Happy 2007!!!

Happy 2007!!!

we've just arrived home after celebrating the start of the new year with family in Quezon City. as with the start of 2006, we started 2007 with lots of wonderful, colorful, and awesome fireworks courtesy of jon!!! yipeeeeeeeee!!!

jon and i arrived in Quezon City quite early, about 6:00 PM, to avoid the exploding firecrackers on the road. after dinner with Daddy & Mommy, we waited for Kuya, Gwen, & Gail to come home from church. after they've had their dinner, i prepared tea for everybody using our portable tea tray and one of our tea sets..... i brought 9 types of tea with us but we were able to drink two types only.... because by the time we were finished with the second one, we were so soothed and relaxed, we were all sleepy!!! hehehehehe.... who would want to sleep through the New Year???..... and by that time too, it was 30 minutes to midnight..... we alll went out the street and started with our fireworks!!!

after celebrating the first few minutes of 2007 with fireworks in the streets outside the house, we all trooped to Daddy and Mommy's cottage and had the customary and sumptuous "Media Noche"meal..... this is similar to the Christmas Eve "Noche Buena" meal except that this is held at midnight.... between Dec 31st and Jan 1st.... hence, the term "media" which is Spanish for "half".

during this time, aside from celebrating the start of the new year, we reflect on the past year and our thoughts go out to relatives who are not with us.... wishing year after year that the family will be complete in celebrating events like this in the future!!!.... and extending all our LOVE to all of them!!!