by kenny

3 years ago our friend, Ben Willis, invited us to an annual Cinco de Mayo party at Don Hann and Anne Schneider's house. And so far we have gone every year since, but I think this will be our last year as hopefully we will be in another state this time next year. I love this party. I was so excited when we came back for Jennifer's wedding that we would also be able to go to the party. The house has a big yard on Canyon Creek. There is a nice fire pit, a sauna, and hammocks all over the place. Everybody brings different food dishes to share and everything is unique and good. There are drums to be played inside and various kinds of rum to be tasted. After dark the strobe lights are brought out as well as a pinata. The kids have a go at it and eventually adults bust it open. Out flys candy and airplane bottles of booze. The kids can't have them, so you have to be quick to offer them candy for booze before someone else gets to them. I ended up with 3 bottles and a little candy left over. It is just a great night and I hope whenever we stop moving we will have our own Cinco de Mayo celebration.

Cinco de Mayo is also my dad's birthday and my brother-in-law Tim's. So happy birthday Dad and Tim.

Oh, and earlier today we went to a festival celebrating the local Chinese history and the Kam Wah Chung museum re-opening. A multi-cultural day for us.