Celeste Yutiamco Arpa's 80th Birthday Party

Celeste Yutiamco Arpa Celebrates 80th Birthday

    " If there is one word that could best describe my mother, Celeste Yutiamco Arpa, that would be 'indefatigable.' "
                -Gamela Arpa-Mullins -

      FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA --- Arpa matriarch Celesta Arpa (left) recently celebrated her 8oth birthday at the Commonwealth Ballroom of the Hyatt in Fairfax, Virginia with about 80 people in attendance among them son Bong & Marcia with daughters Katrina and Jordana; Mark (Jun) and Kathy Arpa with daughter Lisa and son-in-law Datu Shalim and grandson EJ; Leody Arpa Bojanowski and daughter Christine Marie; Gamela Arpa-Mullins with husband Jeffrey and son JD; Sabrina Arpa-Blanco and husband Manoling and sons Luigi, Mazzaro, and Marco; Carla Arpa; and friends and family from the Philippines and the U.S. Sonnie and Toto Arpa were in the Philippines but are coming this summer to visit.
    Below are some of the pictures taken during the party:

Standing from left, Marco, Manoling, Sabrina, Luigi and Mazarro Blanco.
Seated, from left: Aurora Sandalo-Duchchateau, Caridad Murga, Carol Blanco
and the celebrant.

The celebrant with daughter Gamela, son-in-law Jeffrey and grandson
Sin JD.

With daughters Celestia Arpa (left) and Leody Arpa-Bojanowski (right).

Grandchildren Lisa Arpa, JD Mullins, Katrina Arpa and Jordana Arpa.

Grandsons, seated: JD Arpa Mullins, Luigi Arpa Blanco, Marco Arpa Blanco
their friend Brandon Cooper. Standing: Mazarro Arpa Blanco.

From left: Sid Consunji, Carol Blanco, Caridad Murga and Pete Mortensen.