Friday, July 17, 2009

Happy birthday Carmen and Beth

Yesterday I took a bus into Mexico City and celebrated Carmen's and my birthdays with her, her son Felix and her nephews Rafael and Eduardo (Lalo). What a great time we had!




Here we are singing Las Mañanitas to each other. The cake was kind of a pound cake. We also had Hagen Daz (spelling??) ice cream, which is ridiculously expensive here in Mexico, but yummy! And Carmen's worth it, right?







Felix, Carmen and Rafael, one of Carmen's nephews. When Rafa was very young, maybe 10, he had leukemia. He's now a robust, tall, handsome, delighful university student. Praise the Lord!



Carmen of course made chicken and mole (moh-lay), a delicious sauce, along with beans, rice and tortillas. It was all delicious! Of COURSE. As Lalo was about to take a bite, he said, "This is delicious." Carmen asked him how he knew, since he hadn't even taken a bite yet!! Lalo said, "I know! But it's delicious!" We all agreed and definitely ate too much!



I bought mint chocolates for Carmen while I was in the States. There you see Eduardo (Lalo), Rafa's youngest brother. He also is a delightful young man, just beginning his studies at the university.

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