We had the pleasure of a visit from Bob's brother Lee. He was working in the Dallas area and was able to spend Saturday and Saturday evening before returning to Chicago the next day. I took this photo early in the morning before they were awake. I talked them into posing while they were sleep walking.
We had lunch with Angie, Brent and Brent's mom, Jill. We also drug Lee around doing errands and attended Jack's basketball game. Before returning home we tried out a restaurant we had never been to before. Bad idea!
It was great to spend time with Lee.
Monday, January 28, 2013
Monday, January 14, 2013
At least once or twice a year we try and do a mini vacation visiting places in Texas. This past weekend we made a trip to Boerne TX. We first thought the pronunciation sounded like "born" but later discovered it is pronounced like "bernie". Bob decided we spent the weekend with Bernie, a pun on the movie. We stayed at Tapatio Springs which is a golf resort. Even though we took golf clubs the weather was not nice enough to golf. At this time of the year there are very few people there so the price of the resort is very reasonable. So it it worth it to take a chance of being able to golf and if you can't you are staying in a beautiful place for a good price. It is in a hill country setting surrounded by wild life including an abundance amount of deer.
Boerne is a German town. Many of the restaurants have German food or cook with a German flair. We had lunch at Little Gretel. We especially enjoyed the Kolaches.
We spent a few hours walking and browsing the unique shops in town and strolling through Market Days. There were benches everywhere which made it easy for me to stay a while. I would definitely like to go back some day.
Boerne is a German town. Many of the restaurants have German food or cook with a German flair. We had lunch at Little Gretel. We especially enjoyed the Kolaches.
We spent a few hours walking and browsing the unique shops in town and strolling through Market Days. There were benches everywhere which made it easy for me to stay a while. I would definitely like to go back some day.
Little Gretel in Boerne TX.
Deer on the Lawn of the Resort
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Monday, January 7, 2013
Christmas Dinner 2012
Every other year Jane's family comes to visit for Christmas and on the off year they come on Thanksgiving with the exception of last year when we all went to Chicago for Thanksgiving. This was their year to be here and it always completes our Christmas. We had a couple of warm days after their arrival and then it turned cold. We actually had snow and ice on Christmas day. Angie and Roberts Mom and family were going to come for dinner as well as Tamara and Taryn's families. They all had to cancel dinner because at that time of the day the weather was almost a white out. (very unusual for our area of Texas) Our immediate family came earlier so they were here for dinner. We prepared so much food with the anticipation of more people being here. Everything was delicious and wonderful and we were very grateful for everyone here. We are still a large group with just us and we all felt very thankful to have each other for those few hours.
Thursday, January 3, 2013
On Christmas Eve Joy invited the family over for appetizers. She requested we dress with a little holiday flair. We had a lot of fun with that. They also added a table tennis to their pool table and everyone had fun playing. I forgot how good Bob is although Austin took first place in the table tennis tournament. I think everyone enjoyed the evening. Make sure to click on older posts to see all of the images including the group picture on the stairs.
Jane, Ben and Jake were here for a week. We did several things together and I took a lot of pictures which I will feature on the blog in the near future.
Jane, Ben and Jake were here for a week. We did several things together and I took a lot of pictures which I will feature on the blog in the near future.
Jane (Poinsettia)
Bob and Barb (Tree and Package)
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