Congratulations Jaymee- Middle School Graduation

Yesterday, Jaymee graduated from Newcomb Middle School. Bailey, Raif and I joined my sister and Eli for her Middle School Graduation ceremony. I can't believe that my first niece is going to be in high school next year. She will be attending Millikan High School as a Quest student and a Millikan Cheerleader! We are so proud of you Jaymee!!!!

Jaymee going to the 8th Grade Dance!
Kelly, Jaymee and Eli

Bailey, Jaymee, me and Raif (not into the camera)
Jaymee with Bailey (She's wearing an awesome money lei Eli made)

Jaymee and her best friend Charlie

Raif was done sitting down during the over 2 hour ceremony, so we ran around the front of the school for a while

Bailey will be graduating from middle school before we know it! Jaymee with the principal of Newcomb getting her graduation certificate

Jaymee receiving a scholarship award-She was in scholarship 5 out of 6 semesters while in middle school!!!

The marquis outside of the school

Bailey's Recital

Bailey had her dance recital Saturday at 7:00 pm. Aunt Kelly, Jaymee, Lexy, Grammy, Papa Charley, and Reagan joined us for the evening. Raif got to go and hang out with Paige at Sarah and Aaron's house. Bailey did such a wonderful job, what an amazing difference from one year ago. Her ballet skills are improving, and she had such a fun time. Flowers for our little ballerina

So proud of our little girl
Reagan got to come and see her best buddy

Papa Charley and Grammy got to come this year

Here's our little ballerina

Bye-Bye Braces

Lexy has been wearing braces for 3 years, and finally got them off yesterday. My sister had Jaymee and two of Lexy's friends waiting at the house for a little surprise ice cream party to celebrate the day!

Lexy was all smiles to show off her new, straight teeth!!

Breakfast of Champions

The other morning, Raif found the ice cream cones in the morning and would NOT stop crying until I gave him one. So...sometimes a mom has to get a bit creative.

I filled up Raif's ice cream cone with yogurt and presto! A not so bad breakfast and one happy 19 month old.

Note: I do not always give him what he wants, but this kid has a hard enough time eating so a little ice cream cone with yogurt is not going to kill him. He hasn't asked for it since so, no harm no foul!

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!!!!