Non Stop Party!

I attended a Christmas Party at Calamba and got a chance to be with my Mentor, Jojo Sagaran. We are friends since year 1999 and I am glad that now we are together again doing the business. I never imagined myself to be with any other group.

With me are my leaders and they really had fun.

There are games, exchange gifts, dancing and of course more food.

We went home around 1am and believe me there are so much more parties I have to attend and I even cancelled some of it because of some conflict on my schedules. Wow! busy talaga!

It was a great party and sometimes I just love to party with people I personally know para mas masaya.

 

How’s your Christmas?

Shopping at Greenhills

Now that I feel better, I finally decided to visit Greenhills Shopping Center. Well, they have this stalls for food and of course for shopping.

 

We ate first and we try Something Piggy.. Sometimes Fishy and I like the fresh seafood.

The barbecue was good too.

Then I started shopping and in just less than 1 hour I am done.

The kids gift are not yet complete and I need to visit SM Megamall to complete everything and I hope I can start wrapping the gifts.

How’s your day?

December 25, 2014

We went to Tagaytay with the gang but before that we went to SOM Girlstown first to be with Sr. Riza.

It is always nice to be with her. I am glad that she feels better now.

Then we went to Tagaytay to have our dinner at Leslie’s.

Our favorite Pork Sisig.

Seafood Chopsuey

Bulalo, perfect for a cold weather.

The Gang

With Irish

Xavier

Then we went to Sky Ranch. Ang lamig na sa Tagaytay. πŸ™‚

Have our coffee at Bag of Beans then headed home. It was a great day.

 

Xavier’s First Christmas

I am excited for Christmas this year because it’s Xavier’s first one.

When we put up the Christmas tree earlier on November, he’s the first one who liked it. He’s eyes lighted up too for amazement.

When he saw gifts all over the Christmas tree, he wanted to touch it and play with it.

We made sure to give him something that he will like to play and also safe to use. I checked every gifts that was given to him. I made sure that it is safe for his age.

This little man is awake the whole time and I am glad that he likes the gifts.

Most of all, I am thankful to Almighty God for the giving me a chance to become a Mother to my 3 wonderful kids. Though the other one is Heaven already. Despite everything that I’ve been through, I still believe that life is still worth living for because I have my husband, Gareth, Xavier and my siblings.

 

Gift Giving

At 12midnight after eating, we are all excited to open our gifts.

This Christmas is special for us because it’s Xavier first Christmas and we are very excited to see his reaction.

We put him in the middle of the gifts and he was so happy.

He was so amazed…

First gift

and a lot more…

Irish gifts

Gareth’s gifts

I got a gift from him πŸ™‚

My gift to him πŸ™‚

Then we distribute gifts to my siblings:

 

 

 

 

 

It was a simple and peaceful celebration of Christmas. πŸ™‚

Christmas Eve

On Christmas Eve…

The whole family attended mass. It is our tradition to attend mass around 8:30pm (the scheduled mass inside the village), then we went home. While waiting for 12pm we had our videoke.

The kids are excited to open their gifts but they need to wait until 12pm, so we had our dinner first.

 

We have our usual fruit salad, macaroni salad, Christmas cake and cupcakes, Kitkat cake, beef teriyaki, tonkatsu and of course the ham.

Xavier with tito and titas. πŸ™‚

 

Merry Christmas everyone!

 

Five Days Before Christmas

Yes, it’s five days before Christmas and I am glad that finally I can post here our Christmas decors this year. Actually, it is the same theme as last year and I just added some little things to complete everything. The gifts are ready too and I will post more about it tomorrow.
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Whatever it takes… I know it is still worth celebrating Christmas because after all, I got so many things to be thankful for.

Thanks God for everything!

Christmas 2013

2013 is the most challenging year for us when my daughter died last January 3. It was one of the most difficult part of my life. It really us in deep pain, that I thought will crash me forever. The pain that I thought will bring me down forever. But with God’s help and guidance we will able to turn pain into hope.

We celebrated our Christmas the way we used to celebrate it. It started with attending Mass, gift giving and Noche Buena.

The kids while waiting for their gifts.

The gifts are ready.

Happy kids πŸ™‚

Gift giving time

Ready to eat..

We went to SM Aura and McKinley Hill.

It was a hot and humid day but full of fun with the family I love most.

To My Christmas Angel

Our Christmas this year is way different without Ayumi. She’s our source of Joy and it hurts to know that we will be celebrating our first Christmas without her. Β When I started decorating this year, I really think of her. I know that she will shout “wow” everytime we light our Christmas Tree and I put those cute decors.

I think moving to our new house is really a big help. I see things differently now and everytime I feel sad, the baby inside of me will start kicking. It made me realize that I should not dwell so much on the past but prepare for the new baby’s coming.

So much things are going on in our country lately and it made me feel sad. I feel sad that I don’t feel the same excitement as before when Christmas approaches. There is really a big difference. I am finding ways that will make me feel that same old feeling again but still I can’t. So to take the blues away, I started planning the birth of our new baby. I hope it will make me feel better.

I may don’t understand everything that is going on but I believe God has a reason why all this things are happening. The emptiness I feel will forever stay and I know only time can tell if I can overcome this. As a mother, it is really hard to believe that I lost one but I believe in God’s miracles. I know someday I will understand…

Despite of everything, I still wish everyone a Merry Christmas! Have a blessed one and please don’t forget to share your blessings. πŸ™‚