Boo's Basket

BS Weekend

This year Wheatie and I have decided to go another route with our usual "All Ball's" time and spend that week with just the kids.

So to have a little brother/sister (BS) time, we opted for a long weekend. We went down to Granbury and spent some quality time together.......fishing, eating, shopping, wine walking, laughing, eating, shopping, eating

March On

Wheatie aka 'Pops' and Annabelle have a very special bond. They are both my March 11th Birthday babies. Miles and years apart - these two know how to party!!

Annabelle turns 8

Pops turn um, ............older

at the Live Oak with The Gibbonses

And Blue Water Highway

Shane and Cheri joined us

Our annual spring break to Maryland - had to be postponed by a day due to SNOW!!!

A little St Patty Day celebration......

AB at her cheer competition.....

Winners Winners chicken dinners !!

Mardi Gras

Each year around Chad and Jaycee's birthdays we get together to celebrate. This year we had a good friend invite us to stay at her rental home in Galveston. It was the first weekend of Mardi Gras and it was a blast.....the real party doesn't start till this next weekend....but we had a great time.

A quaint house built in the 1920's. Totally flipped and it was GREAT !!

The parade - Pops and Cody catching beads

The Art Car Parade

Chewbaca the car

The festival on the Strand

Balconies and bead throwing

A walk on the beach

This is what 14years of age looks like

Major good seafood

Superbowl 2017

Awwwwww

Last spring Wheatie and I lost our hot tub and pool to a typical Texas storm. Insurance paid us for the damage and we opted not to replace the pool and to upgrade the hot tub. What a wonderful decision....
Wheatie has been working really hard - all by himself and did an UH-AMAZING job.....last night the hot tub was christened.

Paving the way for a new foundation

5 seater

A cold drink and hot tub..........

Christmas 2016

Prophets and Outlaws at the House of Blues

The Ray Johnston Band

Wilma, Ken, Anna, Chelsea, David and Remi

Lunch at Razoos

Movie and dinner

Danny, Darla, Dwayne, Glenda, Diane, Bill

Ending the day with games

Missed my kiddos and grand Angels this year

FIRST. TIME. EVER

Wheatie and I have been in our home for 34 years. When we moved out there, it was a two lane rut road with about 6 other houses. Closest neighbor was 5 acres away. Over the last 8 - 10 years a subdivision has slowly and quickly appeared. WE now have about 50-55 houses across from us and a very nice paved road. We have stop signs and street lights and LOTS OF TRAFFIC. I know things have to change in the name of progress, but we don't like it. We discovered and were invited to join the neighborhood FB page. WHATTTTTTTTTTT????

Yea, crazy. Then we were invited to the NEIGHBORHOOD CHRISTMAS PARTY ! whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaattttttttttttttttt?? yea crazy......

We went. Not knowing one person. The party was within walking distance. Never have we attended a party within walking distance of our home. The NEW neighbors are all young with young families. Very few are native Texans. All transplants, mainly because of jobs. We weren't sure how we would fit in. We were surprisingly pleased. We were welcome with lots of "nice to meet you", "glad we are neighbors", "here if you need anything"....real neighborly like folks. We enjoyed the gathering and while we are sad that the city is catching up to us...it is nice to have a neighbors !!
We even had a visit from Santa...

Invite said to bring a dish and a gift to exchange

Going Greener

We attended the wedding of the son of a childhood friend of Wheatie's. These guys have kept in contact all the years and they start up right where they left off.