4TH OF JULY

OK SO 4TH OF JULY, TO THE DE LARA FAMILY MEANS THAT,THE WHOLE DE LARA FAMILY WILL BE OUT CAMPING FOR A FEW DAYS. ON JULY 1 WE'LL LEAVE THE HOUSE AND HEAD FOR THE LAKE. IT LIKE A 2 OR 3 HOUR DRIVE TO GET THERE, SO WE TEXT, CALL EACH OTHER, AND EVEN WAIT SO THAT WE'RE STILL TOGETHER, AND NO ONE GETS LOST. WE'LL EAT, LAUGH, DO ANYTHING IN THE VAN, BUT MOSTLY JUST BOND, THE WHOLE TRIP IS ACTUALLY A BONDING EXPERIENCE.

OK SO, WE'RE AT THE LAKE THE FIRST THING WE BASICALLY DO, BESIDES CHECK OUT THE LAKE, IS PUT UP THE TENTS AND EAT.AFTER THAT, THE LITTLE KIDS WILL GO SWIMMING, ACCOMPANIED BY THE BIG KIDS AND THEIR PARENTS OF COURSE, THEN, MY FAVORITE PART, THE CAMP FIRE. WE ALL GATHER AROUND THE CAMP FIRE EATING ROASTED MARSHMALLOWS AND TELL GHOST STORIES.

THEN, THE SECOND DAY IS WHERE WE ALL GO SWIMMING, AND USE WATEVER WATER TOYS WE HAVE, SOME GO TO THE MIDDLE OF THE LAKE WHILE THE OTHERS, JUST STAY ON THE SHALLOW PART. I REMEMBER MY COUSIN ERIKA, BRINGING HER RAFT AND WE LOST THE OAR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LAKE, AND WHEN WE HAD A CONTEST ON WHO COULD HOLD THEIR BREATH THE LONGEST UNDER WATER, AND KUYA RS WON, CAUSE WE WAS BREATHING THROUGH A NOODLE TOY! :)) WAH, I MISS THOSE GOOD TIMES.

THE 4TH OF JULY NIGHT, WE'D GO NEAR THE LAKE, AND WATCH THE FIREWORKS, THAT'S OUR BASIC TRADITION EVERY YEAR, AND WE ALL LOOK FORWARD TO, BUT I MISSED 3 NOW, SINCE WE MOVED HERE! THATS, OK, I'LL SE THEM WHEN I SEE THEM.

YEAH, YOU CAN CALL US THE TYPICAL FILIPINO/AMERICAN FAMILY, CAUSE WE'RE FULL OF EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. :D

OH YEAH, HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!!!

SHARING!
PEACE :P