Out Texas trip was absolutely perfect. Since blogging has become more of a keepsake journal for me, I will go right into sharing the pictures from the week.
We started in Dallas with Leigh Ann, Alex, and Sammy. Ceci was able to join us there as well! We were confined by the rain/storms, but Lou had so many fun activities planned for us. And just being with the nephews was all the excitement we wanted!
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| The boys made me feel so welcome and loved right from the airport pick up! |
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| They LOVED playing with Uncle Buddy! |
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| Ice skating, roller skating, bowling.... so much activity to keep us busy through the soggy weather. |
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| Uncle Buddy's little mechanic... |
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| Sammy was eating breakfast... announces he needs to pee...and heads to the tree! |
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| We baked a strawberry layer cake for Lou's bday! |
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| So hard to leave these little loves... |
After Dallas, we headed up to Daingerfield. Despite the poor weather, we loved our time with Papa, Aunt Kay, and Ceci. We spent some quality time at Big Farm...It is so relaxing there!
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| Woke to to tranquil mornings... coffee with Ceci, hummingbirds swarming the feeder, lizards laying in the sun. It was glorious. |
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| Connor and Mom walking to our future cabin site. |
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| Connor's favorite bass pond. |
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| Our tree. The cows sure were curious about us. They followed us from a distance...but spooked if we walked directly towards them. |
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| Should have gotten a better picture of Ceci's garden. It was so beautiful. And producing some delicious produce for our dining pleasure! |
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| Happy-dog was so sweet. |
We ended the week in Longview with Rusty and Neana. We also got to see Grand Bet, Ms. Sylvia, Will/Lovie/Anniston... Got a little time in the pool, a good bike ride with Dad, way too much good food, and generally wrapped up the trip perfectly.
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| Look at all those pretty people! |
It wasn't very warm...and the storms interrupted a few days...but we had a lot of fun the day we finally got to the pool!
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| Connor driving Daddy Bill's (his paternal grandfather's) old Beauville. We think we will put this van to go use in the coming years. |
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| Neana and Sister looking like college girls at the pool! |
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| Rusty and Brother. |
Mostly, everywhere we went, we took in the sweet reality that we could be coming to live in Texas in just a few short months. All these fleeting good times will become much more readily available. Being closer to family will be a welcome change of scenery for us.
Hoping. Wishing. Dreaming. Praying for all.
