A Busy California Household

It has been awhile since I've written. So much has happened! Layne and I flew to Colorado the end of October to pick mom up. We drove her home California in her red SUV. Ben caravaned with us from Salt Lake. He and his family are moving to California. We arrived home the day after Halloween to a full house. Ben, Jessica and their 4 children, along with mom and us, set up house in our house. It is a crowded, busy household! Mom is now pretty settled in the guest room. Ben and Jes sleep in the living room and the kids sleep in the study. It's crowded but it works. Ben and Jes are looking for a home near Mountain View, where Ben will begin working for mozilla in December. They are excited and it looks like they will be here for a couple of years, at least.

In addition to that we have had a couple of visitors. Brynn, our Mongolian daughter, visited last weekend. Daddy's cousin, Joan Galloway, her hub and son, also visited us a couple of days ago. It was great fun to spend time with them.

We are settling into something of a routine now, as mom will spend the winter here with us. We have some therapy going for her and she appears to be happy enough to be here with us. It is hard to leave home and friends and I appreciate her sweet nature and willingness to be gone from home for so long.

I find arranging pictures on this blog very frustrating. I can't seem to put them where I want them to go. But, for your information, the pictures are, from top left to right: William (Ben and Jes' oldest son), Layne and Brynn (our Mongolian daughter), Mom and Joan Galloway (daddy's cousin). The pictures at the bottom are, from left to right: Jacqueline and Alexis (Ben and Jes' two girls) and Zachary (Ben and Jes' youngest son).