Joseph's fiesta...

Joe is 16 and he's a rock. A flexible, easy-going rock. You can count on him to make you feel better and point out that worry won't get you anywhere. One of my most favorite things about Joe is that he's thankful- not the most common trait in 16 year olds. Joe had a fiesta- lots of Mexican food. He strung a rope of red chili pepper lights down the length of the table- very cool. He served nacho chips and cheese and soft shell tacos with Coca-Cola classic to drink. Joe almost always has the same dessert- warm brownies with icecream and hot fudge sauce- whipped cream on top. That's near the top of my dessert favorite list, too. What's not to like? He got each of the kids their own little mini deck of cards. (Growing up, playingcards were taboo around my house. Apparently, years earlier, my 2 aunts were renting a small apartment and they had left their cards on the coffee table- they just played go-fish and such with them. Well, the landlord saw them and they got evicted!! no kidding. But now, we all love to play gin-rummy, and shaghai rummy. Nerts and even go-fish. Euchre is the big card game in this area, but I haven't figured out how to play that one, yet. My grandma had a deck of Rook cards we liked to play. How times change!) It was a grand feast- and that rounds out all the children's feast days for another year. Bill's feast day is tonight, mine is tomorrow. All the shopping is done and I am getting close to getting all the presents wrapped...