Also in June, my student assistant, Courtney, was chosen to help
Fox News in Colorado with a summer grilling segment that occurs every Thursday night with the meteorologist. To prep, she came out to the house and used our grill to practice for her first live show as the ‘sous chef’. She was too cute in her outfit and tolerated the massive amounts of dog hair/drool and the dogs’ excitement about her cooking something new in the house. She made smoked gouda burgers with an aioli sauce - - I loved being her guinea pig!
For Father’s Day, we spent another fun-filled day at the Colorado Railroad Museum- - just like last year. The boys love it there and we went around the whole park. We didn’t ride a train this time (to their dismay) as t
he trains that run around the park only do so on Saturday. Next time, we know to go on Saturday! In honor of Paraguay playing in the World Cup (and for Nani), we put the boys in their Paraguay soccer jerseys. Too bad Paraguay didn’t pull through but as an underdog team, I was proud of them to get that far in the tournament!
Right before my surgery happened on June 29, 2010 (yes, Eban’s 4th birthday), I had a great friend, Winston, come into town from Hawaii - - one with whom I haven’t seen in 20 years. I met his wife, son, and we caught up from our days as leadership camp counselors. We never stopp
ed talking and it was a wonderful, but short visit. The only thing wrong was that the Sakurai’s didn’t stay long. But, I did catch this rainbow in the distance on the evening they visited!
The other 
thing that I’m appreciating this summer are the neighbors. The boys are meeting more neighborhood kids and thus I’m meeting more adults. Finally! And most of all, the kids love hanging out in the various driveways or yards. At one point, a little girl from up the street opened the side gate and came into our backyard to play. Thank goodness the dogs weren’t out as I’m afraid they’d scare her half to death but then again, she’s a boisterous little thing so I think she’d like them no matter if they were happy to see her or growling a fair warning for her to exit the premises.
At one point all the kids were hanging out in our yard and I was like the ice cream truck - - handing out popsicles to all the kids without napkins. Nice, huh? 
Finally...some other pics from the month of June!
The above video is at the Colorado Railroad Museum on Father's Day 2010
