Last year my dad was really sick and they were only here for about 72 hours. The kids just adore their grandparents and are just itching to have them come down. As you know, we move around a fair bit and they are very aware of this fact. A sample conversation between the kids as they would get out of the car for school on many occasions has gone like this. Katie: "Yeah, when we move to California we can do that."
Christian: Giggle, "Yeah, when we go to California. That will be so cool."
Katie: "And then we will be close to Grandma and Grandpa."
Christian: Giggle, "Yeah, and we can visit them."
Door Closes.
Now mind you, we have never said we are moving to California. In fact, we never know where we are going to move next. It is always a surprise to me about a month before we move. The biggest by far was moving to Idaho, which my kids really miss and I assure them that we are not going back (Did you know that it snowed there last weekend?). But I digress. The point is that they love their grandparents.
My parents recently acquired some nice timeshares and are wanting to use them. My dad wants to stay in Palm Desert and go to the Grand Canyon and then go to Mexicali,
which is a Mexican border town. Now, from everything I have heard, border towns are not the part of Mexico you want to see. There are beautiful places to see, but border towns are not one of them. If somebody wanted a "taste" of California, you wouldn't send them to Bakersfield either. In addition to the unattractive drive and border town status, you now need a passport to get back out so you are not trapped there. Out of curiosity for the cost of Passports, I decide to look it up. Wow. If you want a passport to do a little day trip to Mexico it is going to cost you $97. For ONE person. Now I know that I don't want to do a day trip to a Mexican Border town. Plus, I have heard it is taking forever to get a passport now that many people need them to go see their relatives. Oh, but wait, with a simple $60,...per person, you can expedite them. Needless to say, if they go, my parents will be going by themselves (they have their passports). We do still hope them come, even if they go south too.
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Yes I do know it snowed in Idaho last weekend. I was out in it trying to winterize my yard. Which is usually something you should do before it snows but Mother Nature just would not cooperate. By the way it is currently 43 degrees here and has been raining all day. I bet we have snow by morning. I love it when we just skip fall. At least i don't have to rake leaves.
You should still totally get a Passport, even if you don't plan on going to Mexico. Yeah, they are pricey, but it will last you for 10 years. Then, if you ever need to flee the country in a hurry because some found your stash of weed, you are totally ready. ;-) The passports take about 6 weeks for to come back once you submit them.
I think kid's passports are cheaper, but they are only good for 5 years.
"If somebody wanted a "taste" of California, you wouldn't send them to Bakersfield either."
Hilarious! I was laughing outloud at that one. Soo, true!
Brian,Yeah, I knew it had snowed because of your blog wit the cute pictures of Rory in the snow. I would have loved to see you blowing out the sprinkler lines in the snow, LOL. We may go back to someplace that cold again someday, but I can always hope not. I don't like the cold either. We are having a cold snap here. It only got up to 82 today. It is rough, but somebody has to work in Phoenix.
Jeralee, LOL at the weed comment. Yeah, they may throw me in jail for the weeds in my backyard. Some of it is grass growing in the rocks (no mulch, the scorpions like mulch). Apparently I did't realize it was weed and feed. Although I felt like they were weeds in that area, the solution did not. They are flourishing.
Kids passports are $82. Not much cheaper. If we were going to an exotic local I would bite the bullet...
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