Mother's Day Celebration with my Family

Tweet

Pin It

It's been years since my family and I went out just for the sake of being together outside of our home. I guess that can be attributed to past wounds that finally healed over the past years. And, now, thankfully, we're closer than ever.

In celebration of Mother's Day, we all went out at the eve of this special day to treat my nanay and the whole family for dinner and a movie.

Armed with our Php 2,000 gift certificates from Kenny Rogers Roasters, we headed to SM North Edsa. We met my bro and his partner Jhay there.

 By the way, Jhay brought a bottle of Baileys Creme Caramel, as I previously requested, for us to drink that night. Unfortunately, though, my nanay dropped it for some reason. We weren't there when it happened. She felt so guilty, and also 'cause she knew how we'll react. Hahaha. She was so cute. We shrugged it off and opted for Tanduay Ice instead. ^_^

We ordered almost everything on the menu! Hahaha. Here are a few of the ones we ordered. We'll be posting more about them on Certified Foodies.

We were all so full by the end of dinner. We even had dessert - Chocolate Mousse and Crème Brulee. We also had 3 boxes of muffins and 5 Kenny Rogers brownies. Calories overload! But, it was all fun. :)

It was funny 'cause it took me about 4-5 shots before I got my tatay to smile.
He said he was waiting for me to count "1, 2, 3" for the photo. LOL

Here's a photo of us 4. Our last family photo was back when I was about to fly to Cebu a few years ago so I really wanted a more recent photo of us.

After dinner, we headed outside, at the Sky Garden, and posed for more photos. Here's me and my bro with our beloved nanay. Words aren't enough to express how much we love her and how grateful we are that she's our mother. I wrote about her here.

It's been decades since we had a photo with our tatay. I had them printed out so he'd have new photos to put inside his wallet (read this post – walang iyakan, promise?). I know he enjoyed that night, too, more than my nanay, I guess.

After the photo opps, we started strolling around the Sky Garden at SM North Edsa and inside the mall while we wait for the last full show.

While walking around, we found really good backdrops for more photos. I let my parents pose. It was actually the first time after almost a decade that I saw them together, truly enjoying, so I made sure I had a digital memory of it.

This photo of my nanay with the Scream 4 guy outside the cinema was just too cute for words! :))

Our parents wanted to watch Fast Five. But, my bro and I already watched it during the Teleserv Bloggers Night (will be posting about that next), so we decided to see Scream 4 instead, which we later so regretted.

Thanks, Jhay, for the movie treat! :)

After the movies, we all went home together. It was a short, but fun family date. And I really want us to have more of this. I'm already planning on the next one. :)

I love my family. We may not be perfect, we may not have a lot of money or a beautiful home with outdoor firepit... I may not have the ideal parents, and I may not be the ideal daughter, but we have loads of fun... our style! Thank you, Lord, for this family I belong to. I wouldn't be who I am now without them. ^_^

How did you celebrate Mother's Day?