Trip to Cali- Part 3 (Sept. 21, 2014)

Wayne and Kathy wanted to see us again before we left, so Joshua and I decided to plan a time to see them before church in the morning. Esther's chruch doesn't start until 10:00 am their time, so we thought that we would have time to meet for breakfast before then. We had to get up early to make it on time. We were meeting them at 7:30 am. We also had to pack up since we would be heading to Norco after church. Some how we managed to get there on time. What we thought would be a small group ended up being a big group! There was Wayne and Kathy, Grandma Jean, Bobby and Janice, Daniel, David, and us. It was great being able to talk and get to know everyone better. Bill was going to come, but he twisted his ankle while bike riding so he stayed home. I didn't know Bobby and Janice very well, so it was the perfect time and I sat in the middle so I could visit with everyone. We had a great time and stayed there for about 2 hours! No one wanted to leave. It got close to the time and we waited until last minute to get to church. Daniel, David, Wanye, and Kathy were going to go to church with us. We said good-bye to everyone and headed to church. We arrived so late that we didn't get to sit together. I felt a little bad over that. Daniel and David sat with us during the service. After church we visited with family and friends, and it was really hard leaving because there was so many people who wanted to talk to us. We did eventually get going and said good-bye one more time to everyone and then left. It took us awhile to get to Norco (its about 45 mins away from Victorville) and we were running a little late. We got there around 12:30 pm. We finally got there and Mindy didn't come out. I was so disappointed because I really wanted to surprise Mindy about the car. We drove with the top up until we got clos to her house and then put it down before getting there. So we started towards the house and she came out. I pointed out the car and she could not believe it! She was so surprised! It was so nice to see everyone again. I changed my clothes and then we all sat down to eat. Brad was there with his girlfriend, Vanessa. She was really nice. I am glad he found someone like her. We also got to meet Jeremy, Mindy's new boyfriend. Sue and Jeff were there and it was great to see them too. We had sandwiches, veggies, and fruit. Everything tasted so good! We had a great time with them. Then we always have a great time with them. Jeremy listened mostly, didn't talk much, but that's okay because we did enough talking for everyone. After eating Brad and Vanessa left and we headed towards the big room and talked some more. It was hard again to leave to go to the airport. Our plane left at 4:00 pm. We kept putting it off. Sue took some pictures of us in our car and we headed on our way. It was nice that we didn't have to travel far to get to Ontario. We forgot to get gas before heading back in, so we had to go back out and get gas. We were worried about getting to our gate on time with all these stops and Joshua had to talk to the rental car place about the tire still.  So we brought the car back in and Joshua talked about the tire. They said that they would refund our money and we headed back to the airport . We took a shuttle back and since we knew what we were doing it didn't take us that long to get there and get through security, plus our gate was right there. Soon we were all loaded and heading to Phenix, AZ. We didn't have a long lay over there. So we got to our gate and I picked up some snacks for this trip because we didn't have time to eat before our plane took off again. Some where along the way we lost Joshua's travel pillow, so I bought him another one. It didn't take long before we were all boarded and flying again. I could not wait to get home because I didn't feel like I had dranken enough, even though they were lower in attitude. It must have been because they are dryer there. We made good time and got home about 8:00 pm our time. We didn't have to wait at the baggage claim, which was nice. But we did get turned around with trying to find our car. I ended up losing my travel pillow, oh well. We found the car and it was damp and drizzling outside. It was alot different than what we had in Cali. After paying and drving along, we decided to stop and get something to eat and some gas. We stopped at Wendy's and ate in the parking lot and then got some gas and went home. I was so tired; I could not wait to get home and to bed. It seemed to take forever to get home and it kept getting later and later. My mom called us to see where we were at. They stayed the night again because we were going to be so late getting home. We finally got home, brought in our bags, and went to sleep. It was 12:00 am when we finally went to sleep, but were glad to be home.

Amy and Mindy at Paterson's house:

 Mindy and Jeremy:

 Joshua and Amy:

 In our rented mustange: