Our Family: We have a 6 year old son, Adrian, and a rambunctious 1.5 year old puppy, named Ryver. We are from Illinois and we live about 30 minutes away from Chicago. We love our location because we are in the suburbs within a great school district, near parks and forest preserves, with easy access to lots of park district activities , but we are also a short drive away from downtown adventures like Millennium Park and Navy Pier.
We enjoy outdoor activities like going for walks at our nearby park, hiking and riding our bikes. We love traveling when we can and enjoy road trips to visit new museums or zoos. We also love the beach (Adrian is half fish!) and so one of our favorite places to vacation is Florida. We also love spending time with our immediate and extended families, whether it's getting together for game nights, celebrating holidays or going on family vacations together.
When we are at home, our daily routine consists of dropping off and picking up Adrian from first grade (Annie's parents help out a ton on Mondays-Wednesdays), eating meals together, packing lunch for the next day, taking Ryver for walks, reading bed time stories, showering and brushing teeth, then repeating it all over again the next day. On the weekends we have movie nights, run errands together, cook meals for the coming week and pack in some type of fun family activity (like a family gathering, a trip to a museum, a bike ride around the park, anything really!).
More About Ria: Ria is an Ultrasound Technologist for a large hospital system up north. She is the boo-boo healer, the bedtime cuddler, the goofy dance partner, the one who has the harder time saying "No" to Adrian and the one who keeps our house dust free! Fun Facts:
Ria loves planning trips, thinking about what our next family vacation should be and shopping for the best deals
Ria loves dancing (including breaking out in a kitchen dance party with Adrian) and loves listening to music
Ria loves to binge watch all of her favorite shows
Favorite foods: any Filipino food, seafood linguine, a good steak and anything chocolate
Coffee preference? Vanilla latte, hot
What's keeping her busy these days? Working (usually Mon-Wed and Saturdays), grocery shopping for our family, planning our next family adventure and shopping for clothes for Adrian (he's outgrowing everything!)
More About Annie: Annie is an Application Analyst for a large hospital system near our home. She is the best story teller, the puppy walker, the laundry guru, the karaoke duet partner, the one who usually always says "No" to Adrian and the one who cooks and bakes in the house. Fun Facts:
Annie loves to play sports, but doesn't really like to watch sports
Annie loves anything that has to do with tech, gadgets, electronics, etc.
Annie loves listening to all kinds of different music and wishes she could play an instrument, but she can't :(
Favorite foods: french fries, thin crust pizza, pork adobo, beef pad-sew and donuts
Coffee preference? Iced coffee with cream and sugar
What's keeping her busy these days? Working (Mon-Fri), trying to keep up with our puppy (who loves to find trouble) and son (whose curiosity never tires) and dreaming about home updates/renovations
More About Adrian: Adrian is now a first grader! His favorite classes are STEM and P.E. For the last two years or so, everything has been about Transformers, but just recently he has discovered Spiderman and Titanic and is now obsessed with these topics. He likes drawing, impromptu dance parties and snacks. Like his Mama, he also loves anything chocolate (like really really loves it). Adrian enjoys going on family adventures, whether it's an airplane ride to a new place we've never been or a quick drive down the street to have a picnic at the park. He's a total foodie and loves trying new foods, just like his moms. His recently starting playing t-ball and taking piano lessons and is continuing to improve in both!
More About Ryver: Ryver is the newest member of the family. We adopted her in August of 2022 from a Rescue Shelter in Texas and she will be turning two this coming May. She is spunky and feisty and has no problems letting you know if she does NOT like something or if she CANNOT wait any longer for something. Even though she's always energized and ready to play, she also loves sleeping in your lap. We try to go on daily walks, but if we're stuck inside, she loves playing fetch and tug-of-war.
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