San Fran Again

It hadn't been too long since we spent time in San Francisco, but when a son calls and asks for help, we just had to go.

These were some unique palm trees we saw when we stopped at In-N-Out on our way there. (Just a bit of trivial information--we stopped at a different In-N-Out on the way home.)

We helped Abe make a Costco run. It saved him having to pay for a zip car and it sure helped to have extra people to haul the stuff into their apartment building, load it into the elevator, unload it outside the elevator and then carry all the goods down the hall and into their apartment--all the while trying not to get a ticket for having the car in a no parking zone during the process.

Yes, that was a big help for Abe and Klarissa. She got out of the whole Costco experience because she was attending two baby showers during the shopping excursion.

Abe always enjoys having someone around to help him have some fun. We were willing to help him have a good time that afternoon and evening. First on the agenda was going to see the movie "Buck" which is the story of the man who inspired the movie "Horse Whisperer".

We had to laugh when we saw the name of the restaurant Abe and Klarissa took us to for dinner--Buckhorn Grill.

Abe and Klarissa just knew Glen would love the sirloin tri-tip meal. Looks like Abe is enjoying taking a big bite out of Klarissa's tri-tip sandwich.

We continued on with the Buck theme when we learned that the mean gorilla in "Planet of the Apes" was named...what else but Buck!!!

And the picture hanging by the elevator in our hotel reminded us of Buck.

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Doesn't Glen look nice in his suit and...sandals??!!??

Let me explain!! He got his other big toenail yanked out and he's been in agony ever since. That poor toe is taking forever to heal. He likes to air it out as much as possible and so he was airing it out on our drive to church.

Rest assured that Glen did not bare that big, nasty toe in public--well at least not in public at church with his suit on. He didn't seem to have any trouble displaying it to the general public the rest of the places we went.

Yes--this was the place where Abe needed Glen's help. At church. He needed Glen's help to clean up the sacrament table after church. He needed Glen's help to get his wife to church because he was already there. He also needed Glen's help to pick him back up after church since he had to stay after for a while. But most of all, he needed (or perhaps the word should be wanted) Glen's help in ordaining him a high priest.

Abe got sustained that day to be second counselor in the bishopric. He got busy reading the handbook to try and figure out what he's supposed to be doing.

It is always a pleasure to go to our children's homes and that was the feeling we had as we were able to spend the rest of the Sabbath day at their apartment.

Klarissa cooked us up a very delicious dinner.

Glen loves having a popcorn snack every Sunday and this day was no exception. He went a little overboard on the cheese popcorn that he had bought at Costco the day before. We kept reminding him to not mess up the Rummikub tiles with those cheese-covered fingers.

We were certainly glad we had been able to get away on short notice to go there and Glen was very happy to not only help Abe with shopping and with having fun, but also to help with the ordination.

My only regret is that I did not get a picture of Abe in his suit. He looked very handsome!