Glen, Eric, and I traveled to Mesa at the beginning of June to visit Andrew's family. We stopped in Vegas both ways and stayed at my sister's. It was such a wonderful trip--easy traveling and it was SO good to see everyone.
In Mesa, we took Henry and Joy to a children's museum called the i.d.e.a. museum. That was really fun. Glen and I also took the kids to a park, plus we also got to share a family dinner with Heather's family.
It was Dad P's 89th birthday while we were in Mesa, so we celebrated with him (and many other family members) via Zoom. Happy Birthday, Dad! June is also when my brother Kyle and my brother-in-law Pat have birthdays. So, Happy Birthday, Kyle! Happy Birthday to you, too, Pat!
We also played a ton of games while we were in Mesa, one of which is a new one Andrew has created--Chief Judge of Zarahemla. It's really a great game--the object of the game is to get more votes for your candidate for Chief Judge than your opponents.
We also loved playing Century Golem Edition and Sagrada so much that when we got home, we bought ourselves the games. We would have also bought another game that I really enjoyed playing -- Ex Libris-- but it is out of print and therefore very expensive, but it's a really fun game.
On the way back to Denise's, Eric treated Glen and me (and himself) to a visit to the Meow Woof Omega Mart. He had been to the one in New Mexico before. It's a very unusual place. I didn't really like it at first, but then we found some things that I thought were fun and I warmed up to it. It was mostly visual but there were also some hands-on activities (which is the part where I started to like it a bit).
I had an appointment to see a dermatologist because I had a growth on the side of my nose that was quickly growing and it was in an annoying spot. It wasn't cancerous, but he also found some precancerous patches on the end of my nose. He froze them all off, so I'm good to go. I just feel blessed that I had the fast non-cancerous growth so that the precancerous ones could be caught early in the "pre" stage.
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| Grandpa reading to Henry and Joy |
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| Heather and I got to play a duet--I'm not a good sight reader, but it was fun! |
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| Joy helping grandpa to shave |
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| Beth, Eric, Glen, Joy, Andrew, and Heather playing Gugong |
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| Chief Judge of Zarahemla game board |
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| Eric, Glen, Andrew, and Heather playing Chief Judge |
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| Joy playing at the graffiti exhibit at the i.d.e.a museum |
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| grandpa and Henry making masks |
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| Heather, Henry, Joy, and grandpa having fun with the green screen |
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| what the green screen portrayed |
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| Henry at the park |
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| Joy |
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| Henry, age 6, and Joy, age 3 1/2 |
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| Dad P's zoom birthday party |
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| one of the light shows at the Meow Woof |
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| outside the Meow Woof |
