Up to lately

A bit of what Los Robinsons have been up to, as seen by Porter's Blackberry
Have you ever walked away from a day and thought, 'that was a perfect day.' That was our Saturday. Last weekend we woke up to no agenda other than spending time together and getting our annual Cowboy Cringle photo taken.

We drove down the road to Gruene just in time to see the Pony Express ride through with the message from the governor welcoming the Christmas season. The three of us loved watching the horses ride through with their cowboys- kind of gave us a sense of pride in our town and in the Christmas season. After the pony express arrived, Gruene's otherwise closed-down post office opens up for two hours so that you can stand in line to get your Christmas cards stamped witht the old Gruene postage stamp. Oh, if only I were that organized.

So, we got some hot cocoa at the coffee shop and did a little shopping at the new toystore- while Rhett was dropping Christmas list hints left and right-
Then it was time for our cheesey Santa photo- my how we've grown!
2009

2008
After some lunch with friends, we came home and rested for our date night. Porter and I went to see the Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis Holiday show at the dance hall. Sure, they sang the same songs, told the same jokes, and recited the same stories as last year,but it was still lovely - as are they.



Oh- and have you heard about our Christmas tree d-r-a-m-a?
Well, a lifetime dream of mine was fulfilled the last week when I got to venture to my first Christmas tree forest (I am from the Rio Grand Valley- ya know). But by the time we got there with Nana in tow (post thanksgiving weekend) the temperature was freezing- the selection was sparse, and I was way too excited to even care.

So while Porter was busy being manly,
Nana busy being granmotherly,
Me, motherly-

And Rhett busy being... well, cute-
We came home to a lop-sided this:Which kind of reminds us of this:

Good grief! We love it.