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| Four Seasons Hemet Herald | SEPTEMBER 2023 | 7 It was the spring of 2003 and newly engaged Linda was interviewing at community colleges to further her work experiences. When interviewing at Mt. San Jacinto College, we toured the K. Hovnanian Four Seasons in Temecula and found the Championship Casitas model perfect for our needs. e casitas for Bob's office and the home for entertaining. Linda accepted the Dean's position in San Jacinto and our move was on. In April 2003, a priority list was being formed for the Hemet addition of Four Seasons. On that day, Bob headed to Hemet while Linda headed to Malibu to witness her daughter's Pepperdine MBA graduation. As luck would have it, Bob secured the number four spot on the priority list for the first release of Hemet homes. ere were to be three casitas homes released and we knew which one we wanted — the one at the end of the Langer cul de sac. en came the first Saturday of May when lots would be selected. It was a very rainy morning and many gathered in the portable that was sitting where e Lodge sits today. ey began to call the people by number. Number 1, no one responded. Number 2, no one responded. Number 3, no one responded. Number 4 and Linda began to cry. Lot 122 (460 Langer Court) was to be our future home; we were the first couple to select any home in this most wonderful development. It was a morning of meeting new neighbors who have now been friends for 20 years. May 2003 continued to be a tremendously busy, but joyous, month. e second Saturday we returned to Hemet and signed all the papers securing the home, and the third Saturday was our wedding shared with 140 friends. en moving day came June 1 where we moved into a three-bedroom home in Menifee awaiting the building of our new home. It was close enough for Linda to begin her new job and for each of us to witness each stage of building. All of Langer, eight homes total, closed escrow anksgiving week, but no one could move in as Hemet had not cleared the water on the street. We could move our belongings in but could not live in our homes. Many had to be housed in local hotels until December. We found ourselves lucky to have a home in which we continued to live (later it became a rental). e only bad thing that happened to us is we moved our belongings from two, four-bedroom homes (Cerritos for Linda, Diamond Bar for Bob) into our garage and on the first Saturday of December our garage was broken into, (easy access off the golf course). We still don't know all we lost, but know it was in the thousands. Move in date for us was December 20, 2003. Our 20 years in Four Seasons has been like "going to summer camp and not having to go home." We made so many friends as each moved in, meeting many of them at the weekly TGIFs. In 2005, we started a Christmas Kick-off Brunch for friends who did not have family in California and the tradition continues today. We chaired TGIF for many years because of our belief in welcoming new neighbors. Both of us are active in the Golf Club. Linda donated her quilts for raffle for the "Taste of Elegance" held in the springs prior to 2020, and donated 150 masks to the Social Club during the pandemic. We will celebrate our 20th anniversary in May by traveling to France. Our blended family has six children and nine grandchildren ranging in the ages of two to 22. ~ Linda and Bob Morriss I bought my lot before my beautiful house was built. Aer my husband passed I sold my house in West Covina. My friend Carole Barber, who already lived here with her husband Rich, talked me into making the move here. Friends Peggy and Chuck Hugo also lived here. We were all friends from high school! I stayed with Rich and Carole while we got to watch my house being built. I picked my lot on the hill on Stephen Ln. because of the beautiful city lights at night. Sadly, neighbors have let their trees grow high, so my view is gone. I love living here because there is so much to do. I've met some wonderful people and am so happy to be here! ~ Marjean Powers

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