Friday, October 31, 2014

Happy Halloween

Today, I picked up Lari from School and Dad brought Arianna later.  Lari has Homecoming at TMI tonite, so she will trick or treat early.  She did not have an outfit so she and I put some things together for her to wear.  Arianna wore her Greek Goddess outfit. 

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Grandpa grabbed his mask and is also ready to hand out treats!

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Off they go to the neighbors!!  It is so much fun to see them have fun!!

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Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Fun Times with The Girls

Larissa had Western Day at School…  she looks cool!!   Arianna has put some of my beads to good use.  She has been making bracelets…. She is so crafty!

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We have spent some fun time at Charming Charlie’s.  Fun!  We have also had so much fun with the American Girl Dolls!

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Our times together are so special.  We make the very best of every moment we have.

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

DeMontrond & WWW Rallies in Boerne

We traveled a whole 8 miles to a rally in Boerne.  First we attended the DeMontrond Travelers Rally which was followed by the WWW Rally.  I took very little pictures at these rallies, so please check out The Franklins Blog at franklingeopat@blogspot.com

Manuel and I hosted the WWW Rally along with Ed & Margaret Fitzgerald.  We had a great time. 

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Our last evening together, we had dinner at El Rio in Boerne.  We had a delicious dinner and then headed to the rally room for our last night of games.  It was great to spend this week with our Houston Friends.  Always good to see them all.

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Since we only attend rallies that are near San Antonio, we are not sure when we will see these friends again.  Many June. 

Monday, October 20, 2014

Arianna’s Greek Festival

Today, Arianna had a Greek Festival and it was also Crazy Hair Day!  She is ready to have some fun! 

Today is also Halloween so we will post some pictures of that later.

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She is a Greek Goddess and Grandma forgot which one.  She tells Dad all about herself.

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We went from child to child hearing what they had to day as some of them had no parent present.   Ms. Acosta is Arianna’s teacher.

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After the performance outdoors, we were invited in to the classroom to partake in a Greek meal. 

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Oh what fun this is!!!!  Love it!

Friday, October 17, 2014

Time to Post Again

It has been a couple of months since I have posted and we have not done a whole lot but here goes with a few pics.

In early October, we took a bus trip with the Holy Spirit Catholic Church to Coushatta Casino in Kinder, Louisiana.

We were at the church grounds by 6:30 am.  There are two buses going on this two night trip. 

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Going through Houston.  Glad we are not driving and can enjoy the ride.

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This trip was better than the last one we took as it is two days and had time to relax.  We both did pretty good.  I played the slots and Manuel played his poker.  Had a great time!

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Thursday, October 16, 2014

Arianna’s 8th Birthday

Today, October 16, we celebrated Arianna’s 8th birthday.  What a happy little girls she is. 

Manuel and I started our day by going to her school and taking the BIG Chocolate Chip cookie she wanted to share with her class. 

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She had a great time with her class.     Later that evening, Dad, Mom, Lari, Aunt Corina and Grandpa and I met for dinner at Carraba’s for dinner. 

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She is so happy with her gifts.  Can you tell?!  Check out her cake choices!  

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   I love to see her smiling!  If they are happy, I am happy!!

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

2 Rallies in Victoria

We attended the Demontrond Rally  in Victoria and it was followed by the WWW Rally.  We spend a week at the Victoria KOA.  We had a great time.  Here are a few pics!

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Manuel and Dean are just hanging out.  This was Dean & Shirley’s attendance with the group.  They will be selling the coach.  They sure will be missed.

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The Margarita Men, Troy and Ronnie.  They make great Margaritas.  I believe they have a lot of experience!

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Good Friends, Janet and Gisele, enjoy themselves, as always.

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Looks like these three are up to no good!  Oh My, two against one!  Are they ganging up on her?!

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We all headed out to the pool area.  We are having an ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.  Mark, President, said he would do it if $100 were raised.  Well, $200 were raised so he said he would volunteer our Vice President, Sharon.  We gathered on this really cool morning!!

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Everyone brought out their cameras and ipads! 

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I am sorry but I could not download my video.  Will keep trying! 

Mark jumped in the pool to warm up after the ice water.    Good cause but they are gutsy, too.

We headed home on Wednesday.  Manuel had some sick days while we were in Victoria but we made the best of our outing. 

Until next time!