4th of July!

Jon and I had such a great 4th of July!!! My family came up for Portland Tuesday night to spend the 4th with us and celebrate.  I love my family and was so happy that they were able to spend the day with us! My sister Patty, her 3 kids Elli, Felipe & Zeek, her fiance Mike, my other niece Marlene, my little sister Michelle and my mom all made the trip up, so you can say that we had a FULL house! lol.  But it was filled with love and laughter!

When they arrived Tuesday night, we just hung out at home, had Chinese for dinner and watched a few family home videos.  Then Wednesday was a fun filled day with, 4th of July parades, having a delicious Mexican feast! playing some video games, running around at the park and then ending the night with a firework show in Kirkland.  I have LOTS of pictures, so ill let them do the talking for me! :)

My nephew Zeek, he LOVES Miley! This is how he spent the whole time he was visiting.  He looks so sweet here!

Wednesday morning at lake Washington.  I was trying to get Miley into the water but she was NOT having it! lol

My little sister Michelle, niece Elli and nephew Zeek.  Hanging out before the parade started

lil sis and I.  We are 9 years apart, do we look alike???? lol

My lil family!

Me, lil sis Michelle, my mom and older sister Patty.  We also have 2 more older sisters! So that makes 5 girls!

enjoying the 1st sunny day of summer and waiting for the 4th of July parade to get started!

Parade time!

This picture makes my heart happy! My nephew Felipe and Jon.  Best buds!

Zeek with his best bud Miley

My mama getting ready to make her delicious salsa!

Roasted chillies for her salsa!

Beans cooking and the veggies for her salsa! I LOVE my moms cooking!

Enjoying the sunshine!

My sis Patty making Mexican rice, so good!

My nieces Marlene and Elli, lil sis Michelle and Zeek.  Of course they don't help with the cooking! lol

Felipe and Jon grilling the carne asada

Blending it all together for her salsa!

Her salsa! OMG so good! She made lots for us to enjoy the rest of the week.  Jon is a very happy man!

Becoming the grill master!

Our feast!!! Food heaven!! So glad mom was in town!

After lunch Jon brought out "DJ Hero" As you can see, my sister was "killing it"

My big sis and I

Felipe took a turn on the turn tables too.  Everyone took turns playing the game.

Mi bonita mama!

After DJ hero, we all headed to the park down the road from us. 

This picture makes me laugh, i have no idea what we are looking!

Sisters! I'm the cutest though, lol!

After spending some time at the park, we all headed back to downtown Kirkland for the fireworks show!

My wonderful family!

We were sitting nice and close to the water and the barge that was shooting off the fireworks.

 This was one of my favorite 4th of July's in a long time! I had such a great time with my family! Hopefully they can come back and visit one more time before we make our move to California!