Saturday afternoon we headed to a 1st birthday party for Gabby, the son of some good friends of ours who are part of Peace Church. We had a great time. The party was at McDonalds in a big event room with over 100 people! Crazy, I know.... but completely normal here to have such a big bash. They also had a dedication service for Gabby at the beginning of the party and then we were each served a double cheeseburger, spaghetti (a popular snack, very sweet here), fries and a sundae.
In the middle of the craziness when the McDonalds characters were seriously breaking it down to Gangnam style and everyone was laughing and cheering, I said to Darnell, "this would so not happen at home!" While I very much enjoyed Cody's first birthday party (and others'), I'm not sure if anything compares to a Filipino party... they seriously know how to have fun. The MC, a McDonald's employee, had everyone in stitches.... at home it would have been awkward and people would definitely not be laughing like we were! As the saying goes, "It's more fun in the Philippines!" Here's some photos from the party....
cake! each kid said Happy Birthday in the microphone one at a time.... Cody was very pumped to do that:) |
the birthday boy and his family posing with the characters |
enjoying the dance show. |
photo booth time. Makai wasn't really into it. |
best friends. |
Bryan, Rei, John (birthday boy's dad) and Darnell |
Great post! So glad to see such great community surrounding you guys.
ReplyDeleteI especially love the Guy Fawkes mask in the last shot. So random.
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