Nov. 14, 2006 - good weekend

  I have to apologize for my camera.  It broke, and I can't share pictures with friends now very quickly by the computer.  I have to wait for the 35mm to go through 25 shots and get the film developed and put on a CD.  What a hassle.  I should have been thankful for that big bulky heavyweight of a camera--as hand-me-down as it was.

Anyway...
We enjoyed a fun weekend with my mom and dad.  They have a membership with this RV company that gives them one week a year in a cabin at some designated RV parks.  They invited my family to come.   We went to 1000Trails at Lake Conroe near Houston, TX.  It was a great weekend.  The people running the place were so nice.  My 3 children got to sleep up in this loft area that was probably about 3 feet high.  Only my 2 year old could stand up straight without bumping her head.  Although, she tried jumping once on the little mattress bed they had and that was the end of that misbehaviour.  I don't think she's ever had to worry she'd bump her head.  The temperature (November 12th :) was just about perfect.  We had light jackets on in the morning and by the middle of the morning it was warm enough to take them off.  We played putt golf and on a little playground.  We grilled steaks and had corn and rice.  We also got to visit my aunt and her 3 custodial grandchildren that happen to be the same age as my 3.  They played and enjoyed each other's company.
  The drive there was rough b/c of some storms that went over us.  The drive home was great.  We stopped in my birth city of Longview and showed the children where Mommy lived when she was a baby and where she was cared for when her great-grandmother "Nanny" took care of her when she was 2.  My husband had already been around, but the kids had not been there in recent years, and when you are 7 and haven't been there in recent years, it probably means you wouldn't remember anyway.  We also ate at Henderson's Dairy Queen, the oldest one in Texas (1951).  Interesting enough, the first one was in Joliet, IL in 1940.  Isn't DQ history the yummiest??
  I know that I'm a big fan of Texas, mostly b/c I was born there, but I felt a little out of place with my "red bird" hat on and my "Chicago" sweatshirt and my Arkansas license plate.  I guess I'm territorily diverse.