More Summer Fun ... 

More photos from our trip to Tahoe.  It's always great to get away and spend some time in a different environment. There are more greens, blues, browns here ... more texture .. it prompts reflection as well as good times.  Deo Gratias!

Fishing at Lake Baron

We discovered a new fishing hole not far from G'ma's house.  You can walk along the lake, go fishing, picnicking.  There's even a playground with an old fashioned merry go round and a swimming hole!

Twitter got a kick out of his new (thrift-store new!) pocket fishing pole.  It actually worked!  Well, worked in the sense that he was able to cast and cast and cast and cast ... but he didn't catch anything this day.

Neither did Little Man ...

Nor Angel ...

Coco wasn't interested in fishing .. just playing in the dirt.

Angora Lakes ... 

 

... is our favorite getaway.  

A short but strenuous hike into the hills and we're surrounded by noise absorbing trees...

... cliffs daring enough and sometimes too dangerous to dive from .. 

 

 ...a slim strip of sand perfect for digging in toes ...

... and digging out holes... 

 

..rocks, just the right size to stretch out and sun...

 

...and a lake, of course...

 ... for boating...

...and for catching YOUR FIRST FISH!

One more item for Twitter to strike from his bucket list!

We always end the day posing at the "picture perfect" spot:

SUMMER FUN -- and we've only just begun!

Summer Kick Off

This past month has been a particularly busy one for us. It started off with Edna's graduation. 

Mom was one of the coordinators and the house was hectic with preparations for the big event 

the entire week leading up to it. 

 It was a fun day despite both record breaking heat (108 degrees!) and broken air conditioners. 

We celebrated a Mass of the Holy Spirit, including a wonderful sermon from Fr M. 

The graduates were blessed to have Mrs. Laura Berquist as their commencement speaker. 

Her speech was excellent, congratulating students and parents alike and giving the grads the inspiration 

and encouragement they needed -- "be heroic Catholics!"

Edna with Mrs. Berquist

The Class of 2013

 The after party was a blast thanks to many helping hands. 

The food - a mix of Asian and Mexican - was de.li.cious. 

Lechon. Filipino pork courtesy of Grandma

 The week after graduation the family took a much needed vacation and spent time relaxing at Lake Tahoe. Big Brother wasn't able to come since he had work, but he did make it up for one day with his girlfriend.

Boating on Angora Lake.

  The water was chilly, the wind even more so, but it didn't stop our fun.

Twitter even managed to catch a fish with his handy-dandy pocket fishing pole!

On another day, Dad took the kids biking and we rode along the lake to Baldwin Beach.

A little sand mummy.

 Following are out-takes from our family photo. We were a little antsy waiting while Dad got the perfect position, lighting, lens setting and other photographer-y details.

 

The final result!