Last Friday we drove over to El
Centro, California with my parents for a quick weekend trip. Most people prefer to drive right on through El
Centro on their way to beautiful San Diego. But for me this little town is home to so many of my favorite childhood memories. My dad grew up here and we came back all the time to see my Grandma and Grandpa Richter and go to the ranch. Both of my grandparents have now passed on. Though their presence is definitely missed, it was still so great to be back in the fields of the Imperial Valley.
Saturday morning we got up and visit my grandparents grave. Crew loved helping with the flowers. My Grandma loved the color yellow so we thought sunflowers were good fit.
These two were always the sweetest of sweethearts. It was so great to start the day visiting them.
We also saw my great grandparents graves. This is my grandpa's father
And his mother.
Then it was time to head out to the ranch. Love this place
One bonus of the trip was seeing our good friends the
Ericksens. They made the long trek across the desert to spend the day with us and we were so excited to see them again. Crew and Jake wasted no time at all getting on the quad
Tom and Abby
Matt, impressive on this motorcycle isn't he?
Graham was so happy to have Abby around again. She is so good to him
Cheetos are pretty good to him too.
The gang watching the air show. There is a naval training center about a mile away so we had great seats for the air show.
Watching the air show
Proof that Mom survived the my grandpa's homemade out-house!
Oh Stacey, my long lost friend!
These two were always the sweetest of sweethearts. It was so great to start the day visiting them.
We also saw my great grandparents graves. This is my grandpa's father
And his mother.
Then it was time to head out to the ranch. Love this place
One bonus of the trip was seeing our good friends the Ericksens. They made the long trek across the desert to spend the day with us and we were so excited to see them again. Crew and Jake wasted no time at all getting on the quad
Tom and Abby
Matt, impressive on this motorcycle isn't he?
Graham was so happy to have Abby around again. She is so good to him
Cheetos are pretty good to him too.
The gang watching the air show. There is a naval training center about a mile away so we had great seats for the air show.
Watching the air show
Proof that Mom survived the my grandpa's homemade out-house!
Oh Stacey, my long lost friend!
This little guy was a trooper! He finally zonked out for about 30 minutes but the rest of the time he was going strong. Thank goodness for Abby and Grandpa!
I love this picture because it reminds me of the good old days in South Pas. These three have so much fun together. I still am trying to convince Stacey to just let me keep them!
Finally it was time for the Blue Angels, or Green Devils as Stacey kept calling them. Man are these guys amazing. They flew for about an hour and we loved it!
I love this picture of them circling the ranch.
After the Blue Angels few we started loading up and heading for home. But first we had to get a couple group shots. We love you Ericksens and thank you so much for coming all the way out to spend the day with us!
And of course a huge thank you to my parents for making the whole trip happen. I love this place and all these people too :)
3 comments:
Looks like fun! Wish we could have joined you...would have been great to see you.
That looks like such a fun day! Awesome pictures, too!
so fun! we keep talking about taking the family to see the blue angels. emma would just love it! i saw your comment and lauren told me about the possible move. we are here to help if there is anything you may need! your boys just keep getting cuter and cuter. I check on your adorable little family often with Lauren and catch up on here too. We would love to see you all if you are ever in the area! good luck:)
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