On the 4th of July we celebrated as usual at my sister J-9's house she has a party every year, however this year had an added bonus my nephew Turtle(his workplace nickname) graduated from high school.

had a great time the first photo is decorating my nephew Q is on the shoulders of my brother-in-law A, while my sister B directed. We decorated half the garage in red, white, and blue and the other in Turtle's school colors. Which by the way is the high school that all of my brothers and sisters graduated from as well as Turtle's older brother.

The next shot is of the graduate and his family. Turtle is the one with the full beard (he really is only 18), my sister J-9 is next to him, and next to her is my 14 year old nephew Spanky sneaking pie of course...behind Spanky is E. the oldest he is 22, on the other side of Turtle is his dad P.

The next shot is of my little up and coming "gay" boy he was showing me how his rings matched his shorts.

The next shot is a line for one of the two pinatas at the party one for the little kids and one for the older one. P. tried to get a swing at the pinata as well .

The last shot is of one of my Aunt's and my Mom playing corn hole. I had never seen or heard of this game, but apparently it has gotten pretty popular, it was fun to watch my Mom and Aunt try and play.

We had a fantastic time and I have a ton more pictures I wish I could post, but due to lack of space it just isn't possible.

****Unfortunately for Turtle, at work 3 days after his party he stepped out of a truck wrong and broke his foot, he had surgery the following Tuesday, and is recovering but really bummed out at not being able to do much for the rest of his summer.