So I waited until a cold, rainy day in Utah to post my pictures of warm and sunny Texas, with its lush green lawns and balmy parks. Perhaps, it is not this way year around but I know for a week in April the weather is absolutely gorgeous and the flowers are Garden of Eden like!!
Everything is bigger in Texas, including the goldfish!
John, Jessica and James--all is well with the Gregory Family--and hip, hip hooray, they are remaining stateside for the time being!
Oh, how we ate and the surroundings were four-star with squirrels and bluejays in the background and John's new found bar-be-que talents keeping us fed nightly.
Even breakfast was gourmet!
On the night of the Big Rain (the biggest I have ever seen) we braved the elements for the CrawDad Festival--a blast back to my Cajun Roots!
Beach Day--the water was warmer than the air, but I did manage a good sunburn to bring home as a souvenir!
(Not James though, as Jessica was ever vigilant with the sunscreen)
I love this picture because it captures Jessica-she says blogging makes her look at the world more optimistically--she has taught me to do the same and for this I will ever be grateful.
Jessica taught me that even a trip to WalMart can be a photo-op (and I taught her that buying flowers can be a zen experience-even at WalMart!)
But, the real "zen" is Jessica's backyard--what a little respite from the world!
This was our walking tour of Galveston--besides Cajun Blood-my Ussery line takes me back to my Texas roots and something in my genes says I could be very happy living as a Southern Belle!
Butterfly Gardens--I want one!
And finally, since James was born, Burley the bike trailer has been a part of his life, so imagine my amusement to watch Jessica pulling him and at least forty people, stopping, pointing, laughing, and commenting--moms don't pull babies in bike trailers in Texas and she made quite the impression out there...wait until she is pulling two--they would have really laughed to see her pulling him in one of these on the ski slopes!!
More pictures of my fun week can be seen at jessicaandjohn.blogspot.com/. Thanks for a much needed break from the cold and my regular routine!
4 comments:
I want you to come back now! That was such a nice visit and I loved having you all to myself for the week. Thanks for planting me a garden. Now whenever I look out the window I think of you. What a nice gift that is. That crawfish pic kind of makes me crave it. We might have to make it a tradition. I love the pics, especially the butterfly. Thanks for the sweet post. Love you.
What a lovely trip. Next time I want to go too.
I HAVE TO FIND AFFORDABLE TICKETS! I've seen and read too many things that our family would just love. And while the bike trailer doesn't seem like an odd sight around here, it is still WAY impressive to me that a pregnant Jessica can still pull James with such ease. She's a rock!
Thanks for sharing your trip.
Great pictures! Fun to see Jessica in the pictures instead of creating them! Thanks for sharing!
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