Arabela: Mother's Day Celebration

Of course my family will not let Mother's Day pass without celebrating it together! Though I am here in Angono and Gboy in Cavite, i knew that their Mother's day celebration was a blast. 

Mama and Papa celebrated Mother's day with the Diaz' third generation (Mama and Papa was the 1st, then me and Gboy was the 2nd).  Cool isn't! 

They chose a very cozy place to celebrate, in Liliw Laguna - Arabela.  

       Photo credit: Arabela's FB

Liliw Laguna is where the Tsinelas Festival is held every April and is the Marikina of Laguna.  Liliw is an hour ride ride from San Pablo and is also the home for the famous uraro (i call it cookies for the oldies).

Arabela came from the names of the owner's daughters, Ara and Bela.  They started of with cakes and pastries and now they have Pizza, Pasta and a lot more, Italian inspired. 

       Photo credit: Arabela's FB

Now on to the foodies:

It looked like they were starving when they got there! Haha! 

They also had the chance to visit Liliw's Church - St John the Baptist Parish Church. 

Again to Mama Inday! Happy Happy Mother's day! You are the bestest of them all! We love you!!

Xoxo

How big we have grown!

One of the best traits that we Filipinos have is that we have very close family ties. We always put our family first and we always get together and this is one great trait that I am very proud of.

I am already married and is staying with my husband.
My brother is working in Makati and stays in his own place.
My father is working out stationed and goes back home only on weekends.

My younger sister is still in Highschool.
My younger brother is at his last year in University.
My mother a professor at our hometown.

Very seldom that we see each other also because of the busy schedules that we have.  However, because we are naturally family oriented, we make TIME.

That's what makes me even more proud to be part of this family. 
We are not perfect but we know what are expected from us.

We make time even if we are scattered all over the place.
We make time to catch up.
We make time to eat together.
We make time to keep that family bond intact!

Just this weekend, we were all together again and Louise (my sister) insisted of us having a Family Portrait. 

We did not have the chance before and it's great that we have done it.
I think this will happen more often than expected.

Let's start with the wacky shot!

Then the formal one!
See how big we have all grown! :D

After the shot we had our dinner as requested by Papa Gary.

Catch our Bato Spring bonding here
Catch our Great Matrix here
Catch our Family Tree here

Xoxo

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