Memorial Day in Austin

Memorial Day in Austin

Well, nothing ordinary about this Memorial Day, in Austin. Because of a 'snow day' makeup, Alex actually had to go to school today. Weird! To give Arrion some time to work while Alex was in school, we took Kaylee to Target, shopping, and then to Chick-fil-A, for lunch. She likes to eat the chicken, but they also have a real nice indoors play area!

At Target, we had gotten Alex a new Wii game, Lego Batman. But, when we got home, they had given us the wrong game... not the Lego version! Also a couple of shirts were the wrong size. So, when Alex got home from school, we took him back to Target, and got the right game, and some other clothes that he wanted. It is really nice that BOTH of them are old enough it is FUN to take them out! REALLY NEAT! ;-)

Back at the house, earlier, I caught Arrion and Ben in a 'strategy' meeting regarding where the new SWING SET will be placed.

During the day, sometime, Kaylee was playing dress up... here as a princess!

And, can you believe, even at 7 and 3 1/2, they still like to play 'Hide and Seek' - Kaylee:

Alex...

Or, perhaps it is the personal attention that makes it still 'fun' - and it is!  ;-)

It was a another good day!  ;-)

Sunday in Austin

Sunday in Austin

The big event on Sunday was Ben spent several hours staining the wood parts for the new "swing set" that he and his dad will be assembling next weekend. Lots and lots of parts!

The two trees across the yard are also growing very nicely.

Grandma and Alex playing...

Kaylee posing...

Alex and Grandma played Qwirkle, and used every tile. They were very pleased!

It was another very good day!  ;-)

First Day in Austin

First Day in Austin

Got to Austin early in the afternoon on Saturday. Kids were at T-Ball game... high 90's so we didn't try to go over to the ball diamond. We got unloaded, and had a pleasant afternoon and evening after they returned.

Her, Grandma is playing a game with Alex, as Kaylee looks on.

In the evening, Arrion and Ben went to see Thor. After, getting Kaylee to bed, we played real Monopoly with Alex for about an hour and a half. He can read most of the cards, and counts money real well, now. Neat. Had a good time.

It was a very good day!  ;-)

Wild Roses in bloom

Wild Roses in bloom

2nd day back in Hollister, no rain so far today. Took a photo of the Wild Roses in the front of the cabin, on the small trellis. Very pretty.

With all the rain, lucky the weeds were not out of hand. Happy to be back in the cabin. Head for Austin for a week this coming Friday.  ;-)

It has been another pretty decent day!  ;-)

Final day of Utah trip

We arrived home in Hollister, MO, about 4 p.m.... just to put an end to this neat series of reports.

It was a great trip... and a great day!  ;-)

2nd Thursday in Utah - last full day here

2nd Thursday in Utah

last full day here

Woke up at 7 a.m. to snow on the rocks, outside our Garden Level apartment...

Went upstairs, and this is how it looked, to the east, toward the valley - yes, that is the sun!

By 8:30 a.m., all the snow was gone. By noon, it was sunny/cloudy... changed all day. Around noon, I got this last photo, for me, of birds at the bird feeder. two colorful birds, together.

It rained, snowed, sleeted, off and on all day long. Around 6, it cleared off and was sunny with only light clouds - temps in low to mid 40s. What a day!

Just finished watching American Idol, Scotty and Lauren made it to Finale, as we all hoped.

"The Homeplace Revisited" manuscript will go off to printer for first proof copy, yet tonight.

We'll head back to the midwest in the morning....

It was a good day!  ;-)

2nd Wednesday in Utah - and snow came again

2nd Wednesday in Utah

...and snow came again

Around 8:30 a.m. we got about an inch of snow... beautiful!

My noon, it was all melting... You can see the water dripping off the roof!

And, although we had intermitant snow flurries and sleet all day, Larry was able to work outside most of the afternoon. We all worked on project, finishing up novel two, etc., so the day went by quickly.

Overall, another very nice day - especially inside!  ;-)