Day 494 - At the waterfront with Great-Grammy

This summer, again, we brought Ruth out to visit my grandmother in LA (her great-grandmother). While we'd been dreading the trip a bit, she did pretty well on the flight over for such a little one, and did excellently well on the flight back (the crayons were a good choice - she sat on the floor in front of the seat and colored for a while), even if our daycare did have cause to regret the kidney beans (she LOVES kidney beans) we let her snack on on the way home.

My aunt and uncle were nice enough to let us stay with them, and though Great-Grammy was feeling a bit under the weather (get well soon), we got to see her most afternoons. One day, I made a big brunch to celebrate (belatedly, but jointly) Ruth and Great-Grammy's 4/17 birthday, and then the next we went out to the marina to walk along the water.

Multimedia Update, Part II

As I mentioned earlier, while we were in LA I recorded my grandmother talking a bit about her life. You can find the recordings here and part 2 here.

Be warned that the files are large.

I still have audio and video tape of my other grandparents, one done in 8th grade and one done a few years back, but I need to look into transferring them to more modern media.

Day 110 - Transcontinental Adventure, Day 3

We spent most of our last full day in LA hanging out at Great-Grammy Levine's apartment, getting lunch, hanging out, meeting Great-Grammy's friends, and I spent some time recording some of her stories (link soon).

I'm not sure about this spoon.

[+1 Geek Caption: There is no spoon]











Talking with Great-Grammy Levine.













Hanging out in the lovely courtyard of Great-Grammy's building. In general, Melissa and I aren't big LA people. But we would totally move there for the weather.

The flight home was a bit harder than the flight over, probably because Ruth was already pretty strung out on the time change and the schedule disruptions (so were Mom and Dad). But, we survived, and we got home safe and sound.