Hi, cutie. Hope you’re having a great night. Just a few holiday pictures from my parents’ house.
You know me… Couldn’t keep my hands off the camera for long.
Posing with a mango and the Christmas grub
My brother brought these egg tarts
Ham for the fam
My mom made enough mac salad for a small army
Pancit, a Filipino noodle dish
Me and my mom
One of my bro’s tattoos
Hey, lil’ bro
A few neighborhood yards really get into the spirit
Too. Much. Good. Food.
I shouldn’t still be hungry but I am. Oh, well. Only one thing to do about that (eat!). 🙂
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
Oh my! Look at all that lovely food 😀 And your mom looks lovely! 😀 Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Karen!
Hi Paris,
Merry Christmas and happy new year to you too. How was your holiday? Good, I hope!
Merry Christmas, Karen!!! The food looks delish. Hope that you had a wonderful day!! xo
Hi Lacey,
Hope you had a wonderful holiday. 🙂 Take care!
Merry Christmas!
Same to you, LOLbeauty! 🙂
Maligayang Pasko – merry christmas in Filipino 🙂 – to one of the best bloggers out there 🙂
Thank you, Iceempress. Hope you had a lovely holiday! 🙂
Merry Christmas!
Those houses are no joke! You and your family are adorable 🙂 Hope you and your loved ones had a great day!
Hi Hafsa,
Yeah, the light set ups get crazy elaborate. Merry Christmas to you too!
Oh my gosh that pancit looks delicious! If you could… You should totally post the recipe!
Hi Samantha,
I’ll have to ask my mom. She’s the pancit expert. You have a good day, okay?
Great, I’m stuffed but now I’m craving mac-n-cheese. Thanks a lot! (Merry Chrismas!)
Hi Jen,
You can never have enough mac and cheese! I think it deserves its own food group. 😉
Merry Christmas to you too!
Merry Christmas, Karen! 🙂 Had pancit also! 🙂
Hi Ruby,
Yum, yum! Was there enough food at your house to feed an army? That’s how it usually goes down at my parents’ house, LOL!
Yum, the food looks delish and your mom is cute as a button! I’ve gotta say….it was fun, but I’m glad it’s over : )
Hi Marian,
I hear ya. Next up… 2012!
Thank you for sharing all these fantastic photos! It’s Christmas all over again for me! xoxoxo
Hi Pamela,
You’re welcome! 🙂 How was your Christmas? Did you eat a ton of food?
Merry Christmas Karen!
My Mom cooked too.We love her food!
Your Family are adorable!
Have a nice day!
xoxo
Merry Christmas, Karo! 🙂 Hope you had a lovely weekend.
Merry Christmas to my favorite beauty blogger! Just discovered your blog last month and I regret only stumbling on it now. Also had pancit during the holidays. Best wishes for 2012.
Hi Joyce,
You are so sweet. I’m glad that you’re enjoying the site. Have a wonderful week and best wishes to you too for 2012!
I love the christmas decorations !!
I spent christmas eating dirty chinese buffet with my lovely hub. A tradition that has been going on with me for a while 🙂
Hi Shushu,
Sounds like fun. What kind of food did they have at the buffet?
The food definitely looks yummy! Merry Christmas, Karen! x
Hi Marina,
Merry Christmas to you too, Marina! Hope you had a great holiday. 🙂
merry christmas, Karen!
Merry Christmas, Chryztyne!
Mmm, Pancit and egg tarts? I like your Christmas dinner.
Hi Krystal,
I ate a lot of both. What did you have for Christmas dinner?
your mom is so adorable! mmm i had yummy mac salad too. i’m hella picky with my mac salads! there was hella filipino food too so i didn’t eat much 🙁 oh, and not to be hella stalker or anything but i live close by! more closer to cabello on the regents side lol 🙂
Hi Hazel,
Oh how funny! I grew up in UC. It’s changed a lot since I lived there. Did you go to Logan?
yup! i can’t wait move out of here lol. i wanna live in SF or closer to SF.
So yummy food! I want the prawns next to the Mac salad!
And I know my daughter will love the Disney-themed decor with Tigger and Mickey Mouse in Santa costume!
I cooked and hosted some friends. We had turkey with stuffings and cranberry sauce again. On my daughter’s request. And chocolate cake for dessert! 🙂
Hi Vonvon,
Your feast sonds delicious, especially the chocolate cake. Glad you enjoyed the day with your family!
Merry Christmas, Karen! Your mom is adorable and look at the food! I want it to be Christmas all over again!
Merry Christmas to you, Dao! How was your holiday?
It’s like a reverse Christmas miracle, how every year I can eat all that food and somehow still find myself a bit peckish… :p
Thanks for the picture peek into your life again, it all looks so colorful and your mom looks sweet 🙂
Hi DalaLuz,
What did you guys eat this Christmas?
My brother had a new girlfriend who is vegan, so they ended up making the Christmas dinners for us and our parents, quite delish. Vegetarian sushi, gingersalad, soup, green thai curry, thai salad wraps and cinnemon icecream with warm apples and pear. And loads of munchies!
That sounds really, REALLY good. One of my New Year’s resolutions is to learn how to cook a few vegan food dishes, and I’ve spent the last few days drooling over vegan food blogs.
How many siblings do you have? Is it just you and your bro?
I have 5 brothers, and I am the only girl 🙂 I guess that’s why I started so late on the whole beauty and make-up thing, my mom was way too busy to make time for such frivolities to begin with and on top of that I would have much rather been a boy myself :p I refused to were dresses, girly colors and demanded my hair to be cut short, but I gave up my dream on being just like a boy when I found out that I was unable to climb in lamp posts or kick a ball (in Europe soccer is not a girl’s thing like in the US).
And the vegan thing was really good 🙂 we are vegetarians ourselves, but unfortunately I just can’t imagine life without cheese, milk, butter and eggs but no harm in trying out some nice recipes every now and than!
Wow, your neighbors went all out! The only thing I did was stick a stocking to my front door. 😛
Did you get the photo I emailed you?
Hi Chris,
I did. 🙂 Just sent you an email back. I have a crush on Rocky and Jazz … shh, don’t tell Tabs.
What awesome pix! Thanks, Karen!
Glad you enjoyed this post, Alix. Did you and your family go to your favorite Chinese restaurant for Christmas eve dinner?
It’s almost 2am here in Manila and your post made me crave for pancit! LOL Happy holidays Karen! 🙂
Hi Phoebe,
Happy holidays to you too. We also had sinigang… I just ended up eating mine before I could take pics, LOL!
How was your Christmas?
Whoa! The neighbors are hardcore! And please pass the pancit.
The neighbors are no joke when it comes to lights. Usually my dad does an elaborate set up on the roof, but he didn’t get around to doing it this year.
Here’s a scoop of the pancit along with a lemon wedge and green onion!
What are you up to today? We’re in Redding visiting with El Hub’s parents.
Chilling out today. Went for a walk along the river, bought a pair of shoes, braised a brisket. All low key, but thoroughly enjoyable.
Oh YUM!! Especially the pancit!!
It was so good! I love it with lots of lemon. 🙂
Merry Christmas, Karen!
Happy holidays, CC! I hope you had a good one.
Pancit bihon! That brings back really happy memories for me. I was stationed in Cubi Point in the late 80’s and loved the beautiful countryside, the genuinely nice people I met, and the FOOD! OMG the food.
Hi Liz,
I take it you like Filipino food. 😀 What are your favorite dishes?
I think it’s equal part loving the food and loving the good memories it brings. I enjoyed all the usual stuff – pancit, lumpia, adobo – but also the setting. Everything tastes better at the beach with friends, doesn’t it?
Egg tarts!!
YES! So best. 🙂
I love all the neighborhood decorations and oh goodness, the FOOD! Looks like you had a wonderful Christmas! 😀
Looks like you had a good holiday! Your mama is so cute! I love her smile!
Your mom is adorable. You’ll have to recommend a few spots for filipino food in our ‘hood. I haven’t had it in ages. I hope you had a great Christmas!
Pancit Bihon will never be absent during the holidays. We had lechon paksiw, pork humba and beef caldereta for Christmas. too much meat and not enough veggies…sigh. But they were oh so good. I hope you still get to taste those Filipino dishes.
You and your Mom are adorable together!
Cute pics (food looks so yummy!) and Merry late Xmas 🙂
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Thanks for sharing these photos!