on and on

we have had another jam packed couple of days. it has been fun.
friday morning we were up and off to zaven's graduation festivities. he did a great job singing.


after the performance there was a picnic and playing outside. making plans with some friends and saying goodbye to others. he loved his first year at his new school and will be at the same place in the butterfly class in the fall.


from there we went by the church to say hi to all the people working to get ready for the garden party. nell and i chatted with the ladies in the kitchen.
zaven followed the sexton around and helped him.

then we came home and got ready for the sitter to come. and chris and i headed out on the "booze cruise" with the bishop and clergy. it was a nice time. but they don't tell you it is a 4 hour cruise. i was a little worried about nell. but she did great. she i did not eat her bottle, but she did not starve or cry the whole time either so that was good. i met some nice people and their nice spouses which was fun. we will see several of them again tonight at a bbq we are going to and some others again next sunday at another bbq. our social calendar is filling up. surely a sign of our settling in here. it really does seem to take a year.

so then saturday chris was up early and off to the church to work. i showed up with the kids and bagels at about 10:45. I was planning to come home for a while, but we stayed on until 6pm. long day! zaven had a blast helping blow up balloons in the morning and then playing in the games tent and "winning" prizes. again the kids of the church were so sweet to him and kept track of him for me. nell and i just walked around and hung out. i think that it was a successful event. the weather pretty much cooperated. it is a funny thing. you certainly don't want it to rain, but if the weather is too nice then you have to compete with the beach. we certainly were not competing with the beach, but i don't think what little rain we did have, held anyone back. so that was nice.

here is a cute pic of nell playing with a hotwheels car. brice, it looks like we may have another car enthusiast on our hands!


today the fun continues, we have church, i am playing tennis at 1, zaven is going to a birthday party at 3- 4:30 and then the sitter is coming at 6 so that chris and i can go to the bbq. this one is no kids, next week with kids.

update. won at canadian doubles today...two against one! it was fun.
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