California Trip

Our Sunday morning in Seattle started out with intentions of getting to Sacramento late that night -- well you probably know that didn't happen. We were grumbling that Jackson needed to go to the bathroom again and pulled over at a stop we know in Portland only to get back into the car and discover that the car was having problems. Long story short -- lots of phone calls and over 2 hours in a Shell station parking lot and the Puller Family came to our rescue. I felt a little bad for being annoyed as Jack's little pit stop probably saved us the headache of spending that time on the freeway. God takes care of us even when we don't deserve it! :-) After a night of good food, visiting and lots of loving care we got the call that the car would take a week to fix. It took us a little time to work it through in our minds, but we decided that we didn't want to miss out on the planned trip so we rented a car and all in all we ended up just about exactly 24 hours behind schedule. We are so grateful to Karen & her entire family for helping us out in our time of need. We got to Sacramento and had a great time with Bob and Suzanne and their kids Jeremy and Julia. They had just moved in just a week or so earlier and we were amazed at how settled they already were. They were FANTASTIC hosts -- Bob making great meals (as usual), the kids having so much fun playing together and swimming, and Suzanne being the warm hostess who always makes us feel so at home when we visit. We had a wonderful visit with Uncle Dick and Aunt Carline -- they are both so incredibly sweet. Bob & Suz hosted a BBQ on our last night so we could get together with Maynard & Carolyn and Linda and spend a little more time with Uncle Dick & Aunt Carline. It was a fun vacation and we are looking forward to many more visits to California!!