Girl's Camp

 Calissa went to Girl's Camp last week at Rucker Lake and had a great time!  Here she is all packed up and ready to go! Well, except for the fact that she's in her church clothes!

 Monday morning, we took her and her things to the church.  Her friend Gracie went again!

 Usually we don't hear anything from camp, but one of the leaders posted quite a few pictures on Facebook so we were able to see glimpses of her throughout the week.  Here are the girls on Dish Duty!

(Em J, Calissa, Hannah, Olivia, Gracie, and Jocelyn)

The girls from our ward.

 Being silly! 

Here is Rucker Lake. It is so beautiful there!

Because she was a 2nd year this year, they went on an overnight hike.  Here is the sign welcoming them back.  (They had a superhero theme this year).

 After their hike ... a nice cool treat.

 She had a great time at camp and is looking forward to next year.  The only thing she didn't love was us not being home to go for the Testimony meeting (on Friday night) or to pick her up on Saturday.  We were up in Seattle running Ragnar while she was at camp.

Temple

 Parker was able to attend the temple for the first time yesterday to receive his endowment.  The Oakland Temple is closed for two months for maintenance so he was able to go to the Sacramento Temple.  One neat thing was that when he turned 12 and could go and do baptisms at the temple for the first time, the Oakland Temple was closed as well, so he went to the Sacramento Temple. 

It was a very special day.  We were lucky to have Grandma and Grandpa Romer, Jennie Smith, Teri and Chris Rossi, Mike and Cherie von Savoye, Lynn Robason, and Cliff (President) and Michelle March there to be there with us.  Most of us stopped at Fenton's on the way home for lunch and ice cream!  It was a great day!

Mission Shopping

School is out so Parker and I headed out for some mission shopping last week.  It was pretty good timing since it was just before Father's Day, so we got some pretty good deals! We got a lot accomplished today, but there is still quite a bit to buy!

Gladiator Rock'n Run

A group of co-workers from Kaiser got together last Saturday to participate in the Gladiator Rock'n Run Race down in San Jose.  The kids and I drove down to watch.

All smiles before it starts!

At the start line.

A "peace out" from Travis.

This was the start of the 6K race.  They had to climb over this rope wall.  Then, they were off into the hills and the kids and I found a shady spot and waited ...

Finally, they showed up again a long time later! They had to complete it as a team, so Travis had to wait for everyone. (He might have been a little frustrated, but he waited).  Here they are moving a log around in a circle.

Then, they had to go across the monkey bars.  (Right after I took this picture, they guy in the light blue shirt dislocated his shoulder ... UGH!)

Then they had to crawl under barbed wire in the mud.

He didn't get too dirty!

Then, they had to climb this wall.  

It was so slippery!  They had a tough time getting over it.

Their last challenge was two of these massive inflatables!

They had to work together to help each other up and over!

Then, they tiredly walked to the finish line!

Travis was wanting to run but they had to finish together.

Congratulations to team Kaiser!

(The kids and I were in a hurry to leave to get to some graduation parties and 40 minutes down the road Trav called to say his keys were in my bag.  Noooo!  I had to turn around and drive back (through the winding roads) to give them to him.  A memory for sure!)

We have a graduate!

Somehow, Parker has grown up and we have a graduate!  He graduated on Wednesday night.

 After a morning of pouring rain ... in June ... in the middle of an historic drought ... the rain stopped and we headed off to the Concord Pavilion for Graduation.

Grandma helped him decorate his grad cap.  I guess that's a thing now.  We didn't do that when I was in High School.

 It turned out great!  The Flash ... Parker Burr.

Parker's awards and honors listed in the program.

  More awards.

 Here he is with some friends before the ceremony started.

(Can't remember his name), Trever, Parker, Spencer, Zach, Nathan

 I have to admit the decorated caps make it much easier to find your child during the ceremony!

 Parker and some other senior (Courtney, Lisa, Nathan) doing sign language to the song, "The Best Day of My Life" for the Graduation Ceremony.

 Congratulations to Parker Burr!!

 Proud parents.

 Proud Family!

 Victoria and Parker

 Uncle Drew and Aunt Tina

(Did you notice Parker's awesome money lei that Aunt Tina made him?)

 The Rossi Family

Nathan, Zach, Trever and Parker

 Brittany, Parker, Courtney

Carpool buddies and church friends for a long time!

 Brandt and Parker

Cyrius and Parker

After graduation the graduates (and me) headed off to Grad Night at Center Concord. It was a fun-filled night with amazing decorations!  I was in charge of the food for the evening and took the day off work to buy and prepare the food.  I'm glad I was able to be a part of this special night (even if I had to go to the last day of school the next day on no sleep.)  They ate, had karaoke, danced, bowled, played games, got massages, etc. They had a fun time and partied until 4:00 am.  Then Parker had to stay and help me clean up until almost 5:00 am!

Parker and Trever - best friends since they were babies!

I'm going to miss them when they are gone.

Parker's airbrush shirt that they made that night.

Can't believe that he's done with school and headed on a mission in a few short months!

Seminary Graduation

Tonight was Seminary Graduation. Parker gave a talk tonight and did a nice job talking about how Seminary has helped him in his life.

Love these kids and am so proud of them!

Courtney, Brittany, Parker, Spencer