The London kids arrive tomorrow - Tuesday - late in the evening.

Sandy Ago Photos

This is where we stayed - second floor. Not a Motel 6!

At the college just before graduation ceremony.

Rosie, Jason, Toby

A view of IH-5 from the bridge to Balboa Park.

Nikki's office at the University of California at San Diego.

Beautiful Bird of Paradise flowers were everywhere!

At Easter Sunday brunch near the beach in La Jolla.

Resting in Balboa Park. BIG PARK!!

This is an oddly shaped Pine in Balboa. It's flat on top!

Leaving SD - Above the pools is La Jolla. The planes do climb Fast!! We

had just taken off and I had to level the camera!

Trip

We returned home Monday evening from our trip to Sandy Ago, CA. Nikki now has her Masters Degree! It was an interesting four days. We spent most of our time in La Jolla - that's La Hoy Ya. (People out there don't speak common English.) We ate a lot - a whole lot! Italian and local foods. All were foreign, ya might say.

Linda & I really did find the area very interesting and extremely pretty. There are trees growing out there that I never imagined. Weird trees, odd trees! The houses were built into the side of the mountains with parts of some houses extending into thin air. If you took a leak off the back deck, it would evaporate before it hit the ground!

Traffic was not bad, really. We were able to scoot around the area without any traffic jams.

I have photos and will post them soon.

Raccoon out back eating corn already - It's not even dark yet. BYE!

The weather forecast has warned us of possible hail and lots of rain beginning late tonight and into Tuesday. Our neighbors, Roger and Carolyn, have parked their beautiful 1992 Cadillac in the garage of the unoccupied house next door to them. We have no place to park our car!!! If we get damaging hail I suppose we will have a damaged car - and house roof!

I think Linda & I will sleep in the Humble area Thursday night so we can be at the Bush Airport by 8:00 a.m. Friday. Don't feel like leaving here early Friday and getting into Houston traffic at 7:30 a.m.

Bye!

Linda & I worked in the yard all day. I think I hauled four trailers of leaves and limbs to the vacant lot and burned two trailers full. We need more grass and about two loads of top soil. We'll get that after the kids leave.

Saw where a small snake crawled across the mud in the bottom of the creek. First sign I've seen of any kind of snake in the creek.

Gone again. Later.

Krimnal Justice Bulletin

This just in from New York!

Worked in the yard today. I spotted three big web worm nests and had to cut some limbs to get to them. They are no longer a problem! Linda bought MORE Easter stuff for the two grandkids that will be in San Diego with us on Easter. I think the candy will melt before we get it into a cool place.

Joe came by this morning on his way to work. Some people still do that, I hear. He works whenever the funeral home has a service and there was two today.

Out of here for awhile.

Haven't been here for awhile.
Yesterday, we went to the blueberry patch in Silsbee and then into Beaumont to visit the kids. Ian is really growing. Angie was at work so we missed her. Jon, Dyllin, and Ian were home.
That trip seems to get longer each time we go but we enjoy the visits.

Next week (21st) we go to San Diego for Nikki's graduation. The trip should be a new experience. Kathy and her family will also be there. We return on the 24th and Kathy, Jason, Toby, and Rosie come to Lufkin to visit awhile. We plan to have one of those "family gatherings" while they are here - maybe at the "store" in Beulah. The weather in East Texas should be rather warm for the London folks. The forecast for Friday, the 14th, is for temps in the 80's!!

I had to move two logs in the creek. The last big rain floated them in from somewhere. They were too heavy to pull out so I cut them in half and stacked them against the bank. Hope they will help stop the erosion. Had to use my come-a-long to move'em.

Mowed our lawn and the front lawn of the empty house across the street where the fire occurred several months ago. The inside of that house is gutted - only bare rafters and wall studs in the master bedroom. The lady living there (Linda) let the house go back to the mortgage company because the smell could not be removed.

Last Sunday, while at work, we had a funeral service at Sandflat Cemetery with the Rev. Ross Black officiating. Brenda sat with the "older gray headed ladies". HA!!

Good day!!