Fooling around in April

Siblings at the Harlingen airport on April 2nd,

just before Kathy boarded to head north.

Well, I got third and won a quarter,

but Shirley was last and got 35 pennies.

Hmmm...who was the real winner?

Ana and the girls at church on Easter.

Tom & Trina's family and some friends on Easter.

Jimmy & Kelly's Easter gang!

Doug and Sara took the kids skiing at Whistler

for Spring Break. This is the best picture

Sara sent of Doug and RJ on Easter!

Sara and Julia's Easter photo! 

Easter potluck dinner at our Texas park.

I went for dessert first!

Sixty residents came to the

clubhouse to eat a ham, a variety

of sides and salad and desserts.

Caiden likes to run around in circles! :-)

These pretty little weeds get mowed down.

The jellybean is for size comparison!

Sara, Doug, and the kids stopped to visit

cousins John and Val after their ski trip!

On the 12th, we went to the Basilica

in San Juan for Mass with Jerry,

Dennis and Nancy.

Sanctuary inside the Basilica.  After Mass

we went to El Rancho Grande for breakfast.

The Mariachi band provided music during the service.

Jimmy and Kelly with Matthew and Grace

(all dressed up) before the prom.

Grace, Luke, and Matthew

Matthew, a junior and Grace, a freshman,

with their dates before the Prom.

On Thursday, the 16th, Bob wanted to go to 

South Padre Island to ride his bike. I drove

up to Clayton's to read until he got there.

The signs are en route going north.

I was going to sit on the beach,

but it was so windy the sand was

blowing all over. I decided to stay

on the upper deck so I could move

into the shade when it got too hot.

Excitement the night of the 19th. Power went out in the park

around 9:40 p.m. We went to investigate and found out

that a teen driving a pickup was going too fast on the

frontage road in the rain, spun around and knocked

over the power pole.  All kinds of emergency vehicles

came. The repair crew cut the pole in half, lowered

the top half to fix the controls, and the power 

came back on around 11 p.m.

Today, the crew is trying to get the pole out of the ground

to replace it, but it's in so deep they are having trouble.

That's Bob talking to some of the crew members. The crash

knocked down part of the fence around our park, too.

Since there is no more pickleball, 

dominoes, bingo, cribbage, or

game night, we went to the movie

theater yesterday to see this!

It was kind of like ET for adults.

Bob found this 24 inch Coral snake in the grass

near some stored campers. It's in a jar in

our mobile home now. yay 😬

Went to South Padre Island with Jerry and Wendy

on Thursday. Under the walkway to Clayton's

deck, we had a "bird's eye view" of chickens,

and this turtle.

The spring breakers are gone, so very few people

on the deck, and a few on the beach enjoyed the weather.

The long runway is being extended, and maybe next

year we will sit out there to enjoy the view.

When Jerry finished his errands, we went to the 

Padre Island Brewery where the guys ALWAYS have 

to order oysters before we order our meal.  The owner, 

Mark, is from Minnesota and we enjoyed a visit with

him on our final trip before leaving Texas.  Of course,

we had to stop at the ice cream shop in Port Isabel,

so I could get my mint chocolate chip scoop!

George and Great-grampa George on April 23rd,

the Feast of St. George!

 

 

Time to March forth!

Diane came in 2nd at Cribbage today, March 5th.

Celebrated March 10th here for supper.

Real Longhorn cattle outside the restaurant!

Caiden made the All-State Academic team

for his high GPA and scoring more than 18 ppg.

What an awesome kid! XO

On Sunday, the Ides of March, Bob 

decided to ride his bike on the beach

at South Padre Island, so I went to the

Birding center to take some pics.

The parking area is just as pretty

and the inside grounds.

On Monday, the 16th, Wendy and I took Nancy 

and Kathy to the New York Deli to celebrate

their March birthdays!

Friend Irene's birthday is on St. Pat's Day,

so we took her to Nana's for lunch!

Irene by the painted wall. Most of the walls

inside and out are ceramic tiles.

Bob and Jerry went to Winter Texan Day

in Nuevo Progreso, Mexico on the 21st!

They had pedicures and imbibed some

of the local fare.   There was music in the

street, dancing, and free hats. Bob said there 

were more locals than tourists this year.

On Wednesday, the 25th, we went on a one-hour 

Riverside tour on the Rio Grande. Six pumping stations

on the dam: Three managed by the US; Three by Mexico.

We had no regrets about the trip, but did see egrets!

Private farmer's pump for irrigation.

A public park on the Mexican side with Tiki shelters

Tower to produce electricity for the pumps.

Wall built by a non-government private company.

White buoys have a system to deter swimmers

trying to cross the border.

After lunch at the Riverside, we 

stopped at La Lomita.

The original church was built in 1865

and relocated to its present location in 1899.

Shrine to Mary at La Lomita.

They still have a Mass every Friday!

A WWII vet in our park turned 100 on the 24th. A

local Vets service officer presented him with a flag

and had all the veterans present join the celebration.

Diane joined the line dancers at the party.