It was our third year to attend a friend’s annual summer gathering in their cottage in Lipence last weekend. The first time (year 2007) was memorable coz I was heavily pregnant with Caity then. The second year, Caity was already with us! My sister who was then visiting for summer was able to come with us too. Those past two years, only few guests came but the recently held event was well-attended by friends that parking even became a problem.

The camping ground…

The weather wasn’t perfect, it was sunny, then rainy, warm then cold; the guys had to move the tables and chairs inside the cottage few times during the day. A tent and outdoor furniture covers would have been useful so we have protection from the fickle weather. In spite of that we still had FUN! We started Friday night with a cook-out.  We had barbeque, vegetable salad, lots of drinks (especially for the guys), someone brought a guitar and sang us songs…

Friday night barbeque…

The next day more friends joined us and even more food was prepared and served.  It was like an international food fair; present were Asian, Italian, Czech and of course Filipino dishes.

Saturday lunch. That’s us, eating all the time!

Some of the food we have that made it for the pictorial.

We also played dance music from the 80s which brought memories of our heydays. Some couldn’t help but dance to the lively beat. Even the kids danced along with their titas.  M was able to take videos of that but I’m not going to post it here.  The girls might complain! =)

All in all it was a great combination of friends, food and fun!

*Thanks to Tess for letting me use some of her pics.