Anniversary Photos!

As promised, here are the photos from the anniversary celebration!  There are a lot more but wanted to share some!

Celebrating!

Today we gathered to celebrate my parents 50th wedding anniversary!  We had a nice lunch outside, had family photos taken (I will share when we get them!) and had lots of food and cake!  

We had a wonderful time and it was nice to spend the time together to celebrate all that has come to be over the last 50 years!

We also celebrated these three who are heading to high school!  Whoa!  

 

Lots of exciting times in their future!

Another Saturday, another pool!

Today we enjoyed another day of water polo!  Olivier got some great passes and a couple of great shots!  Great to see him growing in the sport!  He was lucky number 18 again this weekend for both games.  They won both (first game 11-2 and the second game 15-5).  Now we wait to find out what the schedule will be for next Saturday!  Here are some photos from today!  For the second game he had a large cheering section, thanks to everyone who came!  

 

Band Concert!

Tonight we attended the band concert for all the students who attend school in the City.  It started with the 7th grade students.  Then we listened to the 6th graders.  Then we got to hear from the 8th graders!  Yippee!  Here is their first song:

The Band Director then invited parents to come down and take a close up photo of their students since a lot of students will not be continuing with band next year.  I was able to go close and take photos of Mason and Olivier!  

Had to giggle at the photo bomber in Olivier's!  They then played their second song while we sat on the floor in front of the band.  

It was then time for the High school bands.  It started with the symphonic band, and then the wind ensemble!  Yippee!  This is actually the photo from after they played.  Anna is hard to see when they are playing!

Here is her first song:

And here is her second:

Then all the kids went out and they played "Let's Go Band" together!  Can you find Anna, Olivier and Mason!

They are in there!  

Had to get one last photo of them dressed up!  

Very proud of their hard work!  

Way to go Anna!

Just a little update on Anna, she has been working hard between school (including two AP classes), band activities, securing her first summer job, and helping out (both at school and in the neighborhood).  We are proud of the effort that she is putting in and she had a teacher recognize those efforts and nominated Anna for student of the month!  Excellent work Anna!  

Volleyball in the water with different rules... also know as water polo!

On Wednesday it was a very different day for one of my co-workers.  They took one of our buses to a mass casualty DRILL at the airport.  

I think they took a nap for a bit!  And they got lunch too!

I think I planted Dalia bulbs last year but they never bloomed, and this year, we finally have one bloom!  One is by far better than none and it is a stunning red color!  

And today was a very busy day!  It is Michelle's birthday!  My parents 50th anniversary!  Anna went to Santa Barbara with the band!  And water polo tournament day for Olivier, which is the only thing I took photos of!  Oops!  They played two games, the first game they won 12-5 and Olivier did get a bit of playing time.  This is right after he passed the ball (white cap #18).  

And as he is going for the ball.

And in an odd, and slightly confusing twist, Olivier played for a different school in the second game.  The school had to forfeit because they didn't have enough players but everyone still wanted to play so four players from Olivier's school joined the other school.  And in the confusing twist, the other school won!  It was a good game and Olivier got a lot more playing time!  He got a nice shot and a lot of passes in!  Here he is with the ball (white cap #10). 

It was a good and busy week!  The count down is on for the end of the school year!  Only 13 days left with a lot of fun activities along the way so they are sure to go quick!