Happy Birthday, #1 Son!

Thirty-one years ago today we welcomed our #1 son into the world, red hair, long arms and all! Travis was not a cute baby....I know this is not the thing for a mother to say, but he just wasn't! He had long arms, red complexion, red hair and a scrunched up nose! I just didn't want one friend in particular to see him as I knew what he would say! Anyway, it didn't take long for him to get cute.....or I just got used to him!

Travis was just what big sister Trilby had ordered--a little brother. And she still tries to boss him around, he just doesn't listen as well as he once did! He in turn tries to tell his two younger sisters what to do....not that that works out well for him anymore either!

Now Travis awaits the birth of his first child. I'm hoping for a red headed granddaughter! We just hope he/she looks like his/her mother when he/she is born!

Happy Birthday, Travis. You will always be our favorite son!!

Texas

Bud and I traveled to Dalhart, Texas over Easter. Although my mom's entire family was born and raised in Iowa some of them got the Texas bug in the 70's. My brother went down to work between his junior and senior year of high school and then moved down for good after graduation. He now owns several businesses, but his main one is:

Two of their three children still live there. The oldest got smart and moved to IOWA!! They have a wonderful home:

Mom just moved there from Amarillo in the past month. So, we went down to visit and to help Mom. This is her new home:

It was rainy and chilly until the day we were to come home! Here we have Mom and Dean doing what they do best

while SIL works as usual!
While we were there we did enjoy a short visit with an aunt, uncle, and a cousin, lounged one evening in the hot tub, spent over two hours in church on Saturday evening, ate some yummy Mexican food, and worked on Mom's "Honey Do" list! Our time was short and we will have to make it back again soon.