San Diego Zoo

Here are a few pictures from the Zoo.

San Diego

Each summer we have the fortunate opportunity to go to San Diego. My Aunt & Uncle lived there and they go to Alaska each year to fish, and we get to go stay at their house while they are gone. Rough, huh? It so great over there. The weather is perfect and there is so much to do. Kort & Amy also came over for a few days, and they brought Hugh's dad with them. We had a great time and we were so sad to come home to the hot weather. At least the gas prices are lower here. Can you imagine being grateful for $4.07 a gallon???

What the heck....here's some more!

More Pics from Reunion

I just can't help myself. Here are some more pictures.

WHS Class of 1988

Well, it was all I wanted it to be....and more. I truly had an amazing time. A bunch of us got together on Friday night at Fox Sports Grill & took care of a lot of the "awkwardness" than can come with seeing people you haven't seen in 20 years. About 40 people showed up. We hung out there for a while, and then headed across the street for some "old school Mexican food" at Carlos O'Briens. It was great. Then, on Saturday night, we had close to 100 people come to the actual "reunion". We laughed, danced, ate, reminisced, laughed some more, watch a slideshow, had a trivia contest which yielded Ladmos bags as prizes, and then laughed and danced some more. To me, who has been so excited for this event, it couldn't have been any better. Well, I take that back....what would have made it better is if it lasted longer. It was sad to say good bye, not knowing when we would see each other again. I cherished my friendships from high school. I had the greatest blessing of having an amazing group of both guy and girl friends who I am fortunate enough to still keep in touch with today. The memories of my high school days are engraved in my memory (almost to a fault) and I will always hold on to those. So, to my WHS friends who may read this.....Thank you for an amazing weekend. I love you all and I hope we can all get together again before we are 48!!! AAAAHHHHH!!

Prepare yourselves......

Ok, after months of planning, and years of anticipating (for me anyway - I'm weird like that) this weekend is our 20 year high school reunion. I'm so excited! So, next week, I'll be blogging about it and posting lots of pictures. I don't know if any of you even read this stuff, and sometimes I feel like I'm talking to myself, but that's ok. I don't mind. It gives me something to read, anyway!

Friends & Family

It's so fun to be friends with your family!! Kort & Amy live so close to us and we get to see them all of the time. We hang out with them just like they are friends. We also get to spend quite a bit of time with Ryan & Christi Luke and Kamon & Bonnie Farmer. And the funny thing is that they are all under 30! We are the old people in the group. But they all make us feel young. They'll tell you that we are the coolest old people they know. :) Here is a picture of Bonnie, Christi & Amy with their "Dolce & Gabanna" purses from Mexico. Gorgeous! And, the other picture is of the 8 of us when we went to dinner at Grimaldi's. Yummy! This is the same restaurant that Tracy and I went to while we were in NYC, and let me tell you.......it's goooood pizza!! Not as good as NYC, of course, but it'll do. :)

So You Think You Can Dance!!

Summer wouldn't be summer without my FAVORITE show of all time - So You Think You Can Dance! This is the fourth season, and it is the best! We watch it as a family (yes, Hugh loves it too) and it's awesome! The kids still talk about their favorite dances - the Zombie Dance, the Umbrella Dance, the Two Princes Dance, the Table Dance (sounds bad, but it's not what you think)......anyway, the summer will be much more bearable now that my favorite show is on.

Caitlin the Gymnast

Caitlin started gymnastics in March, and she LOVES it. A few weeks ago, the gym she goes to held the "Olympics". Each class had their own time to showcase all that they have learned, and it ended with a "medal ceremony". It was cute. She is really enjoying herself, and it's fun to see that. She can almost do the splits and has nearly perfected her cartwheel. Actually, yesterday, she did a cartwheel on the balance beam, and that was a REALLY BIG DEAL.

My Two Mozarts in the Making

Courtney & Connor have been taking piano lessons for a few months now, and last month, they had their first recital. Connor went first, and his piece was called "Indian Braves". It lasted about 1 minute. Then came Courtney, and her piece was called "Pagoda"...and again, lasted about 1 minute. It was so cute to watch. Connor's "friend" Madi came with us. (We took her out to dinner with us afterwards, and Connor says it was his "first date". ) Grandma Pam & Grandpa Bob came to watch, and Grandma Lucy, and Uncle Kort & Aunt Amy were there to cheer them on as well.