Family

Race began walking on December 8, 2008, when he was 11 months and 1 day old.

On July 27, 2008, Marissa and I attended the wedding of Cherry Ann Udasco and Carlos Nassaire.

Man, am I glad no one got a photo of me crying at my own wedding, and by saying that I am not admitting that I did.

Carlos had just arrived back in The Philippines after working in Vancouver, Canada, [...]

This post is pretty much just for family.
I can’t see that there would be many people that would watch 16 minutes or so of videos of a baby unless they are related to him.

I am very fortunate to have such a healthy, playful and happy baby.  I am also fortunate to have a large extended [...]

Many electrical poles are being replaced throughout Cagayan today, so Marissa and I, along with some other family members, sought refuge at one of the local hotels that has their own generator, and we could wait out the brownout in the comfort of the air-conditioned room, or sit in the shady breeze between the bay [...]

Catholic christening of Race, and the reception that followed, photo gallery.

I am not a catholic, having been raised Methodist, a protestant, but having married a catholic Filipina, and having decided to live for at least the next few years in The Philippines, and raise my son as a filipino, to inoculate in him the values [...]

Prior the Race’s christening we took him to Agfa Photo Studio in Divisoria for some professionally done photos.

When Marissa went to have the christening invitations made, the counter person asked her where she got the photo of the baby angel, did she get the photo from Google Images?

Agfa Studio Photo Gallery 

Papa entered a greased pig contest last week and won. Ten men were in the contest and they were all blindfolded. The pig was greased to make him hard to catch.

This is a hybrid pig. A normal piglet (”bactin” in Visayan) this size would be worth 500 pesos (about $11.00 USD), but [...]

“Lechon” means roasted, and “baboy” is a pig, Tagalog.

Marissa bought the pig from some friends who live in Lumbia, near the Cagayan de Oro Airport. The price was 100 pesos per kilo, or 5500 pesos for the above pig, which was taken to my house live on Thursday, two days before he was prepared [...]

So, I have to give in.

Race is a good kid, he only cries when he is hungry…

Needs to be changed…

Or if he’s sleepy..

Of course, sometimes he can’t sleep because of all the distractions…

Sometimes the distractions come from Mama…

Sometimes the distractions are just toys, like super-sized milk bottles…

Sometimes it’s Mama that distracts him…

Sometimes he just distracts [...]

I recently got a demand notice from my brother to publish more photos of the child, my son, who I named after my brother and father. Here they are. He’s not a perfect kid, but as close to being so as they come. Photo gallery of Race Turner at 3 months.
Race got his [...]