Holy Week in Boracay

This was a holiday of firsts.  First time with Dani in Boracay and 1st time I am anywhere outside of home on Holy Week.

Bryan really exceeded our expectations and booked us in a great hotel with Dani's most favorite thing/past time in plain sight: a swimming pool.  And to top it another notch, a bath tub, which Dani also thinks is a swimming pool.  So this was an awesome place to be!

The trip itself was a nightmare of sorts.  With Dani's motion sickness rearing its very ugly head.  She threw up in the car over me and her dad.  3 times.  Poor girl.

Good thing the stop at Latte in Kalibo helped her take the final hour of travel left easier.  She loved the adobo, too.  

This is also Bryan and Dani's first trip out together.  Love how they got to bond over so many new moments that only a father and daughter could have.

We had a very blessed trip with the sun shining the whole time!  God is good!  Seemed like everyone we knew was also in Boracay.  Even Ptr. Tanchi's family from Manila also happened to be there.

Boracay Garden, formerly Seraph Hotel, was recently acquired by the same group of people involved in Boracay Regency.  They fixed up the place and are still continuing to give it more exciting new structures and additions.

On the way to the island, we had the speed boat all to ourselves.  Dani was a bit puzzled since she was asleep when we boarded the boat.  She looked around with big eyes and finally exclaimed, "Wow!"

 But when we finally got to our room.  She was obviously happy to see the tub.  She insisted on getting in and trying it out.  I think her smile shows everything.

The pool access was a brilliant move by my husband.  That was the highlight of the whole trip for Dani.  Papa is king.  

Boracay is not only known for its white sand, but for its sunsets.  To have that moment with my Dani and Bryan, something I will cherish for the rest of my life.  This was our first sunset together.  God is so good.  Some people walk past this all their life, but so few ever get to experience this.  We are so blessed.  Some actually choose to sleep through it.  It didn't matter if there were hundreds of people walking around.  The two most important people in my life were with me that very instant.  Yes, I am very sentimental.  But wouldn't this picture be worth carrying with you for the rest of your life?  Money could never buy this.  You couldn't stage it even if you tried.

Holy Week is mainly a reminder of the ultimate love that gave us the ultimate sacrifice that would become our ultimate triumph.  In God's eyes we were made new by Jesus' blood.  Who said you couldn't meditate in Boracay?

Its all a matter of choice.  Sometimes the temptations of the world overwhelms us.  Its easier to go with the crowd.  Its harder for some people to just keep still and let God do the talking for a change.

The trip with my family was not 100% mishap proof.  It wasn't the breeziest.  But it taught me a lot about my daughter, husband, other people and myself.  We needed this trip as a family.  

Looking at Dani, my perception of love is renewed each day.  Its only now that I get to experience facets of the kind of love God has for us.  Its happy and scary at the same time at how much and how big it can be.