Koronadal Wedding Prep 1

So, originally, Sylvette and I were going to go to Koronadal City aka Marbel--her hometown to do wedding prep on Saturday, however her dad and 2 brothers opted to come and pick us up at Mercy on Thursday night in Tatay's work jeep, and drive us the 4 hours down to Marbel with all her stuff, which was a relief...because wedding decor sure takes up a lot of room, and a hassle it would have been to try to get it all loaded and unloaded from the bus!

The days following held a lot of fun and adventures...
Friday: (8 days until the big day)

Jim, Sylvette and I went to the city hall and picked up their completed marriage contract, as well as ran other errands.

One of Sylvette's brothers got her a laptop..a group affair.

One of her brothers-Estoy had a large abrasion caused by a motorcycle accident 2 days prior, that was getting infected, so for the next week, I was his 'nurse'-cleaning it up. It is now healing very well.

Saturday (only 1 week left!):

We went to Tatay's sister's work--she and her husband, where they help run a government run/funded Gold Mine/tumbler. That was really fascinating!!!

The hour drive was a blast...got to see lots of country!!

The tumbling unit--the rods inside do the tumbling.

Mass tumbling procedures.

Another unit at work (with the sludge pits in between).

Silver and Gold oz

Tatay, Joy (cousin), Estoy, me, Aunt, and JR

Our view coming back into Koronadal City--absolutely spectacular!!

Sunday:

We went to church, and afterwards went to some cousin's home (bulay) for dinner. That was a lot of fun, and we had some great conversations. Then, when we got home, we just relaxed and prepped wedding plans.

Monday:

Ezra (or affectionately known as Kaboy) got home from training today, (he is becoming a Marine Engineer as well), and so for the first time in 3 years, everyone in the family is together in one place, as JR (the oldest son) has been working as a Marine Engineer for the last 2 years.

Toto (Jim) spray painting branches silver for decorations 

Sylvette chopping up chicken for dinner

Relaxing as a full family before dinner.
Kaboy, Estoy, JR, and Jim

Filipino dinners are the best...always will be. What a celebration!!
Tatay, Bordz, Yen-Yen, Nanay

Nanay and Tatay tried on their wedding apparel..what a precious couple!!

 Tuesday:
After breakfast, Bordz, Kaboy, JR, Sylvette and I took the motorcycles to a cousin's home where we got buko for making buko salad (my favorite!!) This is also the place that we would butcher the pig (baboy) for the wedding.

Their pump for watering the animals.

Kaboy and Bordz opening the Buko (coconut)

2 relatives making boards of equal thickness. 

Kaboy, Sylvette, and Bordz enjoying life. ;)

Then, we went to find tuxes for the boys...

The gwapos-JR, Kaboy and Estoy

The guys wash their laundry over here....with a smile on their face too!! :)

After dinner, we all went to the hair salon, where Sylvette got a trial makeup and hair-do run for the wedding. Also, the boys and I got hair cuts/trims.

So gwapa...what a cute couple

Model family....Estoy, Bordz, Sylvette, JR, and Ezra.

Day 8: Rest/Hair Cuts!

Today was a day of relaxation.... I got up at 9 am, to a very quiet household. I think it was just me & Jordan there!! (I guess a bunch of the girls were scheduled for Outreach today, & then there were girls on Day Shift & Clinic as well.)

The other day, Annie had a bag of granola bars, & other snacks in her closet, & the ants found it!! A bunch of the stuff, she had to throw out, but since the ants didn't get in the actual bars, she took care of each one, & then hung them up on the line to dry!! :D (It was pretty funny seeing the faces of different people who saw it. :D)

This afternoon, I cut/trimmed Stephanie & Jordan's hair. That was a lot of fun (especially since I have more observation experience, then actually doing it!!! LOL) Thankfully, they liked the outcome of it (up-to-date :D). Thanks girls for allowing me to experiment/bless on your hair!!

Tonight I'm doing Night Shift (10pm-6am) with Jordan.