Long lost Family

Hey guys!

So last summer I probably took the most exciting trip of my life and I thought I would tell you about it!

My dad is from Mexico and came here when he was 18 and most of his family still lives in Mexico, but he does have a sister who lives in Idaho and a Brother in Pennsylvania. So this summer my dad and I took a 22 hour long drive to Idaho. It was so much fun, the ride there was beautiful! I was the farthest I have ever been from home. I saw so many animals on the way therre that I had never seen before, vlike mountain lions and gazelles. I also saw the gorgeous mountains! I had never seen mountains before that so ofcourse I took tons of pictures.

We got to my aunts house in about 24 hours...my dad drove all the way through without sleeping. You could say he is crazy! We got there and I was pretty nervous I had never met any of them before except one of my cousins, Jaime. We got there and Jaime walked us in, we got settled in our rooms and then my aunt got home. My dad called me to come meet her. I was so nervous because I knew she didnt speak english but also because I wanted her to like me. She was so nice but it was hard not knowing the whole time what she was saying and not being able to really talk to her. It did help a lot though that my cousins spoke english because they were like my personal translators. I met 3 cousins, Lupe, Danny, Julian, and I met Jaime's wife and 3 daughters and my aunt and uncle.

I cant wait until I can talk to my aunt all by myself and understand what she says to me without others help. It means so much to esprcially because I would like to be able to talk to my grandma (my dads mom) because she is getting old and my dream is to be able to meet her or have a conversation with her befor its to late.

My aunt made us tons of delicious athentic mexican food, like tamales. We had tons of movie nights and got to know each othere tons. My cousin Jaime's little girls were so cute they called me 'Tia sari' which means like aunt Sara. I miss them so much.

My dad and I stayed there for two weeks and then on the last two days we went to a water park, bowling, go carting, and did bowlingg it was so much fun and I cried when we had to leave. It was really hard to go but im so excited to go back next summer for my cousins wedding!! (:
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-Ardeeemilla (: