Happy New Year, friends and family. It is another somewhat sad day over here. I am so sick. I can't keep anything down. I have been given the day off from most visits and will try to be ready for Tanya's birthday party tonight.
Yesterday was quite the New Year's feast. We went to the family house with maybe 40 aunts, uncles and cousins. I had already met most of the cast of characters, but there were many new ones as well. Alan and I are relaxing in our room today, playing Monopoly on my phone. I am going to let the pictures and short captions do the talking for me today. Enjoy.
My first picture of the day was of the desserts! Most of them I had tried before.
Even with my sad tummy, I really liked the Lazy Cake (the chocolate one at the bottom left). It is a moist chocolate with cookies baked into it. Yum!
Feast! Yes, everyone agreed that this was a real feast.
I am not feeling well and did not taste most of it, so I will not describe in my usual detail.
From left to right: mumbar stuffed intestines (nope... didn't try it... my own intestines were not doing well), next is the chicken for the black rice and some black rice (I probably could have eaten the whole plate because it was the only thing that agreed with my tummy), dolmas, a side dish of roasted eggplant, a giant turkey stuffed with cinnamon rice and almonds (the turkey was very tasty), and the casserole towards the bottom right is cauliflower (it was actually ok on the tummy).
Tanya, the birthday girl, with Shownim and Reno.
Kosar and his mom, Araz, in the formal sitting room.
The cousins play soccer, tournament-style. Each cousin was a different team.
This is Reno against Kosar. Reno won.
The final match up was Reno vs. Tawar. We were forced to say who we were rooting for.
Alan told me to choose Reno because he was, as were most others. I agreed, but really, I always root for the underdog. Tawar, I was rooting for you. Sorry for the loss.
Smack talk among the cousins. I didn't need a translation to know what was going on here!
This is Deema again. She loves the camera!
She is looking at the camera like this in every shot.
This the where everyone enters the house and removes their shoes.
There are A LOT of shoes! You know its a party! :)
My understanding is that this woman is a housekeeper. She did all of the cooking for the feast and wanted her picture taken for the blog. The food was wonderful (or at least it looked wonderful... I didn't eat much). The black rice was very yummy while it was in my tummy. Also, how do I look tall in this photo? If I am 5' 1", then this woman must have been more mini than I realized.
That is all. I will post pictures for Tanya's birthday party after it is over.
Take care. xoxo
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