Once in awhile-now and again-this is us

Hope you all had as they say, a safe and sane 4th🇺🇸

with all the ‘new kids on the block’, haha, the parents got together and planned a block party which was a smashing success. Kelsey, middle, was co-organizer with Dani, our next door neighbor. Ashley, on the left, came dressed for the occasion

There was a nice breeze, so ping pong was occasionally played by the adults

There was so much food to enjoy, including all the picnic favorites, I was too busy eating all that delicious food to take pictures.

we put a table in our driveway where the older generation sat. It was so much fun, again I didn’t take pictures except this one, the Mudges brought plums and joined our table. Midas wants out every day about the time they walk by; and still waits for their snacks.

This is my inside the house view of him waiting for those snacks on the porch.

Oh, I did take this one too. Jerry found this in the chip bag

Hope they do it again next year. But of course there are lots of other holidays to celebrate.

Right?

Hope you stay tuned for a trip to the main library in Los Angeles and the Broad museum.
It’s interesting, I promise

💗jilly

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Hannah, Javier, Melody, and their two dogs made it here on the 12th. Since nobody could accommodate all of them, we helped with getting an air bnb. We went to meet with them the next day. Melody was asleep, so we visited and met the dogs. Emily and Amy had came in the night before and slept over, so it was fun to have us all together. Javier went and got us all a ‘grand slam’ breakfast. We ate and visited as we waited for Melody to wake up. When she did we all got to hold her. Our very first ‘great’ granddaughter.

My favorite picture of that day⬇️

We got to spend more time with her at our house a few days later. She is just so adorable. Hannah says she is a very good girl, and we witnessed it, so I can vouch for that.

I had a great visit with her. I got her to laugh that delightful baby laugh.

Something else was going on that day, we were passing down the coach to Hannah and Javier. They were the only ones who wanted the coach, so we decided to let them have it, as they are starting their family. Hannah grew up with the coach and we had lots of good times with her in it. Jerry has taken excellent care of it and kept it good shape. It’s 30 years old but has had all major things replaced. He even had new tires put on for their trip home.

It’s bittersweet giving it away 🥲 But it was getting hard for Jerry to do all the necessary things to keep it in that good of shape. Javier is young and strong and able bodied to do those things. We have had so many wonderful and grand adventures, in all 50 states. And we have all those great memories. We hope they have the same experience.

If it’s ok with Hannah, I’ll share some of the pictures she sends me of their trips.

so stay tuned

🩷jilly

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