Citrus Festival

This was the youth building at the Citrus Festival.  Student from 3rd grade to high school entered.

Some of the other visitors at the Citrus Festival.

Saddles and fruit??? Also there was a cook off with all type of barbequed meats. 

Next we headed to the parade.

There were bands.

And Floats.  

This was Bentsen Groves RV Resort float, where we live.  It took first place.

Finally there were queens! 

Not quite the Rose Parade but it was almost as long.  A fun time at a small town festival.

Asher's Dedication

On January 23, Asher was dedicated at Heather and Craig's church Park Cities Baptist Church.  We drove up from Mission, Texas to attend.  It was 9 hours by car but shorter than the drive to Mission in the motorhome which took us 3 days.

 Dallas skyline is beautiful!!!

Here is the Wilson clan on dedication day.

Heather and Craig were supposed to pick a life verse for Asher.  They choose Colossians 1:9. "For this reason, since the day we heard about (Asher), we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill (Asher) with the knowledge of his will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding."  Addie memorized it and said it word perfect.  Her dad had her practice with a microphone at his worship practice and Heather had her practice in the Great Hall when no one was there.

Pastor Pike and Pastor Lewis at Asher's dedication.

After the dedication Craig and Heather treated us all to brunch.  Bob, Scot and I.  Vicki and Dave Wilson, Matt and Cathrine Wilson, and two other families that were friends of Heather and Craig's. It was a lovely day.

New Granddog

Since Scot moved to Fort Worth, Texas, he has been wanting a dog.  For a while he hunted at ASPCA, but no luck.  Rachelle was thinking about taking a job where her dog couldn't go and Scot was willing to take her, but an ad in Craig's list had a Pekingese for sale. We had Pekingese when Scot was a kid.  Franky and Johnnie who were with us most of Scot's growing up years. Scot called on the ad and before the night was over he had a new dog.

And I had a new granddog.

 Here is Sondheim, named after Stephen Sondheim the composer.  This picture was taken after his first grooming.  Sondheim, thinks he was cut a little too short.

Addie came to meet Sondheim, and thought he was "Adorable!"
But she ended up playing keyboard with her Uncle Scotty.  Did you know he knows princess songs?

Sondheim at the dog park. He is a very social dog.

Tea with Princesses

The Disney Store in North Park Mall in Dallas, Texas had a Garden Party and all princesses were invited.

Addie of course attended.

Addie signed in.

The girls are given instructions.

Addie didn't like having to wait for her tea.

Finally, tea with like friends. (princesses)

Asher thought the whole thing was funny.  Doesn't he have the best smile!

Entertainment at Bentsen Grove

About 3 to 4 nights a week there is entertainment at our park.  Most of it comes from Branson.  Bob and I can confirm, they don't headline in Branson.  

We've heard Rick Sager.  He served food and sang at Mel's Dinner in Branson.  He was almost as good as he thought he was.

McAllen High School has a Steel Drum Band, Pan O'Steel.  There were really good, and have never performed in Branson.

Like many groups that come to the Rio Grande Valley, Goldwing Express bring the music of contemporary country favorites, historical blue-grass, and classic Southern Gospel. A friend who has been here for several years says, most of the country groups that come do all of the above plus a patriotic song or two. I think truer words were never spoken.

Some Bob liked, some I liked and some we both liked.  

 

What keeps me busy????

When Bob and I babysat Addie and Asher, Addie was using the baby afghan that I made for Asher.  She told me she needed one of her own.  I was making Heather and Craig an afghan, since their dog, Bailey, had eaten a hole in the one I made a few years ago.  I told Addie I would make her one after I finished the one for her mom and dad.  She wanted a blue one just like Asher's because blue is her favorite color. When we went to Hobby Lobby to pick out her yarn, she had her princess bag with her.  She decided that she wanted a princess blanket.  In case you don't know, a princess blanket is pink for Aurora (Sleeping Beauty), blue for Cinderella, yellow for Belle, and green Tiana.  I trimmed it in blue, since that is Addie's favorite color.

So grandma started knitting and here are the finished projects:

Heather wrapped up in her new afghan with Bailey.  He has been warned about eating a hole in this one.

Addie heading to bed with her princess afghan.

Addie asleep with her princess blanket.

Craig didn't want to be left out.  Here he is posing with Addie's blanket. 

It was a lot of work, but I was proud of my results and the family was warm and happy.

Asher wanted to show you that he could crawl and that his hat keeps him warm.  Notice the bib.  Always ready for eats.

Welcome to our Winter Home, in Bentsen Grove RV Resort in Mission, TX.

Yesterday we arrived at our winter home, at Benson Grove RV Resort . We pulled in about 12:30 p.m. and were welcomed in the office and introduced to Bob who showed us where our mailboxes were and lead us to our site, W8.  He helped my Bob back into our site on the first try.  I was glad to have Bob take over my navigating duties.

Bob hooked up and I set up in the motorhome and then we took Pralines for a walk.  On our way out of the office when we registered, we had run into Kathy and she had invited us to stop by their 5th Wheel when we got settled. (Kathy and Dave Whittier are the friends who had recommended this place to us.)  We easily found their site and after hugs and a short conversation, they continued on our walk with Pralines and turned it into a tour of the park.  We were thankful for the tour.  The park is really large, 850 lots, with 2 swimming pools, 2 shuffleboard courts, many buildings for table tennis, pickle ball, rock and wood labs, more and more.  We also got a two page activity sheet to choose which activities we might be interested in joining.  After our walk, we headed back to the motorhome and at about 5:00 p.m. Kathy and David had invited us for dinner, so we again headed to their site.

Kathy, a birder like Bob, invited him to join her for a walk in the morning.  I had already decided that I was going to join the water aerobics class in the indoor pool, directly across from our site.

We are snow birds and very happy about it.

Our winter home in Bentsen Grove Resort.

Our Praline flag is out and we are settled in here.

We feel very welcomed and have enjoyed our first two days here. We are already glad we decided to take the Whittier's recommendation and give Mission, Texas a try.  I forgot to say that it has been perfect weather.  In the 80's during the day and down to 60's at night for good sleeping.