4th of July 2025

We decided that once a year wasn't often enough to get together. It's normally only on Thanksgiving. Jenny and I made the drive but our kids were otherwise occupied, which is completely understandable. Their kids are busy. For some reason (probably wine) I didn't take any pictures of our visiting with my sisters, however, Jenny and I spent a day at Jones Gap State Park hiking to a waterfall. Rainbow Falls. Here are some pics of that hike.

Lindsay's and Jamie's 20th anniversary

The couple celebrated by spending the weekend on Jekyll Island in Georgia. We have the kids and the dogs. We had a completely busted fishing experience when we tried our luck in St. Augustine over spring break so I was looking for a way to rectify that. We hired Captain Kevin to take us somewhere to catch some fish. That he did. Most of the fish we caught were not keepers but there were a few bigger ones. Connor caught a hammerhead shark that really didn't want to be caught. It was pretty exciting. The couple picks up their brood tomorrow and our lives will return to normal.

Aubrey's Ft. Mill HS Graduation

Aubrey graduated on 23 May. The weekend turned into quite a celebration. The celebrants arrived from far off locals. There was a lot of food and as the night progressed it became pretty loud. Aubrey was trying to get some sleep because she was leaving on her Myrtle Beach post graduation trip. Anyway, congratulations to Aubrey. She's on her way to The College Of Charleston.

Reunion Synopsis

Things were so busy, and ended so late, I didn't post anything while we were there. Today is Sunday and Jenny & I are in Vicksburg Mississippi. The first night of our drive home. There was much catching up, several good meals, consisting of various meats, washed down with beer, bourbon and wine. It appears that Bill and Patty are serious about moving to Portugal. They have jumped through most of the hoops that are required for a long term visa. They still have to go to the Portuguese embassy in Houston and get interviewed. Good luck with that. Donna and Diane are doing well. John and Jeanne's river house is uniquely suited for large gatherings. They frequently host their entire family which numbers 19. They must like chaos. We did spend one afternoon in Marble Falls. Live music and cold beer. I found out my pathetic Aggie Buds can't handle IPA. That is about it. We probably won't make it home tomorrow, we loose an hour and still have 650 miles to go 

Jerome's House day 2

Today was exciting. Jenny and I did an out and back hike/walk on the Salado creek Greenway. It's a paved trail about 30 miles long. It can be connected to the Leon creek Greenway trail and that would lengthen it to around 50 miles. The excitement was the frigging mosquitos. They didn't turn Biblical until we got as far away from the house as we were going to get. We picked up the pace trying to outrun the bloodsucking vermin only to have a black cloud of possibly Zika infected assassins forming at our backs. Jenny swatted them from my back and I swatted them from her back. It turned into a mosquito apocalypse. But some of the buggers succeeded. If we end up hospitalized in a day or two show the doctors this post. We are outta here tomorrow.

On the way to another Aggie Mini-Reunion

We drove for 2 days and are now in San Antonio staying with Jenny's brother, Jerome. He had a dinner get together with all of the Everetts tonight. It was good getting caught up. We are here all day tomorrow and then we head a little north to John Begnaud's house on lake Buchanan.

Spring Break last Day

 We have both made it home. Seth's family is still on break. They are in Florida and will be passing through here in a few days to retrieve Ruby. Not sure if Ruby will be willing to go with them but they are certainly free to try and convince her. We'll see. The pic is our parting shot taken in front of the house in St Augustine. We all enjoyed the trip and the kids are now ready to return to the grindstone of school. Here's hoping.