Lorna came out and visited for awhile. We had a lot of fun. We worked on fixing up her motorhome. We spent time wandering around town. It was fun and we were sad to see her go. We went up to South First and played around with the Art they have on the divider.
So who is coming to visit us next? We can find some fun things to do!
We had a great Halloween! Lorna, Darrell and I carved some pumpkins and then passed out candy. We had so many trick-or-treaters that we almost ran out of candy (about a handful left at the end of the night). I really enjoyed seeing all of the costumes and loved seeing the smiles on the kids’ faces. I can’t wait till we have one of our own. Here are some pictures:
We then put the pumpkins on the porch, finished setting up and sat on the porch handing out candy.
Hope you had a Happy Halloween!! From the Ross Family
We have finally arrived back home after the trip to Phoenix. We had a blast hanging out with friends and family. We got to see Francis, Joni, Chris, Ruth, Makayla, Mom, Carole, Jenni, Rachel, and Baby Hazel. Darrell learned a lot at his class and I had a very relaxing break.
We had dinner at the White Chocolate Grill with my family and Francis. It was really good!
I got to spend some time with little baby Hazel. I was a little sad, but I know that we will have one someday.
We also climbed up Camelback Mountain in the middle of Phoenix. We only got about a quarter of the way up since I was way out of shape. We had fun though and it was an awesome view!
Then the night before we left, we went out to eat at Margarittaville with Ruth, Makayla and Francis. Makayla got a few good photos with the camera and she also got a balloon princess crown that she shared with the guys.
All in all, it was a wonderful week. We really enjoyed the time we got to spend with friends and family. It made us want to move closer even more, but we have a few years to go before that is feasible.
We have been getting around quite a bit lately. I figured I would post some photos to share.
We went to the Fair and survived the first rainstorm since April or so. 
We also went to the Big Country Balloonfestival in Abilene on September 23.
They Lit up all the hot air balloons at once. It was pretty neat.
Then we headed on down to Fredericksburg for Oktoberfest and then Austin for the ACA Bat Cruise and watched the bats come out from under the Congress Bridge. We had a lot of fun and really enjoyed that weekend.
We went with Kelly and Carla on the Bat Cruise
Those black cloud like things are all made up of bats that came flying out from under the bridge.
The view of Downtown Austin reflecting on the lake at night.
Currently we are in Phoenix on one of our trips and I have pictures, but I haven’t gotten them on my computer yet, so when I get back next week I will try to put some up.
Oh yeah, and as soon as we left Texas to head to Phoenix, it rained really hard our neighbor told us. So we missed probably the biggest rainstorm of the year. :/
But it was totally worth it to be able to see our niece, friends and family.
I was just looking at the Calendar and I realized that Saturday was one year. We bought this house a whole year ago! It doesn’t seem like it has been that long, but I guess that it has. Not much has changed with the house as we haven’t really had the money to do a whole lot to it, but it is our house. The big difference is that we have been putting in a garden bed
Garden 2011
It has been a lot of hard work as we have had to dig up a lot of different concrete scraps and rocks. But by the end, it will be worth it and we will have a small satisfaction knowing that we were able to put in a garden in West Texas with the crappy soil we have. 🙂 The cats have been enjoying the time outside as well.
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