Family Weekend

This past weekend, my mom's family made our way from all over the state to Victoria, TX, to celebrate my grandparent's 60th wedding anniversary. As usual, my mom and aunt did a great job orchestrating the event, with a BBQ family meal and 'cake and punch' reception for friends. We enjoyed a great day; it isn't often we all get together and I rarely see the cousins from Corpus Christi.

My grandparents are in an assisted living place now, but quite a few of their friends from Port Lavaca, where they lived for so long, were able to drive over for the reception. I don't think I recognized any of them, but all of the names were very familiar and it was great to meet these people I'd heard my grandmother talk about all these years.

My mom and brother-in-law are speedy picture sharers, so I do have a few pics!



Jacinda and I with Cailyn, the
newest addition to the family.





The cousins with Grandma and Grandpa Toole






Coming back through Central Texas on Saturday night, the Judah clan also made our annual pilgrimage to Johnson City to see their "Lights Spectacular, Hill Country Style." For a town of 1500 people, they go all out at Christmas - the courthouse covered in lights and the local electric coop wraps all the trees on their block-wide lot in white lights. This was Evan's first visit and he was impressed. And I must say, even seeing it all these years, so was I.

Jacinda and I behind "THE tree." After years, we've found the perfect picture place.