Perez Family Summer 2003
JUNE
Our Summer in California begins in
June. The first major event for the summer was Randy Perez's 8th Grade
Graduation ceremony held here in downtown San Jose, at the Civic Center. Congratulations
to Randy on this achievement. We celebrated with dinner at Randy's
favorite restaurant at Chili's, Randy loves his baby back ribs.
Let the summer begin, we were not
planning on doing anything special in June, due to the economic times.
But when Joey received an e-mail from DJ Laurie Roberts at 98.5 KFOX,
letting Joey know about a special promotion for $10.00 lawn tickets at the
Shoreline Amphitheater for Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Ted Nugent, and
ZZ Top. I couldn't refuse, and bought tickets for us all and for our
best friends Richard and Chuck. What you need to know about this ticket
purchase is a week prior to this e-mail Joey tried to purchase the same
tickets directly from Shoreline at the promotional price but they told me
they were sold out. Joey was bummed about not being able to get the
tickets. But then came the e-mail................... and the Perez
family was off to see ZZ Top. We went Nationwide with our Cheap Sunglasses
showing off our Legs and shaking our Tush at the "Hell Raisers and Beer Drinkers
Tour". With all the Sharp Dressed Men, Rough Boys, Got Me Under Pressure,
with the bikers with Dude Rags.
(True Story) How weird is it when
you are in the bath room doing your business and the guy standing next to
you says, "Dude, I like your Dude Rag", you look up at him and his dude Rag
is white and black in Zebra stripe pattern. You respond, "Thanks, yours is
cool, also", and your wearing a dude Rag that is white and black in Zebra
stripe pattern. THIS CAN ONLY HAPPEN AT A ZZ TOP CONCERT WITH A MILLION
BIKERS.
Not to leave out Ted Nugent, he just
kicked a**, on stage. For a fifty year old he can still Jam and rip
on a guitar. His stage was set up with sand bags, camouflage nets, etc.
It was his salute to the U.S. troops. He played all his great
tunes, Stranglehold, Cat Scratch Fever, Kiss My A**,
Free fishing day.
JULY
The Perez family did not do anything
real exciting. We did have the traditional BBQ for the Fourth of July.
AUGUST
VACATION!!! Our first camping
trip in four years for the Perez Family. This year we made it a two
family trip. The Lynn family, with Donald and his children Brent and
Chloe and the Perez family. With Joey, Maria, Randy, Alyssa, and Ben
Perez. We went to camp at Sunset State Beach in California for five days.
Nothing but fun in the Sun.
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The Lynn Family
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Perez And Lynn Family
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Perez And Lynn Family
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The Boys
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Perez And Lynn Family
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The Girls
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DAY ONE
We spent our first day getting lost
on our way to the camp site after arriving we set up camp.
"Donald is that your mattress?, Joey asks, Donald responds, " Yeah,
can't leave home without it" (A real camper)
We then went down to the beach. Where we jumped in and body surfed
and flew kites. Mean while Randy, brought a Shovel, and began building
a tunnel. His whole was about 5 ft deep and his tunnel also about
5 ft long to the other side.
MENU: For dinner we ate hamburgers, hot dogs, chipotle
kiebasa, italian sausage, and chili beans.
For campfire snacks, we had
roasted marshmallows, and smores, hot chocolate and coffee
with creamer.
DAY TWO
Begins with coffee and flavored creamer,
but we can't find the creamer from the night before?? "Hey, look at our
neighbor campers, isn't that our creamer?", Donald said. To this day we
have never found the creamer. We packed up our beach stuff and went
down to the beach. The sun burned off, and Randy and Ben made a friend,
AJ, the same age, and we made friends with his dad. Brent and Chloe
loved the surf, we put life jackets on them, they couldn't get enough of
the surf.
"DUUNA DUNNA DUNNA, (THE JAWS THEME),
DUNNA DUNNA, We spot a black dorsal fin right behind everybody in the water,
Everyone gets out of the water a little spooked. Then we see
the fin dive and then spout out water, it is only Dolphins, two of them.
But, they were swimming only a few yards from everyone. The wild
life did not stop their, we also saw two sea lions playing in the surf and
a sea otter, eating write next to us in the waves. By the end of the
day everyone is looking like "Hot Red, burnt, people", Yeah, we all got sun
burn.
MENU: For
Breakfast we ate, muffins, cereal, eggs and oat meal, coffee without the creamer@!!!
For lunch we ate sandwiches made with, ham, salami, turkey, and cheese,
with chips.
For dinner we ate spaghetti
and meatballs, with dinner rolls.
For campfire snacks, we had roasted
marshmallows, and smores, hot chocolate and coffee
coffee without the creamer@!!!
DAY THREE
We slept in, ate late, and then spent the afternoon
down at the beach. We flew kites, body surfed, and recovering from
slight sunburns. But relax, relax, and relax..........
MENU:
For Breakfast we ate, muffins, cereal, eggs and oat meal, coffee without
the creamer@!!!
For lunch we ate left overs from the nights before.
For dinner we ate beef sirloin
steaks, boneless skinless chicken, and
baked beans, with
dinner rolls.
For campfire snacks, we had roasted
marshmallows, and smores, hot chocolate and coffee
coffee without the creamer@!!!
DAY FOUR
Today we went to one of our favorite places, The Santa
Cruz Beach Boardwalk, where we shared it all with Brent and Chloe. Neither
one have been here before. To quote Brent, "This is the best day of
my life, thanks dad." We rode all the rides and ate all the food, again,
and again.
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The Carousel
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The Sky Flier at Sunset
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Surfs Up Dude!
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MENU:
For Breakfast we ate, cereal, eggs and oat meal, coffee without the
creamer@!!!
For lunch we ate California wraps, bucket of fries and corn dogs.
For munches, Brent and Chloe ate Cotton Candy, Joey ate caramel apple
with nuts.
All ate Ice cream, chocolate dipped cones, and Sandy
Sandwich Ice cream.
For dinner we ate left overs
from the night before and hot dogs.
For campfire snacks, we had roasted
marshmallows, and smores, hot chocolate and coffee
coffee without the creamer@!!!
DAY FIVE
Boo Hoo!, it is time to pack up and go home........................we
did get to leave just in time, that afternoon the are was hit with rain and
thunder, and lightning...........
MENU:
For Breakfast we ate, cereal, eggs and oat meal, coffee without the
creamer@!!!
FAMOUS QUOTES FROM CAMPING
Brent Lynn, "All
we need for camping is smores"
Ben Perez, "Dude,
didn't you know that Dude means, an in grown hair on an Elephants but"
Don Lynn, "Man,
that sucks, for my friends wife who put on her license plate, Mrs. Dude"
Neighbor camper,
"Pardon me, but do you have any olive oil, my wife would like to put it
on her, ****rigotini, (something Italian). Donald responds, know we
don't , but we do have sausage grease.
New Neighbors,
surfer dudes, "You can't believe what they are serving now at Star Bucks;
Double, Soy, grande, late, mocha, chocolate, ,,,,,,