Thursday, December 29, 2011

Next Stop ... Indonesia!

We flew from Manila to Singapore & slept in a hotel for a few hours.


The Singapore Airport was incredible! It has a hotel, swimming pool, movie theater, fitness center, playground, koi pond, & tons of shopping! It was almost like a mall. We never left the airport so we did not get our passports stamped.


Finally on our way to Indonesia!



We finally arrived! We dropped the kids off at the house then went to lunch & got a tour of the consulate, where Marc works.


The kids have been talking about their cousins for weeks & were finally able to play & go swimming with them!






They took us to a mall where you can put your feet in this pool & these little fish eat the dead skin off your feet. It tickled the kids & Ryan but felt like a spa pedicure for Andrea.




We are glad to be here & stayed up late playing games & talking.

Friday, December 2, 2011

Goodbye Philippines!

Day 4
We went to an orphanage & played games & sang songs to the kids. There were around 30 kids ranging from age 18 mos to 23 yrs. Ryan taught them how to play thumb wars & then did some arm wrestling. Next, we taught them a few hand games, a few songs, the hokey pokey, & even played hopscotch. They sang us a song & taught us a few games as well!
It was such a great experience & a lot of fun! We were getting ready to leave & didn't realize that we almost left Ryan behind!
We went to the market & saw some "live" fish-seriously, they were still flopping around!
The kids wanted to go back to the hotel & go swimming after being in the hot sun.
We then visited a park on the airforce base.
We stopped at the Manilla Temple before heading to the airport.
We enjoyed the Philippines & visiting "Elder & Sister Jewkes!"