Milestones

We had two milestones in the family this week. Ian graduated from 8th grade and Evan from the 5th grade. This means they will both move on to different schools next year. Ian's promotion ceremony was held at the high school on the football field and was super nice. Both sets of grandparents were there which made it even more special.
Evan's promotion was today in the multi use room at his school and honestly, I think he couldn't get out of there (school) fast enough. Elementary school is so different from middle school. It seems like 6 years in one place is too long. He and Wayne went with a couple of other kids and another dad to Malibu grand prix and to lunch. Ian went with is graduating class to Great America (amusement park) today. I'm sure they will both appreciate sleeping in tomorrow! It was a been a busy week for everyone. In case you missed it on the video of Ian some girls yelled out "We love you Ian!"

Boys, Boys, Boys

Pictures:
#1 Ian
#2 Ian
#3 Evan
I finally made it out to the ride park to see the boys on their dirt bikes. I have to admit I had a great time watching them. And of course Ian was thrilled that I was there so I could take pictures of him riding. Anyone that knows him (Lisa) knows he really likes to have his picture taken! Anyway, Funny story about Evan. We sold his dirt bike back in December because he swore he wasn't going to ride anymore, he really never had much interest it in to begin with. That didn't last long when all of a sudden he said he wanted to ride again. Go figure. Luckily we have another bike he can ride. And Ian the awesome person that he is takes Evan out on the trails and stays with him. Evan is not an aggressive rider but rather very passive. A funny quote from Ian while they were riding "Evan, we don't have to slow down when you see a "slow" sign okay, we're already going slow" Evan, "Oh, Okay"


Promotions galore this week! Middle school comes to an end for Ian this week and will begin for Evan after summer. The past 3 years have gone by too fast. It's hard for me to believe I will have a High schooler in the fall. So we have a busy week planned with Ian's 8th grade promotion on Wednesday night followed by a class trip to Great America the next day. And Evan's 5th grade promotion is Thursday morning. He already had his class trip to Raging Water's last week. On Saturday we're having a combined 5th & 8th grade promotion party at a friends. On Sunday we drop them off at 4-H camp for a week! But it doesn't end there! On the following Friday we pick them up at camp and head right down to Santa Cruz KOA for our annual Father's Day camp out with our friends. Everyone's happy and looking forward to summer!

June 4, 1994

Wow! I wonder if the next 15 years will go by as fast. I hope not.

Birthday Girl

Yesterday was my sister Rae's birthday! Unfortunately she's been in the process of moving her store and has been working umpteen hours a day all week. The grand re-opening will be on Monday and after that things should start to settle down for her again. Then we can celebrate! Happy Birthday Rae!

Memorial weekend?

I had no idea this was the long weekend until people started taking about what they were going to do etc. Isn't it usually the last weekend in May? Anyway, previous to finding out about the long weekend we made commitments, Ian and Evan are dog sitting for two different neighbors that were smart enough to make plans. And both of the boys are going to be in a Portuguese Holy Spirit festival in Pescadero called Chamarita. Evan did it last year after he was invited by a friend to hold a pole that encompasses the queen in the parade or in that case it was the little queen. So this year they needed help again and we said sure. So that falls on Sunday right in the middle of the weekend. You'd think the way I'm carrying on about it that we would have done something else when in reality I hate to do things on the long weekends because of the crowds and drunks on the road. But I would have considered going to my mother in laws in Sonora where I'm sure the sun is out and the temperature is over 50 degrees! So feeling a bit bad about hanging around all weekend, Wayne took the boys dirt bike riding in Hollister today. Some of our other friends were already there so I'm sure they're having fun. I stayed back to take care of the dogs the boys are watching. I also took advantage of the free time and rented a couple of movies I didn't think anyone else would want to see, The secret life of bees and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, both were good but during Ben Button I got up and made some tea, did some laundry and came back without feeling like I missed any thing. It was too long, but I kept watching because I was curious how it would end. Hench the curious in the title I guess. I liked the Secret life of bees too although I thought the book was better.
And......there are just 13 days left of this school year. The last week of school is usually a total waste of time, especially for Ian this year. They go by bus to the High school twice during the week to practice the promotion ceremony that will be held there in the evening on Wednesday June 10th, Then they go to Marriott's Great America on Thursday and that's it for middle school for Ian. Evan has his promotion ceremony in the Morning on June 11th. His big 5th grade trip is to Raging Waters and that will be on June 4th. It's hard to believe the school year is over. They both go to 4-H camp for a week starting the Sunday after school get out, then we go to the KOA in Santa Cruz for Father's day weekend with our friends again. Fun times are coming!

Mother's Day

Or should I say weekend? We did have the usual running around on Saturday, Evan had his Kuk Sool Won competition and won! Yeah, Evan :) Ian had a work day for this weekend's Redneck Rodeo at Long Branch Farms. Everything was wrapped up by 1:00pm so we headed over the hill to have lunch and do some shopping for our Mother's Day lunch we hosted at our house. We first went to an Asian buffet that Wayne had been to a couple of times for lunch (it's across the street from where he's working) He said the sushi was fresh and it was, but everything else was mediocre at best. Of course it didn't stop me from eating it all! The boys LOVED it. I think it reminded them of the cruise where they could eat whatever they wanted and they did. Note to self, buffets are a good place to take hungry teenagers, LOL. When we got home Wayne took the boys dirt bike riding for a couple of hours and I rented the movie "The Wrestler" for Wayne and I to watch and "Hotel for Dogs" for the boys. It worked out well that the Boys ended up taking their movie across the street to their friends who wanted to see it with them and we were able to watch our movie earlier in the evening and hench avoided falling asleep during it! LOL I actually don't think I would have fallen asleep, it was an awesome movie, very touching.
On Sunday, we had the pleasure of Wayne's mom Diane for lunch along with my family, the weather was beautiful and we were able to sit outside for a while and enjoy the day and had a great lunch of Tilapia (thank you Giada for the great recipe), asparagus, salad and fresh strawberry shortcake for dessert.. Diane spent the night so today She and I are going to have some breakfast and tour the new Oceano Hotel and mall that Wayne worked on all of last year. She hasn't seen it finish yet. I was a wonderful weekend.

Redneck what??

Redneck Rodeo that is!. This is an event put on in a joint venture by the Half Moon Bay High School FFA and the Half Moon Bay 4-H kids, it will be Saturday May 16th from 2-8PM at Long Branch Farms. Last year was the first year they did it and I have to say, we had the best time. They have Redneck games, a dunk tank, panning for gold, watermelon spitting contest and a great dinner, tritip for only $10.00 and $5.00 for hot dog and fixins'. The games are ticketed just like a carnival, 1 or 2 tickets per play etc. fun for the whole family. We'll be there again, I better start working on my costume for this years costume contest. You know I won last year! LOL