We left the invitation open to anyone who wanted to come with a special emphasis on getting together with the hispanics that we know and anyone who loves hispanics and good food. We didn't get as many hispanics out as we had hoped, but we still had 115 people come to our fiesta! We know quite a few hispanics in this town. In addition, we also know a lot of gringos who speak Spanish. And of course we know lots of good people in who don't speak Spanish but love the opportunity to get together. One guy at our fiesta originally from El Salvador was pleasantly surprised that so many gringos knew Spanish.
We asked that people bring a Latin inspired dessert to share. The food was amazing! Unfortunately I only took 2 pictures of the food. One is the Latin-inspired "Rice Krispi-O's" that our friends Levi & Ashley Baker brought and the other is a Peruvian dish I made called mazamorra morada, which is basically purple corn pudding.
We had two piñatas at the fiesta. The kids absolutely loved it! I was happy that nobody got injured considering the gusto those kids have with a stick in their hands.
Unfortunately our friend Maria couldn't make it. She helped us out a lot by getting some of the supplies together. However, Maria's daughter, Yoselin, and her fiance, Casey, came and helped us with the kids and the piñatas.
Last time we had a Latino party like this at our house was about 4 years ago. We had over 70 people come, which we thought was a lot! At one time during this fiesta I counted 101 people in our house all at the same time. Then I added those who left and those who showed up later and I had a total of 110. After the fiesta was over, Rachel and I made a list of everyone who came, and we got a total of 115! While that makes us feel so blessed to have so many friends, everyone knows we didn't hold a fiesta to see how many friends we have. We did it to help strengthen bonds with one other and provide an atmosphere where we could meet some new people and strengthen relationships with others.
Thanks to everyone who made our fiesta a great one!
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