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On November 24, 2013, we flew to Mazatlan to close on the sale of our condo.  We stayed at Torres Mazatlan, our timeshare, celebrated Thanksgiving there while we awaited the day and time to go to the notorio to sign closing documents.  As it turned out, the date was December 3rd at 5:00 pm.  Both the buyers and their realtor, our realtor, as well as, an interpreter were present.  It took 2 hours and our condo was in the hands of a new owner.  We felt very good about the Mexican couple who purchased our condo.  They were very happy and we wished them much happiness in their new home.   It was with bitter/sweet emotions that we closed this chapter of our life.  We are now on to new adventures, starting with the purchase of a 3,600 sq ft/1 1/2 acre fix-r-upper home in Naches Heights, Yakima, WA.  It will be alot of work but we think it will be well worth it in the end.  We wiill be living in our Yakima condo until the renovation is com...

On October 13, 2013, when we arrived home from a short trip to Seaside, Oregon, we found our  realtor in Mazatlan had been trying to contact us.  We had an offer on our condo!  The offer has, since then, moved forward and we'll be flying to Mazatlan the end of November.  We don't know, at this point, exactly when we'll close on the sale but it should be the first week of December.  We will be staying at Torres Mazatlan.  We're so very excited about this news that we've been waiting for since we put our condo on the market in the spring of 2010 when we moved back to Yakima.  However, it is with much bittersweet emotions too.  We have many wonderful memories of adventures and friends when we lived there.  We're just so grateful we had the opportunity in this life to have made these memories together that will last the rest of our lives.  We plan to still visit Mazatlan, as we have our timeshare at To...

On Saturday, August 18 we threw the 2nd annual pool party for our children and grandchildren.  It was so much fun and we had 8 of our 10 grandchildren and 9 of our children/spouses with us.  Some even stayed the night and camped in our yard.  We so enjoyed having them all here for the weekend.       This is the picture of our 1st pool party held, Saturday, August 13, 2011.     

Our condo community, Granwood Estates, held its "1st Annual Spaghetti Sauce Cookoff" last weekend. There were 5 entries and Greg prepared his "Enhanced Prego Spaghetti Sauce" and won!! All five of the sauces were delicious. Here are a few photos taken during the taste testing dinner. Here is Greg checking his sauce. Making sure his sauce is just the right temperture. Condo owners, Al & Shannon Owners, Laurie & Tim help prepare the pasta and bread. Owner, Mick (association president) and his girlfriend. Owners, Dot, Mary Shannon & Al visit while waiting for the taste testing to begin. Barbara & Laurie Barbara, Sharon & Laurie Dot, Tim & Mary Let the taste testing begin...... Mick has the bowl idea for taste testing. Del, decides just to dig in and skip the bowls. Dot trying the bowl idea for taste testing. Someone comes up with this idea for separating the sauces. There were 13 owners in attendance and we enjoyed a fun taste testing dinner tog...