We want to wish Roger Heller and Doug Thomas a Happy Fathers Day. Above you will see our smiling faces holding your Fathers Day cards. Needless to say, your cards will be a little late since we took these pictures this afternoon. But we are sure you will like them when you get them. We love you both dearly and are proud of each of you.
This is SP from the side. There are 4 apartment like homes that make up these two "duplex" homes.
Here is the pavilion, with SP's very own jeepney under it, in the area we call the garden.
Here is the trampoline and swing set in the large garden.
Here is the babies room, right down the hall from our own room in Unit 3.
This is our room - aren't you impressed with how clean it is? (-:
We have a small refrigerator in our room and the windows look out onto the back of SP and other homes.
The woman tending the butterflies put one of them on Dean's face - needless to say, it really tickled.
This is me getting super excited because the butterfly was starting to grab onto my finger!
There was a large park, called Burnham Park, where lots of people were out on picnics, riding bikes or renting these boat like contraptions so they could row around the small lake. It was very pretty...and COLD!! Seriously, we were wearing jeans and long-sleeved shirts the whole time we were there! Who would have thought it could get cold in the Philippines!?
We had to travel up into the mountains in order to reach Baguio. Here is side of a mountain, where they were growing rice. Pretty amazing!
Rice fields at the bottom of the mountain.
Oh, the story behind this picture. This was taken outside the Botanical Gardens where upon arriving, these two natives approached Dean and asked if he wanted a picture. Dean said yes and I moved to take the pic. Welp, right away, a mob of about 20 other natives swarmed Dean and all lined up to be in the picture. I kinda gave Dean a look like, "That's odd" and he just shrugged his shoulders. Upon seeing our confusion, a tourist that spoke English informed us that we have to pay 10 pesos for every native in the picture. I said, "We don't have that many pesos on us!" The natives realized what was happening and refused to move and got angry at us. When Dean said that they would have to leave, some of the natives started yelling at the others, demanding that they leave, while others stayed. IT WAS CRAZY and a bit scary!! Finally Dean said, "No - only two people!" and they realized he was serious, so the two above natives kicked everyone else out of the picture. Another vendor asked if I (Christin) wanted to be in the shot and I politely said no, for fear of having to pay him pesos! Jeepers! So, this is the picture with the remaining natives, who triumphantly received their 10 pesos each! I think we should write a letter to the police department in Baguio and apologize for the small riot we created...
