This was a fun week.  On Wednesday the senior Sisters had a lesson on making buuzs.  Eggy demonstrated making the dough which is just flour, water, and a pinch of salt.

 Whiule she did that we cut and minced garlic, onions, and some vegetables. Batsengel gave us our instructions and she is the one who showed us how to seal the meat inside the dough.

 Here we cut the meat into very, very, very tiny pieces.  They do this instead of using ground beef because they say it is juicer and therefore tastes better.  It is alot of work especially since we cut the fat off and they do not.

 This is our finished product.  They were steamed in Sister Clark's steamer. The pretty one in the center was made by one of the Mongolian natives helping us.  Our buuzs may not have been so pretty but they tasted great!

 On Thursday we had a birthday part for Miigaa's son, Munkh-uils.  He is one year old.  This is some of the young people that either work or are always at the office building blowing up the balloons.

 Here is the birthday boy playing with a balloon with his dad, Batbayer.

 And here he is with his Mom as she tries to get him to blow out his candle.  Dad finally helped him blow it out.

 Look at his boots.  These are traditional Mongolian boots that his grandmother gave him.  They are so cute and are identical to grown-up ones.

 Munkh-uils favorite part of the party was playing with the balloons.

 Of course he was not the only one playing with the balloons.  Elder Shrope and a soon-to-be missionary had a fast and furious balloon game going here!

 Then on Saturday five of the senior couples went to a new restaurant for a real cheeseburger,  The owner is from England and also coaches a rugby team here.  He grinds his own fresh beef and makes his own buns. 
It was the best burger we have found here.

 We also tried the Philly chicken sandwich.  It had a good flavor too.

And of course, you can not have a cheeseburger without fries.  Again, not frzen potatoes but fresh ones.  It was a great lunch.

Also this week Altan returned from her trip to Russia and brought us some sovenirs including Russia chocolates and a ceramic plate of the place she went to.  And today we decided to tell our children that they the way they are because their parents are aliens who at the moment are in a area called Sansar, which meand out of the world, which is located in outer Mongolia.  These are our registration cards to prove it. So now maybe their family and friends will understand why they act as they sometimes do!