Garlic Festival in Gilroy

This weekend it the Gilroy Garlic Festival. Lots of food prepared with garlic, garlic and More GARLIC! Over the last year we have become Garli-holics. Adding it to our main dishes, bbq sauces, side dishes...........yuummm!

For the past few weeks I have had an aversion to Garlic. The smell, the taste, and oh the smell.....! When we went to the Santa Cruz boardwalk we had some yumm garlic fries. well not so yumm for me.....So sad I was really looking forward to the Festival.

Nice Truck

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Do you think Blogs with kids and Babies get more viewing than those without?
Do you think there are more comments made about kids and babies?
I had this theory a little while ago, so I posted a picture of my niece Charley. No comments, I was surprised, I was wrong. Maybe that will change.

Kristin's Wedding Weekend

Oregon here we come... this weekend was full of activites. We ate at the mongolian BBQ, Busters BBQ, the rehersal dinner was catered by a BBQ place, then Kristins wedding food was great too, Another BBQ on Sunday at Cathy's. WE ate well this weekend came back a few pounds thicker!

It was the first time in 5 years that all the family was together in one place. Still didn't get a chance for a complete family photo. But plenty of Photos to remember how much fun we all had.

Visiting Jamey's house then hiking down to the Santiam and sticking our feet in the freezing cold water. The water level was much higher than last time. So we had to huddle on the edge of the bank.

Michael took the kids on tractor rides. He even let them steer around the property. It was a warm day, otherwise we would have been riding the tractor all day. Staying at Mom's house was an experiece to remember. 7 adults, 4kids, and MINI!. The little girls got along just fine. Deegan felt left out now and again. but Maison played with him. Those pictures didn't turn out so great.
At the Wedding there was Dancing all night long. The flower girls and Deegan dominated the Dance floor with their twirls and swirls. Then the big girls came out to Dance! Kristin and her friends were able to get Joyce out on the Dance floor for some line dancing. We all had fun....Participating and watching..

ROCK 'N' OUT

Rockin with the Turners Playing Rockband. A normal pastime usual with Lisa and Ryan. With all of us on a different instrument it makes for good variety. Ryan likes singing, Lisa is good all around, Mike is proficient on the Guitar and drums, I myself have tried them all and favor the guitar, can sing pretty well and am learning on the drums. I finally got my first callus from the drumstick.

PISMO BEACH

There is always a story when we go to the Dunes.......

I was sick this weekend but it was all planned. I needed to get out with the fresh air, and away from my regular routine. So we left. After playing 20 questions a few times and started a movie, I fell asleep. Driving around on the beach was and adventure! Street tires on the new truck. Soft sand...we were asking for trouble. Got stuck a few times.......with the trailer it was a challenge. The other challenge was we'd never been to Pismo so we had no idea how it was set up. At about 12:15 we found a spot on the edge. After getting the tents set up Mike decided to look for a more desirable campsite. Away from a loud Generator and Noisy Drinky neighbors. So it took about another Hour to find a spot and relocate deeper into the sand. We had to air down and lighten the trailer. Took a few trips to the spot keeping one person with the stuff and moving to the other spot leaving someone at the new spot. While the boys were finding the spot Lisa and I had to make a Call to Nature. We were glad it wasn't a full moon. It took about 4 trips to gett all the stuff tho the new location. Good thing we had the Turners with us. When we lightened the trailer we had to take off the Quads so then those had to be ridden up to the new spot. I drove the 250 mike rode his 450 and Ryan Drove the truck while Lisa was watching home Base. Set up again and fell asleep to theVroom Vroom.. of quads all night.

The dogs lived this trip. When I wasn't sleeping Lisa & I would take the dogs on a walk on the beach. Chasing waves and seagulls. One reason we have not many pictures. Water and Sand in Camera. Everyone but mike had a nap. He took everyone on a ride. SHowing them how to ride and how to approach dunes and razors. He's a pretty good teacher, He knows my pace and each time gets a little more challenging. I took it easy. I was under the influence of cough medicine and it says Caution when operating motor vehicles...... or something like that. Here is a picture of the Turners.

It was a quick trip But we had fun. It definetly got us more excited about our trip in August! We also practiced a few things for food too. We eat good when we camp..... maybe a little too good.

The Menu-

Saturday:

Breakfast-Sausage/Egg Burritos

Lunch-Roast Beef Sanwhiches & Baked Beans

Dinner- Tri-tip, Chips, Carrots

Dessert- Dutch Oven Peach Cobbler

Sunday:

Breakfast-Crepes

Little Charly

This is my niece Charley. I asked her mom if she at least warmed up the cold floor before she put her there. This was Julie's reply. No I didn't, does it look like she cares? Whell. She is a very cute baby in my mind. Born on our Anniversary.......