HAPPY FATHER'S DAY, DAN

We had a very beautiful, nice day in Long Beach with Gregg and Liz. We went to First Baptist of Lakewood Church (1bl) and then went to Gladstone's on the boardwalk where you can see the Queen Mary and lots of fun stores. A couple of views from our table outside at Gladstone's. They have the BEST clam chowder and we figured it's because they put a whole cube of butter in the bowl with the chowder. Just melts in your mouth. MMMMmmmm. Dan looking towards the Queen Mary.
Dan and Liz - I had to force them to do this. :) Not really.
Of course, we had to have our own pic taken.
Heading back to our car, I heard a lot of birds singing up a storm and noticed the pipes were dwelling places for sparrows and their kids (notice the nests around the pipes?).
On our way home we heard a loud POP and weren't sure what it was, but all of a sudden the van just turned off by itself. We were able to start it up again and pull into a parking lot and Dan discovered the serpentine belt popped off. AAA to the rescue!!! The van is now in the driveway ready to be fixed tomorrow.

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY DAN. (there are just a couple more pics on my facebook page.)

Another Visitor

Lisa came by train on Friday. I picked her up from the station after getting through all that LA traffic. We stopped for lunch at Taco Bell before we got to the house. After Dan got home, she took us to dinner at CPK and then we went hunting for a Baskin-Robbins. One of her traditions is to have Baseball Nut ice cream from B-R when it came out for the summer. And, lo and behold, THEY HAD BASEBALL NUT!!! Lisa was like a kid. I got Pralines 'n' Cream and we finished them up. I took her to LAX the next morning by way of Starbucks and she was off to her conference in San Antonio. Fun to see her and catch up. I love this part of my life in Redondo Beach.

Me and Daddy

Wow! With most of my scrapbooks and pictures still in storage somewhere, I am SO happy to at least find two favorite pictures of me and my daddy. He's been gone 26 years (2 months after Liz was born), and I still miss him, but so many wonderful memories.

Shag hairdo, short dress, taupe tights, and I'm sure I'm wearing my brown clogs.

January 27, 1979...what a day!!!

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO ALL YOU DADS OUT THERE!

LAKERS ARE CHAMPS!!!

Since it takes too long to upload photos here, check out my facebook page with my photo album:

http://www.facebook.com/MamaMote?ref=name#/album.php?aid=271706&id=659810532

April 27, 1983

So, I'm a little late with this, but I still wanted to post something for Elizabeth's birthday. So here we go. She was born in Columbus, Montana at Stillwater Community Hospital. We chose this small hospital down the road rather than the hospital in the middle of Billings because it was quiet and there were no other babies. When we visited the hospital in town, there were about 8 babies that had been born and it was SOOOOO noisy. I knew this wasn't the place for me. It took the same amount of time to get downtown on surface streets as it did to go down the freeway to Columbus. It was great. First contraction: 1:08 am (and Dan and the doc said "go back to sleep"). She was born at 11:08 am (good thing I didn't go back to sleep - I COULDN'T).

We visit SLO with Elizabeth and the first thing Edna says (she was on the phone when we arrived), "My granddaughter is here, good-bye." And she grabs her out of my arms and doesn't even acknowledge me and Dan. Love you, Edna.
With her favorite bear - that I HANDMADE. We lost it soon after - don't know what ever happened to it. And then thinking of what to write.
Fun times with Grandpa. He loved his grandkids so much. And they all miss him still. I think the pictures speak for themselves.

Just a couple of fun pictures with her sister. She liked to entertain Danielle.
Our little grad of 2001. Notice on her letterman jacket: Philippians 4:13. She got the spirit award because she went to every game, dressed to the hilt in Tiger gear (including ears), cheering her teams on. I can't find the picture with her in her gear, but the picture of her with the Tiger was cool (McLain's Photography). And then she graduates and has a shared graduation party with her best friend, Sheryl (since they were itty bitty).
And then she finds the man of her dreams. Here's a fun moment with her dad. Then she's under two arches: Ken and Gregg and the PURPLE balloons. And the rest is history.
It is so nice to be able to live near them now. She is finishing her Master's at Long Beach State University - Speech and Language Pathology. And Gregg continues to work as an architect and, I believe, applying for his license. Very proud of these two.

It was hard finding pictures since they are all packed, but then I don't know how you figure out how many or what pictures you post to celebrate 26 years of life. So, even though I said happy birthday ON her birthday, here is an official Happy Birthday Blog. Love you, Liz.