The rest of the trip, we worked really, really hard to help my parents clean out and organize and get rid of things to get their house ready for sale and moving. It was a whirlwind but we got so much done!
Ellie and John came over one night to go through Ellie and Mom's dad, Ralph Embree's (that's where baby's name came from if anyone was wondering!) trunks from his time in the Navy
He was a bombing squadron commander. There he is front and center of the left photo.
The newspaper clipping above left is of my grandparents Ralph and Eleanor and my aunt Ellie. So sweet. The smile on Ralph's face just makes me so happy. He sure did love his family so much and it was so tragic that he was killed during one of his missions.
From Ralph's Lucky Bag, a Naval Academy "yearbook"
Going through the office supplies...this is pretty much what the final 4 days of our trip looked like going through as much stuff as we possibly could!
We weren't sure that we'd need the huge dumpster when we ordered it...turns out we did, haha!
We ordered Chinese one night and Ruby's fortune it said "you are a bundle of energy always on the go"...I don't think that she could have gotten one that fit her more perfectly!
We found lots of treasures, like my mom's hat/veil from her wedding
You know, saying good bye is hard. It was hard to say so long for now to my parents, but even harder to say good bye forever to the home that houses so many happy memories from my childhood.
The park
Ridgeview Street on the way out. How I love those mountains that surround my cute little Camarillo!
We spent New Year's in a hotel in Tucson but did get to do a little countdown with poppers and Martinellis. The ride home was long, but we survived and were so happy to back to our little piece of Texas paradise ;)
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