Saturday March 5, 2011 San Clemente State Beach, CA

Curtis and Brandon come over to the beach below the campground this morning. Curtis parked at the meters for a couple of hours. I drove down and spent some time with them.



Sonny's before the chaos



Today is the 90th birthday party for Glenna at Sonny’s. Gerri and Elaine had put party favors and flower arraignments for the tables. You need a program to know who the players are, but I will try to tell who all was there and who they are.





Wyatt and Emma



Todd and Jeannette Barker and their children; Emma and Wyatt came down from Long Beach. Todd is my oldest son and Glenna’s grandson. Jeannette’s father Walter Guefroy, joined us from San Diego. Emma made her great-grandmother a card, two bookmarks and wrote her a message in a small note book.



Brandon



Curtis Barker brought his son Brandon from Las Vegas. Curtis is our youngest son and of course is Glenna’s grandson.



Jeannette in the center, Lois to the left

 

Gerri, Kathleen, Neva, Shannon, Maddy and Melana



If you remember from yesterday’s blog, Kathleen Eagan and her daughters, Milana, Maddy and Shannon came down from Reno. Kathleen is our daughter. They are staying at a hotel in Anaheim. We loaned them the Jeep to get around in.

 Tony Pauza, Todd’s half brother, and his son Lorenzo came down from Valencia. Tony was my step son and his grandmother was a good friend of Glenna’s.



Lorenzo, Tony, Travi, Todd and Curtis

 Todd’s other half brother Travis Edwards came from Las Vegas to be at the party. He is like a grandson to Glenna.



Bill and Elaine Cavagnaro and John Halsey joined us at the party. They are our friends from Las Vegas and are camped next door to us at San Clemente State Beach.









Montyne and John Connolly with John Halsey





Bill, Elaine and Neva



Jean and Neva



Glenna’s former neighbor Jean Legacy in Santa Ana, who now lives in Laguna Niguel came and brought her daughter, Melanie and her daughter, Lauren. Melanie and Todd were playmates for many years.



Melanie and Lauren



Gerri’s mother, Neva Barnhart, came over from Escondido with Gerri’s sister Montyne Connolly and her husband John. Neva is spending the week at a time share at the Lawrence Welk Resort in Escondido. Tyne and John live near San Diego at Coronado Cays.





Bll, Arlene, Phil, and Kathleen







The party was rounded out by Bill and Arlene Leady, Arlene is Gerri’s cousin who lives in Dana Point. They came with Arlene’s sister Lois Wall and her husband Phil. Glenna knows Bill and Arlene from other family functions. She met Lois and Phil one year ago at their 50th wedding anniversary.

After the party and lunch at Sonny’s, many family members went to the Holiday Inn Express where Curtis and Brandon are staying. We visited and the younger kids went in the pool.



After that part of the party broke up Curtis and Brandon came back to the campground. Curtis, Brandon and I walked down toward the beach. I didn’t make it all the way and waited on a bench for them to come back up.

After supper Curtis and Brandon went back to the motel and the visiting was over. A great day and tribute to my 90 year old mother, Glenna.





The birthday girl