Jared's 8th grade promotion

Yup, that's right!... another high schooler in the house!

Got the Lei...

Found his seat...

and received his certificate!

Class Picture (he is over on the left in the front row).

and one of the whole family

Congratulations, Jared!!! Great job! Now on to High School!!!!

We celebrated our new high schooler with some fabulous grilled pizzas! This was a first for us and we were so pleased with the results of pizza on the grill, that we have already eaten it again! It is lots of fun and easier than we expected! The dough grills up nicely and the toppings melt right on the grill!

Jon manned the grill...

Yum!!!

We had 4 varieties: chunky marinara sauce with fresh mozzarella and basil, mozzarella and pepperoni, ricotta and lemon zest with asparagus, and caramelized onion with fontina and fresh arugula (everyone's favorite). Uh, oh...I am starting to drool on my keyboard just thinking about it!

Try out pizzas on the grill sometime this summer. You won't be disappointed and you won't heat up the kitchen baking the pizza in the oven!

A note about the last post...

I never really finished the previous post, but it has been sitting unfinished for a few weeks now and is making me mentally unable to move on to the next post. So, I am posting it as is... it may get some more pics later, or not. Life is moving on, post or no post around here, so I am going to have to move on with it! The last few "upcoming" events from the previous post have come and gone and summer has officially begun. So, Hello, Summer! Look for new posts in the coming weeks to update you on the Taylor Family happenings! But, don't expect anything to exciting... this is, after all, my lazy, low-key summer :)

Where have the past 6 months gone?!!!

Indeed, the past 6 months have flown by.

In February, we finally finished off soccer for the year with the play offs in Garden Grove. The Blue Cheese Comets played well but were unable to advance against the tough competition :(

We also celebrated Madeline's school achievements at the Caiman award's ceremony.

She earned her academic letter for holding a 3.5 or higher (in her case a 4.0) for 3 semesters!

The next week we saw Grace off to Spain with her Grandparents...

We celebrated Jared's 14th Birthday! ... and on the same day enjoyed the school's art show!

In March, we enjoyed cheering Jared on at the Rubik's cube team competition. Our school's team took 6th place at the San Diego Competition.

In May, Justin went to 5th grade Adventure Camp! He had a great time at his first camp experience! Then at the end of the month we enjoyed a day at The Wave water park in Vista in celebration of the end of the school year.

Next weekend we will finish off the years activities with Jared's 8th grade promotion, the girls' dance recital and Justin's Acting class performance.

Needless to say, we are looking forward to lots of relaxing over the next few months before we start up another school year! Perhaps I will actually have time to update our blog during all my free -time this summer! Hmmmm... maybe!