This week finds us in Yorba Linda, CA. We are here to visit Gary and MariaElena and family. What a joy for us to be able to spend more then a day or two with family members. Seems like through the years we counted hours instead of days of visit. Retirement really has it's advantages! How privileged we are.We are parked at the Anaheim RV Resort Campground and it is clean and has large sites with cement pads. To non-campers that may not mean much but cement usually means level sites and cleaner (no dirt or mud) access to the RV. Internet comes at a cost but it is very dependable and fast. And the TV is good so we can finally get Fox News - is that a blessing or bane?
Catching up a little on weeks past some of you have wanted a picture of Jason and Shasta's house. We have many of various stages of repair but this is a picture Jason sent just this week and shows the house a "few" months ago after the huge amount of snow they had just had. We, thankfully, came after the snow had melted but the thawing of the snow in the mountains was still evident as it flowed down the mountains through their property. They are now laying carpet in the rooms upstairs and are buying appliances for the kitchen. What a joy that house will/is for them.
We are so glad we can spend time with Gary and MariaElena. Gary is working overtime again for a while so we appreciate the time he is taking for us. We went to Christ Reformed Church yesterday and then they came over for a hamburger fry. Interesting that we think we have a lot of kitchen supplies but when we try to do a little extra cooking we have to be a little creative with our pans and bowls but no one ever said a pie can't just as well be in a rectangle dish as in a round pie plate. Some other t
hings I was sure I would not need such as several bowls for baking but after mixing up a cake mix in a pot it just seemed a little ridiculous so when Kim and I went to the thrift store in Ridgecrest I "invested" in a .50 bowl. Pretty good for a dutchman, right?
Actually we have a lot of stuff along but not a special bowl or pan for everything like we have at home, us spoiled Americans.hings I was sure I would not need such as several bowls for baking but after mixing up a cake mix in a pot it just seemed a little ridiculous so when Kim and I went to the thrift store in Ridgecrest I "invested" in a .50 bowl. Pretty good for a dutchman, right? Gary and MariaElena have done a lot of redecorating in their home. The house is large but they have most every room done and even the backyard. What a beautiful home. To give you a glimpse of the style of their home I took a pcture of Renae and Hannah's bedroom. What a special place for two girls and they both really appreciate it. 
The backyard also has many plants and accessories. It is a quiet place to spend in family time or just to relax and meditate among all the special little coves of angels and rest places. The picture shows MariaElena and Renae.
We will be spending until Saturday morning in this area and then we move on to the next part of this trip. Today we plan to meet the people coming from Central Church in Sioux Center at Hawaiian Gardens for a work project. Again, don't have a clue what we will do there but it will be a good project. Hawaiian Gardens is a place near here that is a needy community and we hope to help in some small way to help the people who have taken this community as their mission. If they have need for us in the following week we will stay with them else we will continue to do other things.
This week we thought about Disneyland but decided we could do more good with the amount of money it would cost to go to Disneyland. And, face it, we may not feel up to a lot of the entertainment the park has to offer. One thing we can always do is eat so we will have the chicken dinner at Knott's Berry Farm, and at the time they offer a senior discount of course. Friday we will celebrate Gary and my birthday with a party, looking forward to that time.
We are doing well, enjoying the weather here and especially enjoying the extended time we can spend with family.
Hope this finds you all well. Glad travelers are home or coming home, surgeries are over and successful and plans are going ahead with insurance coverage. Busy family, many issues, great opportunites and we are so thankful that we can be a part of the events in the lives of our children, grandchild and even great grandchildren.
Love to all and God's Blessings on you all.
Mom and Dad/Marilyn and Wilmer
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