How I managed to gather the family in a span of a week

I've longed for family summer getaways since I entered college. We've never had one because of me. It has always been a tradition that we get together every summer, usually during Holy Week, in a beach for a few days or so...but lately we weren't able to do that because we never leave anyone behind. In the past few years, I was the loser causing the delay of our summer getaways.

Originally, it was just me who asked my dear favorite cousin, Charles, to have a trip to the beach. We already arranged everything in La Union where his wife lives. The hotel and resort was already reserved, and everything was ready...all we need is the time to go there. I was surprised when my mom texted me that the venue was changed to Bataan, and that...again, everything was ready and all they're waiting for was me. Everybody in the family would be there. And yes, I was pointed out as the mastermind of this trip. Mom was pointing this all on me, and our family was assigned to pay for half the cost of our trip. GREAT.

It was really a fun summer trip especially when we've never had one for several years now. But it would be more fun if my dad was there. He didn't get to experience how Tita Ched's cooking is still awesome, how we can't stop from eating and swimming and chilling in the very cold villa, how the villa was even better than that of the villas in Fontana, that the pool was just in front of our villa, that all my titos were there missing him in their inuman sessions, that we all get to be together once again on a summer. But anyway, I couldn't really blame him for that. He already promised that once his coming of age as a police comes, we could go anywhere...even monthly, and he would be up for it. There's even an all-guy trip planned by my titos and all the boys in our family. They'd be going to one of my cousin's husband's place in Mountain Province. I want to go there too, unfortunately, it's a guys trip. How could I be there. (In return, me and my cousins already planned a trip to Bangkok with my mom, who's also bored and up for the trip.)

The place we went to last weekend (April 30-May 1) was in Morong, Bataan...specifically in Sunset View Beach Resort. The beach and the villa is beautiful and relaxing. I really loved that the setup of the villa kept the family gathered in one place...and that there's a pool just in front of the villa.

It was really a good thing the caretaker and the person whom my tita got to talk to was Kapampangan. They cancelled the reservation for the villa before us and made us stay there. HAHA. Biglang nagkaroon pa ng bias. HAHAHA.

Ate Isang, Hannah and me beside the pool, in front of the villa. That house beside us was where they bought cold drinks and food for those who don't stay overnight.

Obligatory turista picture beside the pool. Even Ate Bea was having her pictorial. HAHA.

This was the other side of that house selling cold drinks. If we keep moving forward, we'd be going to the beach side.

Obligatory jump shot at the beach.

and, of course, another turista picture tripping under the scorching hot 12 noon summer sun.

Last but not the least, the obligatory group family picture before leaving / sans Ate Inah and Kuya King. Where were they, anyway? *Photoshops picture and pastes their faces*