Birthdays!

October 4th is one of our family's most important days. On October 4th 1987, exactly 20 years ago today, I gave birth for the first time, to our oldest child, Kirstin. Then, nine years later, on October 4th 1996, I gave birth for the fifth and last time, to Bethany. So, it's a double birthday at our house!

Tonight we had a few friends in for a dinner celebration. The real birthday event will take place sometime in the next week or so, when we go for a family camping trip.

Our party tonight was great fun. We had 8 guests, all under 25. We had pizza pasteles (an original family recipe, half American/half Honduran), raw veggies, cake, ice cream and Cokes.

After our younger (non-English speaking) guests had departed, we played a round of Pictionary with the English speakers. This game got really loud! We had three teams, and the all male team won - which was a great surprise to us all, except perhaps to the men. The best part was when the men had to draw something from the category "P.U. It stinks." Before they had even started drawing, David guessed 'skunk,' and it turned out to be the correct answer. Yes, he was pretty proud of himself!