My Parents Are Serious Secret Keepers

My parents had been holding a secret for more than  5 weeks. Two Tuesdays ago I was having a poor morning. I was hoping for something brighter, and boy, I had no clue what was coming. After school, I walked to the normal spot where I get picked up. I didn't see my car, so I waited by a nearby tree. I heard someone scream my name, so I looked around but none of my friends were around. So, I continued to sit. Then, I heard my name again. I looked over to see some lady jogging over to me. She was my grandmother... from Colombia. I ran and hugged her. I then noticed that my grandpa, uncle, and my uncle's girlfriend, Xiomara, was here too. I was absolutely in shock, and didn't believe that they were actually here. I couldn't stop smiling.
They stayed here until monday. It was unfortunate that they were here for such a short period of time, but all the time I got to spend with them was great. I enjoyed every minute.

DAY 1

 Grandpa's Birthday!

 Family Photo and end to the first day with them.

DAY 2

 We went to Daville to visit my aunt, and ended up hanging out downtown.

 Later on that night we walked to Jack's restaurant for dinner. Aren't I just so attractive! :))

DAY 3

 We went to the Lafayette reservoir, and also had a picnic.

 My mom happens to have a lot of these random photos of me taking pictures. Kayyyy Mom.

 After the picnic, we had to take Mia, my chocolate lab, into emergency surgery. It was pretty scary.

DAY 4

 My favorite Daddy in the world graduated!

 Ceremony announcer guy.

 It took us almost the entire ceremony to find my dad in this crowd of 10 thousand graduates.

 I'm so proud of him!

 After the graduation, we all went to the Golden Gate Bridge. After living in the Bay Area all my life, I hadn't ever seen it, so it was kind of a big deal.

 My mom's photography skills looking quite fine. :)

DAY 5

They went shopping, so I didnt take any pictures obviously.

DAY 6

 We had a BBQ! SO much food!!!

 After eating until we almost could explode, we went to see the new Star Trek movie.

DAY 7 {Last Day}

 Went out to breakfast, and had lots of fun.

 In the car :P

Preparing to go to SFO.

I had a really fun time with my family. Unfortunately it was so short. I was really sad to see them walk into the airport without me. I'm so happy to be able to communicate with all them. There was definitely a language barrier there, but I was glad to be able to translate to my Mom, Liam, and Xiomara. There were some parts where I was really quite stressed out and had a lack of sleep, but thank you Diane for checking up on me, and Brian for calling me and making me smile. Anyway, missing three days of school was definitely worth it, even if I will be having non stop stress until the very last hour of this school year.
lovelovelove,
Melissa