Christmas and New Year's Texas Style

We spent Christmas and New Year's in Texas and loved being there for M's baptism. Uncle Zach spoke, Grandpa Bond (Michael) spoke, I played the piano, Morgan conducted and Nathan baptized his boy. A family gig if there ever was one. And such a sweet event. Lots of Denneys there. And Martin had his other grandmother there and two very cute grown-up cousins there from his dad's side of the family. Afterwards we had carrot cake from an old recipe Morgan had with Aunt Naomi in full flower as aunt extraordinaire. Veritably scrumptious!

We swam on Boxing Day! Morgan and Nathan heated up the pool. We had so much fun.  That day was cool but it was never really cold there. And one day it got up to 70 degrees. Such nice, nostalgic Christmas memory for me. I remember Christmases in shorts in  Louisiana. My kind of deal.

It was a great trip as a visit with Momma and Dad and Michael's sister Katie and husband John were part of the trip. But mostly, it was playing with grandbabies and much needed rest for Michael.

Morgan and Nathan treated us to the Dallas Symphony New Year's Eve concert and we even got to drive his slick car. So posh. We walked next door and toured as much of the new opera hall as we could see. It was such a disappointment to have had tickets for so long to the opera and then have to give up our priority seating in the new hall. The symphony was lovely and the young conductor was just charming.

My eternally young parents. Mom is a fashion trendsetter at their retirement village.

Michael's fabulous sister Katie. She's added so much happiness to our lives.

All in all, it was a wonderful trip and it was hard to come back to our home in Pennsylvania. Moving back to Texas has become such a high priority.


We have tons of adorable pix of the grandkids and I've posted a lot of them on my Facebook page.

And take note: The picture at left is both of us at our chubbiest. We are on a diet and are doing great!  New, slimmer pictures to come.