Lopera family reunion

Earlier I wrote about my mom's family reunion in July in Myrtle Beach, and now time for a rundown of Giovanni's family! Lucky for my college friend Ashley who was visiting in October, she got to experience a once-in-a-lifetime Colombian event - Giovanni's mom's 62nd birthday party! woop woop! We (along with our roommate Geoff) all made the 30 minute taxi trek out to Bello (the suburbs which is really just a huge town/city) where Doña Alba and the rest of the Lopera clan lives. After blowing up 50 balloons, having half of them pop, eating Chinese food (a Colombian, or maybe just a Lopera special occasion tradition), and cake, we have these photos to share. And the tardiness in posting these is actually not entirely my fault this time, they were on Giovanni's niece's camera and since trips to Bello really only occur once every two months or so, it took a while to get them off her.

The gringos + Gio and his cute GRAND-nephew

Gio's mom with her GREAT-grandson, blowing out the firey candle

There's all of us! Me and Gio on the left, next: his nephew, niece and her son, mom, sister, nephews, and son in the bottom right corner