4th of july and other days

i was sitting on the couch with ella and mom.
i said, "with this deep scratch on my cheek and this lumpy bruise on my shin it looks like i got in some kind of scrap."
ella says (being completely serious), "well you know what? i have FIVE bug bites all over! what do you have? like 1?"
enough said.

well anyways, my californian cousins came up to WA and i've been pretty much hangin with them most of the week at the cabin. we had the most insane time! we all went skinny dipping (without chandler and the adults), swam in our underwear (well chelsea and me did), took the row boat up to the creek, checked out the hottie wakeboarders, walked around pike place market (we went to le panier!), harassed chandler (the youngest, he's almost 12), made daisy chains, watched the most bomb fireworks ever, accidently sunk the kayak and then swam it to shore, etc.

(they're all blonde except pete)
pete wells: married to shauna (the dad), he's not really a chandler, thats why chandler is named chandler (to keep the family name)
shauna: the mom (she's a chandler)
chelsea: the oldest (15) she's totally like a valley girl but she's freaking awesome and completely bad ass.
madison: she is 5'10' and like a size freaking 0, she's a stick! madi's more quiet than chelsea and she's more conservative i think.
chandler: the youngest and the only boy, what more can i say? lol. he's just a riot.

i love all of them to freaking death. i'm going to miss them terribly till the next time i see 'em.