Group Photo and Home Again!

We gathered yesterday morning for a group photo before a few of us started the trek home.

It was an interesting diversified group of awesome people spending a week together at the beach.

I enjoyed every moment even though my allergies continued to plague me! I took them with me and brought them back home again! Ugh!

At 11:00 am Luann and I left on the ferry for the short 12 minute ride over to Galveston Island.

From there we filled the tank with gas, ate lunch at a deli and headed for the Interstate.

That's when things slowed down! Traffic was heavy and for a good while it was stop and go.

It was 3:45 before we got on the OTHER side of Houston.

Then it started raining - every potty break seemed to be when it was pouring and we got drenched only to dry off and get soaked again at the next stop!

We stopped at Collin Street Bakery for hot coffee and apricot pies!

They had two left! Luann bought one and I bought the other!

You can see LD and I have been enjoying it!

It was wonderful to get away for a week and just as wonderful to come home!

Louis Dean had a good time while I was gone! He had a music jam session yesterday afternoon and was quite the host. I smiled to see a big bowl of Spicy Cheese Nips and glasses where he had served orange juice. I admit to a look of dismay as I surveyed the 'damage.' He had, indeed, baked bread during my absence. I thought as much when he called me to ask where the professional bread pans were. He said he had found a perfect place to put them. I should have known he meant the OVEN!! But to give him credit, I DID come home a day early! 45 minutes of Damage Control and we were out on the driveway sipping a glass of wine. I have to tell you - Louis Dean is my very favorite person in all the world and I missed him.

He's worth every minute of the time it takes to clean up after him. Which reminds me......it's awful quiet right now. I wonder where he is and what he's doing? I better go check.......