Marty Finally Graduated!

Wow, another entry in less than 24 hours. Who ever would have guessed. Today I thought I would blog about our recent trip to California. We went to California for about a week right before Memorial weekend so that Marty could officially graduate. It was happy times. Marty was busy with school stuff most of the time so the kids and I did some pretty fun stuff all by ourselves. We went to the Fullerton Arboretum, but I forgot my camera so there are no photos. The next day we went to Balboa to play at the beach and take a sea lion watching tour. Unfortunately the sea was pretty rough that day so we didn't get to go out of the harbor much. We did make it out to the buoy though so we did get to see some sea lions after all. We did all have a fabulous time at the beach. You will notice from the slide show that Sophie was in classic form and is the only one playing in the water. She was also the only one who brought her swim suit. It was a little chilly in So Cal that week. The next day Marty was able to join us and we went to the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach. We had a ball. Well, all of us but Peter had a good time. He liked it at first, but after a while he became very frustrated that we would not let him run amok like a mad man through the aquarium. He did a lot of crying after he came to that realization.

The next day was graduation. We had a lovely graduation outside in the wind and rain. It was really cold. I was sitting there in the freezing weather being very grateful that I had just gone through a very cold Utah winter. Otherwise I would have been miserable. The Californians were not handling it well. Graduation was really nice with very good speakers. The fans (oops, I think I meant families) were rather interesting. It was like a cross between a graduation and a sporting event. Some of the people were dressed very nice and were on very good behavior. Others were in jeans and tank tops (yes, in that weather). I saw a few banners, blow horns, and even a foam hand with a photo of their graduate pasted to the palm. We were all relieved to hop into the car after graduation and leave that chapter of our life behind us.