the highlight was spending the weekend with the anderson
family who was visiting from phoenix.
matt is c's cousin and is the son of aunt naomi
{naomi is one of christopher's dads 9 siblings}
did you get follow that?
the gerbers are a BIG and close family.
cousin matt is married to niccoli and they have 2 sons, gordon and truman.
while the little guys played in the invention room,
the adults spent alot of time talking and getting to know each others.
i have to mention matt has has a very interesting job.
he is a radio personality, and known as 'matthew blades' on phoenix' #1 ranked
morning show on 96.9 . i'm going to tune in one morning and listen. so cool!
since the rain made a beach day out of the question,
we decided to check out the uss midway,
an aircraft carrier that has been decommissioned and turned into a museum.
it was something!
i could never truly appreciate the scale of a carrier because i had never been on one.
after walking all through one, i have much more appreciation and respect for those
sailors who have to live, work and sleep on those ships.
the next morning, we all met barry {maddy's dad) for breakfast at our neighborhood cafe.
we learned barry actually lived on the midway for 2 years back when he was in the navy.
if only we knew that the day before! we could have asked him for a personal tour *grin*
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| back: barry, christopher, matt and truman {3} front: finn {8}, scout {4) and gordon {5}
and the last night of their stay, us adults were able to get out and enjoy a dinner sans children.
my very kind-hearted sister {auntie jen} agreed to come over and watch the entire crew. i think they had as much fun as us adults! i took a picture, but it didn't turn out so well. |
