Arrived in Tyler, Texas 8/22-8/23

Late this afternoon, John and I left from Todd and Lorri's house and headed towards Tyler to visit a friend of mine, Cathy. She had just been to California for a three week visit and now I'm getting to see all of her grandkids for the first time. She has a brand new little one named Jaiden. Here she is holding her. We were trying to get her pretty smile, but she knew better when I held up the camera....LOL....she put on that serious face!

Tonight we had dinner at a nearby Asian Buffet. The food was very good. All of the kids and grandkids were there.....thirteen of us in all! The little ones were really good.

Arrived in Arlington, Texas 8/20-8/22

Due to a few technical difficulties and a touch of laziness, it's been three days since I was here. I finally got connected tonight though, so here we go.

We arrived at my nieces and nephews (Lorri and Todd) house on Sunday afternoon. They fixed us a yummy BBQ'd dinner and we went for a dip in the pool afterwards. It was HOT!! The pool was so refreshing that we couldn't resist. AH....no pictures of us in the pool....LOL! You'd be scared to death if you saw us in bathing suits! Here's a picture of her luscious pool though.
We got up Monday morning and spent the whole day just visiting and drinking coffee. Todd had to work on Monday. His birthday was on Saturday and since we missed it by one day, we took him out for dinner to a local Mexican restaurant. Lorri invited her friend, Kim, that I have heard so much about. What a sweet lady she is! I just wished that I had MORE time to stay and visit. Todd's eyes are closed in this picture, but here he is with his BIRTHDAY FLAN!