A visit from Gret and Heath

 

This is how we felt when we found out Gretchen and Heath were coming to visit.

  

This is how they felt to be off the plane and not have to sit in an airport for 10 hours.

We went out to eat at one of my favorite places, Wahoos.  If you come visit I will take you there. Afterwards we went to the beach and rented bikes. S loved the bike she rode attached to her daddy's bike. We biked down to Venice Beach and people watched.

 We spent some time playing in the sand. S collected some very pretty shells.

Gret and Heath left us for a very pretty beach in Bora Bora. . .

But, they had so much fun at the Southern California beaches that they came back a week later for more. This time we took them to the Santa Monica Pier where we rode the Ferris Wheel.

We also walked down to the end of the pier. We saw several fishermen, and a pod of dolphins swimming by.

We hope you come again soon. We loved showing you around.

Today was S's last day of pre-school. I can't believe she is all ready for Kindergarten.

 

 

This is Mrs. Carmen, S and J's teacher. We love her and feel so blessed to have found her. She lives down the street from us and one night while we were walking we saw a sign on her lawn. Lucky for us J still has some more time in pre-school. 

S said her favorite thing to do at pre-school was to play in the kitchen. I am so proud of my little five year old.

She is off to Kindergarten in a month.

Father's Day

Happy Father's Day to our favorite fathers.

 

Today we spent Father's Day with family at the Elephant Bar. Unfortunately, Steve had to work last minute, so we stopped by the station to say hi and give him his Father's Day gifts.

 

 

While waiting for our check, we passed time by taking pictures and making funny faces.

Engineer Promotion

 

For the last 4+ years Steve has worked in Azusa at station 32. He has been working hard as a paramedic. This last week we found out that he had been promoted to engineer. That means he will be driving the Fire engine. 

 

We came to eat dinner and spend the evening with him on his last night. S was excited to take a ride in the fire engine around the neighborhood.

Steve's current fire station crew.

Spraying the fire hose.

 

We were happy to see Grandma Judy and Grandpa Donnie.

 

One of the best parts of Steve's fire station was the slide. It goes from the dorms upstairs to the engine below. 

These monkeys could have stayed on the slide all night long. Steve and I played on the fire pole. One of the last of its kind.

 

Good bye Station 32, Hello Station 11 in Alta Dena.