SCU BBQ

We get a lot of invitations to fun events at Santa Clara University, but we don't end up going to as many as we would like because we are busy!  However, we were able to squeeze this one in and we are so happy we did!  I have to remember to invite all of our friends next year because it is a really fun event for kids and adults!

It cost us only $50 for all six of us to attend!  The event started with a Mass held outside in the Alumni Gardens.  It was a beautiful day and such a nice Mass.  After Mass there was a delicious barbecue, three bouncy houses for the kids to go in, face painting, henna tattoos, a balloon artist, and soccer goals and basketball hoops for the kids to shoot on.  It was even a bonus to have the kids chat with Brandi Chastain (former SCU soccer player and USA Gold Medal winner) as our kids played together.  Claire, in particular, was happy to chat with her.  I know her from college and chat with her when I see her- and the kids have met her many times before.  However, this was the first time they have talked with her since they finally understood who she is and what she means to USA soccer. 

Matthew and Emily both got Henna tattoos on their arms and loved it!  All the kids got balloon animals, too.  Michael asked the guy if he could make him a bunch of sausages.  The artist looked puzzled and said, "In all my years of making balloons, you are the first to request sausages."  That is my Michael! 

The girls both wanted to get their faces painted and they looked so beautiful!  The face painter did such a great job and the girls loved that they looked similar but just enough different! 

Matthew asked the face painter to paint his face like the Santa Clara Bronco.  Oh my goodness.  It was just too much!  Yes, he looked like a Bronco.  But when I looked at him and tried to take him seriously, I just couldn't do it.  Every time he changed his facial expression, both Damien and I wanted to laugh hysterically.  The best was after he had a small crying fit.  He was crying but really trying hard to not let tears stream down his face.  So there he sat blinking over and over and over but eventually, two tear streaks were formed from his eyes to his chin.  It made him look even more adorable, if that's possible!

What a wonderful day, a great event, and another opportunity to open our children's eyes to all the beauty that Santa Clara University holds.