Raj Amulek Birthday and other random

We went to a 1 year old's birthday, Raj Amulek. They are a great family and had invited family, ward friends, investigators and missionaries. They told us it would just be a simple birthday. But they must have changed their minds. However they didn't have musicians or karaoke. Lots of good food, hot dogs on a marshmallow stick, spaghetti with hot dogs in it, chop suey, salad, fried chicken, a pork dish, a chicken dish, fried lumpia which is like won tons and lots of rice and friends.

They asked Dad and I to prepare a Family Home Evening message. So we quickly put one together that morning. I made a cone with a picture of Christ at the top and wrote the words family members around the base of the cone. We talked about how as our families come closer together we move towards Christ. I had found pictures of families  and we discussed what families can do together to strengthen their families and become closer to Christ. 

Fancy cake. They love to have fancy cakes and hire them made.
They were not sure what to say when I told them we made our own cakes, much simpler cakes.
 They served Ube Ice cream with it. They love Ube which makes everything purple.

A tarpaulin is a must for a party.
For special occasions Filipinos have tarpaulins made.

Our great Sister missionaries.

Beautiful children

Grandpa greeting the birthday boy

Roasting a peg on the street. He must have planned to roast two because

 there was another one tied up just past the boy in the yellow shirt.

Love this bend in the road where all of a sudden you see these great houses up on the hill, its really kind of a cliff. On the other side of the road is the Sea and so they have a great view.

More fiesta signs. Coming back from Bogo on Sunday we were stopped on the highway for over an hour as Danao was having their fiesta parade. It was huge with people carrying big placards with designs that were bright and colorful, doing formations and dancing with them. We could only see the tops of the them as they twirled them above their heads and bent  and turned with them. Dad suggested I get out and go take a picture but the crowds were huge and traffic was horrific and I was worried that if traffic moved before I got back I would never find him. Lots of booming music. They like their music really loud. When traffic finally moved after the parade turned the corner we drove by the music speakers they were huge speakers and it felt like the truck was bouncing with the vibrations from them. I wish I had taken a picture of the parade, I can not do it justice by my explaining, even if it was just from what we could see in the truck.

Cock being toted about by his owner.