Kelly's Birthday cake with the candle. The candle is the bright light in the middle.
I have to say I am more excited about this candle than I am about most things. When I think of this candle I smile. I'm serious. It's the coolest candle ever! And I found one for Jon's birthday.We are going to light it next
Friday at his family birthday party. I know all the kids will love it as much as I do. And I want to video tape it to put up on this blog. I first saw one of these candles in China. My friend Kelly had a birthday and she invited me out to the country to
celebrate with her family. Her family bought this beautiful cake and in the center had this candle. I had never seen a candle like it before. It was a blooming flower. In the center it had a
firecracker that as it blew sparks a foot high in the air also lit several candles that were on each
petals of the flower. As it did this it also played Happy Birthday to you. It continued to play happy birthday to you all night long. I LOVED it. My eyes widened and I told Kelly, "that is the coolest Birthday candle ever." I had never seen anything like it before. Kelly's mom, in true Chinese tradition, saw my love for the candle and went to the local bakery and bought one for me. I thought they must be a fire hazard and would never be allowed to be sold in America.
In fact I was a little hesitant to take my firecracker birthday candle home on the airplane...I'm pretty sure you aren't
suppose to take firecracker/explosive items on planes. We used the candle I had
received from Kelly for my father's birthday. My mom invited around fifteen people and all in attendance loved the candle. Flash back to this year. I am bored waiting for some photos to finish at Smiths. I was talking to a friend from my ward who was debating what chocolate chips to buy. As I talked I lean on the isle across from the chocolate chips. And hanging there is THIS CANDLE. Right there at my local Smiths Market Place. I stopped mid
sentence and started telling everybody who would listen how cool they were.
Here is a link so you can see one in action
Kelly's Birthday cake with the candle. The candle is the bright light in the middle.
We spent Thanksgiving this year at Jon's parents house. It was especially fun this year because we had three of his siblings and their families there also. That made a grand total of 25 people in a little house. But it makes for great memories and great fun. I am always impressed that you can fit so many people into such a small area and not have any explosive arguements. I guess my side of the family could work on that. I remember quite a few hystraically funny little tiffs that happen at our family reunions. And other than my twelve year old niece being pulled over on a four wheeler, nothing too remarkable happend. Mary has been quite spoiled by the whole experience since whenever she cried she was instantly soothed. Espcially at night. I was worried of waking all 23 other people sleeping in the house. I love to be around family at the holidays.
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