December 24

baby Aurelio Nicolas Damasco-Luya's first christmas ...
eating our early dinner before going to EDSA shrine to hear mass.
by the strike of 12 midnight we had our exchange gifts given to our respective manita/manito. everyone gave tremendous effort not to make the activity boring. we sang "i love my manita yes i do... yawn." :))
mommy jean's first christmas party with us.

candid photos.

my family.

tita leni and tito rolly's family.

tito bong and tita lorelie with ella.

i'm the man of the hour.

tita itchuk is expecting me to post the family's latest pictures so here i am complying to her request. hehe...
december 24, as you all know is not only christmas eve but also my birthday. this time around i was already turning 15 and ever since i was 12 i already celebrated my birthday here in Manila. It used to be that i would celebrate it would my relatives (father's side) in Cagayan de Oro but now that we moved here we have organized the same gathering with our relatives from my mother's side of the family every 24th of december.
last year we booked a room at Holiday Inn to provide a venue for my birthday party cum overnight stay as our house couldn't accomodate all of us. this year we invaded the linden suites and started celebrating the coming of the lord and the birth of lorenz here on earth. (isn't it nice?!)

thanks to all of you who greeted and happy holidays! :D