Fun In Dallas

We got a chance to run to Dallas and visit Booty and the family a couple of weeks ago. I wanted to post something, but I got sucked into a fancy new Blogspot interface and just barely figured out how to revert to something I could better manage and post to. The other look was very fancy, but you had to do a fresh login each time you wanted to post. Too much trouble. We arrived in Dallas on Thursday afternoon of General Conference weekend. Our flight out was a little iffy, but we weathered the delays well in Houston, and were able to celebrate National Taco Day with Booty and family at their home. It was our first introduction to Charo beans, and if you haven't ever had them, you owe it to yourself. We made them for Daniel and family yesterday and they were a hit.

On Friday morning, early, Matt and I drove south to Corsicana, TX to hook up with our favorite Texas fishing guide, Mark Parker. We were into the "hybrids" (aka whipers) within a few minutes. Caught eight or so. Nice fish, but we put them all back.

We spent the rest of our time on the water catching white and yellow bass and catfish. It was lots of fun. Saturday and Sunday, we watched all the sessions of conference between playing with the kids and naps. It was a wonderfully relaxing weekend, and so much fun to reconnect with Leo and Clara. They are so cute and full of energy. We came away pictureless, however. Flew home to our real lives on Monday afternoon. Thanks to Matt and Laur for hosting us. It was too much fun. Buboppy

In Route to Fantasy Land!

Babsy and Entourage stopped by on Saturday afternoon for lunch and some catch-up. They are on their way to a long planned for vacation in southern Cal. It was great to see them all, have some lunch, and even convince Bean and Jake to help me with a neighborhood move-in. Of course, the ladies got to do a little quilt store work which makes them very happy.

Bubby decided to take some dress up photos of the girls. She particularly liked these two, although I know she got photos of all of the girls.

I guess there really is a reason to have a coat/hat rack in the hall covered with retro-looking hats.

Great Summer Harvest

Bubby just sent me this photo of our first picking this past summer. It represented our first beans and our first tomato. We have had such a wonderful garden this year. With all of the rain that we had, the plants are beautiful, the harvest has been plentiful, and I doubt we will top the total package in the foreseeable future. Bubby has bottled plum jam from Dan's tree, gallons of tomato soup (too bad she is the only one who likes it), and we have had lots of produce to share. We have learned that five Armenian cucumber plants is way too many! Buboppy