April 2012 - Beautiful year for blue bonnets

 Blue bonnets at my Dad and Nelda's
 Blue bonnets in Maybin's side yard
 Easter at Maybins - blue bonnets in their yard
 Carline's side yard
 Chloe Maybin Easter 2012
 Easter dessert - 6 hours to make, 6 minutes to eat?
 Bob and Sybil Brashear (Carline's dad and step-mom)
 Carline wanted to replace ceiling lights
 Ted built wood base and hung 3 lights


 New lights above kitchen sink and penninsula

We were back in Robinson in April.  All of Texas is covered with blue bonnets this year, and some of my best pictdures were taken at my Dad and Nelda's and in Carline's side yard.  Two of the Maybin sons were there with their families, and we took some great pictures of them in the blue bonnets.  Ted had another project completed before Easter weekend.  Carline's honey-do list seems to be getting longer.  We spent Easter with her family.  

March 2012 - Out-patient surgery and a visit to Dan and Betty's home

March began with outpatient surgery for me in Burnet, Texas.  I had been having trouble with my left knee since before Christmas.  After X-rays, MRI, I was diagnosed with a torn meniscus in my left knee.  I suspected the diagnosis since I had a similar surgery in 2009.  I was scheduled on 3/1 for out-patient surgery that went very well.  Trying to get around inside the RV on crutches was worse than the pain caused by surgery.  Two weeks later we were traveling south to Concan/Leakey area to visit my brother Dan and his wife Betty.  They have been remodeling their home and Dan wanted more help with electrical updates to the kitchen, bath areas.  They were making some real progress in the kitchen, shown in the first four pictures.  The last three pictures will eventually be the laundry/master closet; tub/vanity/shower/toilet area of the bath; and last picture of the bedroom area of the master suite.  We spent 6 days in the Concan/Leakey area.  Our Verizon phones don't work there, so we had to rely on the pay phone in the park and Tengo-net connections for internet to communicate with the "outside world."  At least our satelite dish worked so we could see all our favorite TV shows.  It's amazing how much we rely on our cell phones for communication.  I arranged to start twice weekly therapy sessions on my knee when we returned to the Robinson area.  My therapy lasted for 5 weeks and I was recovering nicely when the therapy ended.

Jan and Feb 2012 - More construction projects at the Maybins

We spent most of January and February 2012 in Robinson Texas.  Ted kept busy with three more projects at our friends, Carline and Wade Maybin's, home.  First they built long shelves in the playroom and then added a wall to creat a closet and add entry door.  Carline and Wade really like the new storage created in the large closet.  Ted also rebuilt the cabinet above her fridge so it was a deeper cabinet.  He also taught Wade how to build some shelves in his garage/barn so he could organize his stuff.  I created two new afghans, the first one for Carline from lots of her "left-over" purple yarn.  The second one is another baby afghan. 

Christmas 2011

 Justin and Josh, taken at Baytown Warf, in the Villages
 Jeff and Lauren's dogs dressed for Christmas
 Josh, Justin and Jeff
 Someone can't wait to open their presents.
 Josh, Joe, and Justin (Joe and Christine drove to Florida to pick boys up to spend Christmas in Michigan)
 Three generations of Lisiecki's
 Dorothy and Josh
 Dorothy and Justin

We spent Christmas and New Years at Geronimo RV park, Destin FL close to where Jeff, Lauren, Justin and Josh lived.  Had a wonderful time visiting with them and sharing Christmas dinner on Christmas Eve day.  We stayed in Destin until after New Years, then traveled back to Texas by way of Lake Charles, LA. 

Thanksgiving 2011 and early December 2011

We spent Thanksgiving 2011 with our friends Carline and Wade Maybin and their family.  The first picture is of her table decorated for the Thanksgiving holiday.  Several months of the winter 2011-2012 were spent in the Waco area.  We occasionally returned to Marble Falls to visit my Dad and Nelda and pick up our mail.  We spent several days in December at Sunset Point just in time to join in their Christmas celebration.  The second picture was of the staff who were currently working at the park.  Other pictures were taken of friends we met at the park.  The Christmas decorations were taken of Jim and Norma's site.  They add more lights and decorations every year.  We look forward to their display each Christmas.