4TH OF JULY WEEKEND

So we got home from camping on Thursday the 3rd and Friday the 4th Gus's mother (Carmen), brother (Wilder), his wife (Teresa), and their twin boys (Bryan and Brandon) came for a visit. It was so nice to see them again. We hadn't seen his mom since last October and hadn't seen his brother (and family) since last summer. It was so nice catching up and watching the kids play together. It makes me so sad that the kids only get to see their cousins once or twice a year. They really get along so well. Marcelo cried on and off for a couple days after they left, saying that he misses his cousins and wishes he could see them all the time. Broke my heart. Guess we'll have to make a trip up there sometime soon. :)

We had a great weekend watching the kids play in the pool and on the trampoline, talking, and trying to console screaming toddlers most of the weekend. Sofiya got a fever Thursday night and was pretty miserable by Friday and Saturday. Sunday she was finally feeling a bit better. So needless to say I had to hold her most of the weekend and I got NO sleep because when she did sleep at all, it had to be with me and she kept having severe sleep apnea and was scaring me so bad that I had to stay awake and listen to her to make sure she kept breathing. Poor girl. Anyway.. I think I may have been a bit moody with getting no sleep (and PMS'ing lol) so I apologize to Gus's family for not being myself. You know I love you guys right??



Abuela Carmen and Marcelo



Tio' Wilder and Sofiya (she had just gotten out of the pool and was exhausted... this was one of the ONLY times she let him hold her)




Abuela Carmen and Kalia (again she just got out of the pool and this was one of the only times anyone got to hold her besides me or daddy)



Marcelo doing one of his tricks on the trampoline



Look at that height ~ Way to go Britt!



Brittani does her flips so well. She's such a daredevil!

Marcelo doing his sparklers on the 4th. (sorry this pic is blurry but I didn't realize that someone had put it on manual focus and it was too dark to see it was blurry at the time)

Carmen had to get in on the sparkler action too!

Posing for pics.. That's my sister in law Teresa beside me in the back.