Corpus Christie & USS Lexington

Wednesday (2/24/10) we drove down to Corpus Christie to meet with brother Wayne and his wife, Agnes. They have an RV in Alamo.
We toured the USS Lexington and enjoyed each other's company. The weather was beautiful and the ship was very interesting. The Lexington is a real World War II Aircraft Carrier that has been turned into a museum on the Bay. There are several tours you can take and a fast food restaurant on board. We also got to watch a film about the Lewis and Clark expedition. We learned a lot and saw a lot of fascinating stuff about the Pearl Harbour invasion and other war memorabilia.

Next stop--Louisiana!

Blue & Gold and Woodland Church

On Saturday (2-22-10) we all went to Michael's Blue and Gold banquet. He is now an official boy scout or will be after he goes through the Arrow of Light ceremony. Bruce and I will miss that as we'll be in Slidell LA.

Sunday, we went to the second service of Woodland Church being held at Cinco Ranch High School in Katy. We got to see Pastor Kerry (from One Month to Live series) on the screen. It was a great message and we were warmly greeted and shepherded to where we needed to be. We really enjoyed it and so did Amanda and the boys, so they may keep going there.

Dallas--6th Floor Museum

On our way back to Katy, we stopped in Dallas and toured the 6th Floor Museum where there are artifacts and videos about the Kennedy assassination. It was very interesting. We got to see the spot where Oswald supposedly shot from, and could see the grassy knoll and street from above.

Texas time with the Hathaways and Bonnemas

Bruce and I finally got to see the Hathaways in their new home in Montgomery. They seem to be doing well in spite of Cindy having to go through chemo again. It was great to visit with them even for a short time.

On the way up north, we stopped to check out the huge statue of Sam Houston near Huntsville.




After that we headed up north of Dallas to see my cousins, Rog and Marcy and second cousins, Arch and Sherry, and 3rd and 4th cousins--Kelly, Covey, Austin, Boone, Tag and Jayden in McKinney Tx. Jacob was off in Botswana, so we missed him.




We had a great time visiting, eating and just hanging out. We went to the ranch to see the horses and other animals.








Rog and Marcy gave us a tour of the Croatian village being built near there home. All the buildings are modeled after those in Croatia, even Starbucks! It was refreshing to see the Biblical aspects incorporated into it. There is a statue of the dove from the ark being sculptured and Bible verses in other areas as well as a wedding chapel already built.

More Texas adventures

After 2 weeks of "Houstonitis" or some type of nasty virus causing coughing, blowing and general tiredness, I have finally started living again. The weather was pretty cold and cloudy during this time, so I didn't miss much.
Amanda, Michael and took advantage of a beautiful sunny afternoon to ride the nearby bike trail. It was wonderful, and even skimming through the puddles that occasionally covered the paths was fun.