We went to the Santa Clara summer picnic today; this was the first year that we were invited to this work party.  It was being held at a country club in Boulder Creek, and it took a very long and windy road to get there.  Fortunately the kids were sleeping and Stuart drove slowly, so we arrived at the party right at the start without any motion sickness.  Robyn and family were there just before us.  We were able to check out the facility and all it had to offer; this was a nice secluded place in the woods.  We played with foosball and ping pong for a bit, and we had the chance to get first dip on the barbeque food.  The kids were not too into eating as they wanted to go around to play.  Shortly after, we migrated to the nice pool area to enjoy the beautiful weather.  The water however was quite cold, so we did not push the kids to go into the pool with Stuart.  Later when Michelle and family arrived, we all just hung out together.  The boys and I enjoyed sitting around the pool side and playing with some pool toys while watching Brandon, Peyton, Mckayla and later Marcus in the water.  Later on Logan taught Connor how to play with the round floaties which Logan called them “donuts”, and the two of them walked around with one “donut” each for awhile.  Stuart, along with Ted and Dave, played with basketball for awhile, and then moved on to tennis afterward.  But they actually were teaching Brandon and Logan how to play instead.  This was the first time Logan ever tried tennis, and Stuart said Logan was a bit frustrated not able to hit the ball.  Connor liked walking around the facility, and we just stopped to talk with other people at times.  Connor occasionally asked to “eat”, but unfortunately, there were not much Connor was interested to eat there, so he ended up having some portions of fruits a few times.  After hanging out for several hours, Logan suggested going home, but he changed his mind and wanted to dip our feet in the pool for a bit longer.  We then packed up, said our goodbyes, and made the windy drive home without any problems either.