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Hi there, I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. I think this fourth of July topped them all. It has been our tradition to take some time together as a family, rent a hotel, load up on the snacks, fill the tub with ice and soft drinks, swim, eat, and finally watch the fireworks from our balcony. This has been a great tradition for us. This year things were a bit different, my brother-in-law was celebrating his 50th b-day. Wow, what an accomplishment right? The kids were invited to a friends b-day in Sacramento, so I thought well I guess they have to do their own thing. So I kept my pouting to myself and thought well, I'm just gonna have to suck it up.

As it turns out I had more than a couple of nice surprises this weekend. First of all a friend that I hadn't seen for quite awhile gave me a call at Iguanas to see if she could come and visit. We met at my sister Sandra's house and had a nice visit reminiscing and looking at old photos. I went home and completed a baby quilt I was making for our neighbor who just had a baby boy.

Then on Sunday we went to my brother in law's party and who shows up but my son Samuel, his wife Yesenia, and our sweet grand baby Rocky. Oh My heart just melted with joy. But you know us Moms we're only happy when the whole brood is together, so than to complete the family my other son Jeremy shows up too. I thought they were in Sacramento at the other B-day so imagine my joy in seeing them all present. I know it's crazy but to us moms the sun practically rises and sets when we see our children. We had a wonderful time and as the evening wore on we sat around the fire pit sipping coffee, and watching the fireworks. I know, I know their illegal, but we had a stash of our own, and the kids loved seeing the beautiful colors! What would the fourth be without sparklers for the kids right?

Monday was another great day, my husband Sam made pancakes, bacon, and eggs, the kids came over, we sat out in the gazebo and had breakfast. Perfect weather inspired me to set the table outside, it was lovely. After breakfast the kids started looking at bikes on Craigs list. And what does my son find but a beautiful pink girls Schwin bicycle for me. Pretty much everyone has a bike in my family and I know they want us to go riding together. But the truth is I never rode a bike as a child and although Sam and I had cruisers my bike was too tall so I was afraid to ride it. This bike looked perfect! So Yesenia sent an email, and to our surprise they responded immediately. Some of you know that Craigs list can be really hit and miss. Well today it was a hit, my son Samuel took me over to try it out and it was indeed perfect. So today I became the proud owner of a shiny new bike! How exciting! Senia gave me a few lessons, Samuel adjusted my seat, then we were off for a bike ride, we traveled maybe a couple of miles it was exhilarating. I'm sure I'll feel it tomorrow but, it was great! We topped off the evening with a simple b.b.q of chicken marinated in olive oil, fresh squeezed lemon juice, fresh garlic, salt and pepper hmm delish (try it) and grilled to perfection. We served it with a fresh chunky salsa of chopped tomatoes, onions, cilantro, fresh jalapenos, garlic, salt, with just a squeeze of lime, it goes beautiful with the chicken, and my daughter Melissa made some spanish rice. Very simple, delicious, and it's healthy. It was a great end to a 3- day weekend. So you see those were my three wonderful surprises! I am blessed with an incredible family. And it's a privilege to celebrate this great Country of ours!

Now onto the Studio, well we were doing great, everything was on schedule but, today well today put a little snafoo into our recording schedule. Sam left right after breakfast to finish up a few things at the studio. I'm not quite sure why he needed to do some drilling. Well what does he do but, drill right through some electrical wires and he blew out the power. I am surprised and thankful he didn't get electrocuted but, the power was blown. He had to call in an electrician which can't happen until tomorrow so...that puts us slightly behind. But Lord willing tomorrow everything will be resolved and we can start filming and recording as scheduled. So here's to it all working out, I will let you know how and if it goes tomorrow.

Much <3 Lizzi