Thursday morning we headed out to Yuma to visit Dad and Uncle Rich's cousin, Teunis and his wife, Gloria. They moved to Yuma from Burnsville last October and were anxious to have company in their new home. They had two extra guestrooms so we stayed with them. I loved this fence in the front of their house and it had two moveable gates for access to the yard. Other than that, it was a nice home but not unique in any way.
Gloria is a GREAT cook - she fixed us a Mexican cold soup appetizer that had tomatoes, onions, baby shrimp, pieces of fish and I don't know what else. I really liked it - dad, of course, passed but Rich and Henrietta both ate theirs. I did notice the second day they took ice cream rather than the appetizer stuff.
On Friday we went to Mexico which is always an experience. Uncle Rich liked "haggling" with the locals - neither dad nor I do. It wasn't even really fun to look at things because as soon as you showed even a hint of interest, they were all over you to buy things. We bought two bottles or liquor and two bottles of "poop" pills as dad and Uncle Rich called them.
It was a nice trip with good company but next year when we go, I want to see the Nat'l prison museum and the lettuce and vegetable fields and we can skip Mexico. I was surprised as how clean Mexico was compared to the times we've gone south of Tucson.
Isn't this a fine group of Haan/Scheer cousins??
We stopped in Gila Bend at a store we'd been to once before and they were in the process of selling out so I got this big piece of southwest art. I'd been wanting something really big for this wall and I found it. Dad wanted two smaller pieces but I talked him into this one. If you go back a few blogs, you'll see a before picture with two trees and a bird. The two chairs and table we bought from our next door neighbor lady at the garage sales. I really like this area and we have lunch out here often.
See dad's new little friend - he received it in the mail from a very special person. Thank you!!! It looks really cute.
Well, that's it for this week. Cindy and her boys and Brenda and her family are arriving on Wednesday and Thursday so it will be a busy week. Tonight we're celebrating Henrietta's birthday and their anniversary. Tomorrow night we're invited to friends for supper and Thursday night is potluck at the club house - man oh man, no cooking for several days. What a life!!!
Have a super duper week. Love to you all
Gramma and MOM
Ever since we began coming to Wagons West, Dad has admired these "Dutch" patio lights. He has talked about getting one but just never did because they are a little spendy. A gentleman in his 80's here in the park makes them, soooooooooooooooo one day I just figured, what the heck, I'm going to get one for dad's birthday.
Guess my friend, Gayl, needed to scratch her arm and couldn't hold her cup at the same time. She had just lost her shuffleboard game and was sitting all by herself across the court.
