Here's their cool apartment building, within walking distance of the Visitors' Center. It's hard to see, but there's a fountain out front. Classy living.
Once inside, Zola made herself right at home, playing with the toys Grandma had ready (she's a great grandma. Errrr - not a great-grandmother meaning her grandkids have kids, but great at being a grandmother.)
Maybe one of the reasons that Zola felt right at home at Grandma and Grandpa Rigby's new place was that everything seemed eerily similar to visiting them in California:
Playing in the park. [I guess Jana couldn't handle the g-forces of the swing, despite the protective harness.]
A trip to Baja Fresh for lunch.
Going for a jump in the big.
But some things were definitely different. We spent an hour walking around nearby Brookside Gardens , a beautiful 50-acre preserve that's just up the street a few miles.
"But wait!" you say. Aren't these guys missionaries? Don't they have work to do?
We're getting to that.
After spending their day off (LDS missionaries call this "P-day," meaning "preparation day"), having fun with us, it was time for Grandma and Grandpa to go to work at the Visitors' Center. We took these pictures the night before (I reveal this in the interest of full disclosure), but here's what they do at the Visitors' Center ("VC" for short. It's like they've been doing this for years.).
We saw Grandma at the door, and Zola was really intrigued by her name-tag.
After waving to Jesus (seriously, it was really cute), Zola decided to go on a search-and-destroy mission, looking for animal crackers (Mission: successful.)
Grandpa spends a lot of his time at this desk near the entryway. He answers phones, welcomes visitors, helps with tours, and coordinates the displays and videos, keeping everything running smoothly (I'm mostly repeating what he told me. Chief Rigby, if you'd like to add to this, you should leave a comment.)
And Grandma Rigby runs the LDS church's entire computer network for the Eastern seaboard. Okay, just kidding. But she does use the computer for office work and occasional online gambling. We're really proud of her technological skills (maybe Grandpa will get on board too).
It was fun to see Jana's folks. We'll visit again soon.
2 comments:
Hello Rigby's,
Jana tell them hi for me.
Great to them again. They look really happy.
Amyjoy
We are so jealous of you guys. That is really funny that you still did the same stuff. I guess some things never change. Zola is getting so big. You guys really need to come visit us again. I guess that isn't gonna happen until the Mama and Papa get back. Anyhow...looks like you had fun. Talk to you later!
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