Small-Town Fun

Last Tuesday we had a very fun day with my Grandparents! They were about to get a taste of our small southern town. . .

Tuesday morning my Abuela made us all a delicious breakfast of spinach, cheese, and ham omelets, with Italian bread and fruit. After we had cleaned up the dishes, almost all of us went on a walk to get some exercise. When we got home, we freshened up and got ready to go into our little town for a special treat . . .

. . . a trip to the old-fashioned soda fountain! We all enjoyed our treats which included root beer floats, vanilla and chocolate malts, peach milkshakes, and strawberry sodas.

We browsed inside the store where the soda fountain is located. We were going to take my Grandparents into the antiques and firearms store next door, but they are closed on Tuesdays. So we drove them around our tiny little town and showed them the sights. J

One of our stops was at a local butcher shop. We placed an order for one of their freezer specials, piled back into our two cars, and headed home. Unfortunately there was a little mix-up. When we arrived home, we saw a message on the answering machine. It was from the girl at the meat market. We had left Josiah there!! The poor kid went to the bathroom just before we left, and since we were driving two cars, both drivers thought the other had him. Thankfully we don’t live far from town, so Mom raced over there to pick him up. We felt horrible, but he was pretty brave about it all. For the rest of the week while we traveled around, the number 1 question asked was “Is Josiah in the car?” J (I’ll bet you can sympathize with Josiah, Uncle Paul. J)

Around 5:00 p.m. we left the house yet again to go pick Dad up from work (he carpooled this week since we needed the cars to go on our daily outings.) After we picked him up, we headed to the catfish restaurant where we were going to have dinner.

We had onion petals and stuffed jalapenos for our appetizer. For dinner, most all of us got the catfish. I had mine fried, with old fashioned ham and potato salad, black eyed peas, and hush puppies (pictured above.) I didn’t even eat half of the meal, it was so filling!

In our area of Texas, there is a lake and dam that we wanted to show my Grandparents. We were going to take them there Wednesday, but since we were already close, we thought we’d go ahead and go up there since it was such a beautiful evening.

I had never been to the lake or the dam before, but it was quite beautiful! I look forward to coming here in a few months to spend a day at the beach.

Of course, my siblings and I couldn’t stay out of the water, cold as it was. J

Photo Credit: Betsy.

Beautiful sunset view from the dam.

This time of year, the blue bonnets are in profuse bloom. Near the dam, there are literally fields full of blue bonnets that are absolutely gorgeous! We had to stop and see them and take a few pictures.

Photo Credit: Betsy.

We made it home pretty late that night, but it was well worth it for all the fun we had!

To be continued . . .