And then plans changed.
We headed back up to Palm Springs as was the plan for the day. My oldest sister Lisa flew in at 10 this morning to also see grandpa one last time. All my siblings and thier kids that were there went to Grandma Jenson's house to be with her. She is one loved lady. She had people coming left and right with flowers, food, and hugs.
My parents and my siblings and Corrine and I left to go have lunch. We went to El Polo Loco. Can I say YUM again!!! We took us the entre side of the restuarant! It was so much fun.
After lunch we drove to a park so we would take some picture, let the kids play and to celebrate Corrine's birthday early.
I set my camera onto self timer and we took a bunch of pictures. I'd never had the chance to be the photographer like this before and it was so much fun!
Then this afternoon we made it offical, we're staying now until Weds so we can go to both the funeral and the burial. Tongiht we headed back to Nani and Papa's house.
Friday we needed to go back to Desert Book to pick up the covers for the funeral program. To get there we drove 2 1/2 hours one way! We stopped at In-N-Out for lunch. Then we went to Kohls where Corrine got a brand new outfit. We didn't bring enough and nice enough clothes for the funeral.
Then we headed back to La Jolla where Nani got the programs and Lisa and I had the best time ever trying on dresses at Ross. Corrine was our amazing helper bringing out the ones that didn't fit and bringing others from our cart for us to try on. We walked out of there with a new dress, shoes and sunglasses for me and new shoes for Corrine to complete her outfit.
Then we headed home which took another 2 1/2 hours. We decided to take Highway 8 all the way out to Ocatillo since it would be straighter. It was super dark on the drive so we couldn't see the landscape, but since it was dark we could see the lights in Mexico. We were so close to the border. After getting off the freeway we had to go on a very dark empty road. Part way home we had to stop at the Border Patrol check. The angents were so tough looking and they brought thier dog right up to the car. It freaked Corrine out really bad. It was funny though because the guy looked in the car asked what our citizenship was, then asked "where are you going?" 4 ladies driving in the desert at night wasn't something they probably saw very often.
Saturday we headed back to San Diego so we could go to Grandma Guthrie's 100th birthday tribute at Anthony's Seafood Grotto. This is a restuarant that Grandma and Grandpa Guthrie loved coming to. Uncle Gary put together a skit, my cousin David sang a song and then Corrine was given a train plate that belonged to Grandma Guthrie because Corrine and Grandma Guthrie share a birthday. We sat outside by the pond. There was a grass area for the kids to run around on and ducks for them to feed.
Lisa then introduced us to Ikea. WOW, WOW and WOW! I had never been into an Ikea store before and it was HUGE and somewhat overwhelming. They had some pretty neat things, but on a Saturday afternoon in San Diego it was too crowded for me.
We then made the 2 1/2 hours drive home. This time we went up the windy road to Julian. When we got to the top of the mountain we were driving in the clouds. It was beautiful.
Sunday was a day of rest. We only drove to church and back which was only 1 1/2 hours total. We then got to play around at my parents property. They have 25 acres of land. It is so peaceful and beautiful there. I had fun taking pictures and Corrine had fun just playing.
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