Beach Day

We went to the beach on Sunday with the adolescent kids, the three oldest girls and four oldest boys, who live in the separate casas apart from the main casa of children. Josué also went along and Fanny who lives with the older girls. She is Alba's sister and is going to college here in San Pedro Sula and working part time in the casa in exchange for living with the girls. Eva wanted to go the the beach one last time before retiring and returning to the US and for several years she has wanted to take the dog, Mau, to the beach. Mau was a donation from a Spanish couple about 4 years ago when they were moving back to Spain and could not take him with them. They send donations specifically for him to cover his living expenses, separate from the children. We often joke that the dog has his own bank account. Eva has always wanted to take him to the beach, but it was too much trouble with all the little kids so when they decided to go with only the older kids, the opportunity was there to take the dog also. He seemed to enjoy swimming in the ocean and river located there. There were quite a few people at the beach on Sunday, so the dog did not get to run free, because he is a theif of food and would scare the children who were there. The older kids also enjoyed the day without all the work normally involved in taking all the younger kids when we normally go with everyone. It was much more relaxing for me too.