Knee news

On May 17, Donna is going to have knee replacement surgery. We hope this will make her life more fun as the last year the bum knee has slowed things down a lot. We'll keep you posted on how it goes. Positive thoughts and prayers (if you do) will all be very welcome.

Harris Beach State Park on the South Oregon Coast

Here's some pix of this state park near Brookings, OR...Very beautiful....enjoy!

Since our last post . . . . . . .

On March 28, we left Hemet (sadly) and headed to Ukiah, CA, to visit our granddaughter (and incidently her parents!). We arrived the Saturday before Easter and the fun began. After Tom set up the rig for the week, Julia and the two of us started decorating eggs for the Easter bunny. We had a blast and Tom and I hadn't colored Easter eggs for years. Julia had to update us on all the new ways to do it including blowing the inside of the eggs out and then coloring the shells. She has some good lungs! Sunday we went to the Elks Lodge and watched the kids hunt Easter eggs and then get a nice basket full of goodies. Julia had a blast and collected a lot of eggs and that was after she had already had the hunt both at our house and her house! Candy, money, stuffed bunny and lots more. We had breakfast at the Lodge with some of the kids' friends and then headed home. Later in the day, Julia had yet another hunt at the neighbors' house. She was loaded with good stuff! Since Julia had the week off school, we were able to spend lots of time together playing with the WII, playing games, going to lunch and taking a day trip with her mother. She even had her first professional hair cut. She was so good. She looked cute too. On Saturday, Julia and I invited Tom and Beth (her mother) to a tea party. As you can see from the pictures, there was plenty of food and tea. It was so much fun and Tom was really honored to be invited. Julia was mostly interested in the dessert. We're already planning the next one. Monday, Julia went back to school and we headed toward Portland where we'll be for the rest of the summer. Tom is going to work again this year and I'm hoping to have a total knee replacement. I'll know for sure on Monday when I see the doctor. We'll keep you posted . . .