My family and I trekked to the province in two cars last Holy Wednesday. We were supposed to leave in just one car but Tricia had so much luggage that my father decided at the last minute to use two cars instead. Contrary to what we were expecting, the NLEX was not busy that day, probably because a lot of people started going out of town as early as Monday. Tricia made the 6 hour trip pass by quickly by doing her antics. Kakatuwa talaga yung batang iyon! She was babbling left and right, barely slept during the whole trip and so likot.

It was nice to see my aunts, uncles, cousins and lola once again. That night, we went to the next town to eat a sumptuous seafood meal courtesy of my tita. The sisig at the restaurant where we went to was soooo yummy that we ordered another serving. It was so hot in La Union that week, we had to sneak out and cool off at the mall and eat halo-halo. Halo-halo Iloko was worth the price! We also joined the traditional Holy Friday procession that went through the whole town proper. I ended up going to bed early that night with a severe pain on my lower back after 2 hours of walking and another 2 hours of standing to wait our turn at the image of the dead Jesus inside a glass coffin.

As early as 8 am that Saturday, we were already at the beach because my brother wanted to let Tricia swim without worrying about sunburns later on. It was still high tide when we arrived at our rented cottage, the waves were a little high (just right for surfing) and the wind blowing on our faces was a welcome respite from the heat. Tricia was a big hit that day. She was so cute in her 2 piece bathing suit, sunglasses and bathrobe. She also loved the water so much that it tore our hearts to get her out of the water when it was time to go home.