Our Weekend

My sweet niece Samantha graduated from High School this week and her fab party was last night. She was valedictorian, is going to USC in the fall and just an all around awesome young lady.  David and Julie are very proud. The best part was the slide show and poem that Julie read to Sam!! It made me realize just how fast time is going to pass and how fast time has ALREADY past since I remember playing with Samantha when she was my kids age and I was still in High School!! Uncle Chris didn't like that I gave Sam a USC related gift (of course not, us being UCLA fans!) so he busted out his checkbook and gave her his own gift in his own card and everything. He says, "She will like mine better anyway!"... Love it!
































Today we had a BBQ at Chris' old secretary's house Linda (who retired earlier this year). They live in Norco and have Horses, so we knew the kids would LOVE it! Except, we were foolish enough to let Vincent in the saddle without using a belt to belt him in(Like we do in Texas) and well, he fell off!!! It was HORRIBLE...but it could have been so much worse, and we will Thank God that it wasn't. He fell on his front side and has little scratches all over his legs and face/chin from the dirt. His mouth and nose were full of dirt, but again, THANK GOD he did not get trampled by the Horse or hit his head.  And we will try to get him back on in Texas so that he won't always be 'scared' as he says.