It was the start of spring break, there was an economic downturn and it had been a hard winter, so it was time to get out the quesadilla machine ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240313 get fresh strawberries ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240314 cut some jicama ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240315 ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240316 start cooking ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240317 separate tortillas ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240318 and fill them ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240319 while cutting oranges ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240320 and being careful not to disrupt the plants that were growing for Ben's science experiment ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240321 ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240322 as the tortillas moved forward ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240323 sometimes with people in the way ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240324 and sometimes not ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240325 as we admired the sauce ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240326 and the cooking continued ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240327 with pineapples entering the fray ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240328 and the table was set ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240329 and the shot glasses and paraphenalia set ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240330 with the sombreros at the ready ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240331 ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240332 as the decorations were set in various corners of the house ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240333 ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240334 ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240335 ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240336 as Sarah and Ed continued the cooking ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240337 as Jeff arose ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240338 and as we cooked ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240339 the owl was decorated ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240340 while Ben installed more applications on Jeff's iPhone ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240341 condensed milk was added to the flan ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240342 and more decorations were added to the shotglass table ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240343 and everything was ready for the food to appear ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240344 ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240345 ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240346 ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240347 so that Ben modeled the sombrero ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240348 ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240349 before relaxing ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240350 with Ed ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240351 and Jeff while we wondered who would arrive first. ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240352

First to come were the Percarpios ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240353 and then the Dimaggio/Masons ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240354 followed by Wellington ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240355 Ed ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240356 Jane ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240357 Joel ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240358 and Audrey ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240359 and then Ben and Joel did their Dos Amigos pose ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240360 as Jeff, Wellington and Carol posed ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240361 while Steven ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240362 and Sara Just arrived ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240363 as did Julie and Lianne ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240364 and Margaret and Clayton Marsh ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240365 which caused Josephine to dance first with Ed ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240366 ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240367 and then with Ben. ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240368 ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240369

By now, people were settling in, Audrey was talking to Wellington ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240370 Alan was wearing his sombrero ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240371 as Wellington and Jospehine watched the modeling begin ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240372 with Suzanne ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240373 Lianne ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240374 Claire, Carol and Steven ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240375 and then the gathering ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240376 that began with Lianne and Ed ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240377 led to Suzanne, Jane and Sara ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240378 then Suzanne, Jane, Sara and Jeff ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240379 then Suzanne, Jane, Sara, Jeff and Lianne ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240380 and finally this picture of almost everyone ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240381 before we returned to more individual shots with Alan and Ed ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240382 as the tasting began (though attention levels weren't what they might have been) ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240383 and Seva ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240384 Margaret ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240385 Joel ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240386 Suzanne and Sarah ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240387 and Suzanne ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240388 and then another Dos Amigos with Ben and Joel ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240389 led Ed and Sarah to chat ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240390 as did Paula nd Clayton ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240391 Sara and Seva ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240392 Ed and Alan ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240393 Julie and Lianne ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240394 as Claire and Audrey began their dessert. ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240395

As the older generation was wearing down, the next generation arrived in the form of Lily ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240396 Raimund ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240397 and Raimund and Claire. ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.11-15.09TastingTequila//P1240398