Monthly Archives: June 2010
Meeting the new in-laws…
Sorry. No pictures today, just family, both new and old.
We headed over to the lake house about noon with a big pot of beans that had been simmering all morning.
About 2 pm the hamburgers, hot dogs, bratwurst, and Italian Sausage were off the grill and on our plates, along with the beans and all the other fixins’.
After lazing around the lake all afternoon, about 7 pm. Brandi, Lowell, Jan and I headed over to The Maxican, a new Mexican restaurant we wanted to try. We were also going to meet Lowell’s parents, Sonja and Lendel Morrison there, for the first time.
Well, as it turned out The Maxican closes at 3pm on Sunday, so after a parking lot conference we all headed back over to the Jardin Corona, the Mexican restaurant we ate at the other night.
The food was good, and we had a great time getting to know Sonja and Lendel. After meeting them, it’s easy to see how Lowell turned out so great. We’re really happy to have him as a son-in-law.
Right as we were finishing, Lowell’s sister, Sherry and her daughters, Grace and Sabey, showed up and then followed us back to the lake house.
After a little while Jan and I headed back to the rig for the night.
Tomorrow is the BIG day.
We’ll leave here about noon to make the 80 mile drive to the Fischer area to pick up our friend Gina Ellis for the wedding, which will take place about 25 miles from her house at Chapel Dulcinea.
After the wedding at 6:30 pm we’ll all head over to The Salt Lick BBQ restaurant nearby for a wedding dinner of BBQ Brisket, Pork Ribs, Sausage, Beans, Potato Salad, and Cole Slaw. Hey, it is Texas, after all.
We plan on spending the night at Gina’s before coming back to Burnet on Tuesday.
More tomorrow…
Quote of the day:
Boys will be boys, and so will a lot of middle-aged men. – Kin Hubbard
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Fun and Family at the Lake…
We started today by meeting family, old friends, and some new friends at the
Tea-Licious Tea Room on the square in Burnt, TX at 11 am.
From left to right: my wife Jan, our soon-to-be son-in-law Lowell, our daughter Brandi, and her friends, Shawna, Dylan, Gavin, and Jason Oakley
From left to right below: Our daughter-in-law Linda, our son Chris, and Lowell’s friends, Kenny, Sheila, Ashton, and Colton.
After a great lunch and some shopping, we all ended up back at the lake house on Inks Lake, about 10 miles west of Burnet and about 4 miles from where we’re parked.
With the temperature in the mid-90’s, most everyone quickly hit the lake.
This is my son Chris’ Century Ski Boat that he completely rebuild, including the 327 engine. It’s great for tubing. 
After a great spaghetti dinner meal fixed by our daughter-in-law Linda, a bunch of us set out on a sunset lake cruise on the pontoon boat. 
Chris has some help at the wheel.
We saw a number of deer along the banks, including this one.
We also saw this Bald Eagle sunning himself along a retaining wall. Unfortunately i never got a good shot.
And what’s a sunset cruise without a couple of good sunsets. 
Then, of course, when the sun goes down, the moon comes up.
Tomorrow will be another day of gelling on the lake, before the big day on Monday. And we’ve still got more people coming into town, including our opposite in-laws, who we’ll meet for the first time.
More tomorrow…
Quote of the day:
I was gratified to be able to answer promptly. I said I don’t know. – Mark Twain
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