It seems impossible that Lia could already be 15 years old - the years go by so quickly. Doug and Grandma Jan had just returned from SE Asia and were included in a wonderful celebration in Manson.
Doug loves cooking and was invited to participate in preparing the meal. Lia's Aunt Elba is reported to be among the best tamale cooks but all the women are amazing cooks. Aunt Norma was the hostess and Mama Mia Maria certainly added to the cooking festivities. Making good tamales is a long but worthy process. We worked most of the days and made more than could be eaten for a party. Doug and I were gifted with the extras! Thank you very much - we have enjoyed them very much.
The next cooking lesson was Mexican Rice. Norma and Doug did a wonderful job. Then out came the condiments - green tomatillo salsa, roasted green tomatillo salsa, red salsa, Mexican Sour Cream. It was a feast to behold for Lia's birthday. Dessert was a choco flan which is a flan cake. Nothing that we had eaten before and it was delicious.
We will finish Lia's birthday celebration with a trip to the coast over spring break to look at a few colleges and spend some time together. That will be fun! The next morning we had brunch at dear friends Kathryn and Bob's house with our Manson friends Kristina and Fred and Nicky and John. We missed Kathryn McD and remembered our dear friend Esther Stefaniw. Our last line dance piciture at Kathryn and Bob's wedding included both of them.
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