Jolie invites me to her house to learn how to make Guatemalan tamales with her friend, Cecilia.
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| We go to the market to buy leaves and ingredients for the tamales. |
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| One of Cecilia's daughters and one of her granddaughters |
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| Baby Juan David is carried by his mom. |
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| Cecilia takes care of her grandson, Juan Pablo, while his mom works in town. |
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| Juan David has a cold, but he gives us a smile anyway. |
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| The sauce for the tamales includes tomatoes, pumpkin seeds, sesame seeds, cloves, two kinds of pepper, two kinds of chile, salt, and pieces of bread. |
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| Cecilia stirs the tamal base, which is made from rice that she ground by hand with a stone early in the morning. |
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| Lui shows us his machete skills. |
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| We will add a piece of chicken, more sauce, and a strip of red pepper before we fold up the leaves. |
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| Cecilia demonstrates the wrapping technique. |
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| Ava is in love with Juan Pablo. |
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| The tamales are ready to steam for one hour. |
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| Dulce enjoys the finished tamal, which has the consistency of grits. |
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| On June 20th, we go with the Hurtados and a few other friends to Guatemala's awesome water park near the coast, Xocomil. I have no photos of the rides because my camera isn't waterproof :) |
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| Lui, Ava, and Megan on the bus |
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| Evelyn and Marcos |
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| Friends from PCI: Manuel, Megan, Lui, Piper, and Ava |
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| The kids goof around when we stop for dinner on the way home. |
