THE MOST WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS

​This year was the most wonderful Christmas celebration in our family. Almost a week passed since our children went back home and it’s been quiet again after two weeks of excitement. You would think that we are lonely; on the contrary we are not. 

Our Christmas photo. We were happy that my sister was able to join our celebration. 

We are still in seventh heaven reminiscing  the recent memories of Christmas and the happy times spent with the whole family. 

They say that real happiness of being together is better felt and appreciated after they happened. As we look back to the happy times, the laughter, the fun, then look at the photos again and again, we feel the joy of what it has been. 

This Christmas is truly a blessing; we were able to spend time with all of our children and their families. Someone said: “my heart felt more airborne than Santa’s sleigh” and that’s exactly how I felt. 

From the time my younger daughter and her husband arrived in mid -December, life had been busy and exciting since then. 

Before she arrived, my daughter has a  list of restaurants where she wanted to dine ;one of them is Manam where they serve the beef-watermelon broth. 

Then our son and his family arrived and life has been more busy. 

The first order of the day was lunch at Shakeys, our grandson’s favorite place for pepperoni pizza and chicken with mojos. 

Of course we are never complete without our older daughter and her family who live in town. 

That’s my favorite granddaughter with her parents. 

We always gathered in the living room where we catch up on each other’s activities; talk about things that could never be shared on FaceTime. We also took some photos. 

Grandpa and grandson

Papa and grandchildren. 

Papa and Nana with grandchildren. 

We went to Tagaytay and had brunch at The Farmer’s Table. 

We also went to a family reunion and house blessing of my sister’s home. 

We went three times to The Black Bean

Below is my sister who enjoyed the place as well. 

My son treated us to experience the Korean samyupsal at Samgjunikothey. We enjoyed the food along with the soju. 

Since we are a bigger family now we couldn’t fit in the dining room so we took the Christmas dinner in the backyard garden where we had most of our meals. 

And through all the eating, drinking, the laughter and the talking, I felt like Grandma Nell in the Chesapeake Shores series on Netflix who said in one of their dinners:

“The love that flowed around the table was much more precious than the food on top of it”

I enjoyed every minute of this Christmas celebration and I guess everyone did as well. Our children are so appreciative of everything and they are such generous souls too. 

Wishing forward to another wonderful Christmas next year.