Liam finally gets his dream =D to have his own toy review =)

Our family recently opened a Youtube channel aptly named Tahanan Cruz.

It will feature most of our Travels, milestones, day to day activities and almost anything under the sun.

Since it will mostly be managed by my wife Mara, the channel will also feature her crafty side, meaning tutorials, demos, product reviews and the likes.

Expect videos on the challenges and rewards of being a Mom and Dad of two boys, the riot of having a 1 year old and a 4 year old, and how we always make things work in Tahanan Cruz.

Hope you'll all subscribe =)

click here for the Tahanan Cruz channel 

here are some videos from our Channel =)

Liam has been bugging us to go back to HongKong, specifically, Disneyland, ever since we visited the theme park two years ago. So we decided that for Nanay's birthday, which falls on March 25, we will visit the happiest place on earth and celebrate with Mickey and his friends =)

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In lieu of having a party, since we're going to Hong Kong the following month, we chose to spend Liam's birthday pigging out and relaxing in a suite gifted to him by his Ninongs. 

Here are a few videos of how our eldest spent his birthday week =)

and oh, please subscribe to our Youtube channel TahananCruz =)

Thanks so much =)

Lucio celebrated his birthday last January 12, but we chose to celebrate it on a Sunday so most of his relatives, uncles and aunties can attend =)
It was a Sing inspired party held at the new pavilion of 8 waves hotel and waterpark. We're pretty sure Lucio won't have any recollection of the party, but Kuya Liam will always be there to tell him stories of how everybody had fun =)

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The Birthday Video

One of our yearly traditions is to have our family portraits taken during the Christmas season.
Once the ber months come rolling in, Mara is already busy trading ideas with our Kumare and Photographer Jamie Mapagu.
Here are our Family Portraits, Version 2017 =)

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So.

I haven't posted anything here for the past couple of years or so.
A lot has changed since my last post.

We are now four in the family, our dear Lucio Manuel was born January 12th of this year. =)

And thou I'm still into photography, model shoots are far in between, my SD card composes mostly of Family Photos, Trips, random pictures of our boys, well, you get the gist.

With my changing priorities, this site will change with me.

I've resurrected it from blog purgatory because I want an avenue where we can share whats been going on with us with family and friends, or basically for anyone interested.  This is also where i'd be putting up family photo albums and videos to save for posterity.

I'd still be posting fashion shoots from time to time, me and Mara have always been passionate about these type of layouts, and we would love to revisit them one of these days.

But mainly, this Blogsite will be all about family. It will be all about Tahanan Cruz =)

Momsie just turned 60. Our dad wanted to have a party for her (as usual), while our mom wanted to spend her special day with family.

This time around, our Mom won =)

We spent six days in Osaka, trying to immerse ourselves in everything it has to offer it the oh so little time that we have.

We would really love to be able to come back =)

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Me and Mara along with kids were fortunate enough to be invited to witness the renewal of vows of Tatay Larry and Nanay Paz, parents of our dear friend GIds.
There were only a handful guests which made us feel all the more privileged to have been part of such an intimate occasion.

I've included the video by Bob Nicolas to give you an idea of how beautiful the three day event was.

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