Weekend Fun

As usual, this was a weekend packed with fun! Friday evening was my fencing lesson - I am enjoying learning to fence foil so much. It's an amazing workout. Our class lasts about 90 minutes and by the end I'm soaked with sweat and exhausted, but totally exhilarated. This week, we had four moms in class, so we each got to bout with three other fencers. One of the moms is a lefty, which made for a whole new set of bruises and an education about fencing a southpaw.

My boys have taken to cooking, which is a wonderful thing since I personally hate cooking! Eric has become quite the gourmet, seeking out sauces and spices to enhance his dishes. He loves trying new ideas and never follows a recipe. Little brother Adam is getting in on the act a bit too - his current concoction is a scrambled egg and rice dish. On Friday evening, Eric and I headed over to Bentley's, a new specialty market in Fresno. Eric filled a small basket with a few new potions (one of which was used on Sunday after Mass to make a mean Ginger Chicken). Adjacent to the market is a cafe where a jazz trio was playing, so Eric and I sat under the stars for a while listening taking in the scene. We also spent an hour at Barnes and Noble (time flies there!) adding to our wish lists. I was looking at travel books - we've decided that our big summer vacation in early August will be to Seattle, and we are actually traveling by train!

On Saturday, while Dad worked, the boys and I traveled to Oakland for the Oakland Scottish Highland Games. What a great day! There was Celtic music everywhere, great food and lots of historical information and reenactments. The photo above (the one with the blond kid who needs a hair cut!) was taken there as we watched a parade featuring pipe and drum bands, antique cars, all of the clans, and Mary, queen of Scots herself! The highland games were very fun to watch. Mom threatened to sign up for the women's caber toss, where you pick up a log the size of a telephone pole and throw it across the grass, but the boys didn't think that was a good idea!

Sunday was a quiet family day, as they should be! We're all rested and ready for the week ahead. Life is awesome, isn't it?!