McDowell Creek

These are the falls at McDowell Creek Park. It is about 15 miles from our house to the park. Bry and I enjoyed a walk around the park, viewing the falls and I even got my feet wet to cool off. After all we went during the record breaking triple digit weather. It is a beautiful area and Sunday I took Jimmy up to see the park and waterfalls.

Home Sweet Home

Here is a finished picture of our new home. Sorry it took so long between construction picture and the finished picture. We sure love our new home! Everyone is welcome, we love company.

Taylor And Jayden at the Zoo

We enjoyed a day at the Oregon Zoo in Portland. We were able to see all the animals. When we got to the elephants Taylor reminded me that the elephants are her momma's favorite. So she called Momma while at the elephants to tell her all about them. It was a fun day and a perfect way to spend the afternoon.

Silly Granddad !! We can drive this thing straight !!

Taylor and Jayden were visiting us for a couple of weeks. Can you believe they thought mowing the lawn with a push mower with Granddad was fun! I bet their Uncle Bubba would have a different view. We sure enjoyed them being here. And we sure enjoy the quiet after they left. At least for a little while. Now it's been long enough...come back...please. We've caught up on our rest.. we have a little energy again. Never as much as they have. lol

We have settled back down into the work force.

We are now real estate brokers! We finished all of our schooling and testing. We now work for Prudential Real Estate Professionals in Corvallis, Oregon. We are looking forward to our new careers together. We will soon have a web site for our business also and I will have to let everyone know after we get that started. We still plan on traveling, although now we will be making shorter trips and then coming home. This is one of the pictures we had taken when we got them done for work. Just thought everyone may enjoy seeing of new picture of us. Thanks for keeping up with us. Bryant and Kathy

Our new House

Well, we will once again have roots. We are buying our new house. It will be finished soon. I can hardly wait to get in and decorate again. It is three bedrooms, a den that opens up to the living room and open to dining and kitchen. Spilt wing with the master to the left and quest bedrooms to the right. We have a rv pad there next to the garage that is already in. It is only a few blocks away from Tyler and Crystal. Jimmy and Natalie will be moving here soon. When we get, in our new address will be 3801 Avalon Ave, Albany, Or 97322. But for now our mailing address is still Texas. Our new phone numbers are Bryant 541-979-2360 and myself 541-979-2361. We should be in our house by the beginning of next month. I took this picture of our house this morning so you can see it is almost finished. Exciting! 

Tulips, Tulips, and more Tulips

 

Tulip Festival

On Friday, April 14th Bryant took we to Woodburn, Oregon to the Wooden Shoe Tulip Company Tulip Festival. It was so beautiful!! It was raining but we enjoyed walking through the tulip fields anyway. I little water is something you get used to living in Oregon. Okay, a lot of water. For anyone who didn't already know, I love tulips! 

Candi, Jayden and Taylor

I spent two weeks down in California, taking care of Taylor and Jayden. We had a good time together. It is so fun to play with the kids. Their laughter is wonderful!! We shared meals, bedtimes, movies and Disneyland together. Jayden loved showing me his favorite ride, Buzz Lightyear. Taylor thinks she is a princess and loves her second home (Disneyland). 

Sweet Moment

I love when they are sweet to each other. It is so refreshing to see children care about each other and these two really do love each other. Our grandkids are the best!!