Moving day and beyond.

One of the main reasons that we came to Phelan is the health condition of Katie's Dad, Ken Brungardt.  As you know from my last posting, he was living at Sterling Inn in Victorville, but it wasn't quite to his liking as it wasn't quite as near to his yorkie, Boomer, as he wanted to be.  So last Saturday, we set out to find a place that was closer to Boomer.  It wasn't all that hard of a thing to do as the internet made the job so much easier.  In looking up assisted care facilities, we saw a list of several, of which only one stood out that would be where we needed it to be, Sierra Vista Retirement.  Katie called and scheduled an appointment for a tour later that day, and we were off to see it.  

After meeting with the nice lady who gave us the tour, Kimberly, we found that Sierra Vista would indeed be the place where, not only would Ken be nearer to Boomer, but we felt that he'd feel more at home as well.  Tentative arrangements were made for a move in for Ken on Tuesday.  We went to tell him about what we'd found, and arrived at dinner time.  At that point, Ken wasn't feeling too good, so we told him the minimum and left, which was kinda a letdown as we were rather excited about what we'd found.

Sunday, we went to worship at Harvest Christian Center, then had lunch at the local der Wienerschnitzel in Phelan, then headed home for some relaxation time.  

Monday saw us heading down to Riverside early enough at 8 AM for our day of errands with Jeff.  Our first stop was at Garcia Farms fruit stand for oranges.  We found this fruit stand by accident in early spring of 2013 after spending Sunday worship time with Jeff at Benedict Castle Teen Challenge.  When we left Clearfield in March of 2013, we'd been eating some fairly good Cuties that were juicy and sweet, but small as they're only mandarin oranges.  We couldn't believe our luck getting oranges that were sweeter and bigger to boot at Garcia's then, and it was so good to have them again.  Yummy in the tummy!  And on top of that, they're good for us!  If anyone is in the area of Riverside, I urge you to check out the oranges there at Garcia Farms fruit stand, you'll find the address and a map on the link above.

We then headed to see Jeff who needed an updated identification from DMV of California.  While he was doing that, we headed over to the local salad joint, Souplantation for a much needed salad bar experience like we haven't had since we went to Utah.  When we were done, we picked Jeff back up, fed him lunch, did another errand for him, and recruited Karen & Bill, Katie's sister and bro-in-law, to show us around the local disc golf course and play as well at El Dorado Regional Park, which is a great place to throw them discs around.  Had an excellent round getting 10 pars, a high for me at this course.  The park staff must've move the baskets closer to the tee's as I don't think that my throws are getting stronger.  Then again, maybe I'm wrong, ya think?  We spent as much time as we could into the evening with Karen & Bill, but around 8 PM, had to leave so we could be home for a good night's rest before moving Ken on Tuesday.

Tuesday morning arrived with more than a little trepidation for us.  When we left Ken Saturday evening, we weren't quite sure how he'd take to the idea of moving, although that is what he'd said he wanted previously.  After praying about the task ahead of us, we went to see him.  Ken was a little hesitant at first about making this move, although we told him again that we'd be closer to his dog.  After getting reassurance from a friend that it'd be better, he acquiesced by saying he'd try it out.  With thankful hearts, and a large sigh of relief, the move took place quite easily from there on out.  While his new apartment is smaller, it provides everything that is needed as you can see in the photo below.

The move in continued on Wednesday with Katie and myself bringing Ken back to his house to pick up a few additional items that he wanted to make his apartment more to his liking, along with clothes that he wanted.  Thursday found Karen coming up to spend some time with him and helping to finish the moving in process.  She and Katie were so excited to be able to spend time with Ken that they posed pretty good, doncha think?

They even got Ken to pose pretty good as well.

So our plan for the day is do laundry and maybe hit a movie at one of the Cinemark theaters in the Victorville area.  It's hard to beat a day of laundry and movies, huh?  What a way to start the weekend!

Have a blessed day!