"Today is a Good Day to Drive!" .....Van-Go

We know we are in the Valley

Taking down the Roadtrek Christmas tree while stopped at the rest area on I37 S.

Home to the River Walk, the Alamo, and the road south to The Valley

Checking out the new Calendar

Experience Early TX At The Living History Farm In Stonewall

We stopped in Carl's Corner and left a note for the DJ. He announed "Van Go is traveling from Pittsburgh to Texas. They left a note up here on the window. . .

Driving in to Texas !!

Into Arkansas and headed for Little Rock before we call it a day

Kathy slept in while Will got us closer to Tx. We are in TN just east of Knoxville on route 40.

Ravens vs Steelers playing at the Heinz Field. First quarter Steelers ahead.

Justin heads back to Hawaii tomorrow after visiting with some friends today. It was such a wonder surprize to see him. Wish him safe travels.

What a glittery snow globe with pics of Abby and Tommy!!!

Wholey's Fish

Cookie Day started at 5:00AM for Kathy, Maria and Carmine and Robert. First cookies went in the oven at 6AM. Sueann and Don arrived about 8AM and Jessica and Travis arrived about noon. We made about 4,000 cookies this year! The last batch came out of the oven around 3PM. Sueann gets credit for bringing three kinds along ready made and packaged. Carmine gets credit for having dough mixed and in the fridge and anise cookies rising on the trays ready to go. Don gets credit for unwrapping the peanut kisses and kneading the biscotti; Robert gets credit for running out in the snow to get us more needed supplies. Jess and her boyfriend, Travis, get credit for knotting the dough for the Love Knots. Kathy gets credit for buring only one tray of cookies. And another Cookies Day passes with cookies all around!

The Silver Sneekers Christmas Party was a big hit! We had yummy foods and a grab-bag gift exchange. Coleen lead up in a game of tell it all where we had to say something we had never done and everyone else who had done it had to give us a candy kiss! What fun we all had and we got our exercise too by laughing!

Sueann showed her watercolor painting...

For the past three years Sueann has hosted a Christmas Tea. It was so nice that Kathy could attend this year. Sueann made such yummy foods to go along with the different teas and served it all in a certain order to acentuate the wonderful flavors. The setting was perfect, right out of "Better Homes and Garden"; we all express that she out did Martha Stewart this year!