The lake

Walk by the Lake in Rancho Santa Margarita

On Wednesday we took Jen and the boys to the Lake, by their home, for a walk. The boys love to ride their razors and then hide so when we walk up they scare us. They are so cute. It was a beautiful evening and most of the city seemed to be out. They have different stops to do exercises and the boys love to try and do the tricks as they call them. Watch us grammie and papa. I love being able to play with them. There is nothing like being a grandparent.

Family

P.S.

I forgot to mention that Chris is now the proud owner of a Harley motorcycle. His truck gave out and so.... We went to his softball game on Thursday night and he showed it to us. He has all the gear, helmet, boots, scarf to cover his face. Now mom just has to get use to the idea. I prayed over the thing and him. He actually looks like the people of Vietnam as they ride, of course they have these smaller motor bikes. Lord protect him !!!

Back in the US of A

Well it was a long flight, 15 hours with one stop in Hong Kong but we made it 1 1/2 hours early with the winds pushing us all the way. We still had to go through all the passport control and customs lines and then we were met by Jen. It was so good to see her and be able to actually read the road signs and have an authentic Mexican dinner. Chris and his fiancee Jeanette came over and brought us a car that our friends are so graciously loaning us. Cute little Mazda. On Wednesday we surprised our grandsons by picking them up from school, boy have they grown. Each time we leave them now to go back to the apt we are staying in that our denomination is providing, they ask are we going to fly back to our house. They don't understand that two months is a long time. On Saturday Jen and I gave a lingerie shower for Jeanette. It was a lot of fun, we played a game where she had to answer questions about Chris, she got eleven out of 19. Each time she was wrong she had to chew a piece of bubble gum, she had quite a wad when we were done. Then on Sunday Mark spoke at all four services at our church. It was great to be able to see so many friends that we had left behind. We are so thankful for them and all of their support. Today we are exhausted, partly still due to jet lag. The laundry is done, Mark is trying to repair his computer and then we are going to take several laps around the Lake here in Echo Park. Its a beautiful day and I am grateful to be home.

Easter

Celebrating Easter

Mark was invited to share on Easter at our friends home. We did not know that we were also doing a baby dedication. He was so cute but did not want to be away from his mama. After we finished we were all blessed by a lunch of sub sandwiches. The place was packed and the music beautiful. We love spending time with this group.
The girl in the picture with me is my new friend who wants to improve her English. I will be spending more time with her when we return in July. Can you believe that she is 27? She has the sweetest spirit and I am looking forward to having her translate for me in the future.

We only have 4 more days before we head home to Ca. We have a busy schedule starting with a wedding shower for my new soon to be daughter in law. Our daughter Jen is giving the shower and I am so glad our dates worked so I could be there. I was talking to them on the 18th which was Chris's birthday and I was commenting that Chris never choose the normal things always the unusal and she said that was one of the things she loved about him. We love you son even if you do go against the grain.
I wonder what unusual things will show up at this wedding???