A WEEK IN MURRIETA - HEAVEN!

What's not to like about spending a week with
this handsome boy? 8 months old already &
as entertaining as can be! -- He thinks he's SO
cool in his "leo-mobile" (walker) -- it's amazing
how he manuevers all over that house -- it helps
to have wood floors too. In another few weeks he'll
be pulling himself straight up -- he's already tried by
holding onto our PJ legs .... a little precarious.



Leo was like - "it's about time you came to see me Grampa!"

My two best boys!!! They're buds now!!

We never knew you could love anyone more (?)

than your own kids ---

then Leo came along! (sorry Ra&J)

PRACTICING FOR THE 2025 OLYMPICS?

Hopefully, Leo won't be competing without a suit if he makes it to the Olympics!
Isn't a swimming naked baby just the cutest thing?
Grampa has always loved having a pool -----
it's the one thing he really misses about our
new house ......
He's hoping to pass on that love to Leo ....
so far, so good!


For some reason, Leo thought the concrete tasted good?!


NOT! -- but he kept doing it over & over!! Funny Boy!

THE MAIN EVENT

Grampa Ken was 'in his element' ----
with a PROJECT to tackle!!!
With a new house, there's always a project to be
done & that's just right up Ken's alley --
He LOVES it.
Ken & Jenna headed to Home Depot
for all the paraphernalia:
(that's decorator talk for 'guy supplies'!!)
I know it was good for both of them to be able to
work on this together.


Ken fixed a bunch of sprinkler issues for Jenna &
Sam -- but here's the MAIN EVENT ---
building some sort of support/retention at the base
of the back fence - so the neighbor's yard doesn't
end up in the pool! . . . . . .
AND DOESN'T COST THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS!!



Sam got a good start on digging out a channel in
dirt that's like concrete!


Don't let this picture fool you ---
Jenna is definitely more than cute support!
I think she single-handedly completed one of
those fence sections!


It's an on-going project --- but I'll post the pics of
the piece de resistance when they finish!
Talk about blood-sweat & tears!!!

PigE & Heffe show up to help ?

Well.............. at least they THINK they're part of the helper crew!
They do add a lot of energy to the mix tho!


Trevor REALLY wanted to help from the comfort of the pool area
To his credit -- he did expend a good amount of sweat on the project.


Ra kept Leo entertained & the pups in line - while Mimi made dinner!


Is it just me or is Leo starting to imitate Auntie RaRa's pout?!


This is the life --- thank the Lord for a pool!!
Murrieta can get pretty hot ---
& all of you in YubaDuba think it gets hot up there!!?

Perfect Ending .....

to a perfect trip .....

Our last evening - Mimi & Grampa took Leo with us and spent the afternoon with Rachel & Trevor and the dogs at their apt. We headed over to a new sushi restaurant - called "BAMBU". It was a beautiful night & the restaurant had a lovely outdoor seating area with a fire pit that absolutely mesmerized Leo. What a great baby he is -- he just loves 'people watching'.

We headed back to Murrieta just as the sun was setting --- and were surprised by the balloon races along the way. Ken & I celebrated an anniversary some 10 years ago (or more?!) by booking a morning champagne flight in Napa --- one of the most memorable things we've done .... so watching these silent giants travel across the sunset sky just makes me feel so peaceful.

LEO is 8 months today!!

Yikes --- it's been a month since I've posted anything! Sooooooo, thought I'd better get busy and at least let you know I'm working on it.

We left Wednesday a week ago to drive to Murrieta (for those of us in NoCal -- that's relatively close to Oceanside/San Diego) Jenna & Samuel bought a new house and moved to Murrieta a month ago - so Mom & Dad loaded (and I mean LOADED!!!!) up the Explorer with all the little and not so little extras that they never had room for in the apartment & headed south........

More pics later, but couldn't resist posting this one ...... we stopped on I-5, in the middle of nowhere, hoping for some good grub - but got confused - 'cause after seeing this sign, we weren't sure if we had taken a wrong turn somewhere along the way & ended up in a couple different countries....... would that be China or Mexico? Funny stuff.

We're Not in Kansas Anymore, ToTo!!!

Just couldn't resist posting this pic that Ken took right outside our front door this afternoon. I was headed to the dentist's office - rushing out the front door - and was stopped in my tracks by these beautiful cloud formations -- I think they're Cirrus clouds ......

This wasn't the only one -- there were probably 5 -6 huge clouds as far as you could see - just filling up the sky --- they were fantastic!

They reminded me of what it would look like if you took a huge ostrich plume and bent it into a 1/2 circle --- so feathery & beautiful!!

Thanks Lord for your amazing creation!

(PS -- we submitted the photo to Weatherbug!!! Fun!)