Visiting Bella

Only being an hour and a half away from Jill and Eric, I took the opportunity to go visit them on Saturday. I invited Halli which she was so excited to do, because she LOVES Bella, the cat.

After unpacking the van of all of Jill and Eric's packages that were sent to April's house and chasing Bella around the apartment, we took a drive around town and stopped at the lake. Sorry Texas water is just brown, even from the air it appears brown. But it was warm and we had fun tossing rocks. Jill even learned to skip rocks.

No we didn't plan the twin look, but it is cute.

After spending most of the day with Bella, Jill and Eric, Halli and I decided it was time to head home. But before we got to far....there was an urgent plea to go back and take a picture of Bella.

The road to Houston. It's very pretty between Halli's house and Bella's. I think this is Waller County on the 105.

Painting Texas Pink

What a pose!

April finally got me out to Texas to paint and sew, cut wood and staple. (Thanks to the Monsons for the tools.) We didn't get it all done, but we got close. April was shrewd enough to find the bed quilts on E-bay which saved her $$ and me from having to sew. April is a great designer. I've learned not to doubt her judgement, her ideas are usually years ahead of what you see in the stores, so she makes it harder on herself by not waiting, she gets pretty determined to find a way to make it work. She is absolutely fabulous and when it's done this will be one darling bedroom.

Touching up the stripes.
(I am turning away, so I don't look 7 months pregnant) I don't do I?

Painting the head and foot boards.
April wants a disclaimer here - she is 7 months pregnant.

Monopoly

Britt and Brett were here for a few days before flying to Kona for their little getaway to warmer weather. Monoply seemed to be the game of the week. Britt and Brett seemed to be rather vicious in their plotting and scheming, but in the end it was Logan who won.

Money Money Money - Only if it were real. Ahhhhh.

" One more space....Yup, your on my property....That'll be $350."

A Wedding was held

Right after we said good-bye to Eric and Jill, we headed north to attend the wedding of Kathleen and Bryan.

Kathleen and Bryan were married Saturday, April 5th in a field on the Kite Ranch. Kathleen was given away in marriage by her granddaughters and grandson, Ricky and married by Bishop Franklin.

It was a beautiful day, with a beautiful bride and dashing groom. Bryan promised her 55 years together, I think she is holding him to that promise.

Headed to the Lone Star State

Eric and Jill have had a couple of weeks of whirlwind decisions. Eric received a job offer in Crawford Texas, then later that same day received a second offer in Bryan Texas, which was the better of the two offers. Jill immediately started seaching for employment in Bryan, they began packing and last Saturday, after helping us set up a Moving Sale, Eric headed to Texas and we began to wheel and deal and make as much money as we could. After it was all said and done, they took with them about $1,200. Eric flew back on Friday to help pack up the remainder of their belongings, put aside what wouldn't fit and visited with friends for the last time.

A week apart, oh how will they bear it?

Packed to the roof top and beyond.

Saturday Morning

There they go, cat and all.

My Two Boys

For just a moment I could see two little boys - snap shots for the heart

Lineman Rodeo

Friday was Eric's graduation day from the North West Linemen School. Eric graduated 2nd in a class of 50, we're pretty proud of him and his accomplishments. But you know what they say....behind every great man is a great woman and I think Jill deserves just as much credit as Eric does.

He loves doing this work. Here are photos of the day...

Jill's just hoping for a good job after having to live with her in-laws for the past four months.

Tyler,looking over the area in the Cherry Picker

Chase has had a long day.

Why won't the Penguins Swim?

Freedom to Run.

What is that? String?

Following my big brother

Tyler, Chase and I headed off to the Zoo on Wednesday. We found most of the animals asleep, even the penguins. All Tyler wanted to see was the penguins, when we arrive the exhibit was closed so we meandered around, road the little train and still didn't see much. When the Penguin exhibit opened, the penguins were not much into entertaining. We sat in the exhibit for some time waiting for the penguins to swim. They never did.

Tyler wanted to wait five - ten more minutes for the penguins to swim.