WHY WAS I GONE FOR A WEEK?

She asked me to buy Jollibee bucket meal (of course, we do have Jollibee in here and I feel so lucky to have a close one. Some states you need to drive an hour just to get to taste of the Bida ang Saya). Nanang asked other members of the family to get other foods, like the Crawfish with Cajun sauce - a best seafood we always get at (Boiling Crab, a restaurant found only in chosen states).

The Miss Boiling Crab.

These are what we had on the real date of nanang's birthday.

Nanang's cake time.

A week before 27th, everything was plan well. Everyone has his/her own committee, for me and bro ours is the slideshow for nanang to watch on her party and not to forget the decorations. Throwing party here is way harder than Philippines, why? Because you do it by yourself. Luckilyy my family is big, so we have our own rule to deal with especially that nanang is the makulit lady and matanong lady. I must admit everyone of us had a hard time to do this surprise. My lil cousins even said "it's very hard to lie to nanang, I don't know what to answer her questions."

• This is Friday Night, when we started doing the decorations and some ingredients cutting.

Featuring my brother and my uncle

So many those veggies. lol

The decoration master

• How did we really prepare before nanang gets there?
  

THE REAL DEAL

Nanang deserves the best because of her efforts, hard works, sacrifices, pains, and everything she've gone thru the years. She might be at the age where we can say old but still kicking, works chores at home and tries to do everything for us her family as long as she can handle it herself. We some times even stop her from doing those things because she might end up hurting herself.

Nanang deserves more than this surprise for her.

That surprise face glowingly on nanang's face.

Aren't they lovely? Nanang and tatang have been married for fifty-nine fruitful, lovely, happiest and BLESSED married life.

My Brother, me, nanang and some of my cousins.

And of course a larger group of apokos.

• Her eight kids.

• And of course, the in laws.

How very positive to see nanang and tatang happy in front of not only to her family but to all her friends and other relatives. And feels so great to see her beautiful smile with tatang. It's a feeling that can never be bought and never be replaced. I am so blessed that I belong to this family, I was able to experience to have a big family. I have a balanced family, my dad are three siblings and my mom they are eight. Thank You so much to Almighty for showering me such this kind of loving and full of happiness family. I know nanang had one of the best days in her life.

Hands down to all the members of the family who exerted every effort just to make the surprise a very memorable and a successful one.