Surprise trip to California

Last week Nils surprised me with a trip to California to hang out with my cousin Jose Carlos who was visiting from Peru. So, sunday night Nils bought my ticket to sunny California and I was on my way on thursday morning. I arrived at LAX at around 2ish pm. and my brother Sergio, his girlfriend Tami and my cousin Jose Carlos picked me up. I can't believe it had been 10 years since the last time I saw him, it was very nice to finally been able to be part of the pictures he was taking with my brothers and just to hang out with everybody. That day we went out to eat at a peruvian restaurant called "Choza Mama" and after that we drove to Hollywood : )

I always love going to Hollywood to look at the stars and take pictures of them. My cousin had one goal: to find the star of Luis Miguel ( his favorite singer) that of course happened to be on the opposite side from where we parked, but it was nice to walk for a while and catch up on each other's life, then we headed back to Murrieta to surprise my mom, who had no idea I was in town. The next day Angel, Jose Carlos and I went to the beach to relax and enjoy the beach. There, we met up with my aunt Veronica and my cousins Kathy, Renzo and Vanessa. We played in the Ocean, and I enjoyed the waves with Vanessa, Angel and my adorable aunt. We had an awesome time! Jose Carlos went in the ocean with Angel but then (as any old person) decided to lay down and took a nap. After the beach we drove back to my mom's place, ate and went shopping to the mall.

On Thursday all of the boys and I went to Universal Studios. We had a blast! we went to all of the different shows, and enjoyed some of the rides. I believed our favorite ones were The Simpsons' ride and the tour around the different scenarios. We got to drive through Desperate Housewives' street which made my day! : ) I had so much fun hanging out with the boys, and this day was for me the best day of the whole trip, because it gaves us a day for all of us to re conect and remembered old times.

Friday we spent the whole day we all went to Disneyland and had a magic day, took lots of pictures and ate some goodies.

Saturday was my last day there with everybody. In the morning Paola, Alejandra and Kaddin showed up to go get breakfast, so we had some girl's time. It was nice to see them, specially Paola because is moving to Peru for a while, so I won't be able to see her during holidays or to just get on the phone with her whenever I want to. After having breakfast with them, I went back to my mom's house to say goodbye to everyone because it was already time to go to the airport. I had so much fun during this trip, it was great to catch up with my cousin and hang out with him and my brothers just like we used to when we were kids in Peru.

Our 4th of July

This year we spent our 4th with the other Sundelins : ) and had a blast. The day before the big celebration, Nils and I went to get some fireworks. This was my first time going with him, and I loved it! I love the smell of the fireworks because it reminds me of my Peru, so been around that smells was very neat for me. Nils got some small fireworks for the kids and some big toys for him and Tore to play. This was Charlie's first time he enjoyed the fireworks with us. So, we all got ready with our fetive colors and headed to the Sundelins house.

Oh yeah and I made this:

"Mormon jello shots" like Nils likes to call them .

Strawberry cupcakes

We of course got some goodies for the kids:

Bubble makers

Water guns

We enjoyed dinner together, chili dogs made by Tore, and couscus made by Tiffany, ate some watermelon (which I don't usually do) and had a wonderful 4th of July. Those kids sure makes us laugh, and Charlie loves hanging out with them.

Later on, we started setting up chairs outside their house so we could all enjoy the fireworks. It was getting kind of cold, so I asked Nils to get my sweater from the car that was park accross the street. On his way to the car he found this:

A wasp nest!!! Scary!

Two years ago I took this picture with my nieces and nephew:

This year we decided to make it a tradition:

Then, it was time for Nils and Tore to play. They were all smiles after every time they light a firework. They were the happiest boys on earth and the rest of us enjoyed the beautiful show. Oh wait did I say all of us?! I meant all of us except for Charlie.