:::weekend

yesterday we went to the scmm picnic at a park in ventura county. although it was near 90 degrees, tony and mayra had a good time!




lucy enjoyed meeting some new people. i ended up winning a key ring during the raffle.

:::summer day!

hey, hey, june gloom took a break today! we finally had an honest-to-goodness summer day today. it was enough to have tony and mayra take out their trikes!

:::promotion day

it was quite a day. my sixth graders had their promotion this morning. that was a bit of an exercise.


the bigger news for me was rachel's middle school promotion.

:::saturday revisited

i forgot to post these other pictures from the birthday party i went to for my youngest nephew.




okay, here's mayra having fun in the ubiquitous jumper.




and of course, my two older girls!




finally, my oldest kid, albert!

:::fathers' day weekend



saturday morning rachel and i met up with two other guys from the MINI club to check out angeles forest. we ended up atop mount wilson where we stared at the awesome views below us!


later, we trekked along big tujunga road where, along a turnout, we came upon a couple of motorcylists. rachel asked one of them if she could take a picture of the bike. the woman not only let her take a pic but offered to let rachel sit on the bike for a portrait!




all in all, it was a cool morning.

:::rachel



last night i went to rachel's middle school awards assembly. i felt proud seeing her receive recognition for academics and band.

:::descanso gardens

this afternoon we took the kids to a paradise near pasadena. i'm talking about descanso gardens, located in la cañada flintridge.




i've lived in the l.a. basin all my life and never entered these serene gardens. i'm sure there are a few million others that haven't discovered this calming paradise either.


maybe it's better that way.