We left Burleson on Wednesday morning and headed for the Gulf Coast. We stopped in San Marcos on Wednesday night at a little campground called Canyon Trail. It was a nice little campground for a one night stay. It had cement pads and a little cement patio.

We left San Marcos Thursday morning and arrived in Aransas Pass about 2:00. We ferried over to Port Aransas and got to the Pioneer RV park about 2:30. The park is beautiful! We set up camp and took the dogs for a walk around the park. Dean and I walked down to the beach. What an amazing sight! The waves were crashing and the weather was beautiful.

Friday we drove down the beach on the motorcycle and saw them setting up piles of sand for the Sandfest. Some of the sculpturers were already busy making their sculptures. We took the dogs for a walk on the beach. Maui was playing 'catch' with the waves and Cruiser was sniffing everything he could, including the seaweed. We saw a dead Man-O-War washing up on the beach and searched for shells. We took the dogs back and gave them a bath because Maui rolled in the seaweed when we weren't looking.

Saturday morning Dean walked down to the beach to watch the sunrise. The dogs and I stayed behind and caught a few more minutes of sleep. Later on in the morning, Dean and I rode down to the Sandfest and walked around. The weather couldn't have been any better. It was about 78 degrees with a breeze coming off the ocean.

Later, Dean and I took the bikes down to the beach and made a pact that everyday we would walk along the beach together everyday.

We were sitting outside at our campsite later and saw this poor little dachshund come around the corner. He could barely walk. Our neighbor came around the corner looking for him and said that about a month ago they were camping and she let him out the door and he had fallen into a firepit that had hot coals in it. He got burned on his belly, his lips, tongue and the pads on the bottom of his feet were burned completely off. I felt so sorry for him. She said that he is getting better, though. She said that he is 18 1/2 years old and she has had him since he was 3 months old, so she just could make herself put him to sleep. His name was "punkin". Poor puppy.

Well, it's another day in paradise. It cloudy and maybe later some rain. So we'll see what today brings. We'll keep you posted on the happenings, here.

 

We went to MN for a week for a visit and the Grandkids Birthdays.  Addy is 2/28, Cailey is 3/3 and Aaron is 3/4 so we got to have a big party for everyone.  The party was at Tony's house in the party room and lots of people showed up.

Had a great time and made it home ok.

One more month till we head for Port Aransas.

It snowed about 7 1/2 inches today. The most snow on this date in 111 years!Honestly, it can only happen when we are here. It's unbelieveable, we are 1000 miles south of MN and it looks like MN! What the &@#*!?!

Oh well, by Saturday it's supposed to be 56 degrees and sunny. We'll keep our fingers crossed hoping that that really happens

Uggghhhh! I can't believe this. We woke up to about 2 inches of snow on the ground today. The weather people are saying that we have received about 5 inches of snow since last night and the total expected in 7 inches.

They have all schools and several business closed down. The temperature is about 33 degrees and the roads are just slushy, but I guess they get very slippery down here. The kids around here will happy, I guess.

I'm gonna hang out until Saturday, then it's supposed to be 56 and Sunny.

Jessy called last night and said that Aaron has been put into an accelerated math class! He's a smart boy. Cailey is doing well in her accelerated math and reading classes. What a couple of smart kids.

Little Addie is doing much better after she had her tubes put in her ears. She's even 'talking' on the telephone. Mom is going up to Jessy's house this weekend to watch all of the kids on Monday. Good Luck, Granny!

Love you and miss you all. See you soon

Dean and Micheal worked all day today changing brakes on the pickup. While they did that I was able to hang out with rita and the kids.

They started their project about 2:30 p.m. and finally finished around 9 p.m. Apparently, it was a little more difficult than they thought.

The weather here has been gray and damp. It rained most of the weekend which was miserable. It was cold and icky. The dogs didn't even like to go outside. It's supposed to rain again on Wednesday and Thursday. Will this ever quit???? I've been told that it's been unusally cold and wet. Well, I'm ready to get back to the usual, this is really getting old.

I'm going to try to upload the pictures that I took of Noble and Lailah today. Lailah has really 'filled out'. Rita said that at her 2 week checkup she had gained a pound and grew an inch. She sure is a good baby. Her brother Noble is adjusting well. He is probably one of the sweetest little kids I've ever met. He talks alot and keeps you on your toes.

Thanks for reading.

 

This morning Dean and I went out to put up the awning because it was starting to rain.

There was a black and white collie outside and he was just as nice as good be, but very dirty. He was thirsty and I don't think he had eaten in awhile because he was very skinny. I stood out there with him for a while and talked to him. He followed me wherever I went. I then walked down to the office and he followed me. While I was walking to the office, I remembered that there had been picture of a dog posted in the laundromat saying that "Buddy" needed a good home. I called the dog "Buddy" and he looked right at me.

When we got to the office, they said that they had seen the dog before and they called him Buddy, too. I don't know what they did with him, before, but he was obviously still here. The dog was just as sweet as could be and I wished we had more room because I think we'd have another dog. The people in the office said they were going to call the number on his tag and they'd feed him and give him water.

It makes my heart sad to think that someone could just leave a dog and not have him properly cared for.

As I look at my hounds sleeping on the couch and waiting for their next pice of bacon I wonder if they know how good they really have it?

 

We survived some the coldest and longest stretch of cold weather in TX for 20+ years. It got down to 9 degrees a couple of nights with highs in the low to mid 20's.

However, the last week or so has been absolutely beautiful. Highs in the 60's and yesterday and today it's been in the 70's.

We've made our reservations at the Coast. We will be there on April 8th and leave May 19th to head back to MN. On April 9th, the TX Sandfest begins at the Coast. It's one of the World's largest sand castle building competitions in the World. I'm very excited.

Our new baby Granddaughter was born on January 15th. She was born at 8:25 a.m. She was 8 lbs, 10 oz and was 20 inches long. Her name is Lailah Rose Bradley. She is an absolutely gorgeous baby.

Well, it's off to work I go! Hi Ho, Hi Ho

I went to Oklahoma City on Monday with my cousin Jackie to drop off 69 head of cattle for auction on Wednesday.  We had to take two trailers to get them all loaded but we made it. Being around the cattle brought back many memories.  I was working cattle as young as 6 years old and those memories are good ones.  Drove back and stopped in Chickasha, OK at Paw Paw's hamburgers and had a REAL good burger.  Got back around midnight.

My Daddy drove down to see us today. He has a delivery to make tomorrow in Grand Prairie, TX tomorrow so he got to Dallas this afternoon and drove to the campground late this afternoon.

We had a good visit. It was nice to see him. He hasn't changed, still the same ol' man.

He took us to eat at Willie's Place in Carl's Corner, TX. It's about 30 miles South of Burleson. It was a good dinner.

The weather here has not improved. It's cold and windy during the day and cold and windy at night. Tonight it's supposed to get into the 20's and tomorrows' high is going to be in the 20's with the next few nights in the teens. We have wrapped our water hose and the spicket outside to help keep them from freezing. We've woken up a couple of times to frozen hoses but because it's gotten above freezing during the day, it's been okay. But since it's not supposed to get above freezing for the next few days we've had to prepare.

We just got a phone call from Michael and they have scheduled Rita's C-section for 8 a.m. on Friday, January15th. They are going to have a little girl to go with both of them boys. Michael is going to be beside himself when that little girl comes. Mason is going to be a great big brother and little Noble will probably be a little jealous.

Have a good night and keep warm.

I'm going to try to add a few pictures of my Dad's new truck onto the website.

Luv you and miss you

Well this was the first white Christmas in Ft Worth since 1983 and it came while we were here.  It's snowing again today and cold.  Brrrrrr.  Need to go further south.