Another fun thing I did this spring was to participate in a musical. The First Baptist Church of Austin put on Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. I roped Joe H. into it, too.


Joe late for his OPEC meeting


Just hanging out back stage


Boys at the cast party

The Condo is gone…

I sold it. Wrapped up a healthy profit and two great years of living well in my urban home. On the last weekend, my neice Emily spent the night with me…we watched movies, played, and invited Grandma and Grandpa to come over and make us breakfast!

I had everything packed up and put in storage…feels good! Where should I go from here?

Breakfast


Friends over to watch Grey’s Anatomy

Spring Break

I love West Texas. The Davis Mountains are a quiet, dry, cool wonderful place. This year, I packed up the new car with Ann, Michelle, and Janie the dog and headed west. We stayed in Marfa, home to the Marfa lights and the home base of Giant (the movie). We rented a couple of bungalows, relaxed, and made a few day trips (to places like the McDonald Observatory, a winery, and a desert nature preserve).

Baby Shower

Mary and Dean came to town for a checkup and a baby shower. Had a blast with them! Back to Alaska until June and then off to Hawaii to have a baby and get a house!

Group picture of the neighborhood ladies. Dad’s in the back right but you can’t see his face, mom is very center (the cute short lady with the white shirt), and my sisters (pregnant Mary, Emily, and Amy) are front row far right.



Amy hosted at her house.



The boys mostly drank beer. My brother in law Larry, his brother Tommy, me, brother in law David, and Jase (high schoool/church friend of the girls).

Trailer life.

Trailer life can be pretty nice. I, myself, have never lived in a trailer even though most of the company’s customers are RV’ers. However, this year Jamison joined the millions of Americans who have a home with tires.

Shady Grove is one of several Austin gems…beautiul and funky RV parks in the heart of the city. Located on Barton Springs, right next to the lake, downtown, live music, bars, Zilker Park and coffee shops, Shady Grove is part of what makes Austin great. Jamison has two ‘lots;’ while one is empty the other has a great Airstream trailer in which he lives. It has become a great social mecca of Austin…we sit around, listen to music, make fire, grill, cook, drink, and play Bocce Ball on the grassy knoll.

Here are some pictures.


The Airstream


Working lunch


Troy, me, Jamison, Reed