House Guest turns into Best Buddy!

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For the past week we have had a house guest (our new pastor's son)... IBC is getting a new pastor that is coming from Houston and on their last trip here they left their eldest son here to enjoy Singapore and do some traveling... Austin has stayed with many families while here and we finally got our turn.... He has turned out to be a huge blessing to us and a great buddy for Pierce... they are best pals and Pierce loves having him around.

Our last outing... the Jurong Bird Park...look how happy this boy is...

We are going to be sad to see him go... it will be so quiet in the house, Pierce will be bored but the refrigerator will have food in it :-)...

Villa Bali and Day 9 at the Jurong Bird Park!

Another great night... probably one of the best in my books for many reasons. Last night left Pierce at home with Cena and headed to one of our favorite places in Singapore.... Villa Bali in Gillman village... if you have been watching the blog for some time you have seen that we take all of our visitors here and they ALL love it. Grandad had to go to Hong Kong for business so he missed out but we might have to go again when he gets back. This restaurant serves Balinese, Thai, Indian and Western cuisine and everything I have had was GREAT.... we are really showing Grandma new kinds of food and I know she is enjoying her self but she will be excited to get back home to have some Long John Silvers... :-)

Last night was a great night.... and one of the best things that I got to do last night was have Q&A time with Grandma... I asked lots of question about her past, her relationship with Grandpa, being a mom, my mom and aunts and uncle and more... I learned so much about my Grandma that I never knew before... I mean really who gets to spend 2.5 weeks with their grandparents... what a blessing this time is with her... She had so many fantastic stories about Grandpa, her as a teenager, my mom, etc... that I told her that she should write a book for her family... she has 5 children, 9 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren... we would all be blessed by this book... hopefully she will write it all down one day.


Here were our appetizers... all Indian food... Naan Bread with Cheese and Garlic (the best ever) and some cucumber pepper salad thingy... the name was too long to remember... but it was good.

The next morning we woke up and headed to the Jurong Bird Park... Pierce was so excited he was beaming... can you tell?

After we got our complimentary wheel chair for Great Mama... we all headed to the first air conditioned exhibit... the Penguins... this is always our first and last stop... to cool off.

Reminds me of the movie... Happy Feet... do you agree????

Next stop the Flamingo's (or Famingooooo's as Pierce would say).

Then "the Birds of Prey" show... always a great show... bc birds are everywhere and fly right by your head.

Then we made our way to the next show... "Birds and Buddies"... another great one.

Pierce wanted to sit in Great Mama's lap... of course my mom was the first one to grab the camera and take a pic.

Here Pierce is having a convo with this bird... I asked him to stand by the bird to take a pic and he did but he was soon telling the bird to go to the other side where the other birds of his kind were... so cute...

We had to go through alot of these chain link doors (that keep the birds inside the cages) and it was always a feat to get Great Mama through in her wheelchair...she was so tickled every time.

Our last stop to feed the Lorikeets at the Lori Loft... what great fun.

Check out that bird... God is so good to us....

One landed on Great Mama's head and Pierce thought it was the coolest thing...

And then on landed on his head... he did not think it was so cool and quickly shooed it away... I could not get a pic in time but you get the idea.

Everyone is having quiet time now and then we are headed to a shopping fair this afternoon and then staying home for dinner... we need to put our feet up... and REST.

See you tomorrow.

WhEre'S waLdO!

Can you find him? I took this picture at the bird park show during the Christmas holiday... pretty crazy.

More Fun with Grandma and Grandpa!

Dinner at Margarita's (Blake's favorite Mexican food rest. here in Singapore)


Pierce really loves cheese... can you tell?

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Pool time... wow Grandpa that was high!!!!!
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Does anyone want some Chili Crab (a famous dish here). We were on Boat Quay at our favorite restaurant with Jimmy (you remember this Lisa and Julie?)
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Some fun at the park... waiting on Daddy to come home from work.

Pierce was having so much fun head butting this kid in his belly.
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Grandma got her eye brows threaded for the first time... ouch but they look good.

Bird Park with Vivi and Grandad!

Another trip tot he Bird park... this has to be Pierce favorite place in Singapore.
This was the first time that we got to feed the ducks... so much fun.



Vivi takes a stab at feeding the Lory birds...Pierce had such a great time (again)!

There were so many birds this time (more than usual) I think it was bc it was not that crowded and when the birds finally had a chance to get some food they fought over a good spot on the cup (leaving claw marks)... here in this picture the "fuzzy" bird in the top right hand corner had just landed on Pierce's head and flown away when he ducked (see him in the picture). So cute.

Our little happy boy!

Here he is talking to the bird... he would get so close like he was going to kiss the bird and then squeal and back away... was so cute.



We also went to the buddy show and there was a talking bird named Amigo... if you have children at home grab them to watch this it is so neat to hear how well this bird talks.

Bird Park Take 2 - with Dad!

We finally got to take Daddy to the Bird Park... we have season passes and this is one of Pierce's favorite places in Singapore.

Blake decided to support the Aggies with his apparel and Pierce wanted to support the Jungle.

We are inside the only air conditioned exhibit... the penguins... this is where Blake wanted to stay all day.

Boys and their hats.

This picture is a little blurry but I wanted you to see the ONLY job in Singapore that requires a coat...feeding the penguins.


Here is a video of Pierce watching the penguins while they were being feed... pretty cool to see them swimming under water.

This is the tallest man made waterfall in the world... pretty neat.

Never really cared for pigeons... but this one was pretty cool... a built in crown.

Pierce thought they were pretty cool too.

My two boys... oh how I love them.


Here Blake is feeding the birds at the Lory Loft... listen to how loud the birds are... they are everywhere and Blake did a good job feeding them.

One would think Pierce had to go to the restroom here... but no this is a face of excitement when he saw a bird... he loves them.