Grimanesa’s Birthday,
May 4th
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It was a nice day (and night) of Karaoke,
dancing, and food on Sunday, to celebrate Grimanesa's birthday,
May 4th.
The day started early as Grima prepared
baked chicken, beans and rice. She got exactly what whe wanted
for dinner by making it herself!
In the afternoon, Uvaldina, Frine and
Velia showed up and the partying began. Soon afterwards, Jenaro
and Pilar arrived.
Daniel brought out the Karaoke machine
and sang Celine Dion and Whitney Houston songs. Velia would
have no part of it, but Maria, Pilar and Dan really enjoyed
themselves.
We had some dinner, the chicken, rice and
beans, and we all ate too much. There was wine, of course. The
bottle in the picture at left is non-alcoholic, but we had the
other stuff too.
Daniel brought out his iPod and some
speakers, and Maria D.J’d some cool Latin dance tunes.
Everybody joined in the dancing and had a great time. Jenoaro
was his usual enerjetic self, dancing away and having a blast.
The three elders chatted for a while in Quechua, their native tongue. Jenaro wished Grima a happy
birthday in Quechua, too.
Later in the evening, Melanio, Chaska and
Brian came. The had some food, snacks and sodas, and talked to
their cousins.
Eventually, it was time to light the
candles, sing, and cut the cake. We all had a slice and
theorized about the filling: was it beans of some sort? Fruit?
Something else? We may never know, but it was delicious and
beautiful nonetheless.
Happy Birthday, Grima, and many, many
more!
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Frine, Dan, Velia (top row, standing)
Grima, Uva, Jenero, Pilar (bottom row,
sitting)
enjoy good times around the dinner table
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Frine smiles for the camera --
Cutting the Rug with Jenaro, Grimanesa, and Velia
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Uvaldina dances with Jenoaro -- Grima cuts her birthday cake (clockwise from upper left) | ||||||||||