Let’s go… Slaho!

Last Saturday, the 14th of July we had a couples baby shower in anticipation of our latest addition to the Ortega family… the yet to be named Ortega baby “#4″. We had a few entertaining activities planned for the party and were able to do some of them. But the real hits at the party were two things in particular. First, Jorge Escala arrives with his newly purchased iPhone. It’s a miracle any of the guys even remembered where they were for the next hour. It was total tunnel vision… IPHONE!!!!!
The other big hit was the very iMac I am currently using to type in this post. Somehow my brother in law while trying to check his mail wound up opening up iPhotobooth. That was the end of that!!! Here are some of the results of his discovery.

Here Jorge first realizes he can distort his image and create a photo…

Then he tells everybody he thinks we should take couple shots as a memory of the day… not a bad idea. Here are the results of that.
Jorge and Josie
Joel and Lissette
Ivon and Albert
Alex and Christi
Alex and Joe
Idelio
Carmen and Javi

Notice Carmen’s face. She’s cracking up because Alex had decided to take over the computer and start taking silly pics. This was the last semi normal picture of the day… then began the looniness. Here is just a sample of what they left on my computer…

ALEX as FROGMAN
Idelio in one of his more flattering shots
LENNY happy to be here
My cousin BILLY BOB WENCE
Alien RENE attempting to tear his head off
(my personal fave) Hey! I like JOE teeth!
Here’s the “Spitting Image” ALBERT puppet
and Here’s jellyarm JAV tring to have a drink

And then there’s these pics which I have no description for, and if I can’t define I may have to remove from the internet for indecency!

Unfortunately we couldn’t get everyone in front of the camera, including the lady of honor, Dania. There were about another 20-30 people there who didn’t get in front of the computer. But I must thank the woman behind the whole shindig, my sister-in-law Esther. So I end this blog with her own flattering pics!
CASQUETE squared
Why the long face, ESTHER? the party ROCKED!!

Here are a few pics from my birthday bash “Who’s Line” style…

Here is a recap of some of the events… pics are worth 1000 words after all
This is me making my grand entrance (to thunderous applause I might add)

Here, Nestor and I are playing “Emotions”. I was interviewing him for a job at a diaper factory.

Achi and Rene are color commentator and play by play guy for a “SportsCenter” feature of Rene’s wife, Pattie, doing some house work (no pics of Pattie, sorry)

My brother Nacho and I then played a game I called “Tupperware” quotes. We were smurfs leading a retreat at a church.

Luis then accompanied me as I “attempted” to sing the blues. I had to try to link blue pen, having the crabs, using Natural Family Planning, going to the doctor, and getting dumped all in the same song… OUCH!

In this next picture Alex Suarez and Robert are playing freeze tag. I will pass on explaining the theme. The next picture is of Rene popping a zit on my forehead, again while playing freeze tag.

Then Frank and Achi had to do a recount of Star Wars in 60 seconds… and then in 30, and then in 15… finally in SEVEN!! (Help me Obi-Wan you’re my only hope!)

Achi, Titi, and Ralph then played a round of Jeopardy… amazingly all the questions werre geared at poking fun at me. I don’t understand why?

The next game was another game of “Emotions” called “Hitchhiker”. In this picture, Robert and I have been picked up by the driver, Nestor. He would later pick up my brother in law Jorge also. Our emotions changed from anxious to melancholy, to excited, to nostalgic, and then back again!

Then, Pattie, Luis, and Idelio played a round of “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”, where they each had to provide advice to audience members who needed consultation.

Finally, I closed the show with a rendition of the classic hit first performed by Joe Tunon and Javier Mariscal, “The Ballad of the Fruit Salad”

This was truly a great night. I am looking forward to another night like this!