Cabo Trip for Paul's 50th

Gotta love the beaches in Cabo!
Colby with Paul
Laura and Rob
Lounging by the pool

Curt arrived in style- as a pirate

Laura and Paul at Squid Row

Colby and Brenda

Yvette and Brenda

Rob and Laura

I don't think I've been to Mexico and NOT danced on the tables

These are the shoes we wore on the table, we put some serious dents in it!

Our catamaran cruise

Colby and Brenda on the cruise

Paul with Colby

Paul was taking a nap, but we had to wake him up to see the stilts walking dancers

Curt and Yvette lounging

My wild hair after the catamaran cruise, there's a reason I wore a scarf...imagine what it would have looked like without one!

Laura on the floating raft at the pool

Waiters were slow, so a girls gotta sometimes sit on the bar to get her drink!

Yvette and Brenda at dinner

Curt, Yvette and Brenda at dinner. They have panchos at each seat, it gets a bit chilly!

Colby and I at Cabo Wabo

View from our room

Yvette and Brenda in our room

Curt and Yvette

Our good friend Paul turned 50 in May. A group of 12 of us headed on over to Cabo to celebrate in style. If you know Paul, you know he does things first class. 4 huge loungers were set up each day for us to lounge pool side, get bottle service, and have a wonderful time poolside. Our rooms were all within 10 feet of the pool, so we walked out each morning, plopped down poolside, and had a relaxing fun-filled day. Each night we dined on delicious food, the finest restaurants Cabo has to offer. Paul rented a catamaran for one morning and we sailed along the coast and went snorkeling. We are so glad we got to celebrate with Paul.

Happy 50th Birthday Paul

Kelly's Graduation

The banner for Kelly's group
Raif, Bailey and I got stuck by the procession going to our seats, but at least we got a photo of Kelly coming in!

Our graduate!

Kelly and Eli

Vega Family

Sisters!

Witt's

Kelly with Mom and Dad

Aunt Kelly and Bailey

Both Raif and Bailey were sick with the flu, but I wasn't missing this day!

Kelly and Grandma Pat

Kelly and her girls

The day finally came. As we were sitting in the heat, for hours and hours, we were all wondering why we made Kelly walk for her graduation. But, considering we've been waiting for 18 years for this day, it was all worth it! CSULB did a rather poor job accommodating all of their graduates and families, nearly 200 graduates had no seats for 15 minutes or so. And it was a nightmare for anyone to walk around and get a seat. But, after the names were called and the pictures were taken, all was forgotten and we were so glad to have been there. Kelly has chugged along for many years, 18 in all. When we thought she'd throw in the towel and quit, she got her second, third, and so on wind and kept at it. We are all so proud that she stuck with it, and accomplished her goal. It's not that we're proud of the way she achieved it, she can attest to that and hopes her daughters will not follow in her footsteps. BUT, we are proud of the fact that she stuck with it, and never gave up. She hung in there, kept at it, and we can now say:

KELLY

is a

COLLEGE GRADUATE!!!!

Why I Love My Dad's Retirement

Because he gets to do things like this with Raif

Sarah's Birthday Cruise

Our Crew consisted of the Irelands, Wards, Foxes, Jacobs and Durnins
Colby and Me

Aaron and Sarah

Nickie and Sarah

Aaron and SarahSarah and Me

Colby and Me

Sarah getting her delicious dinner from Open Sesame

Sarah and Shanna

Nickie and Me

The delicious and beautiful "Princess Cake"

Aaron planned a great early surprise birthday party for Sarah. Those of you who know Sarah, know this was not an easy task to achieve. Aaron told Sarah that the two of them were going to join us on the boat for drinks, followed by dinner at Mahi's. When they arrived to the boat, Colby and I greeted them in the cock pit. As we walked into the salon, and were pouring a glass of wine, 6 of some of her closest friends came out from the stateroom to surprise her. We then left for a cruise to Thumbs Island and had our dinner and dessert there. Shanna got tons more pictures, so check out her blog for more of the fun! It was a fabulous evening for a fabulous friend.

Happy Birthday Sarah!