On April 4th, we headed to California.
We got a call about our Great-Grandma Wessel.
She was in the hospital.
From the 6th to the 10th, we had a family emergency in California.
This was 3 generations (the fourth was taking the picture.)
We saw what it meant to get old.
Porter loved to help push Great-grandpa where he needed to go.
Debany was glad to put her babysitting classes to use and help babysit her newest niece.
They let Great-grandma go home.
We came to visit them at the assisted living home.
Mom played her fiddle. Our Great-grandparents love fiddling.
G-Grandpa played his harmonica and G-Grandma kept time.
G-Grandpa let Porter play the harmonica too!
And Debany sung the lyrics to the 8th of January - She learned it from Liberty Girls last year.
This is what they looked like at Mom and Dad's age.
The hardest part was saying good-bye.
G-Grandma's lungs and area around her heart was filling with liquid.
They stopped it for now, but couldn't figure out where it was coming from.
We might not see her alive again.
And G-Grandma doesn't remember much because of her Dementia.
But WE went and WE remember for her.
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ALSO, while we were there in California, we had some awesome learning opportunities:
Porter learned to hold onto his glasses when he looks into a river...
Mom was doing research in Three Rivers, CA for her novel she's writing.
Debany was taking notes for when she writes her own story/book.
Our favorite place to visit in Three Rivers is Reimer's Candies and Gifts.
They have the BEST candies and ice creams.
While we were there, we got to watch them MAKE candies!
(And enjoy a free sample of the caramel insides.)
Our Great-uncle owns a worm farm!
THAT is something that we KNOW about!!
He gave us the grand tour and showed us the machine that he and his brother (our other Great-uncle) built to save their backs. (Myanna and Porter were really fascinated by THAT!)
We could see the trails that the worms left on the top.
They eat from top to bottom to top.
Here are 40 buckets of worms!
Our G-uncle sells the worm castings (poop) to help people's gardens do better.
He showed us how to find the worm 'eggs'.
AND, he showed us his hatchery for the baby worms.
He has A LOT of worm poop!
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