Our weekend

Thank you to those who let me know that you are reading. So I will continue to post while we are in California!

Saturday my parents, me and the boys drove out to LA right after breakfast to help Dave and Laura with painting their living room. They are missionaries for World Impact and live in their housing. The only downside is that inside their house, every inch almost is blue, light and dark, including the carpet. They have almost been there a year and are slowly painting it. Well now that Laura is pregnant she cannot paint so we came to help! Laura played with the boys while we got busy. We got the whole first coat done by lunch and then finished the second coat a few hours later. It looks awesome! After that Laura gave me some make-up lessons. I am in a wedding next Saturday and wanted a new look. Since I never had a sister I really enjoy now having someone I can go to and get advice on girly things. Then we went through 2 bags of the boys old clothes and she picked out what they could use for their little guy.

Today the boys and I went to Friendship Community Church, which is the church that we attended for 3 years while we lived here. It was so good to see everyone and feel so much love. After church they had a potluck at a park so we went to that too. Then we had a chance to catch up and talk to people. The boys played all afternoon with their friend Jonathan. And I went from person to person talking. Even one of our good friends, who goes to a different church now, stopped by to see me and the boys. I wished that Darrick was there too. It will be nice to reconnect with everyone while we are here.

Tonight my Grandpa Gutierrez came over to see me and the boys. I learned something that I had never known-that he joined the Navy when he was 17 years old and that he spent some time in Hawaii! He was a gunners mate and it was fun to hear some of his stories.