Seth is now a Marine Corps Veteran! Russell's Party weekend at our house! My time at the beach with sister and family !

 Well it's been awhile and time to catch up on a few things. I'm going to work backwards on this one. 

Monday July 17th was grandson Seth's last day in his Marine Corps uniform. Hard to believe he's been in 4 years now. He and Holly are moving back up to the Sacramento area (Holly has been there since May working) and we shall see what wonderful future holds for those two! Thank you for serving Seth, we are so proud of you! 💗

Seth, on his last day

Back to civilian attire holding his DD-214

Eric (his dad) actually went down to Oceanside on Saturday to help with last minute things that needed to be done. Some of Seth's buddies got together at Belching Beaver Brewery for a good bye gathering. 

The guys signed the flag, I'm excited to see it! 

Seth's truck going out of Camp Pendleton for the last time 

Gotta love those bragging rights!

Looks like an amazing lunch for the two of them!

                                                                      Seth and friends

Thursday the 13th was our youngest son Russell's 45th birthday. He decided a few months ago that he wanted to bring some of his friends for the weekend out to our house. We had quite the crew turn out that afternoon. A few more trickled in on Friday and Melissa on Saturday. We actually had room between our RVs and house to accommodate everyone. Jesse slept on the couch, but he was ok with that :) 

It was hot! I warned Russell who warned them, but they still wanted to come. The stock tank got used a few of those days! Thursday night was enchiladas, coleslaw and rice for dinner along with cake and 2 cheesecakes that Allissa made for him. It was a late night by the time we all headed for bed. 

Russell and Allissa (Jacob's sweetie)

Friday morning Russell wanted egg sandwiches so the griddle really helped on that and again on Sunday before everyone left! Allissa made a delicious huge, delicious fruit salad that was  perfect for these hot days! 

We enjoyed mimosas a few mornings too! 

Gotta love this griddle! Some breakfast cooking 

Friday night was Papa burgers and another late night happened. It was too hot so the ATVs were never taken out, except Aaron and Kenna went out for a bit. 

John, Lori, Allissa, Russell..hiding under the shade of the 
ez up

8 adults in the stock tank..not bad! 
Lori, Melissa, Michael, Ken, Russell, Allissa, Andrea and John 

Just kicking back..Jesse, Melissa, Diane

Saturday morning several headed to the gun range for shooting time. They were gone a long time and I have no idea how they stood the heat. 

Lori, Allissa, Russell

Ken shooting and John 

Once they came back they had biscuits and gravy along with eggs. Then they got ready and headed out to Frey's Distillery in Fallon, close to an hour away. They enjoyed that tour and came back with a few bottles.  

Then into the stock tank for several people. I was glad to see it got used! 

John and his ladies...Andrea (John's wife) John, Melissa 
and Melissa (Mel)

Saturday evening we headed to Karen's as she wanted to cook ribs for everyone! A lot of ribs!  They were so delicious. I took a couple of side dishes and she had corn on the cob too. 

Allissa, Lori and Diane

Aaron and Kenna

Allissa and me

After dinner a little music and dancing. A little alcohol was consumed there too. LOL. A good time was had by all! 

Sunday morning after having breakfast every one left on their own schedule except Aaron and Kenna who stayed until Monday morning. 

Aaron and Kenna leaving Monday morning 

After that we just chilled most of the day in the air conditioning. These 100+ days are no fun. 

We are thankful Russell, Lori and friends wanted to come out to celebrate his birthday.  I think we should celebrate in June or October for better weather! LOL. 

July 7th I headed to CA and Dillons Beach to spend a few days with my sister Linda and her family. Jesse came along too. Linda rents a house every year and I'm always invited to join in.  We met at Crooked Goat Brewing in Petaluma for lunch. Then on to the house. We enjoyed the afternoon and I brought stuff for tacos for dinner. Figured that'd be easy on a travel day for everyone.

Saturday nearing noon we headed for Bodega Bay and lunch (I forget the name) it was delicious. Of course before that we checked out the Tides Restaurant and looked at the water of the bay. We took a little drive to the town of Bodega where the old movie "The Birds" was filmed. Had to stop for a picture there! 

Linda, Cassidy, Chelsea, Dusty and Owen 

Jesse and Owen

Owen got some new basketball cards from his dad and 
Jesse! 

Happy 5th birthday Cassidy! Where does the time go?!

Once it was time for dinner, Dusty and Chelsea brought out their pizza oven and homemade pizzas were made! YUMMY! 

Toppings for the pizzas!

Ken and I used to go to the Tides many years ago when we would go canoeing with his old boss and friends. We had a lot less $$ then but we could afford it, not now!! 

Sunday Dusty wanted to journey to Sebastapol, CA. Beautiful drive and then we ended up at Hop Monk Tavern Brewery. A few appetizers were bought along with a beer and a glass of wine (guess who had that?) LOL. Owen had a kids meal that he enjoyed. 

When we got back to the house we got ready to head for the beach. Kids really enjoyed themselves. 

Going on dinner time Bobby and Dusty barbecued delicious tri tip! Another yummy meal! 

Monday morning was time to head home. It's close to 6 hours for me, I think I was home nearing 1500 hrs. Thank you again Linda! 💖

Tuesday was a Dr appt for me and then a trip to Gardnerville for groceries for Russell's birthday. Ken had made a Total Wine run while I was gone so it was all pretty easy. 

A great month July is! So here I am trying to get caught up, the thermometer says 100 degrees at 1248! What better place to be than in the a/c? Maybe the stock tank later LOL. 

Night in the Country is happening this weekend in our little town. Three thousand people normally grows to over 30,000! We will be staying home, unless we brave a drive by the fairgrounds to see all the people hanging out! They've started coming in force today as the first of 3 nights entertainment starts tomorrow! 

Have a great evening! Heading for Karen's later for dinner!