Thanksgiving

We had our first Thanksgiving dinner tonight. We left home bright and early (rather dark and early) and arrived in Orem ta 4:00 pm. It rained until just before we got to Fillmore. Dry after that. We were invited to have Thanksgiving dinner with N & A at A's parent's home. It was good but too many children running around without restraints. Next Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow. Will not be a Thanksgiving meal critic!

Happy Thanksgiving to family and friends!!!

monday morning

Today we can see the hills again...yesterday the air was just white and you couldn't see much of anything. The Chino Valley school district is closed today..probably because Ayala High School was an evacuation center for 500 last night...Diamond Bar high school was one too, along with the new civic center...remember how my friend Sandy W. was burned out like 10 years ago in Carbon Canyon??? They rebuilt..yah..that whole area burned/and /or was evacuated yesterday again...it will be interesting to see what happened..I heard in Diamond Bar one of the first places that burned was the water pumping station, so there was no water pressure...the air is MUCH better today already. I suspect things are doing better..[plus the news attention has moved to the fires in Sylmar.] Have a SWELL day ya'all

So, things did not go as planned...all mom's kids came in this weekend for a sealing session that didn't happen because mom

was stuck in the hospital . Her dialysis tube was clogged again and they had to put a catheter in her chest to do dialysis now. Sat. night she finally got home and their family was all together...we had a nice dinner of enchiladas, rice and beans....Eddie was at the Winter nationals all day in Pomona..but got back in time for left overs. LIFE...WHAT HAPPENS WHILE YOU MAKE OTHER PLANS .

California's Burning UP!

Saturday, November 15. 60 Freeway westbound. The smoke is rising from the Triangle Complex fire burning Corona-Yorba Linda-Brea. Last night it moved into Chino Hills and by midday Diamond Bar. Air quality is not so good, worse than a smog day. We were on our way to Grandma Grumpy's for dinner. She was back home from her enforced stay at the hospital. It took us two hours from Chino to Pico Rivera because the 91 freeway was closed and the 60 was backed up big time. We took surface streets mostly and they were a little better. The two scooper planes were flying from the reservoir in San Dimas to fight the fires. That is one of them as it was flying over us back to the reservoir for more water.

Where's Waldo ?

The YMYW had a Where's Waldo activity at the shoppes at Chino Hills this evening...11 of us were to be found ...Dampa and I individually...here we are at our best...thanks Ed for the loan of the shirt and the stuffing idea !! Shop owners were worried and Security was activated...our bag lady was detained for questioning and explained the situation..after that, one shopkeeeper was out on the sidewalk and as I walked by.. again.. he said..Waldo ? I said yes..the kids were in groups of 4 with an adult each. They had to find us and ask if we were waldo..and collect a colored card..after about 45 minutes they were given clues..it was fun freaking some of those kids out !![and the bishop ]

would you recognize your father ??
How about that old lady ?

As we were leaving we saw my daughter-in-law's sister Shannon sitting at a table and we stopped to say Hi..she didn't have a clue who we were and why we were talking to her...even after we told her..she still thinks we are wierd, I am sure !! Hey.. it was fun, cheap, thrills !!
See...we sorta have a life !!