{"id":26505,"date":"2017-06-20T23:48:28","date_gmt":"2017-06-21T06:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=26505"},"modified":"2017-06-24T10:27:26","modified_gmt":"2017-06-24T17:27:26","slug":"summer-be-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=26505","title":{"rendered":"Summer Be Here!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OMG&#8230; Starting tomorrow, the days will be getting shorter every day until December 21st! Where is the year going? Remember, it is only 187 days until Christmas!\u00a0 We are half way there!<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Did You Know: The precise moment of the solstice occurs when the sun is directly above the Tropic of Cancer, which will happen at 9:24 p.m. PDST on June 20. The Tropic of Cancer, which is located at 23.5 degrees latitude North, runs through Mexico, the Bahamas, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, India and southern China.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>We started the day by getting tickets to the Trump Beer and Wine Festival&#8230; Too many tickets&#8230; Long story but as you can suspect, it involves computers!\u00a0 So we now have 8 tickets worth about $1600 and we have only four going so far!\u00a0 Ouch!\u00a0 It will work it&#8217;s way out!<\/p>\n<p>After that excitement, we headed to Irvince Spectrum to visit with Rene and Nicole Alcala, good friends from Catal Restaurant in Downtown Disney.\u00a0 We have known Rene for ten years and he recently married and Nicole is expecting.\u00a0 We all went to Javier&#8217;s and had a terrific lunch!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_26508\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-20-alcala-001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26508\" class=\"size-large wp-image-26508\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-20-alcala-001-450x390.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-20-alcala-001-450x390.jpg 450w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-20-alcala-001-150x130.jpg 150w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-20-alcala-001-300x260.jpg 300w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-20-alcala-001-768x666.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-20-alcala-001.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-26508\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rene and Sue<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Did Paul say steak&#8230; OMG!\u00a0 Any larger and it would have walked out on its own!\u00a0 The steak was beyond tender&#8230; Simply magnificent!\u00a0 The term carne asada literally translates to &#8220;grilled meat&#8221; and this one was done perfectly! The menu states &#8220;New York Steak #1 prime center cut 12oz grilled and served with a grilled pasilla chile stuffed with cotija and Monterey Jack cheese. Served with refried black beans.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_26509\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-20-alcala-002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26509\" class=\"size-large wp-image-26509\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-20-alcala-002-450x338.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-20-alcala-002-450x338.jpg 450w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-20-alcala-002-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-20-alcala-002-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-20-alcala-002-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-20-alcala-002.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-26509\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paul ordered the Carne Asada 12 oz steak and he shared it with Rene<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We visited for a couple of hours and then headed out.\u00a0 They look so happy and the due date is just around the corner&#8230; July 20th!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_26510\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-20-alcala-003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26510\" class=\"size-large wp-image-26510\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-20-alcala-003-450x338.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-20-alcala-003-450x338.jpg 450w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-20-alcala-003-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-20-alcala-003-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-20-alcala-003-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-20-alcala-003.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-26510\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The kids are off to put together a crib&#8230; Oh oh!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>So it is 3:00 PM and what should we do? Home! Indeed, to rest until the next outing at 5:00 PM!\u00a0 So were are we going&#8230; You guess it, Taco Tuesday at Old Ranch with the Linds&#8230; Zack, Becca, and Lilly!\u00a0 We asked Noah and Laura to join us plus, as an added bonus, we had Mike Anderson join the fray!\u00a0 Just what Paul needs&#8230; More Mexican food!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_26516\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-20-taco-tuesday-003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26516\" class=\"size-large wp-image-26516\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-20-taco-tuesday-003-450x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-20-taco-tuesday-003-450x300.jpg 450w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-20-taco-tuesday-003-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-20-taco-tuesday-003-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-20-taco-tuesday-003-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-20-taco-tuesday-003.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-26516\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lilly&#8230; Always the little helper!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_26517\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-20-taco-tuesday-004.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26517\" class=\"size-large wp-image-26517\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-20-taco-tuesday-004-450x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-20-taco-tuesday-004-450x300.jpg 450w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-20-taco-tuesday-004-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-20-taco-tuesday-004-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-20-taco-tuesday-004-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-20-taco-tuesday-004.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-26517\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We called a cab&#8230; Thank you John!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_26518\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-20-taco-tuesday-006.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26518\" class=\"size-large wp-image-26518\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-20-taco-tuesday-006-450x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-20-taco-tuesday-006-450x300.jpg 450w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-20-taco-tuesday-006-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-20-taco-tuesday-006-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-20-taco-tuesday-006-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-20-taco-tuesday-006.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-26518\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Back of the bus!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_26519\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-20-taco-tuesday-007.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26519\" class=\"size-large wp-image-26519\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-20-taco-tuesday-007-450x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-20-taco-tuesday-007-450x300.jpg 450w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-20-taco-tuesday-007-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-20-taco-tuesday-007-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-20-taco-tuesday-007-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-20-taco-tuesday-007.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-26519\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Time to visit the wildlife<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_26520\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-20-taco-tuesday-011.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26520\" class=\"size-large wp-image-26520\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-20-taco-tuesday-011-450x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-20-taco-tuesday-011-450x300.jpg 450w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-20-taco-tuesday-011-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-20-taco-tuesday-011-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-20-taco-tuesday-011-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-20-taco-tuesday-011.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-26520\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Baby ducks are a quack-up!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_26521\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-20-taco-tuesday-033.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26521\" class=\"size-large wp-image-26521\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-20-taco-tuesday-033-450x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-20-taco-tuesday-033-450x300.jpg 450w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-20-taco-tuesday-033-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-20-taco-tuesday-033-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-20-taco-tuesday-033-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2017-06-20-taco-tuesday-033.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-26521\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Great Grandma Sue assists Lilly in feeding Lilly?<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After the visit to the course, we returned to the clubhouse and gabbed for another half-hour before heading for home!<\/p>\n<p>We watched Blue Bloods and Frazier and then crashed about 11:00 PM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OMG&#8230; Starting tomorrow, the days will be getting shorter every day until December 21st! Where is the year going? Remember, it is only 187 days until Christmas!\u00a0 We are half way there! Did You Know: The precise moment of the &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=26505\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,24,17],"tags":[41,139,143,14,11],"class_list":["post-26505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family","category-food-and-wine","category-friends","tag-dining-out","tag-family","tag-friends","tag-old-ranch","tag-wine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26505"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26553,"href":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26505\/revisions\/26553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}