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Miscellany

Vacation is rapidly winding down. A few photos of the house:

Thursday dinner

Turkey tetrazzini, fruit salad.

Black Friday starts on Thursday

Surrounded by newspaper shopping inserts, and wired into the web, Stacie begins the 2012 Christmas shopping blitz.

Napping

Something about the sea air encourages napping, and many of us have given in.

Beach

Among the sea life we discovered this morning (none still living) were a crab, a jellyfish, and a stingray.

A bonus of having Thanksgiving day yesterday is that today can be a relaxing day.

Early evening on the deck and a nail painting party

Early Thanksgiving dinner on Wednesday

It was delicious. And the grand kids washed the dishes.

And the Pilgrims and Indians made the trip from Denton.

They made me take this picture, but nobody really knows what they're doing

Galveston ferry

Dinner at Gaido's

The service was not so great. But the food was very good. And the company was excellent.

Gaido's shrimp cocktail

LyAnn, it was as good as you remember.

Ice cream on the Strand

First photo - a big bear. Second photo - the bear appears much smaller after people eat ice cream and get very big.

While the men were golfing

Golfing at Galveston

A strange game

Monday evening

Early evening in Galveston.

Dinner being prepared: chicken and wild rice casserole. Cranberry nut bread. Fruit salad.

Sunrise in Galveston

Photo by Becky.

Sunday Dinner

Becky, Wallace, and Robert prepare chicken enchiladas and salad. Hadley assists with a pumpkin dessert.

Warning: Those who read this blog should probably do so when not hungry. Because there will be many mentions of good food. And probably photos as well.

Beach house

We arrived at the house about 3:00. Hadley's assessment after a quick tour: "Greatest house EVER!" She may be right. Stay tuned for photos.

Day 1: To Galveston!

We met at Vista Ridge Mall at 9:00am and set out (first photo). We stopped at Buc-ee Beaver's, a giant convenience store near Huntsville (second photo, which Becky insisted we pose for), then for lunch in The Woodlands. Robert, Mom, and Daniel followed an hour or so later.