*: May 23'

Happy Birthday Honey!

Tuesday, May 2nd we celebrated Honey's birthday at La Cabana in Santa Paula.

Erik and Tanner were under the weather but it was a great to get together!

President's Award

Wednesday May 10th Shield Healthcare held their Awards Banquet at The Oaks Grille. Erik decided not to go but won the President's Award!

The presentation speech: "This next person has only been with Shield for 3 years. In that time, he has become the lead architect in maintaining and managing Shield’s computing environment and has been the Subject Matter Expert in setting up our Disaster Recovery infrastructure. He is a mentor within his department and the go-to guy for complex resolutions. He puts in countless hours to ensure our systems operate effectively. Please join me in recognizing Erik Jegel with this President’s Award."

Saugus Color Guard Finale, kinda...

Jadyn and I had a "Girls Afternoon" to put the finishing touches on her banquet look.

Got her hair cut, had lunch at Presto Pasta and found the perfect shoes for her dress.

She sure does take a beating in color guard, but she loves it!

Saturday, May 6th we attended the Saugus Band and Color Guard Banquet at the new Canyon Country Community Center. 4 hours of waiting for Stone Fire Grill, Awards, slideshow and the announcement of next years leaders and show!

Wednesday, May 17th the team was presented with awards at the William S Hart District office for their amazing accomplishment!

Tuesday, May 23rd the team performed 6 times (not including the warm-ups run) for the Arroyo Seco Junior High Recruitment Day.

And Amazonia Nocturna is officially retired!

Let's burn those braids!!!!

Anyone up for Mexican?

No such thing as too much good Mexican food. Two days after Honey's birthday Grama Jean made "Cinco de Mayo" dinner. Thursday, May 11th was lunch at Kalaveras for my co-worker Christina's going away, to Arizona. That night I met up with the KB Girls for dinner at Sabor!

Angela, Kylie, Torey, Christina and Heidi at Kalaveras in Simi Valley

Celebrating Rachel and Yvette's Birthdays at Sabor!

Happy Mother's Day!

Mom and I started the celebration on Friday, May 12th with our morning walk followed by breakfast at Mimi's Café and pedicures.

Morning walk at Bridgeport

Bacon, mushroom and brie omelets!

Saturday, May 13th we celebrated at Grama Jean and Papa's. We laid by the pool, had Mexican from La Cocina and dessert from Nothing Bundt Cakes.

Lemon! One of my favorites!

Happy 46th Birthday E!

Happy birthday to the best husband, friend and father to our kids that I could have ever asked for.

Party #1: May 16th, Tuesday Night Dinner at Grama Jean and Papa's: Flank Steak, stuffed potatoes, asparagus, chocolate chip cookie and chocolate ice cream!

That's brisket in that big package! He loves to smoke! MEAT, not cigars! :)

Party #2: May 23rd, Tuesday Night Dinner at Honey and Bubba's: Fried chicken, mashed potatoes, zucchini/squash and chocolate ice cream!

Balloon hat by Bubba. Everyone gets a turn!

Off to Washington DC!

Did I say the Color Guard was a wrap?! Not for at least 3 more years but this year Saugus was invited to march the Memorial Day Parade in Washington DC! 4 days of adventure and chaos!

Saturday, May 27th Ethan dropped the 3 of us off at Saugus at 6am for our 10:35am flight out of LAX. Ethan stayed home to finish his finals and work. He had Honey and Bubba over for a burger night :)

Invasion of Red Robin for dinner!

Good thing they knew we were coming :)

Sunday, May 28th we did some sightseeing and the kids attended a band/guard clinic.

We stayed at the Hilton McLean in Virginia.

Nice place until a few high school bands arrived!

White House and the Iwo Jima Memorial

Over 100 of us!

Arlington Cemetery: Tomb of the Unknown Solider

Guard Clinic at Northern Virginia Community College

Monday, May 29th was breakfast at 7am (girls were up at 5am for hair and make-up), tour of the capitol, a mad rush to the staging area and marching in the rain!