Galveston, Galveston

We finally got to go to Galveston this past weekend to see Serena. D'Lynn and the kids went down on Friday and Larry and I went on Sat. We even saw some neighbors when we were down there. The Mohrs from down the road were there with their family.

The kids had a great time at the beach even though it was a little windy and cool. Kids do not care.




Here are Larry and I with our babies.


This is one of the homes Larry and Rena and I toured on Sunday afternoon. They have some really nice Victorian homes there and then we drove around and looked at more and then took a walk that evening around where Rena lives and looked at the outside of a bunch of them. Also had some excitement while we were down there. A riot broke out on the seawall where they were having a concert and 12 people got arrested and the sirens went on and on. Rena lives within walking distance of the wall and we were able to see all kinds of cop cars come and go and try to get cars directed out of the area. It was crazy. First time Larry and I have ever been in a town while a riot was going on. Needless to say Serena was glad we were there and we were glad we were with her, too. This is her first spring break in Galveston and I think she is just going to hunker down for the rest of the week. We did eat at some really good restraunts and enjoyed our visit very much. Now we just need to see when we can go again when there are not so many people there.

We also finally stopped at Bucee's on the way back from Galveston. Man that place has just about anything you want even though it is just a convenience store.

Fun Weekend

We had a great weekend with the kids. We watched Ashlyn play basketball on Sat. morning. You can see her here (in the purple shirt) doing a lay up and she did make another basket that day. She played really well and was more aggressive than she had been so that was good. You need to do that in basketball.



We took them home with us and Colten and Opie went fishing. They caught 14 fish and Colten caught the most. He was so proud and Opie was, too. You can see their catch below. Ashlyn wanted to watch a Harry Potter movie so her and I did that. She has really taken a shine to reading and is on the last book of the Harry Potter series (and these are BIG books). Takes after her Omie in that. I will have to see if I have other books at home that she may like.

After looking at a map of Texas the kids have decided that they want to go to Abilene State Park in stead of Caprock State Park which is almost in the panhandle. We are looking forward to that trip which will be the first week of June. That's all for now.

Getting back on line

Well, it has been a while since I have logged on. There has been a lot going on. Marilyn is finally getting her bone marrow transplant today so keep her in your prayers. She will find out in 1-14 days if it worked. If it works she will hopefully be able to come home in May.

We did go camping to Garner State Park this past weekend. The only bad day was Sat. and we came back into town for a funeral anyway so it did not matter. Larry's uncle, Carlos Young, passed away. Now back to the camping trip. Vicki and Rick went also and Vicki hates the hikes I pick out because they are "uphill both ways". She asked at the front office about an easy hike and they drew on off for her. So Sunday, which was a beautiful day, we set out on this "easy" hike. It took us 2 1/2 hours and we were going up rocky craigs and down washed out gullies and I just laughed because I got to go on my kind of hike, but didn't have to take the blame. It was great. Here are some pics of the vistas we were able to see from the "easy hike". Vicki is never going to hear the end of it.

It was nice to get away. We are planning on taking the grandkids at the beginning of June and we are looking forward to that and I think they are, too.

It is finally going up---the deck that is. We need to get it finished first so that we can get in and out of the bathroom upstairs without schlepping everything through the house. It will still be a while, but it is further than it was.

Rena is doing fine. Not working much right now, but hopefully that will pick up as the weather gets better. Keep your fingers crossed for her, she needs the work.

Until next time.

Nothing much going on

Just wanted to let you all know that we are still kicking. Larry, Marvin and Frances went to see Marilyn and Jerald in Houston on Sat. and Marilyn is doing pretty good considering what she has gone through. She is scheduled for the bone marrow transplant on Feb. 20 with Feb. 14 being the beginning of whatever it is they have to do first. This is only if everything stays stable so keep praying for her so that she can get this done and start on the road to recovery.

We are planning another camping trip on President's Day weekend to Garner State Park. Need to go there before all of San Antonio shows up there like they do in the summertime.

My computer is fixed and working great and I will start to send pics again when I can remember to bring mine to work.

Everybody stay well and I will check in again soon.

Potter's Creek

We had a really nice time at Potter's Creek Campground on Canyon Lake. The weather was pretty nice, although the wind did pick up on Sat. while we were on the lake and we got pretty wet by the time we got back to the dock (of course we were on the other side of the lake when the wind picked up). It was very relaxing otherwise. We even drove on the Guadalupe River Road and realized how lucky we are to have the Willow Creek to swim in and float on. I can't even imagine how crowed that area must be in the summer months. We may drive it just to see. I will try to post some pics sometime, but my computer is having some issues right now and until my compuer nerd daughter (lowe ya D'Lynn) can get it fixed it runs too slow to get anything accomplished. We plan on going camping in Feb. to Garner State Park and we are looking forward to that.

Larry has slowly been working the the bathroom and deck upstairs. He did get the mortar out of in between the rocks and got some of it remudded. There is a really big rock over the door that has to come out so he has been trying to figure out how to do that without it dropping to the floor and going all the way through to the cellar. That would not be good. Will keep you updated on the progress, but it is slow.

Camp on

Well we are finally going camping again. We are going to Potter's Creek on Canyon Lake. We may or may not take the boat, depends on the weather. We are both looking forward to getting away for a little while. Larry has all of next week off so I think the addition will be getting worked on if the weather is nice (has lots of outside stuff to do first). Will try to send pics of Potter's Creek when we get back. So just think of us sitting around a fire, drinking a cool one and just "kicking back". Later.

Christmas and New Years

Hope everyone had a great Christmas and a wonderful start to the new year. We ate too much, partied and visited a lot with family and friends, in other words we had a really nice time and it was great seeing everyone. Things are starting to get back to normal and even though it will be hard to go back to work for a full week, it will be good to get back into my old rut (apparently I like my rut and am comfortable there). Ashlyn and Colten will be showing Pork Chop and Ham this Saturday at the Mason Stockshow so we will be heading for Mason for that and hope they do well. It is always fun to watch the little ones try to herd the pigs around since they are bigger than they are. Will post some pics when my computer is working faster again (it decided to not turn on one day and my computer-gifted daughter is working on it).

Marilyn seems to be doing well for the time being and is awaiting more testing so that the bone marrow transplant can be done sometime this month. Keep her in your prayers.

Have a wonderful, blessed, healthy and fun new year.