Good friends, good food, good conversation and good drink. This past weekend we had a party at a friends house, kind of a combo birthday party for multiple people. It was a family affair, and we are part of this family…we are honorary Mexicans! Not really, but that is the running joke after about 15 beers and 4 shots!
These are the family(s) that took in some strange white guy from the east coast and treated him like family from day one. We are beyond grateful, there are no words to express our gratitude to the Mendoza’s, Vera’s and the Gonzales’s. No matter what the occasion these families have come through for us. It was their idea to throw the one and only surprise party for Lilian a few years back that actually worked! She had no idea, it was awesome.
We have had our share of ups and downs, but in the end we have always come together to celebrate as a family. I will someday post about the one person I can honestly say was more inappropriate than myself and is, and always will be, the topic of much discussion around a table made up of beer cans and shot glasses. But till then, lets just say he is the reason we all can say ‘We are all family here’
Good times were had by all, as much food as one could handle, more drinks than you should ever have in one sitting and laughs that never seemed to end. I would like to share some of the pictures that were taken that day, they are in no real order. Chaos is always the order of the day in my world, enjoy:
To wrap this life in pictures up I want to just say one last time: Thank you for taking us in and making us part of your world. There will be more post like this to come, the summer is coming and I hope to go out fishing, and since I have no clue on how that works they will be my guides to my next chip in my manhood merit badge!
So till next post; journal often, journal more and take pictures of everything.