I wanna be a cowgirl...

So long, Tata

Last week was a bit of a blur for us. My great-grandfather past away after 98 years. To celebrate such a long life, we joined the many (35! 3 sons, 11 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren, and 2 great-great-grandchildren) of his descendants to say goodbye. We drove down to Southern California for the services, and then stayed to catch up with the rest of the family we so rarely get to see.

Big thank yous to Tom, who had the courage and determination ;) to round up this unruly bunch for a photo. In the picture are the 3 sons, 7 grandchildren, 14 great grandchildren, and 2 great-greatgrandchildren (Tony & Meagan) and various spouses.

We decided to break up the return trip by stopping off in San Luis Obispo, for a little reminiscing and positive brainwashing for the kids. They are all fired up to go to Cal Poly when it time to go to college. Meagan has decided she wants to be a horse doctor after checking out the baby horses at the Horse Unit. Tony thinks it would be fun to build robots with the engineers. Tom and I just like that they want to go to college :) We also spent a day in Monterey, checking out the ocean and the Aquarium.

To my LA friends- I am very sorry I didn't have the chance to meet up with any of you- it was drive down on Monday, Tuesday with the family, and Wednesday drive back.

Is my Bunny done yet???

Meagan's much-loved Bunny needed a bit of repair work, so it was Nana to the Rescue! Meagan sat, somewhat patiently, and waited, asking every so often, "Is my Bunny done yet??" Thanks for fixing Bunny, Nana!

Lookin' Good!

Check out Tony's new peepers!

His teacher mentioned last month that there may be a small problem with his eyes. She had rearranged everyone's seats and Tony's was now in the back of the class. Every time he needed to copy something down from the board he was up out of his seat, walking up to the board and squinting trying to figure out what was written. We took him in, and behold, the little man needs specs. He's been slowly adjusting to them, commenting often- "Wow, everything is nearer now, I can see!"