Atchetee Weekend

Friday morning we packed up and headed out to Magnolia for a "Atchetee Weekend" at Harlo and Rhonda's new home. We were the first to arrive, unpacked, and waited for Evon and Linda to arrive. Rhonda fixed a great supper, and we had lots of laughs sharing stories of these three brothers growing up in El Campo. Saturday morning after breakfast, the gals headed to town on a grocery shopping trip to pick up fajitas for dinner Saturday night. Harlo turned on the heater for the spa, we all piled in for a long soak....felt pretty darn good. We stayed in the jacuzzi so long, we all got a little to much sun...but had a great time. Dinner that night was a feast to say the least. Sunday Evon and Linda left after lunch for home, while we planned to stay another night. Sunday night we settled in the theater chairs in the media room and watched two movies....."Blind Side" and "Crazy Hearts"...one great and one not so great! Monday Dale and I packed up, said our good-byes and headed to Houston for his doctor visit.
It was a great weekend with the Atchetee brothers....so many laughs, so many stories, lots of good food......plus a beautiful new home to enjoy. Thanks Harlo and Rhonda!

Pollen Count

Grabbed my camera Sunday and went out to take a few more photos of the wildflowers out in the country. I think the flowers have peaked, and noticed some of them have begun to fade...it has been an amazing season this year. It was easy to see after a few macro shots why the pollen count is off the chart this year. Pollen, pollen everywhere!!

SandFest Sista's Weekend

Picked up my old high school friend, Karen and headed to Corpus Christi airport to pick up my friend, Pam that was flying in from Fort Worth for SandFest Sista's Weekend in Port Aransas. We stopped after crossing the JFK bridge for lunch at Snoopy's, a great meal sitting outside on the deck on a beautiful Spring day. We then drove over to Port Aransas, checked out our rental, made plans to rent a cart the next day and purchased 10 pounds of fresh Gulf shrimp....right off the boat. We drove down to the beach to watch the sand sculptors begin their works of art, plus take photos. Lanell and her friend, Brett drove down after they got off work to join our group. Dinner that evening was at Beach Station Street Bar and Grill.......more seafood!


Saturday was a beautiful,sunny, day and Karen fixed breakfast for all at our house. We then picked up "Miss Kitty" .....our pretty pink rental cart for the day. We drove down to SandFest, checked it all out, shopped at the vendors and enjoyed a big piece of cheesecake dipped in chocolate......OMG! We went back to our place for a light lunch on the porch before sitting out again to cruise around Port A in "Miss Kitty"....a real eye catcher. Stops were made at the jetties, the beach, the marina, and the birding center....a hunt for the local alligator proved futile. After a few great drinks, including the now famous "Thai Fresh" we prepared our Shrimp Fest.....boiled, fried, and grilled with some sides. Sitting around the table we enjoyed lots of laughs and some real funny stories.
Sunday morning I got up early and drove down to the beach for some photos while the rest of the group....slept in. Karen prepared "Amaretto French Toast" for breakfast, an original for sure! A final trip down to SandFest to check the sand sculptures out and pick our favorites. Lunch was boiled shrimp on the porch before packing up and heading home. Karen and I dropped Pam off at the airport for her flight and made our way back to Victoria after a great weekend.
We had lots of fun, lots of laughs and enjoyed lots of shrimp at our SandFest Sista's Weekend in Port Aransas. It was true "Estrogen Therapy"!!!!!