Fourth of July 2009

I know that we have been the worst bloggers ever. I have been working two jobs and going to school. I just haven't been able to keep up. I am not promising that I will be consistent, but I sure am going to try.

Last summer, we got to go home for the Fourth of July. We spent our time with family and friends and food. I'm not kiddin'. I have never eaten so much in my life. We would eat with one group of people, then an hour or so later eat again with another group of people. We probably ate 10 huge meals a day. It was barbecue after barbecue. And delicious Mexican food. They don't have any good Mexican in Buffalo, so we have to eat as much as possible when we go home.

We did a lot of fun activities like swimming, going to the zoo, playing outside, etc. It was so much fun to see my sisters, parents, in-laws, nieces, and nephews. We had so much fun! Thank you everyone!!

Here are some pictures when we were saying goodbye. My grandpa played a CD that he loved with a guy who sang Con te partiro or "Time to Say Goodbye". I kept hearing this song in my head as we went around to everyone's house to say goodbye.

These are at Kar's cute house with her family and my mom.

I love my seester in de window!

This is at the Haw's house. The parade goes down their street every year and we sit out front and watch it. Joyce decorates her house so cute and Warren gets a huge sandwich and Homely makes snow-cones with the ward. It is full of traditions.

Here's Spence with Mikey.

We really enjoyed Warren and Becky's kids. Spence is so cute with little kids. Here he is with Kylie.

And with Kenna.

We love to play games with Warren and Becky.

I played with Kylie up-side-down.

Me with the girls.

The neighborhood that my parents live in do big fireworks the night before the Fourth. It was really fun. It reminded me of when we were little and we did illegal fireworks with the Whittingtons across the street.

I love watching the fireworks with Spence. It is really romantic to me. We also went down to the river for the Melaluka firework display with Kar and Ben. It was really fun. Again, a tradition. We walk from Spencer's parent's house so that we don't have to be stuck in traffic for an hours afterwards.

We got to spend time with Spencer's best friend, Bush and his family. This is his daughter. Doesn't she have beautiful eyes??

Here is Spence with Bush's family.

We got to see my other sister Natalie and her cute kids.

Troy-boy.

Brockie.

Jakob the break dancing king and Pete.

Here's the family, except Ivy was sleeping.

I love my cute sisters!!

And I love my cuddler, Brock. Can't get enough!

Poor Troy got his head burnt by a firework.

Our family ran the 5K race. Here are some pictures of me and Kar running together.

We really had a great time last year. We were so broken-hearted that we didn't get to make it home for the Fourth this year. We are going to do our very best to make it next year. I don't think that I could go another year without going home. I have only not gone home on the Fourth 3 times in my whole life. So as long as my residency can be worked around it, we will be there.