McComb Family

Adam made it through his first year of school!! Today was his graduation from kindergarten!! Here is the graduating class... They sang lots of songs and put on a wonderful ceremony. Adam's favorite song was the "Thank You Song" (which we've heard repeatedly the past few weeks!!!).

Here is the principal, Mrs. Westsmith, giving her speech to the graduates and families.

Then the three kindergarten teachers got to do the same. Adam's teacher is on the left -- Mrs. Woodall.

Receiving his diploma...

And then getting to shake the hands of our school board president, principal, and superintendent. Very official!!!!

Happy boy!

And even happier boy celebrating with Dad after the ceremony.

All of the families were asked to bring something for the reception afterwards, and Adam wasted no time loading up his plate!!

Here's the whole gang that came. Adam had quite a group to share his special day. It was great of everyone to come!!!

And finally Adam and his best buddy Logan. They were even dressed the same (and I swear his mom and I did not even plan that!!).

Another friend -- Sophia. This is just the cutest picture. I can imagine them in 10 years or so heading off to prom after having just taken pictures just like this one. : ) And I'm sure it will be here in the blink of an eye!

It was a fabulous day. He's so excited for 1st grade and was even hoping he got to go to his first grade class tomorrow. I told him he had to wait until August!! Bummer!!! ; ) Can't believe this is our last kindergarten graduation -- they are just growing up so fast!

Posted in: on Wednesday, June 02, 2010 at at 6:22 PM 5 comments  

Guess who's having a heart attack -- me!!!

Posted in: on Monday, May 24, 2010 at at 1:09 PM 6 comments  

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We could not have asked for better weather for Adam's field trip to the Sacramento Zoo yesterday -- sunny but not hot. Perfect!! Here's the gang meeting up before we cross the street and enter the zoo. Those three boys standing in the front looking like trouble-makers were my group!!!

One of the first stops was the flamingoes. I'm pretty sure one of them is not flying away, so I don't know what Logan is pointing at!! :) The best part of the day for me though was getting to play with my camera some more. I love the way this picture came out (even better on the big screen at its original size). I've done a little messing around with action shots, but here I got to play with the manual focus and aperture settings. I'm slowly learning!!

I hadn't been to the zoo since they changed the giraffe exhibit. Now you get to stand up on a platform and look at them more eye-to-eye. Pretty cool.

The orangutans were hilarious. We got there and saw them like this....

Then they all of a sudden started wrestling, rolled down the hill, and landed down in the empty moat at the bottom. The boys of course thought that was awesome!! In fact, they are probably trying it today at school!

Here are all the monkeys!!!

The first time we went by the zebra enclosure, there were no zebras. Here we are making our second round.......and success!

King of the Jungle.

Finally, a picnic lunch before we boarded the bus and headed back to school.

Being as this was his first time to the zoo, he had a great time -- even though he still wasn't quite 100%.

Posted in: on Wednesday, May 12, 2010 at at 9:09 AM 1 comments  

It looks like Brie's last game will be at Caroline Wenzel School in the Pocket area. The address is 6870 Greenhaven Drive in Sacramento (right off Florin) if you want to Google it. Games are at 10:00 and 12:00. Hope to see you there (although if you're looking to see us win a game - don't come!).

Posted in: on Monday, May 10, 2010 at at 8:50 PM 2 comments  

Briana's game tomorrow is at 10:00 am at Highlands High School. There are a couple of Highlands H.S., so be sure to go to the one at 6601 Guthrie St. in North Highlands or you may be watching a team that is not Brie's!!! After this, she has only one more game before the season ends.

Adam, on the other hand, has four more games. No changes to note there, and hopefully rain won't be an issue anymore!!!!

Hope to see you at a game or two!

Posted in: on Friday, May 07, 2010 at at 6:12 PM 3 comments  

Brie played her first season of basketball and every picture I have of her is blurry. I love my little camera I have, but I've been wanting to upgrade to a DSLR for a while. And.....I finally got it!!!


I took it to Brie's practice this week to see how it worked, and here are some of the shots I got.


Practice started off with a "team meeting".

And closer......

Zoom worked pretty well!


Here is an action series. If you scroll through all of them, you can see the play by play. I love it!!!



Oops....missed that one, but I got a great shot of her and the ball (eyes closed, dust flying) -- none of which are blurry!!!

Finally, here she is up to bat. You can see each part of her swing. Fun!!!


Yay -- I'm having so much fun. Can't wait to take a photography class this summer, so I can get even better shots!!

Posted in: on Tuesday, May 04, 2010 at at 11:19 AM 2 comments  

For some reason, Blogger and my videos do not get along. I think I've successfully uploaded two videos to my blog and the rest have refused to cooperate. So frustrating! Therefore, you'll have to make do with still shots and just imagine the music in your mind! :) Here's the little pianist taking the stage.

The audience, including Grandy and Grandmother.
Finally, here are all of the participants receiving a certificate for having participated. It was a nice little recital put on by community members. Briana's piano teacher will be moving away this month, but she is still interested in playing, so she will be starting with somebody else soon. I think it's a great skill for her to have - I sure wish I knew something about music!!! :)

Posted in: on Wednesday, April 28, 2010 at at 7:15 PM 1 comments  

It's that time of year again - Brie and Bret's annual "date night". They got all spiffed up to hit the dance floor at the Father Daughter Dance.

Of course, they had to take the "date car".

They went to dinner with friends again. Here's the gang.

They also had to warm-up before the dance, so here they are hitting the floor before they headed out. Nothing like busting the moves to "So What".

Posted in: on Tuesday, April 27, 2010 at at 2:53 PM 1 comments  

I don't even know where to start.......I'm so far behind on my blog. So, since I've had these pictures on here for a while I guess I'll start with my new car. I've been waiting forever to get it, so it was very exciting to be able to drive it away from the lot. I had a very specific list of what I wanted, and they just happened to have one with all the features I wanted. Lucky me!! So, here it is.....

Briana's seat - all decked out with movies, a brush, remote, headphones, and dice!

And, not one, but two sunroofs!!

I've actually got room now for my trips to Costco and all my kids junk (I mean sports gear and backpacks)!!! :)

Posted in: on Sunday, April 04, 2010 at at 9:37 PM 3 comments