Our Christmas in Photos

Following my Christmas story, I just want to share some of our celebration photos here...

We all love family portraits.  We would have one every chance we get.  This year, our theme is Red, 

and Gold.

Although my sister and her family were hosting Christmas dinner, I prepared most of the food because she was supposed to be working that day.  She requested a time off and got approved at the last minute.   Thank you, Lord!  It's a gift in itself to have my sister join us for Christmas dinner.

This was a special request from my brother-in-law.  He has tried my Cioppino before and loved it.  I've made this dish a few times in the past, but I continue to look for other recipes of this same dish from other chefs and integrate them with the recipe that I used to follow, creating a unique one.  This turned out better than the ones I've made before.  I made two of these pots, yet there was hardly any leftovers.

My sister bought Honeybaked Ham.  Gotta have a good ham on Christmas!  Behind that ham is my mom's Bibingka.  It was the only Filipino food we had that night and we couldn't have enough of it!  My preggy sister-in-law was devouring it like crazy! 

Sis made Spanish Rice too.  It's like Paella minus the seafood and chorizo.  It only had vegetables on it with the rice.  It was yummy!  

The two little ones couldn't get their hands off the gifts.  

They enjoyed distributing the gifts to all of us.  They were so cute--like Santa's little elves!  Haha!

I wish that when they grow up, they will look out for each other and be the best buddies!

The matching jacket and pants, as well as the shoes were a gift from my brother, Richard.  He had Kobe and Lebron in mind when he got them these.  But look--the colors matched our themes!  That was purely coincidence.

Nathan just goofing around with Tito Richard's iPhone the day after.  Like us, he is fascinated with electronics.