McComb Family

This morning we headed to meet Jason and his daughter Luisa at a park. It was awesome -- the kids could have spent the whole day there!!! :) We went to an Irish pub for lunch (kids request -- hehe!) and then headed to UCSB to meet up with Michele.

She took us to see the touch tanks, which were really cool. Briana loved the sea hares! Then we saw her office which looks right out over the ocean. I would not get one bit of work done if that was my view!! We then walked right across the street and went down to the beach.

The kids splashed in the waves and built a sand castle (which was really more of a pile of sand with a big moat around it!!). They tossed kelp in the water and caught bugs. Good times!

Then we headed to Jason's rented house in The Riviera. I don't know anything about SB, so that didn't mean anything to me, but oh my gosh what an amazing view they have!! I found a place I wouldn't mind moving to!!! :) We had fajitas for dinner (yum) and brownies and strawberries for dessert (double yum!). It was great to visit with Jason and Gia, and the kids had a ball with Luisa.

Another fabulous day!!!

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Adam woke up about an hour before Brie and I this morning and very nicely folded, put away, straightened, and organized everything that needed to get done. What a boy!!! He finally got us up and going, and we finished the last part of the drive down to Santa Barbara.

We got down here and Michele met us for lunch and getting settled in the Chateau Johnson. :)

We then headed to the zoo for the afternoon. It was a fun, adorable place. The kids were bummed that the Crooked Neck Giraffe wasn't there anymore, but they still enjoyed themselves. Lots of pics to come!!

There was then a park, dinner, visiting, ice cream sundaes, and a late bedtime for one little boy. What a fun day!!

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The kids and I made it down Highway 1 to Cambria today. What a beautiful drive!! We stopped in Moss Landing and ate at the Sea Harvest Restaurant which overlooks the marina. We watched kayakers paddle by, sea lions play in the water, and birds dive bomb for fish!! There was a 2 day old sea lion that the kids fell in love with. He got separated from his mom, and I could barely get them back in the car because they didn't know if she had come back for him. If it was up to them we would have stayed and launched a full-blown rescue for the little guy. :)

Anyway, the kids have played on the beach, swam in the indoor pool at the hotel, and eaten a yummy dinner, so they now have full bellies and are drifting off to sleep getting ready for the second leg of our trip tomorrow.

I wanted to include a picture, but I'm not sure how to do that from my phone. You'll have to wait until we get back I guess. I've already taken a couple hundred pictures so there will be plenty to choose from!!!!! :)

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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!

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

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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!).

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