More Parties and the Great Outdoors

This weekend I went to another friend's party. This time I had a belt made that was more conducive for my burgeoning belly. This was at my friends house before we left for the party at 10 p.m. This is the same couple that I went to their wedding last summer. They got pregnant a couple of months after and here I am at their baby party! These parties take place exactly 7 days after the birth of the baby. Poor Mothers!!!

The party took place at a banquet hall type place (same as the wedding). This was the first main dish. A grilled lamb. Boy was it good and did I fill up!

Well next they brought another meat dish of chicken tagine! All of us were already so full so I just tried to eat a few bites.

Here are some girls dancing the night away. This family isn't conservative so the men and women were mixed at the party. A few weeks I was at another baby party where the men didn't even enter the house until all the women had left. This poor Mom had a c-section and was hobbling around trying to dance while leaving occasionally to feed the baby.

They had two bands and several singers. The belly dancers are on the end. See the bottom of the post for a cool belly dancing video. They grabbed me and I joined in and danced with them.

Here are some long awaited pics of Cody. This weekend we were outside the whole time and it was so relaxing. Here we are at a picnic with friends at nearby lake (the ocean is just over the hill).


The first day at the beach I put on tons of sunscreen and didn't even get pink. Unfortunately the second I was a fool and didn't put any on, thinking I would stay under the umbrella. (I didn't want to get all greasy b/c I had somewhere to be right after that). Well I learned my lesson...I will always wear sunscreen! My legs are bright red and killing me! Cody got his back and neck burnt too. Fools I tell ya!
These two little boys came and joined us. The beach was empty where we were but they chose to sat about two feet from us. Just staring longingly at our football. Well, we finally gave it to them and Cody went to teach them how to throw it. Well they got bored after awhile, returned the ball, and continued their afternoon of staring at the crazy white people.


The second day at the beach where we got so burned. (you would too if you were as pasty white as us!)



Here are the belly dancers.

Some women enjoying dancing together.



This is one of their favorite dances to do. We took turns dancing on the metal thing. The music starts out slow and then gradually gets faster. Don't worry, I took my turn on it. :)