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Nathan Roth's High School Graduation (Jun 2009)

Nathan graduated from King City High School on Friday, 06/12/09. Grady and Mary Clare flew from Denver and Kathy flew from Dallas on Thursday, 06/11. They met at the San Jose Airport and were able to get to the Roth house in time for dinner on Thursday. Friday morning was spent at the graduation. As soon as the ceremony was done, we headed to Sami and Gregg's home for the party! Grandma and Grandpa went home while Kathy joined Betsy, Frank, Ryan, Gregg, and Sami at Sober Grad (all night party). Kathy joined Nathan, Brooke, Clay (cousin), Frank, and Rory for a windy day at the Lake while Betsy, Mom and Dad relaxed at the house. Sunday we drove to the coast. Monday all the boys had to work so Mom, Dad, Kathy, and Betsy played cards and visited with Lynette and Heidi. Tuesday morning we headed back to San Jose and the Denver/Dallas airports.
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  • Grady, Mary Clare, and Nathan are ready to drive to King City for Nathan's Graduation Ceremony for his High School Graduation.

    Grady, Mary Clare, and Nathan are ready to drive to King City for Nathan's Graduation Ceremony for his High School Graduation.

  • Rory Johnsen - Graduating from King City High School

    Rory Johnsen - Graduating from King City High School

  • Nathan - Graduating from King City High School

    Nathan - Graduating from King City High School

  • The principal honored all the graduates from the '9' years. Nessen Schmidt represented the class of 1969!

    The principal honored all the graduates from the '9' years. Nessen Schmidt represented the class of 1969!

  • The principal honored all the graduates from the '9' years. Nessen Schmidt represented the class of 1969!

    The principal honored all the graduates from the '9' years. Nessen Schmidt represented the class of 1969!

  • Rory Johnsen - Graduating from King City High School

    Rory Johnsen - Graduating from King City High School

  • Rory Johnsen - Graduating from King City High School

    Rory Johnsen - Graduating from King City High School

  • Nathan - Graduating from King City High School - with Rita (Brooke's Mom) who is the KCISD Board President

    Nathan - Graduating from King City High School - with Rita (Brooke's Mom) who is the KCISD Board President

  • Roth family celebrating the last to graduate from King City High School - Frank, Ryan, Nathan, Grady, and Betsy

    Roth family celebrating the last to graduate from King City High School - Frank, Ryan, Nathan, Grady, and Betsy

  • Sydney, Paula, Nathan, and Simon (cousins and aunt)

    Sydney, Paula, Nathan, and Simon (cousins and aunt)

  • Grandma Lila and Nathan

    Grandma Lila and Nathan

  • Proud Grandparents - Grady Kane, Lila Roth, Nathan, Mary Clare Kane

    Proud Grandparents - Grady Kane, Lila Roth, Nathan, Mary Clare Kane

  • Nathan and Brooke

    Nathan and Brooke

  • Poppy and Grandma (Grady and Mary Clare Kane) flew in from Fort Collins for Nathan's graduation - a long trip but well worth it to see Nathan get his diploma!

    Poppy and Grandma (Grady and Mary Clare Kane) flew in from Fort Collins for Nathan's graduation - a long trip but well worth it to see Nathan get his diploma!

  • Grandparents, Graduate, and Girlfriend - the three Gs (Mary Clare, Nathan, Grady, and Brooke)

    Grandparents, Graduate, and Girlfriend - the three Gs (Mary Clare, Nathan, Grady, and Brooke)

  • Cousins - Grady Kane, Nessen Schmidt, and Jo Ann Scattini

    Cousins - Grady Kane, Nessen Schmidt, and Jo Ann Scattini

  • Sami Jo and Gregg Johnsen graciously loaned their home for the graduation party - 3 graduations were celebrated - Rory Johnsen's and Nathan Roth's from King City High School and Todd (Buddy) Sans Jr from Chalone Peaks Middle School
Wendy Sans and Rita (Brooke's mom) were put to work in the kitchen!

    Sami Jo and Gregg Johnsen graciously loaned their home for the graduation party - 3 graduations were celebrated - Rory Johnsen's and Nathan Roth's from King City High School and Todd (Buddy) Sans Jr from Chalone Peaks Middle School Wendy Sans and Rita (Brooke's mom) were put to work in the kitchen!

  • Betsy and Frank decided to celebrate their 23rd wedding anniversary by taking us over the Coastal Road (Nacimento-Fergusson) through Fort Hunter Liggett and the forest to Hwy 1 (Pacific Coast Highway) south of Lucia. Ryan was working and missed out on the fun!
The boys - Grady, Nathan, and Frank Roth - Grady Sr. stayed in the car

    Betsy and Frank decided to celebrate their 23rd wedding anniversary by taking us over the Coastal Road (Nacimento-Fergusson) through Fort Hunter Liggett and the forest to Hwy 1 (Pacific Coast Highway) south of Lucia. Ryan was working and missed out on the fun! The boys - Grady, Nathan, and Frank Roth - Grady Sr. stayed in the car

  • Betsy and Frank decided to celebrate their 23rd wedding anniversary by taking us over the Coastal Road (Nacimento-Fergusson) through Fort Hunter Liggett and the forest to Hwy 1 (Pacific Coast Highway) south of Lucia. Ryan was working and missed out on the fun!
The girls - Kathy, Betsy, and Mary Clare

    Betsy and Frank decided to celebrate their 23rd wedding anniversary by taking us over the Coastal Road (Nacimento-Fergusson) through Fort Hunter Liggett and the forest to Hwy 1 (Pacific Coast Highway) south of Lucia. Ryan was working and missed out on the fun! The girls - Kathy, Betsy, and Mary Clare

  • Betsy and Frank decided to celebrate their 23rd wedding anniversary by taking us over the Coastal Road (Nacimento-Fergusson) through Fort Hunter Liggett and the forest to Hwy 1 (Pacific Coast Highway) south of Lucia. Ryan was working and missed out on the fun!
Still newlyweds - Betsy and Frank Roth

    Betsy and Frank decided to celebrate their 23rd wedding anniversary by taking us over the Coastal Road (Nacimento-Fergusson) through Fort Hunter Liggett and the forest to Hwy 1 (Pacific Coast Highway) south of Lucia. Ryan was working and missed out on the fun! Still newlyweds - Betsy and Frank Roth

  • Our Sunday drive to the coast included a stop outside of Sam Simeon to look at the Elephant Seals which make this stretch of beach their home. After enjoying the antics, we headed to Cambria for a early dinner. The weather was outstanding for this drive!
The Northern Elephant Seal, Mirounga angustirostris, is an extraordinary marine mammal. It spends eight to ten months a year in the open ocean, diving 1000 to 5000 feet deep for periods of fifteen minutes to two hours, and migrating thousands of miles, twice a year, to its land based rookery for birthing, breeding, molting and rest. The Piedras Blancas rookery, on Highway 1 seven miles north of San Simeon on the California Central Coast, is home to about 15,000 animals. The area is open for viewing every day of the year and there is no admission fee or reservation required.
http://www.elephantseal.org/

    Our Sunday drive to the coast included a stop outside of Sam Simeon to look at the Elephant Seals which make this stretch of beach their home. After enjoying the antics, we headed to Cambria for a early dinner. The weather was outstanding for this drive! The Northern Elephant Seal, Mirounga angustirostris, is an extraordinary marine mammal. It spends eight to ten months a year in the open ocean, diving 1000 to 5000 feet deep for periods of fifteen minutes to two hours, and migrating thousands of miles, twice a year, to its land based rookery for birthing, breeding, molting and rest. The Piedras Blancas rookery, on Highway 1 seven miles north of San Simeon on the California Central Coast, is home to about 15,000 animals. The area is open for viewing every day of the year and there is no admission fee or reservation required. http://www.elephantseal.org/

  • Our Sunday drive to the coast included a stop outside of Sam Simeon to look at the Elephant Seals which make this stretch of beach their home. After enjoying the antics, we headed to Cambria for a early dinner. The weather was outstanding for this drive!
As the last of the adult females and then the adult males return to sea in early March, the new pups, deserted by their mothers, are now on their own. These "weaners" are cute, curious and, when the adults are gone, quite active, spending much of their time in the shallow protected regions of the ocean and in occasional freshwater ponds on the beach. They remain in the rookery, fasting like their elders, for approximately two months while they convert much of their fat to muscle and nourishment, losing approximately one-third of their body weight before they go to sea. 
http://www.elephantseal.org/

    Our Sunday drive to the coast included a stop outside of Sam Simeon to look at the Elephant Seals which make this stretch of beach their home. After enjoying the antics, we headed to Cambria for a early dinner. The weather was outstanding for this drive! As the last of the adult females and then the adult males return to sea in early March, the new pups, deserted by their mothers, are now on their own. These "weaners" are cute, curious and, when the adults are gone, quite active, spending much of their time in the shallow protected regions of the ocean and in occasional freshwater ponds on the beach. They remain in the rookery, fasting like their elders, for approximately two months while they convert much of their fat to muscle and nourishment, losing approximately one-third of their body weight before they go to sea. http://www.elephantseal.org/

  • Our Sunday drive to the coast included a stop outside of Sam Simeon to look at the Elephant Seals which made this stretch of beach their home. After enjoying the antics, we headed to Cambria for a early dinner. The weather was outstanding for this drive! I think the two seals in front are Pat and Andy and the seal lumbering in from a dip in the ocean is John! We had to include them in the graduation trip :-)
The sub-adult males start arriving in mid-May and the females and juveniles are mostly gone by mid-June, with the older males tending to arrive for the molt in July. The beach is frequently active in this period with the sparring of the sub-adult males. The adult males are usually quiet and more solitary on the beaches than the younger seals and females. The play fighting of the sub-adults is not for them - they get plenty of that exercise in the birthing and breeding period. 
http://www.elephantseal.org/

    Our Sunday drive to the coast included a stop outside of Sam Simeon to look at the Elephant Seals which made this stretch of beach their home. After enjoying the antics, we headed to Cambria for a early dinner. The weather was outstanding for this drive! I think the two seals in front are Pat and Andy and the seal lumbering in from a dip in the ocean is John! We had to include them in the graduation trip :-) The sub-adult males start arriving in mid-May and the females and juveniles are mostly gone by mid-June, with the older males tending to arrive for the molt in July. The beach is frequently active in this period with the sparring of the sub-adult males. The adult males are usually quiet and more solitary on the beaches than the younger seals and females. The play fighting of the sub-adults is not for them - they get plenty of that exercise in the birthing and breeding period. http://www.elephantseal.org/

  • Our Sunday drive to the coast included a stop outside of Sam Simeon to look at the Elephant Seals which made this stretch of beach their home. After enjoying the antics, we headed to Cambria for a early dinner. The weather was outstanding for this drive!
The seals are on the beach for the mold about a month. While elephant seal skin is pewter colored when new, it turns to brown or yellow with age. Unlike the breeding season when each mother seal demands some space around her for the security of her pup, during the molting season the seals, solitary at sea, often choose to clump together as close as possible.
Beginning in mid-March juveniles and adult females return to molt. Their numbers peak around the first of May with as many as 4000 visible on the beaches at each end of the parking lot. All mammals must grow new skin and sluff off the old. For land mammals such as we, this takes place continuously with our blood nourishing the new skin cells as they grow. For the elephant seals, however, the cost in lost heat to the ocean of having blood circulating under the skin while in 40 degree (Fahrenheit) water is just too great. That cost justifies a second annual migration from feeding grounds to the rookery where that can be done in the balmy air of our coast.
http://www.elephantseal.org/

    Our Sunday drive to the coast included a stop outside of Sam Simeon to look at the Elephant Seals which made this stretch of beach their home. After enjoying the antics, we headed to Cambria for a early dinner. The weather was outstanding for this drive! The seals are on the beach for the mold about a month. While elephant seal skin is pewter colored when new, it turns to brown or yellow with age. Unlike the breeding season when each mother seal demands some space around her for the security of her pup, during the molting season the seals, solitary at sea, often choose to clump together as close as possible. Beginning in mid-March juveniles and adult females return to molt. Their numbers peak around the first of May with as many as 4000 visible on the beaches at each end of the parking lot. All mammals must grow new skin and sluff off the old. For land mammals such as we, this takes place continuously with our blood nourishing the new skin cells as they grow. For the elephant seals, however, the cost in lost heat to the ocean of having blood circulating under the skin while in 40 degree (Fahrenheit) water is just too great. That cost justifies a second annual migration from feeding grounds to the rookery where that can be done in the balmy air of our coast. http://www.elephantseal.org/

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