Pablo Retires

We couldn't attend Paul's retirement party, so we made him an awesome memory card! We have so many fun memories from years of friendship with Paul Robertson!  He tried to teach Ken and I a second language...Paul is fluent in Spanish ( and a spanish teacher at UHS) and tried helping Ken be bilingual ( heehee). Then he decided he'd teach me French and continue what I learned after 2 years in HS.  Both were unsuccessful! nice try , Paul!
 Lemonade was a big part of our hanging out ...it eventually was called "CHade"   Ken and I were given knicknames.....Ken- Zoken  Me- Ela( from the end of PamELA)  Paul is and was a character with a big heart and a a fun personality!  He was  Bestman at our wedding...we saw Star Wars for the first time with him. We were in his wedding and played a million softball games together!  Paul, thanks for the memories and enjoy Retirement!

2 cute boys in a swing....

Sharing the swing ...so civilized and all....ummm.......not really! heehee

Happy 36th Anniversary to us!

Still in love after all these years!  We celebrated by having lunch at a local Texas BBQ joint called Moonies!  It was de-lish!  BBQ brisket sandwiches! 

A beautiful Mother's Day

Stef sent me these beautiful Roses for Mother's day!

The lemon cake, Haley and I made

"MOM" sugar cookies

Cupcake Stands w/ cupcakes and my pretty flowers!

Mother's Day Asian style...... Orange chicken on rice  and teriyaki veggies

This was my fortune...hummm we'll be in SoCal soon!

Stef and her birthday cupcake stand

Shellie gets one too!

Stef's Mother's Day gift from us...Starbucks cups, tea pot and goodies

Shellie's Mother's Day gift from us...

LaVona got 2 new shirts for Mother's day

We also celebrated Shellie's birthday and our anniversary!  The tree is a gift to us from the Smiths

From The Smith's to me...flowers for Mother's Day and a cute coffee cup for Easter

The quilt I made for Shellie for her birthday!

Stef and me....I love my roses and I love you, Stef!   I got to talk to Scott and that was very special..I miss him so much!  I also talked to my mom...miss and love her too!  It was a very nice Mother's day! I am very blessed!

Fun in the sun!

The kiddos having water fun!  They made their own fountains!

Jonah, Haley and Hunter

Papa let jonah and Hay have fun in the truck bed

All the cuties in the truck bed!

Bella loves her dad!

Watering the garden with the pool water!

We have LEMONS, folks!

Our two beautiful Meyer Lemon trees!

Playin' in the birdbath!

My gorgeous Hydrangea blooms

My favorite!

Jonah waters my pansies!

Precious moments with the G-kids!

The kids love their trampoline!

Haley goes horizontal!

The boys trampoline sparring!

Haley looks beautiful with her new hair cut ...waiting to perform at the Summit year-end recital!

Handsome Hunter waiting to play his piano recital!

Haley's choral group!

Haley playing her piano solo! She was great!!!

Hunter's piano solo!  He was also great!  I was so proud of both of them!

Adorable Jonah...watching his brother and sister perform!

Haley singing about soup and flowers!  What a fun night!  

Tampa Bound....

The hotel where we stayed...it was such a great location...close to the ballpark and the beaches!  We will definitely come back!

The Hotel pool area.  So pretty!

Game 1....entering the Trop!

Us...in a sea of Rays fans!

Inside the dome...watching the Angels take batting practice!  This was our first time at Tropicana Field,but...it won't be our last!

Going up the escalator to our seats.  Ken is securely holding on to our "cuban sandwiches".

The view from our seats

Around the batting cage, Albert talks with Victor Rojas and Mark Gubicza

Bobby Wilson, Guby,and Victor watch Pujols hit

The Rays tank 

Still hopeful for an Angels win!

There's hardly anyone here, it's so early

Kenny watching batting practice

Wed...day 2- Before the game we drove to St. Pete's beach and checked out the Gulf and beautiful beaches.  This area really reminded us of the SoCal beaches!  It felt like home.

The sand was really white and pretty!

Ken and me sitting at the Paradise Grille having lunch.

The view behind us

Our view while eating

So excited they have clam strips!  They are my favorite!!!! Takes me back to the Splash Cafe, in Pismo!

YUMMO!

another beautiful beach

Game 2..... back at the Trop!

again...batting practice- Scosh, Guby, Victor, Butch ...all watching

Albert watches Aybar hitting

That's where our seats are!  They were great and cheap!

Ken and I looking forward to game 2 and hopefully a win!

Looking out at the field from the Rays tank

Ken touching the rays, in the tank

One of the rays

The tank was so cool!

 Tropicana Field is known for their signature sandwich- the Cuban....and it was de-lish!

Just me and Joe hanging out! 
 The trip was fun on several  levels...however, the Angels lost both games and are playing so badly...the "baseball part" of the trip was really disappointing! We'll get 'em next time!