We went out to Tom and Ben’s place for a young boy’s birthday party Friday morning. We were told to come in the morning and that it would be just a little thing and we expected to be home for lunch. 7 hours later we were home.
When we got there they had set up a big tent in the middle of their yard and were decorating it with flowers and balloons. 20-25 kids were running around playing and as they saw us coming up the trail they all ran to meet us. Women were preparing food and Maggie joined them and I sat and talked with some of the men. They told us the party would start soon and they were just waiting for some people who ran into town to pick up a few things.
The party started a couple hours later (about 1pm) and our kids were starving for lunch and we hadn’t brought any snacks for them this trip. We were expecting to be back home for lunch. Bailey scored a banana and lollipops suddenly appeared in the kids’ hands and everyone was happy again. The first part of the party was games. Enjoy the pics. Maggie and I participated in the coke chugging contest. We both lost, but Maggie did better than me. Yes, I’m admitting it. Maggie is a better coke chugger.
There was also pinata smacking, sweet potato peeling, coke chugging, and egg breaking.
After the games they began pulling out the food. Many members of the family (aunts, uncles, grandmas and grandpas) live nearby and had been cooking huge amounts of food for the party. Now they all grabbed the food they had prepared (chicken, pork, rice, noodles, sweet potatoes, potatoes, watermelon, pineapple, cabbage, sandwiches, etc.) and filled up 3 tables and some of the space underneath. As we all were getting ready to begin the buffet line, rain (pouring rain) began to fall. Everyone scrambled to grab umbrellas and such to hold over the food and eating got delayed a bit. The rain lightened after a bit, but never did stop, and we ate.
We were told to go first and they dished us up heaping portions of just about everything there. We ate and then decided it was time to head for home. It was still raining as we made the 40 minute hike home but the kids did just dandy. Although, we looked like this when we go home. . .
