The happy family at Becky’s house.
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From: Becky AlexanderSent: Saturday, December 25, 2004 4:40 PM
To: Steve Taylor
Subject: Christmas 1
Here are the first Christmas pictures. Tony and Taylor made Gingerbread houses yesterday. I need to get a
picture of Taylor with her finished product. Tony was proud of his. The other picture is of our hyper kids getting ready for bed last
night. Amazingly, they were all passed out by 10:00.
Texas
Merry Christmas everyone. Christmas Eve. Clouds. Wind. Light rain. Thunderstorm. Heavy rain. Ice
pellets. Then snow. Real snow! We’re here for the first white Christmas
ever recorded in South Texas. Up to six inches accumulation. Bridges
closed. Roads impassable. The local news channels are going bonkers. What
fun! A beautiful warm sunny Christmas day. Wandered the beach. Had dinner with
fifty other motorhomers, a dinner sponsored by the RV park we’re in. Back to our house to watch football. Conversations with the kids, and an exchange of Christmas pictures. Merry Christmas everyone, from the beach.
Texas
Sometimes she’s hard to miss.
Texas
Sometimes it’s not easy to find Annie.
Texas
The weather changes. It got cold and blustery. It will be warm again in a
few days. Even when we’re cold, we’re forty degrees warmer than Denver.
Jamie said it was one degree there today. Parked at the Port Aransas waterfront park in the Jeep. Watching the ship
canal. Porpoises in the bow wakes of freighters. Pelicans lifting off at
the last moment to let the car ferries pass, then circling around behind to
clean up whatever goodies are stirred to the surface. Gulls. Egrets and
herons wading the shallows. A lighthouse. The calm water of the marina.
Fresh seafood. Sea breeze. A jetty. A beach nearby.