Since our entire family is in Texas, we get to make the rounds and see almost everyone during our January trip south. Our immediate families all live within about an hour and a half of each other which makes those trips do-able. At Grammie and Paw Paw’s house (Robert’s parents) the kids enjoyed lots of… Read More Trip to Texas Part 2: Fun with Granparents
A few days ago I was talking to my friend Sherri on the phone. Sherri lives in Georgetown, TX. Her husband, Kevin, was my husband’s college roommate at The University of Texas. Their oldest son and ours are the same age, and we were commiserating about having children old enough to be high school freshmen.… Read More How to know you are not in Texas anymore #101
…..do as the Texans do! Robert and I recently returned from yet another trip to Texas – my fifth trip in 12 months – and we definitely returned to our roots in dramatic way on this particular trip! Robert performed the wedding ceremony of his second cousin, Jason on Valentine’s Day, outdoors on the Eberly… Read More When in Texas……
We left a little earlier for our annual trip to Texas and Oklahoma this year. For the first time ever, we traveled on Christmas Day and got to spend the day after with my whole family. Here we are at my dad’s house with sister Melissa and her three kids, sister Melinda – home from… Read More Christmas Catch Up
The kids and I recently flew to Texas to hang out with my sister and her kids as they transition into a new home and life in Austin. We all LOVE Austin – what a diverse and happenin’ place – from being the birthplace of Whole Food and a bastion of hippie-ness, to rubbing elbows… Read More Transition Time in Texas
Fort Worth would never cross my mind. There’d be no Austin City limits sign. An’ no Lonestar of any kind. If it wasn’t for Texas. It made me the man I am: Thank God for my old stompin’ ground. I wouldn’t be standin’ right here, right now, If it wasn’t for Texas. -George Strait Greetings… Read More If It Wasn’t For Texas….