Halloweens Past

When I sent my last post, I saw the date and remembered I'd collected these pics Halloweens Past. I only regret that I missed the Halloween at Inks Lake many years ago. I invite any of you who remember that weekend to tell us about it below in a comment.

1984 - David and Lisa after a hard day of pre-school at Child Craft.

 

1986 - David at our home in Powder Springs, GA.

1986 - Kat (Nicolette) the Cat in front of Grandmother's house in Grand Prairie. I scanned this from Mother's collection, so I suspect Cathie or Dad took the picture.

 

1987 - David as Dracula at home in Powder Springs

1999 - Nat the Bat at home in Austin. Maureen sent me the pics.

2006 - Lauren and unidentified friend at home in Arlington.

 

2007 - Allison, Gillian, and Lauren at Ellen's and Stan's in San Antonio.

2007 - Allison and Lauren w/ jack-o-lantern in San Antonio.

2007 - Kat and Gillian in San Antonio.

Random Portraits

This picture of Paul was taken at the family reunion in Utopia in 2002. Most of us haven't seen him since he was here last December, but Karen and Lisa got to visit with Paul and Lee in Virginia last week. Lisa and a friend flew east to run in the Marine Corps Marathon in Washington, DC and Karen went along to provide moral support. The last I heard, Paul's hoping to be able to visit us in January - we look forward to it.

 

This one, of our "other" Paul, was also taken in 2002 at the family reunion. To be specific, it was taken at the restaurant in Leakey where we ate lunch after exploring the territory north of Utopia and west of Vanderpool. It's not unusual to find "stuffed critters" mounted on the walls of a Texas restaurant or bar, but a bighorn sheep resting behind your chair is a little bit different.

 

Lauren, Angela, and Drew were captured here on Grandmother's patio one evening in Grand Prairie a little over a month later - during my Fourth of July visit to Texas. I thought I'd take this opportunity to mention that all pictures of Lauren taken in the future will be without her tonsils - she had them removed last week. I assume she has recovered by now -  I hope she's not sick of ice cream.

Random Portraits

Well, Saturday's game against Oklahoma was something less than impressive - except perhaps to Sam Bradford. But even so, a win is a win. Perhaps some time over the next few weeks things will come together for the Longhorns and we'll finish up the season in a memorable manner.

All three of these pictures were taken in 2002. The one above, of Gillian and Summer was taken in late June , a few months after Summer was moved to a new stable in West Cobb County.

 

This picture of Angela was taken one night over at Mom's house in Grand Prairie. I can't remember what she was chuckling about, but she's typically in a good mood whenever she's around family - and Christmas was only a few days off.

 

This picture of Donna's brother, David, was taken in July at Jonathan and Heather's wedding reception in Mount Pleasant. I've always liked David - he's a "what you see is what you get" kind of guy. I always enjoy getting a chance to see him.