March 22nd Suzy, William and Bill arrived in Mesa after traveling by Greyhound from Albuquerque. They said the bus was full and the trip not "too bad". On Tuesday we celebrated Suzy's birthday. First time in many years that we all have been together on her birthday. We took them to Organ Pizza Stop in Mesa so they could see the famous Wurlitzer Organ that we blogged about earlier this year.
Wednesday evening we drove to Glendale, about an hour drive from Mesa through heavy traffic at 4 in the afternoon, to have dinner at Larry's niece Lori's place. Larry's brother John, his wife Del and another niece Ann and her family were there. Had a really nice evening, but no one took any photos - you're probably glad to hear that!
The above photo shows Maurice "Mo" Cole, William and Bill sitting out on the patio talking music. Mo has had a very illustrious career playing keyboard/organ for the past 50+ years. Some of his famous gigs have been with the one and only Elvis, and many stars at the Grand Old Opry in Nashville. He is a member of the Opry. Mo plays organ on the patio here at Mesa Regal a couple times a week and our Workamper group moves his equipment ($7,500 organ & sound paraphanallia) in place for him. He hooks up all of his own speakers and sound boards because he knows exactly where everything goes. He can play just about anything you request.
This is William, our grandson, age 15 with his new shades! Of course he is way taller than me, which isn't saying much because I'm short. He's 5'6" now, even taller than Suzy. Grandparents have bragging rights so here goes: He gets A's and is on honor roll, plays violin in the high school orchestra and the North Coast Symphany, and just made the high school golf team. This summer the golf team is going to Seattle, WA with their coach to assist at the Senior Open golf tournament. The golf coach's mom is a travel agent in Seattle and is arranging a trip for the team to Ireland next summer so there will be lots of fund raisers for the trip between now and then. The big goal the next week or so is to complete his driving requirements to get his drivers license.We sure had a wonderful time with them here visiting. We had rain one day but then it warmed up into the 80's so they got to swim one afternoon at least.
