From Ruidoso to Austin

Well, what was suppose to be the best vacation of the summer for us and the vacation we all wait for during these hot summer months came to a disappointment on Sunday(07/27/08) the day before we left for Ruidoso, NM. The best part of this vacation was that my 17 month grandson was coming along as well. He would have had a blast playing in the river and playing in the dirt. Maybe in a couple of years we'll have to go again. My friend Kim Wood and her family just happened to be in Ruidoso that weekend. They called us on Sunday evening to tell us about the flooding there, thank goodness they were okay. If it wouldn't have been for them visiting Ruidoso, who knows, we might have driven there and then had to turned back around.

That didn't stop us from taking a vacation though. We decided to go visit my my sister in law Suzanne who lives Austin. While Janet and Justin drove back to Vernon to unload their camping supplies we took Cole with us to Austin. He did so well on the 6 hour drive, not once did he cry or fuss. That's my grandson!! While there we went to to Austin zoo, not much of a zoo but at least we had something to do. We also went to Schwertner, Tx where my father in law was born. The old house where he was born is still standing, unbelieveable! The most fun was just visiting at my sister in law's house. We cooked out and sat and visited. She has a big beautiful house, very roomy too. Suzanne just happened to have a blow up swimming pool for Cole to get in and he loved it. He got brave enough to put his face in the water. Thank you Suzanne for having us over!!!