AIDA'S FAMILY AND FRIENDS

Sophie Strnad Messick the Winner

2012-01-26T17:36:00.000-08:00

Happy Chick Photography
It's official! Sophie Messick is our winner for the 2011 Happy Chick/Sweet Stuff model search (aka Cupcake girl)! Thanks for everyone who voted and for all the kids who entered. You are all cute and did so well at your photo sessions. Everyone will get something just for entering. We will have another model contest in the spring so be watching for details after the holidays.

Sophie Strnad Messick - getting spoiled by grandparents

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Bench and Almie Basil

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It's a Beautiful Couple, Angels! Love and Abundant Blessing.

MAINIT KAMI MOULI RA

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AIDA AND HER BIKE

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Working out on my bike. I dance too.

MAINIT KAMI MOULI RA

2010-08-16T17:02:00.001-07:00

Those Voices Don't Speak for the Rest of Us

2010-08-16T16:56:00.001-07:00

Loreto WWII Memorial

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Loreto was the first landing point for U.S. Forces liberating the Philippines in October 1944. Check out this website for more information. Loreto blogspot

JUNE 25, 2010 - MY BIRTHDAY

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Aida in San Diego 2004 (Emilia Beltran and Simplicio Basil Granddaughter)

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Aida while visiting OK in 1994 (Emilia Beltran and Simplicio Basil Granddaughter)

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Aida at the Coronado Ferry Landing in 1994 (Emilia Beltran and Simplicio Basil Granddaughter)

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Aida in OK in 1991 (Emilia Beltran and Simplicio Basil Granddaughter)

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Aida, Jackie and Chris in Seminole OK in 1991 (Emilia Beltran and Simplico Basil Granddaughter, Great Granddaughter and Great Grandson)

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Aida and Cheryl at Coaches Club in OKC 1989 2 (Emilia Beltran and Simplico Basil Granddaughter and Great Granddaughter)

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Aida and Cheryl at Coaches Club in OKC 1989 (Emilia Beltran and Simplico Basil Granddaughter and Great Granddaughter)

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Aida and Cheryl at OKC Airport 1989 (Emilia Beltran and Simplicio Basil Granddaughter and Great Granddaughter)

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Aida and Ashley Alkire in Kansas

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Aida and Baby Ricky 1987 in Oklahoma (Emilia Beltran and Simplicio Basil Granddaughter and Great Grandson)

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Aida and Jackie in Nebraska 1984 (Emilia Beltran and Simplicio Basil Granddaughter)

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MAINIT KAMI MOULI RA

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HAPPY MOTHERS DAY TO ME

2010-05-08T13:18:00.000-07:00

HEY!! I'm a happy Momma. Thank you for everything. You are all wonderful children. God Bless you all. Have a nice day.

THE LEGEND OF LAKE MAINIT

2010-04-01T18:09:00.000-07:00

http://lmda.wordpress.com/category/legend-of-lake-mainit/

The Legend of Lake Mainit (the Mainit version and Jabonga version) at the link above.

HOW MAINIT GOT IT'S NAME

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http://lmda.wordpress.com/category/how-mainit-got-its-name/

Go the the website above and find out how Mainit got it's name.

Mayor Mandano of Mainit

2010-03-04T19:11:00.000-08:00

Ramon Beltran Mandano, Mayor of Mainit, Surigao Del Norte. He is my cousin. My grandmother Emilia Beltran and his grandfather Gaudencio Beltran are brother and sister.

Municipality of Mainit Website

2010-01-26T16:40:00.000-08:00

Visit the website of the city of Mainit.

DO YOU LOVE AMERICA??

2010-01-13T16:30:00.000-08:00

If you do, watch this.

America

MERRY CHRISTMAS

2009-12-23T07:40:00.000-08:00

CHRISTMAS TIME AGAIN - DECEMBER 2009

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MAINIT RESORT

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This is a picture of the Mainit Resort while it was under construction in April 2009. The Pidjanga of Mainit website posted a picture of what it says is the resort now, it doesn't look like the same building. There are too many differences including the windows and roof.

BRANDO JUAN - SONG WRITER

2009-07-01T18:08:00.000-07:00

One of my cousins, Mainitnon family, on the Beltran side. He is the writer of the Mainit Kami Mouli Ra song posted here.

Jesnar Basil's Graduation Picture

2009-05-21T21:45:00.000-07:00

ISLAND IN LAKE MAINIT

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PRIVATE PIER AT CARMEN

2009-05-17T10:55:00.001-07:00

Mother's Day

2009-05-10T14:32:00.000-07:00

The flowers from my daughter.

MY CHILDREN REMEMBER ME ON MOTHER'S DAY!!

2009-05-09T13:11:00.000-07:00

My Mother's Day card from Ricky, Jr!
My Mother's Day flowers from Chris!
My Mother's Day flowers from Jackie!

MAINIT KAMI MOULI RA

2009-04-26T08:54:00.001-07:00

One Pair of Hands

2009-04-26T08:52:00.000-07:00

Beautiful song with a great message.

ME AND MY FAMILY AT MAINIT MUNICIPAL BUILDING

2009-04-26T08:34:00.000-07:00

This picture was taken in front of the Municipal building in Mainit. From the left: Uncle Marshall Beltran, Aunt Lydia Beltran, me, four people that work at the municipality and are part of the family, the last person on the right is my cousin Marlene Basil. I'm proud of all of them.

PARTY TIME IN SANTIAGO

2009-04-23T17:45:00.000-07:00

A couple of days after we arrived, my cousin Mayor Franklin Lim had a party for us and invited a lot relatives and friends. Good food, music, dancing, conversation. I got to see a lot of people I hadn't seen in a long, long time. It was great fun.

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Jabonga

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We took a trip to Jabonga to pick up Ping one day and found a waterfall next to the road on the way there so we decided to get out of the car and check it out.

Mainit Lake Boat Ride

2009-04-22T20:53:00.000-07:00

We stopped at the Almont Resort on Lake Mainit and they had a party boat that takes people out on the lake for cruises. We decided to give it a try and had a great time. Not a fast boat, but large enough for a party. I would recommend trying this if you are ever there.

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Carmen Cave

2009-04-22T20:02:00.000-07:00

We took a trip to Carmen outside of Butuan, on the opposite side of Butuan from Santiago. We went to an area above the ocean and beach that has a cave you can enter than will take you from the top of the cliff to the beach. We didn't go into the cave. Fear or common sense, not sure which, but one of them kept us from going into the cave.

Carmen Picnic

2009-04-22T19:42:00.000-07:00

We went to Carmen a second time and went to a resort for a picnic. We picked up the food in Butuan and then drove on out to Carmen. It was a nice location and water was really clear and clean.

Tubay Beach

2009-04-22T19:34:00.000-07:00

We made a stop at Tubay Beach about 15 kilometers from Santiago. The Chinese have a nickel mine there and you can see the ships there to transport the nickel.

Visit to Aunt Lydia's

2009-04-22T19:21:00.000-07:00

In Mainit we visited Aunt Lydia. She is one of my aunt's that never married. We had a nice lunch and visit with her and her brother Uncle Marshall.

Leemark's Graduation

2009-04-22T19:00:00.000-07:00

The first time we visited Mainit was graduation day for Mainit High School and Leemark Basil, my cousin, was graduating. We recorded a little of the ceremony, but didn't get as much as we wanted. The video camera battery died during the ceremony.

Maria Christina Falls in Ilegan

2009-04-22T18:36:00.000-07:00

When we visited Cagayan we made a side trip to Ilegan to Maria Christina Falls and a resort. These falls generate electricity through 7 hydro-electric power plants then the river runs into the Philippine Sea. These pictures were taken at station 7, the one closest to the falls.

Ilegan Resort

2009-04-22T18:27:00.000-07:00

After visiting Maria Christina Falls at Ilegan we had lunch at the Resort. It's supposed to be owned by Gloria Arroyo, the President of the Philippines. It's a real nice resort with 7 swimming pools terraced down the side of a hill.

Almont Resort at Lake Mainit

2009-04-22T17:57:00.000-07:00

The Lake Mainit boat ride starts at the Almont Resort near Alegria. We sat around there for awhile waiting for our turn at the boat ride.

Lake Mainit - Second Boat Trip

2009-04-22T17:29:00.000-07:00

We liked the boat trip on Lake Mainit so much the first time we decided to go one more time. It was still fun.

Waterfall and Hot Spring in Santiago

2009-04-22T16:38:00.000-07:00

This is video of our last day in Santiago and the walk and boat ride we took to get to this place was great.

MAINIT KAMI MOULI RA

2009-04-18T10:16:00.001-07:00

One Pair of Hands

2009-04-18T10:14:00.001-07:00

Beautiful song with a great message.

VISIT TO MINDANAO

2009-04-11T08:02:00.000-07:00

We recently visited Mindanao to visit my family. I'm posting some video below from our digital camera. We still have a lot of VHS-C video to process (3 hours) and will try to convert some of it to post later. We had a great time. We stayed with my Cousin Frank in Santiago, Agusan Del Norte. He has a really nice place and he and his wife, Baby, took really good care of us and made us very comfortable. So much so we really didn't want to leave and can't wait to get back. Thanks to everyone we visited in Santiago, Mainit, Alegria, Butuan, Surigao, Davao, Cagayan, Ilegan, Tubay, Carmen, and all the rest. It was a great vacation that we will always remember. We also posted some photos on Flickr, the link is on the right side of this page.

Waterfall and Hot Spring in Santiago

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On our last day in Santiago we took a hike down the road, across the river in a bonka boat, and up the mountain to a waterfall and hotspring with a lot of the family. It was a great time. Thanks to all of you.

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Jeralynn and Jerhart

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This is my cousin Jeralynn and my nephew Jerhart, Vicky's son.

Loreta Macas and her daughter

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More family, my cousin Loreta and her daughter.

Litoy Basil's Family

2009-04-11T05:45:00.000-07:00

There was a group of relatives that met us on arrival in Santiago. This is Litoy Basil, Baby, Jessnar, Leemark and Litoy Jr.

Visiting Tatay Benjamin

2009-04-11T05:28:00.000-07:00

Right after arriving in Santiago I went to visit with Tatay Benjamin at Frank's house. We stayed with Frank in Santiago during our whole trip. Thanks to Frank. He has a really nice place and made us very comfortable. We hated to leave.

Mindinao Trip - Arrival

2009-04-11T05:18:00.000-07:00

Upon our arrival in Butuan this is the group that met us at the airport and they took us to this restaurant for lunch. It was great.

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NEW MAINIT KAMI MOULI RA

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One Pair of Hands

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Beautiful song with a great message.

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The pictures of the Mainitnons below in order are:

My sisters Elzie, Auring and Judy
My cousin Lorita and her husband
My niece Zoraida
My niece Sonya
Group of Basil kids
My niece Beth and her kids
My sister and I
My brothers and sisters with a couple of friends
My niece Angelica

Mainitnons 2

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Mainitnons

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HO! HO! HO! MERRY CHRISTMAS

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FAMILY DINNER AT CHILI'S

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Aida, Dan, Cheryl, Judy, Kelela, and Corrine. A family get together at Chili's before Christmas.

MORE HARLEY GIRLS

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Harley Girls 2

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Harley Girls

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MERRY CHRISTMAS

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NEW MAINIT KAMI MOULI RA

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Jackie Basil Strnad with Marcus Allen

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Jackie meets Marcus Allen at her work.

STILL MORE SILLIMAN UNIVERSITY GROUP

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MORE SILLIMAN UNIVERSITY GROUP

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SILLIMAN UNIVERSITY GROUP

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OBAMA, NO MERCI BEAUCOUP

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MAYOR MACAS OF LANAO

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MORE PHOTOS FROM THE REUNION

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MORE PICTURES

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MAINITNON SA AMERICA REUNION

2008-10-04T09:53:00.000-07:00

20 September 2008, I was First Runner Up to Ms. Mainit at the annual reunion held in San Diego, CA. The reunion lasted 3 days and Mainitnons from all over the U.S. and Canada were here. Friday was a big dinner and meeting in Mira Mesa. On Saturday there was a dinner and dance in Mira Mesa and Ms. Mainit was selected. On Sunday we held a picnic at Mission Bay. We had a really nice time. It was good to see family and friends.

IT'S A LOVELY DAY IN IMPERIAL BEACH

2008-09-06T15:54:00.000-07:00

JIBJAB - IT'S TIME FOR SOME CAMPAIGNIN

2008-09-06T11:29:00.000-07:00

Please go to this LINK to view the cartoon:
http://sendables.jibjab.com/categories#/casting/1191

An American Hero - My Choice for President

2008-09-04T20:09:00.001-07:00

SARAH PALIN - MY CANDIDATE FOR VP

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CHRIS IS FINALLY COMING HOME FROM IRAQ

2008-07-08T20:26:00.001-07:00

Yeah!!!! My baby is coming home. God answered my prayer. He's finally going to be home, safe and sound. I wish I could be there to watch you coming down the steps from the plane.

Lots of hugs, Momma

Wednesday, July 9, at 10:15 PM!

2008-07-08T20:23:00.000-07:00

A representative from the Army called Dad to let him know that Chris will be arriving at Fort Stewart at 10:15 PM on Wednesday, July 9. Announcements about the welcome home ceremony are posted at the Ft. Stewart website. Chris' flight is presumably Flight 11.

Can't wait! Wish we could all be there when he arrives! Posted by Jackie at 7:46 PM

MOMMA'S DAY PRESENT

2008-07-03T17:35:00.001-07:00

WOW! The most valuable gorgeous ring for Momma from all my children. Thank you very much. It's going to stay right on my finger.

I Love all and always miss you all, Mom