

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