2011 Christmas and New Year

I love Christmas time. Everyone becomes kinder,more generous and forgiving, and has that spark of hope and love that radiates immensely.
With siblings living on other side of the planet and different time zones,we managed to celebrate altogether with Face Time.:) Old traditions such as  what to cook and prepare were "strictly" followed like the ever nilagang manok,suman,barbecue.:)
I caught this on Twitter: May we all be reminded of the sole reason for the celebration. It is HIM! Here's hoping each of us had a meaningful and joyful CHRISTmas with our families and friends! Cheers!!

Ready for Christmas Eve mass.

Here is Mamang with Mayet and her kids,Kakay and Macmac.

Beautiful lady.

Merry Christmas to my Texas fam!!!

And to our California girls!!!

This is our simple and traditional Christmas table with spaghetti,barbecue,sticky rice,fruits,etc.

 December 25,2011 CHRISTmas Day.

Mamang waiting with her 20-peso bills.

Yanyantot with Lola Mamang

Mamang with grandchildren

These are phots grabbed from Ati Budz's Facebook account.

Thank you,2011!! WELCOME 2012!!!

At church.

 2011 has been very nice and considerate with me. I could say it is one of my most peaceful,fruitful and happy years in important aspects of my life like love,career,family and spiritual growth. So here's praying and hoping for a better and more purposeful Year of the Dragon.

Thanks Among Roger for this very delicious homemade cake.

12 kinds of fruits on the table , with sotanghon,sticky rice, ube etc.

Mayet and her kids. At least we have company.

Koolits!

 Trying my best to be frugal, I just bought 1 piece of fountain for fireworks and it cost 80 pesos!KM( kamahalan)!!:) I have smart kids with me so as to create noise and join the festivities, we screamed our lungs out, turned the Ipod on full volume, danced on the street and drummed a cooking pan .:)

 These are my neighbors. Oh how we miss the old,jolly Boulevard. I cannot for the life of me trade all the childhood and teen memories I had in my place. We miss everyone else who are in other places now, say my brothers,Mommy Lita( in heaven),the Simon boys,etc. Each night I pray that we may have a peaceful and safe neighborhood.

Girls na lang pala kami halos na natira.

Holidays may drain and sweat our pockets,try our patience and endurance in dealing with traffic, shopping and activities yet inside us, we never get tired looking forward to this season. Why so? Maybe because it brings back the child in us, it is a time where all of us are entitled to be special and experience happiness with family and love ones. And we all deserve that.:)