Finally, July 4th Weekend

The weekend was fun filled of multiple things. We decided to head up to my sister's house in WA for a July 4th change. Saturday afternoon when we arrived, the first thing we did was take the kids swimming. The boys were a little scared at first to be out on their own. I fear for Lavea'i because he is the brave little soul that would get into the water on his own not knowing that he needs to know how to swim.



Sunday, we went to church, came home, ate YUMMY Navajo tacos, and celebrated Kekoa's birthday. Cajsa made a very delicious ice cream cake. He turned one. When we were going through the store to find a gift for him the night before, everything we would think of getting we would say "He'll just hit everyone with it," or "He will just throw it at everyone." He is a character. He will tell you off by raising his voice and acting like he knows how to talk.


Then of course, we played settlers. We were all tired and not really in the mood, so one game sufficed this time. Lavea'i decided to snack with his Uncle, John, while we played. Cliff and I are usually the champs whenever we play, but this time we LET John win.



Monday morning, we woke up and went to the church for breakfast. It was in a field next to the church and so the kids got to run around.

Nyah sitting to eat her food.


We left that for the HUGE parade where the most exciting thing was watching the horses take a dump and the kids scooping the crap up.


We went because Te'alani was in the summer band and they marched in it. She did so well!!! After she was done we headed out to beat the traffic.


We ate Sonic for lunch and headed over to my sister's friends house for a BBQ. The kids got to play in the water again...


eat lots of food...



play on the big playset...


while the parents chilled out and talked...

Kekoa was hugging Leilani here and I had to get a picture of it.
It was a good break for us, but the long drive back was tiring. I would do it again though!

Just a few more pictures that I took trying my hand at photography.