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You will note that our greeting is NOT
"Happy Holidays" or "Merry XMAS". Christ is the reason
for the season; let's keep Him in Christmas! |
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| The deer ate this cactus to the dirt during the summer, but it
sure came back! |
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Aidan and Melissa came for a visit before Christmas. More
pictures from that visit are here. After
they went back to COLD Virginia, we hooked up the trailer and went to the Lake Jackson
area for Natasha's engagement party and Christmas week. The McGhees joined us
Christmas afternoon. |
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| We dropped by to see Mike, Jody and kids before Christmas.
They will LOVE the climbing tree (below) when they visit us at the park. |
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Christmas morning at Brazos Bend State Park. This is a very cool climbing
tree at our site.
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We started the morning with Ganga's "lil' smokies and
pineapple on toothpicks" and Mimi's sausage pinwheels. |
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| Mimi sent a Christmas message to Chris in Iraq after we talked to
Melissa. |
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Debbie called us from Mexico. They are having a great time. |
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On Christmas afternoon Mac & Linda joined us. Mimi fixed chicken &
dressing, and we had a quiet afternoon.
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On the 26th, Doris & Linda went to town to
do some bargain hunting, and Mac & John went on a hike around the park. This
hawk was a majestic sight, and catching him in flight was a bonus! |
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Mac looking for alligators at a rest stop.
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Found one!!!!
Notice open mouth - the video sound track has John yelling "you are too
close"!!!! |
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Scratching his back with a branch. I thought
this was going to be my last picture of Mac!! |
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| There was a lot of hissing. I used a telephoto lens
to get close!
PS - Mac did survive. |
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The next day, Doris and Linda joined us to see
if the gator was still there.
Not to be outdone by Mac, Linda got up close and personal
with the gator (with a little help from PhotoShop!). |
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No caption needed! |
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Sycamore leaves. |
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| Rest stop while looking for more gators. |
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Cooking dinner. |
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| On Friday afternoon, we took a walk on the jetties at Surfside and
ran into Gary, Randall, Ryan and Wendy. |
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Mac & Linda at the end of the jetties. |
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| There wasn't a "do not enter" sign, sooooo..... |
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This is NOT the Titanic! |
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| Fishing off of the jetties. |
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| Chasing seagulls. |
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Mimi got her braces removed!
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| Another gator walk - this one has a big smile! |
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Doris, Linda & Mac helped a group from Australia find the
alligator. |
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| This one is thinking about going back into the warmer water. |
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A log full of turtles. |
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| A spot of color. |
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Two alligators... one is very big (and may get bigger if that bird
gets much closer). |
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| Mac found another one! |
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Mike, Jody and the kids joined us New Year's Eve. Judy & Keith
(Jody's parents) and Tootsie also joined us. We played games, climbed trees and ate
hotdogs. New Year's eve at Brazos Bend is now officially a tradition (click for 2006)! |
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| They loved our tree! |
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| Morgan took a nap. |
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