Holidays with the kids

Alas the kids are back in Monroe. We had a wonderful 11 days with them and thoroughly enjoyed their visit.
They had not been here for Christmas for 10 years and we have not been with them for Christmas since 2003 for Lindsay's first Christmas, when we went up there.
They rented a cabin at Rayford and we were in our rig in site #1 just across from them, how convenient.

We spent Christmas at my sister's home. We had decided that gift giving would be just for the children and they had a ball. Val and Tony's 2 granddaughters who live here, Chris and Linda's 2 children who live here, and Lindsay were the recipients of many and varied gifts.
Becky had to ship Lindsay's gifts home because there were too many to pack for the flight.

Several years ago, we broke with tradition concerning Christmas dinner. Instead of turkey and/or ham, we now bring steaks to cook on the grill and all of the condiments. We still have the traditional Thanksgiving dinner so we decided that this would be different and something special for our family.

Val got sick with nausea and vomiting Saturday, so we spent some time together alone.
Tony was supposed to fix an 'Uncle Da' meal on Monday night, but Val still was not feeling well so that was postponed until New Years Eve.

On Monday, Becky, Fred, Lindsay Brenda and I drove up to Brenham for a tour of the Blue Bell Creamery. The tour was nice and the tasting room was very well stocked with most of their flavors.
Before we went on the tour, Becky asked us to come outside to take a video of our adventure to the creamery. As we went outside Becky was filming our exit from the door, when to both Brenda's and my surprise Heather walked up. She was not supposed to be able to get off for any part of the holidays, so this was a great surprise. Brenda was so exited and I was thrilled to see her. Becky and Heather had cooked this up in October and only Fred was aware of their plans.
Heather stayed for 3 days and we got spend some good time with her.

Tuesday we all went to see the Battleship Texas. The whole experience was so enjoyable. Lindsay really seemed to enjoy the self guided tour, as we all did. The only down was that it began to rain a cold rain with a brisk wind. When we were on the deck or superstructure it became pretty miserable,

We spent New Years at Val and Tony's home again. This was prearranged with Becky and Tony, so we were unable to go to the New Year bash at Rayford. We also needed a babysitter for Lindsay.

We moved the MH back to Timber Ridge and Fred got to ride in it. He never rode in the Southwind, so this was a treat for him.
He was also very helpful in helping me back this beast into a spot. The wheel base is longer than on the Southwind, and I haven't mastered backing this in without some guidance.
I cannot see the left rear wheels, so I have a difficult time determining exactly where the wheels are.

Brenda and I want to wish a happy and prosperous New Year to all of those who follow our blog.

Ta ta for now