Everyone just left the partay!

Oh my gosh, I had no idea this apartment could hold so many people... they like, moved a big LA-Z-Boy chair from the living room and added a whole other table.. THERE WERE SO MANY FAMILY MEMBERS I DIDNT GET ALL THEIR NAMES except their were a couple cute ones and I got their names. Except I was awkward because I was SO OVERWHELMED WITH ALL THE SPANISH that I didn't really talk much and people talked to me a bit which was nice but they obviously weren't there for me...

BUT I FINALLY GOT A PHOTO WITH MY WHOLE FAMILY (plus some extra family members) and that was super exciting.. I wasn't feeling so great still at the beginning, so I didn't eat much, but it's all good.. I'll have to put up the pictures later...

BUT BASICALLY I got dos besos from sooooo many people (cute boy family members included...) and there were so many names to remember.. Yolanda, Irene (an adorable little baby who was BLONDE WITH BLUE EYES and they were all like SHE LOOKS MORE LIKE AN AMERICAN THAN A SPANIARD), Sergio, Miguel, Javier, Pepi.. could not keep track of who was related to who how.. and there were delicious desserts.. something called a BRAZO DE GITANA (gyspy arm?) and other flan-like turron things?? Soft ones? Custardy? I have no idea what the names were...

whateva whateva, it was fun! Everything's all cleaned up now.. but ya! Wish I could have spoken more...

Ooh! At one point, Roque, the husband of my host mom's sister (also named Teresa).. well, he's known for being a joker.. and he came up to be me and said something like 'RACHEL. It's a tradition that the most recent addition to the family has to sing the birthday song..' And I was like 'Oh?' .. and he was like 'THAT'S YOU!'... And as soon as I realized he was joking that I sing in front of all these people, I forget my spanish and go 'ME?!?!!' And everyone laughs (including all the cute boys whose EYES ARE ON ME RIGHT NOW HEHEHE), and he's like 'Yup!' and then my abuela comes over and says something like 'But she really does sing, you know!' .... I didn't end up having to sing, but it was exciting to be the center of attention for a second :P

Here's one half of the table!

Here's the other half.. with a glimpse of a cute espanol!

NOM. Left to Right: some 3-chocolate custardy thing, some
chocolatey flanny thing, and THE GYPSY ARM

MIS RACIONES

My abuela opening some presents!

THIS IS MY FAMILY. The boy in the white jacket is Carlos, in the blue sweatshirt is Fernando, and Soraya and my abuela Teresa are next to me! And then the extra people I just met today.. and the cute little rubia bebe!

And this is how cute I looked. THE END.