Diego cashed in on his birthday.  He got all his favorite foods, lots of gifts, money, and of course got to spend it with his favorite people, his family.  What’s fun about birthdays is sharing stories of the past.  Luckily for us, his past wasn’t so long ago so us old timers can still remember his first steps, his first boo-boo, etc.  And we’re just talking last week lol.

Here are some pictures of Diego’s dinner celebration.

This year we spent Christmas at Rich’s house.  As usual the food was awesome!  We had prime rib, mash potatoes, asparagus, and all the trimmings.  For dessert we had a fruit torte cake from Ettore’s and a pecan delight of some sort.  See picture below.  I could have ate the pecan cookie thingy all night if I could.  It’s was Serene’s recipe from her co-worker.

Instead I sat in the message chair, watched TV with the family, then open gifts before we left.  We got some cool gifts from the family, including some nice treats for Minik and Candy, our puppies.

Here are some pics from last night’s dinner.

It’s a day our family has been waiting for. Diego has graduated from the 8th grade today! The graduation was held at Diego’s middle school, Albert Einstein in Sacramento. It was a perfect day to have an outdoor graduation.

I forgot how it was being his age. They sure don’t make kids like they used too. Here are the pictures and you can judge for yourself. Diego has a break for high school. Hopefully he’ll be ready for the world. If not, we’ll be there to support him. Way to go Diego! Congrats!

The rest of the pictures can be found here.