Whirlwind Weekend--back to Galveston

Wowsa--what a weekend.  

We left Saturday morning in the dark to get down to Houston in time to meet dear Sarah and Joe for breakfast.  And wouldn't you know I left my camera in the car?  Sarah and Joe have been such a big part of my life since I met them, and it was so nice to get to meet one of their two daughters (finally!).  

So strange to be back on the island--like we never left. All the landmarks, restaurants, and beautiful historic homes looked exactly the same as when we left them.  And it made me miss living there.  Made me miss the beach, and just the feel of the island... and island life.  

We met up with our good friends, the Hannings, who took us in on very little notice.  Micah and Ava are so fun.  Ava has gotten so big, and she has so embraced being a girlie girl.  So fun.  

We made pizzas from scratch, using our favorite pizza dough recipe from All Recipes.  Any homemade pizza with freshly fried bacon on it is a good one.

And finally we got to spend some time with our new niece!  So good to see Daniel's sister, husband, and kids.  Jonathan taught Daniel all about excavators, front-end loaders, tractors, dump trumps, and much more.  Truly remarkable, that child's knowledge of trucks, at age 2.  

I'm not sure that we could have crammed anything else into the 36 hour trip.  But we certainly enjoyed it!