Feliz Dia Del Padre!

Yesterday was Fathers Day here in Guatemala. It is the same date every year- June 17. So we celebrated last night by having a special dinner. I made rotini with alfredo sauce and bacon. It was mostly well received but a little heavy for their dinner. Guatemalan's usually eat a big lunch and a small dinner.

One of the house parents made a sign for Victor.

I am not sure if it is supposed to be a likeness. If so, he was generous with the muscles!

Do you know how hard it is to get a good picture of 25 people, let alone 25 people who want to eat the cake sitting on the table?!?

Cake!!!

The tradition here is for the recipient to bite the cake. For some reason Victor wasn't interested. So Dennis stepped up. Inevitably, his face was pushed down in the cake, as is also the custom. Hmmm. Maybe Victor made a good choice! Anyway, poor Dennis was pretty surprised.

Somehow poor Debora got a face full of cake as well!

It was a fun night to honor Victor, Rodolfo, Adrian, and Marroquin. They all play an important father figure role in our kids lives.