We visited the Acostas this weekend to attend their son Jacob’s high school graduation party.  They live up in the El Dorado Hills and it took us a little over two hours to drive up there.  It was 99 degrees on Saturday, but it did not feel too bad.  We checked into our hotel which was very nice, so we ended up taking a break in our room before we got ready to head to the party.  There were a lot of guests at the house, so Stuart and I caught up with the people we knew while the boys played around the big house and the huge yard.  The boys did not care about the swimming pool but enjoyed playing at the climbing structure where they spent a lot of time.  Connor was getting very good at climbing while Logan pretended to be a pirate hanging on the rope ladder.  We were served with lots of food there including some Pilipino food; the boys loved eating the lumpia (egg rolls) and had many of them.  For the entertainment, Jacob, his brother Mel and another friend played some music in the backyard.  Logan and Connor immediately ran over to the front of the stage to watch.  Connor was quite attentive to the music while Logan quickly lost attention, but instead he tried to find a good seat to join the crowd.

     While we were there, Logan and Connor had a chance playing with the piano and the drums.  Connor was quite interested in both of them and spent quite a bit of time on each of them.  On the other hand, Logan enjoyed watching the big kids playing video games; he hung out in the office with them on and off for quite awhile.  For the rest for time, we ate more food/desserts, talked and played.  Finally close to 10pm, I was tired and the boys were getting silly, we left to return to our hotel.  The boys were very cooperative to bathe and we all fell asleep quickly together.

   This morning we spent some time in the hotel before checking out.  We ate breakfast and hung out at the swimming pool.  As usual the boys did not want to get inside the water, but finally agreed.  Then we all relaxed on the lounge chairs.  After leaving the hotel, we stopped by the outlets.  But shopping with the boys was not easy, so we ended up buying just a few shirts for them and headed out to get a quick lunch before the long drive home.  Everyone slept during the drive except Stuart and we made it home in good time.