Summer fun...

Monday and Tuesday have been spring cleaning days around here. Mario got on a ladder in the kitchen and cleaned on top of the kitchen cabinets where my angel habitat is located. Now how do food crumbs get up there? Amazing what was on the rags he used to clean the tops of those cabinets. He also took off the screens and cleaned all the windows from the outside. As soon as I buy some "green" window cleaner, or maybe I will just mix up some vinegar and water solution--that's how everybody used to clean glass--then he will wash the inside windows. The inside of the fridge is gonna get it next.

I am finished with my PT treatments, but I will continue going 3 x a week and use the machines to keep building strength. It is work, but it is helping me get physically stronger.

Tuesday night Mario played softball with the young guys, many of them Chris' friends. He can still get around the bases as fast as anyone and field at shortstop very well. Had an impressive double play last night. Still has the competitive genes fully alive in him!

Chris is in his last week in Yuma. He will move to his new job on Sunday in Phoenix--Vice-President of International Development for the Greater Phoenix Economic Council. (I memorized that.) He says he will be doing all kinds of stuff and knows he will travel to Germany in August. He sees this move as a stepping stone to get back closer to home. We will look forward to that time, but in the meantime, we are excited for him for what he is going to learn and do in this new job. Maria also will be working as a speech pathologist at Banner Hostpital. I am flying out next Friday to play with Makenna and take care of her as much as I can while they are attending to moving. A moving company is actually moving them, but there will still be lots to do to get settled in to their house in Scottsdale, which is just a few miles from their work. They will be living 10 minutes from the airport. That will make travel so much easier for everyone. Goodbye to Yuma....thanks for your blessings.

Mario is leaving in a week for Mexico with his brothers. He will travel with Frank, who lives in Houston. They will meet Mundo, who lives in Mexico City, in Guadalajara where they were all born. Andy lives there, so at least 4 of them will be there, maybe more. Mario is excited to see where he grew up. He hasn't been back there since he left in about 1962. There will be lots of laughter and storytelling with this bunch, I can tell you that.

Blake, his buddy Dylan, 4 girls, and 2 of their moms went to Six Flags yesterday. Carrie's family may be going soon, and we will possibly have Nolan hanging out with us for the day. He likes coming here, so we should be ok.

Summer is going by quickly!