Happy 4th of July!

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Hi Zach, I'll bet they really celebrate big down in Texas. Hope you had a nice celebration and got to see some fireworks. We went down to Santa Cruz to stay with Ryan, Alicia and Juliette and a few other people at Alicia's mom's place. Her folks spend the summer back east so they leave their huge house in the mountains for their children and grandchildren to use while they are away. It is beautiful and a great place to relax. The beach and boardwalk is only 10 minutes away so we get to enjoy that as well.It was also a relief to get out of Walnut Creek and into some cool weather. The temperature didn't go below 100 degrees for over a week. The kitties loved it but Jeff and I were done. Things are back to normal and in the 80's now that we are back so we have the windows open and are enjoying the fresh air.

Your Aunt Christine is moving to a smaller place in a couple of weeks so I will be going down to help her with a garage sale next Saturday and it will be Jessica's 21st birthday that night. I can't believe you are all adults now. Seems like just yesterday the 4 of you were on vacation with each other in Hawaii, playing on Waikiki Beach and learning how to surf. Remember that? I look at those pictures all the time as they came out so great and are some of my favorites of you and Cody since you looked like you were really having a wonderful time.

Anyway, that's all for now. Hope you are having a fabulous summer and making plans for your future. I miss you very much Zachary,

Love Always and forever,
Mom
XOX

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