I took my best pictures and videos and turned them into a movie. Enjoy!
Kiwi Crates
Trina bought a subscription to Kiwi Crates for Mina. Once a month a box of creative materials arrives by mail. Mina loves “Mina mail” — when picking up the package at the complex office Mina knew immediately which package was hers.
The first activity Mina and I did together was making a sailboat. The boat was very simple yet fun to make. The base was a foam shape with a slit for the mast and another three in the rear for the rudder. The kit contained paint to decorate the sails, but it needed 24 hours to dry so we decorated two sails and left the third one plain (until the next day) so we could take our boat out to the water fountain right away. It sailed quite well!
Mommy and Mina made a kite today. An amazingly simple design that worked really well. Mina had a wonderful time running around with her kite. Pirate Gramma had to give chase a few times, and even got that kite once!
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A Beach Day
My purpose for coming to California is primarily to spend time with my kids. And that is what I’ve been doing. I love it! The little ones are so special!
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The drive is indescribable; you have to experience it. Though the mountains, the trees, the drops, it is amazing.
We had sun and heat until about a mile from the beach when the clouds obscured the sun and the temperature dropped:
We put on jackets and had fun anyway:
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About 5:30 we headed home again, leaving the cloud and the cool behind:
It was a fun trip!
Ellen & Agnes
Today I took my mother for a road trip. We drove to Hanover — it was a lovely day for a drive — and had lunch with her sister, Ellen. Ellen is 91, two years older than Mom; they are the surviving children of Sam & Barbara (Jantzi) Roth. [Yes, I am named after my two Grandmas – Barbara and Annie (Steinmann) Gingerich.]
It was a very nice visit. But it did tire Mom out (and me, too)!
I took a moment to drop in on my good friend Marjorie Snyder (visit her blog at The Adventures of Granpa and Grandma Snyder) as I was just a block from her home. She and her granddaughters had been baking. Thanks for the chocolate chip cookies, girls!
Brand new
Volker William Burkard Gehiere joined our family today. We welcome him with love!
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