Port Aransas July 2011

Vacation at Port Aransas. Sam drove over from Houston and John flew in. Down on Padre Island, we met a sand sculptor who was practicing for the sand sculpture competition. Learned a lot from him.


Enjoyed shrimp poboys at Hook's

Enjoyed watching the dolphins and boat traffic from the park.

Beautiful sunsets

John feeding turtles in the pond at our park.

Cade and Kenslea

I love being "Aunt Janice" to Stacey's grandchildren. Kenslea playing with an old purse that I gave her.


Watching one of Cade's ballgames.

They came over to swim.

Such great kids!!!

Outdoor concerts at the lake

Beautiful evening at Lake Ray Hubbard with Joe and Jan




Good people watching, sunsets, and a great band, Professor D


Boaters enjoyed the concert, too.

Mesquite Rodeo

We were given tickets to the rodeo in June. Front section right by the chutes. Exciting when those bulls came out!!!



Surprise for me---one of the calf ropers was from Carthage. I used to teach his dad in Beckville.

June Bunco at my House

My neighborhood Bunco group--I got a new hat this year----a lighted pink feathery cowboy hat---we really had so much fun with it!!!!



Delores

Connie found the lights

Delores, Priscilla, Deana

Nancy LouAnn, Deb, and Kathy

Fred's Canadian Fishing Trip

Fred went with friends to Hailey's Camp in Ontario to fish. They drove and then rode a boat for two hours to reach the camp in the wilderness. One day they took a float plane to an interior lake to fish. All of the lakes were trophy lakes--release only. The only fish they got to eat was a shore lunch prepared by the guides each day.


Fred caught 3 trophies--2 small mouth bass and 1 northern pike as well as many other fish.

Trophy northern pike To be a trophy, a northern pike has to be 38", a walleye has to be 27", and a small mouth bass has to be 18"

Joe and Fred wait for the shore lunch.

Small mouth bass

Harris Reunion June 2011

Nicole (my niece), Hayley, Jay (my nephew), Kody, Sam (my brother), Lowell (my nephew), Janice, and John (my son)




John and Tex


Lowell and Jay play games

Harris Reunion June 2011

We met at Sam's house. My niece and her family and my nephews all attended.
We swam, had a great time visiting and of course, ate too much!!

This is my niece, Nicole,(my brother, Jerry's daughter) and her two children, Hayley and Kody.

The whole gang in the pool--center front is John and Tex, to the left is Kody, Jay(my brother Jerry's son) Hayley, Nicole, Sam, Jennifer, and Lowell (Sam's son)

Sam relaxes before he starts the grilling.

A night swim for me.

25th Anniversary

June 21 1986-2011
25 years with my best friend

We celebrated at Pappa's Steakhouse----yummy food and special desserts!!!


I got 25 red roses and arranged them in my grandmother's crystal pitcher.

End of a Perfect Day

We went to Schooner's to watch the sunset. Had drinks and dinner overlooking the beach. Listened to the band and more people watching. My drink is called The District and is the same color as the ocean.


Waiting on the sunset.
.
They advertised that they shot a cannon from the beach at sunset. This is the cannon---not the one we expected although it sounded just like a big cannon and even smoked!!!

The sunset--enough said----it was a perfect day!

Panama City Beach

This is my favorite stop of the whole trip. We are in St Andrews State Park on a peninsula in the Andres Bay. We can sit outside and watch boats go by. The beach is a short drive away and in between we have seen deer, alligators in a pond, and lots of birds in the marsh. You would never know that we are in a city. The water is emerald green and the sand is the whitest!!


This morning we drove over the the county beach where there is a long fishing pier. We walked out to see if anyone was catching anything and spent two hours enjoying the view and talking to people. Fred even helped gaff a few fish.


He met these fishermen from Georgia.

Then we went back to our beach. The dolphins come just offshore here and boats bring people out to swim with them in the wild. We can sit and watch on the beach. The water was chilly but I did get in.


Lots of people watching, boat watching, dolphin watching, and bird watching made this a perfect day!!!