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Our friends, the Nunez family, from Chile left yesterday. The house seems quiet without them. Jakey misses them too. We took them to the Getty Center on Thursday. We loved it. I want to go back and see the rest of it. When I was a little girl and saw general authority come and go after visiting our little stake in Utah. I always wanted to have someone important stay at my home or even eat dinner with us. It never happened they always stay at our stake president's home or else where. His daughter never thought it was anything special and was I ever jealous of her. I just wanted to talk to one and feel the spirit they brought.. They were my heros. I never ever even got to talk to one. As I grew up I knew it would never happen.

Well it has happened.

Brother Nunez was made an area seventy. He stayed at our home for 10 days. I even got to cook meals for a seventy. Guess what!!!! the Nunez family was just like the rest of us.

After all these years, a dream has come true, (an general authority stayed in my home and ate dinner with ME.)

Saturaday we drove to Hemet to watch Willow play softball. She did great.

Both times she got up to bat, she hit the ball and made it to first. She even caught the ball when it came to her in the field. Way to go Willow.

In two weeks we get to make another trip to Hemet to watch Phoenix and Poppy play soccer.

Chillean friends

We have some friends visiting us from Chile. He works for the church and is over the employment center. So he was our boss in Chile.
They are here in the states because he was set apart as an area seventy at general conferance. His wife and 3 children came with him. The other couple are the Browns also from this area. They were with us in Chile too. We all had a B-BQ together. Sight seeing at the LA temple. They went to Disneyland one day and are at sea world today. They leave on Friday to return to Chile.

The gardens at the Temple were beautiful. Huntington Library, beach, San Deigo Zoo, Getty's, Reland's temple and shopping is on our list for next week.

FLAT STANLEY SHOWS UP IN CALIFORNIA

About two weeks ago Flat Stanley slipped out of my mail box. (Flat Stanley is a character in a children's book Because he is flat he can slip under doors and etc. Thus he has many adventures.) He came from my grandson's first grade class in Wisconsin.) He came here for an adventure in California and spend a week with grandma G and grandpa. He got to eat all the easter candy he wanted.

He spent some days helping Grandma G. When we went to the gorcey store he got to pick out what ever he wanted to eat.

He had to work too. Here he is helping Rugby's cousins Poppy and Phoenix pick up leaves.

This picture is suppose to be Flat Stanley helping me strawberry jelly or getting gas or just doing normal things.

We had fun taking him around and taking pictures of him.

part 2 FLAT STANLEY

While in California he found oranges, lemons, limes and gratefruit growing on trees and got to eat them right off the trees. Catcus grow in Grandma G back yard, don't get close to them they have stickers all over them.

Palm tree grow all over.

The Pacfic Ocean is next to California

We found shells on the beach.

After a week and half he slipped back in the mail box and was off to a new adventure.

We enjoyed his stay. He was very well behaved, followed all the rules and always clean his plate. Come again and visit us.

Snow in Utah

We woke up in Cedar City to 6-8 inches of snow, March 28th. We had snow every place we visited. I loved it. Jake didn't know if he liked it or not. We went with Howard and Carol Snow up to their cabin above Oakley Utah. It snowed and snowed. I loved it. It reminded me of Moroni when I was little.

Howard and Dennis went out snowmobling. Fun fun.

Those steaks were wonderful. I have never tasted better. And it was snowing, too.

whoops I clicked on the wrong picture.

I didn't take any other pictures. I don't know why.

We went to see Catherine, Ione, my sister, ex roommater Barbara in Gunnison, Chile missionaries Austin in La vagas, Wilsons in St George. We stopped at other friends and family members home that just weren't home. We had a wonderful trip. Got home tired and glad we got to see so many friends and family.

Don't you just love the snow and snow pictures.

I am back.

My computer has been sick. virus. We have been on vacation. I will post pictures tomorrow.