Trini's Birthday party (photos)

My host sister, Trini, turned 12 today. The twins, Bernardo and Esperanza, turn 14 on Sunday.
We made pizzas and had ice cream cake. There was lots of cheering and clapping, they went a little crazy as the gifts came out (I'll try to get some video of that online later). And then we took tons of photos with my camera and the family's old camera. Trini got a lot of toys and clothes, and a cell phone from her godfather. Click on the title above for a link to the pictures. Everyone was home tonight, a rare occurence.

Spain is commemorating (or celebrating) the 30th anniversary of the death of Franco and the start of King Juan Carlos I's reign. He is still the king today. Franco died on November 20, 1975, and Juan Carlos was reinstated as King on November 22 and helped lead Spain to a democratic government. So there is a lot of reflection and praise of Juan Carlos as Spain looks back at the first 30 years as a constitutional monarchy, and there is little mention of Franco in the news, just the fact that he died 30 years ago.