Grandparents Day at the Village

Today is the annual Grandparents Day here at Laguna Woods Village.  And Linda jumped in with both feet.  Of course we’ll have to wait until next year to bring our own Grandboy, but we have 3 nieces and 1 nephew.  Iris & Violet spent the night with us on Tuesday night, then Katie brought Chase & Ardyn in the morning.  Then Linda & her sister Donna took the kids to Clubhouse 2 to have some fun.

We didn’t know what to expect as a lot of the things they presented were aimed at older children, including a water slide and a dunk tank.  But there was enough things to keep the kids, ranging in age from 3 to 6 months, busy. There’s not a lot of pictures because I didn’t go, this was a sister’s event.

After it was over, Linda took everyone to the stables to visit the horses.  Then they came back to the house.  Katie had a long drive home so she left with her 2 tired children.  Hopefully they slept all the way home.  Iris & Violet played in the sprinklers and then had an early dinner of John’s Famous Spaghetti.  I think that was the highlight of the day.

Donna took Iris & Violet back to her house to spend the night.  And Linda went to bed early.  It was a long night and day with the girls, and she needs to build up her endurance if she’s going to have one of her own.

Back to CA, & Ardyn’s Baptism

Our time is AZ this Winter has come to an end.  It’s been a great time spent with friends and enjoying nice resorts.  But all good things must come to an end.

We left on Saturday to head to Indio, CA, to stay at the nicest Western Horizons park, Indian Waters.  We wanted to attend our Michael & Katie’s new daughter’s baptism on Sunday.  But we couldn’t bring our MoHo back to Laguna Woods Village until Tuesday.  Indio is a good stopping point which allows us to attend the baptism and visit our friends staying in Indio.  A perfect solution.

We made good time going from Camp Verde, AZ, down I-17 to Loop 101, then a straight shot down I-10 to Indio, about 370 miles.  We arrived at the resort about 3:00pm, and we got lucky with a 50 amp site with grass around it.  Sometimes arriving on Saturday limits the good sites.  The weather was a balmy 80 degrees, warmer than we’ve been all Winter in AZ.  It’s been a cool year there.

Sunday morning we got going early to drive to Murrieta for the 10:30 service.  It was about a 1 1/2 hour drive, and with light traffic we made good time.  Everybody was there and the service was a real celebration for Palm Sunday.  Oh, and also for the Baptism! Ardyn really took to the ceremony, not crying once.

After church we all headed over to Michael & Katie’s new house for lunch.  Everyone had to take turns holding Ardyn.

After a delicious lunch we all gathered in the front yard for group pictures.  Here’s one of all the young kids and parents. And here’s one of both sides of Michael & Katie’s family.  If you want to see more pictures, check our Picasa web album at:

http://picasaweb.google.com/winequest/ArdynSBaptism#