The first picture is your mom and I at the youth conference in Lucban yesterday (4/20/07). Your mom was the first speaker and did a really good job. In my remarks I said I loved my wife and held her close to me. Seldom do Filipino men show any affection for thier wife in public. It got lots of cheers from the kids. There were over 700 young men and women at this conference. The second picture was taken on a P day when we had a barbecue at the elder's apartment complex. I wanted you to see these flowers. We have a few of these growing at our apartment too. Flowers are blooming everywhere here! The colors and variety are amazing. Everyone needs a coconut tree. This is only tree where every part of the tree is used. The milk from the green coconuts is called Buko juice. Your mom doesn't care for it (mostly because it is very good laxative) and I sort of like it. They make a salad from the young coconut meat called - you guessed it - Buko salad. I don't