Trip back to Utah

We have no pictures to post or anything exciting to report about our trip back to Utah. We stopped several times and put Abbey (the cat) in the litter box to do her thing and she would just lay in it like it was her bed. We think she liked it because it had a cover and she felt protected. Sooooo, we just left her in there. We would stop to get gas, give her food and water, and clean the box. Worked great!! We made the trip in one day - 15 hours lapse time.

3 Days in El Segundo, California

I am contracting to do Defensive Driver Refresher Training for Chevron's 900 vanpool drivers. This last week I was in El Segundo at the refinery. The El Segundo refinery is about 10 minutes South of LAX. Kathy went with me and spent time reading, making stocking hats, watching movies and kicking back while I was doing the training. After I finished for the day, we went out and had a meal and checked out the ocean in Mahatten Beach (about 15 minutes from the hotel where we were staying). We had a good time and enjoyed the food and ocean. Check it out!!

Easter Dinner

We had Easter dinner with Darcy and Justin. Kathy and Darcy prepared a 4 course dinner that we all enjoyed. We had the hors d'oeuvres course (the deviled eggs seen in the next blog), the salad course, the main course, and the dessert, of course. Check it out!

Easter Celebration with Easter eggs

We celebrated Easter with Darcy and Justin. We colored a few eggs, hid them a couple of times, made devil eggs out of them and ate them. Check them out.

Our cruise to the Mexican Riviera

We went on a 7 day Mexican cruise leaving on March 17th. It was the same cruise that Brian and Suzi went on only two weeks earlier. We had a great time and enjoyed total relaxation. It was on the Princess Diamond which holds about 3000 passengers plus aroung 12oo crew. The ship was completely booked. It didn't seem crowded, however. We left LA and went to Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlan, Cabo San Lucas back to LA.

Here are some pictures of the ship. Check it out.

Grandkid watching and cookie disaster

We stayed with Michael, Derek, and Tyler while Brian and Suzi went on a Mexican Rivera cruise. We had a good time with the kids. We decide to make chocolate chip cookies with the boys. Michael and Derek were helping Grandpa. Michael was reading the recipe and Grandpa adding the ingredients while Derek was mixing.

There was a communication problem between Michael reading and Grandpa adding ingredients. The cookies came out looking like a flat cake. We realized that we were a cup short on the flour. Check them out.

Adoption papers have been signed and new family member is home

I found another truck to replace the one I just sold. I found in on Ebay and it was located in Boise, Idaho. I flew in and drove it home the next day. It runs great and I had a good trip. It is like the other except it is a V-6, extended cab, 2 wheel drive and gets better gas mileage. Check it out.