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Yesterday was Graham’s Birthday. Before the trip she was worried about having her birthday in Chile. She wouldn’t have any of her family or Stateside friends. It was a big sticking point with her about two months ago. Yesterday was another story. She had a blast and loved it.

Berry baked a cake Sunday in a wood burning stove. She created a delicious white icing with coconut shavings. She melted some chocolate and made a chocolate swirl for the top of the cake(some one thought Berry said chocolate squirrel and was quite upset when there was no squirrel). She then topped it off with fresh raspberries. Berry did a stellar job with the cake. It was fantastic and the ice cream on the side didn’t hurt either.

For dinner we had a little taste of the States. Lisa fixed some homemade pizza crusts and we all had personalized pizzas. It was so good. In fact we’ve had a few parties lately each one with a States feel to it. Of course we had Graham’s birthday, but last Friday Lisa and Scott finished one of their many marathon like goals. To celebrate this, Saturday night we had an traditional summer grill out with hamburgers, hot dogs, papas fritas, and potato chips. Some neighbors stopped by and brought along a couple of bottles of apple chicha which was quite tasty. Congratulations to them for getting one more piece of their puzzle set into place.

Here’s a few shots of the birthday celebration. Starting with Berry’s wood oven baked cake.

Here are some shots of the Birthday Girl and various hangers on.

The peak event of the afternoon, blowing out of the candles and the wish.

No photos of Cochamó yet. They’re ready, but I haven’t put words down yet. Berry has words down, but not all the photos up. We’ll get there soon, but here’s one from Cochamó that is now my favorite photo of our entire adventure so far. In fact it is now the background on my computer desktop.

We miss you all. Chao!