Fourth of July-a-palooza

Hello All:

I hope everyone had a safe and fun Fourth of July. Melissa & Jim hosted our 2nd Annual bash at their house from 2pm - on. The temperature in Anaheim was really hot, close to 100.

Thank goodness for the pool, which is where the kids stayed most of the day. As for Me, Melissa and Mindy we hung out inside a lot of the time because it was much cooler.

We had decided as a group that hamburgers & hot dogs were overdone so we had Mexican food, which was very fitting as their neighborhood can be compared to Little Tijuana. One of the main reasons I can say this is because people are known to sell Churros and corn on the cob door to door.

We had tortillas, Carne Asada, Enchiladas, homemade beans, and all you can drink. (Soda & water that is). It was topped off with my famous brownies (which Melissa tried to hide, but Amanda found them).

We ended the evening with a fireworks show compliments of Jim, Greg & Taylor. Mind you the fireworks were legal but it wasn't necessarily legal to set them off.

So in between shows we would watch the sky for the police patrol. We were not very concerned though because there were other neighbors setting off the illegal fireworks and that is who the police are truly looking for.

To avoid the roads and those people that like to drink & drive I stayed over Friday night, which turned into Saturday night. It was a really relaxing weekend. I had promised the girls that we would go to McDonald's for breakfast Saturday morning so this is what we did.

Then the girls came home & swam some more and played air hockey. Melissa & I got to vegetate in front of the T.V.

Saturday night we went to Mimi's for dinner and I'm afraid it is about then that the sugar high kicked in to Amanda, Ashley & Mikaela and the crazy, insane, asylum laughter started. Once they had started they could not stop.

We then went to Target and hoped that walking around would help them walk off the sugar, but it just got worse.

So the girls went home and decided to make indoor smores (because truthfully, how much worse can the sugar high get by now).

After Amanda, Ashley & Mikaela all took a turn getting into Lady's cage they finally started getting ready for bed.

Ashley had made the mistake of saying in her hyperness that she was only fed peanuts and water so for breakfast Sunday morning she was served a peanut. That will teach her.

Melissa & I wish to formally apologize to our parents again because we know this is how we acted under the influence of too much sugar. So we are SORRY!

I have attached pictures of everything I have mentioned.

Big Hugs to all

Marilee



Our hosts, Mr. & Mrs. Jim Braga.



Mindy & Greg enjoying the snacks



One of the few pictures I'm in. That is the
hazard of being the photographer.



Amanda posing with her mom
in between dunks in the pool.



The beginnings of the sugar
high.



Inside for an otter pop break



Enjoying a break in between swims



The sad results of too much Otter pop



Taylor, Jim & Ashley having a swim



Greg makes sure the people in the pool
stay in line.




Strike a pose



Ashley showing off her Tattoo
She does loves the U.S.A.



Air hockey anybody



Show me your best moves



Domino and his mistress
"Dont Mess with the Chiuaua"



Christina & Ashley smile before the show
starts



Watch out Anaheim. That is some
serious artillery.



Taylor lights a small one, while Greg
watches.



And the Rockets red glare, the bombs
bursting in air......





Watching fireworks from the pool



This picture was so hard to take because
my battery kept dying.



McDonald's to help with the hangover the
next day. :)



Mimi's for dinner..and the beginning of
the craziness....They look so innocent.
Hah!!!



Careful of that open flame





This marshmallow's for you



Ashley, make me a smore...



This is where all children on a sugar high belong,
CAGES!!!!