I ran into one of my old friends at my son’s basketball game this weekend. I have known her since our sons were in the same playgroup when they were 9 months old! Not only was it wonderful to see her pretty face, she caught me up on what she is doing these days. Her […]
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Santa goes high tech and helps SA Youth
Don’t have any stamps for that letter to Santa and the thought of standing in that long line is dreadful? Not to worry because Santa has email! SA Youth is a wonderful, local non-profit agency that serves over 3,000 low income and at risk youth and helps give high school dropouts a second chance at […]
Drive Thru Nativity is a Family Tradition
We first started going to the drive thru Nativity at Concordia Lutheran Church when our twins were 7 months old. We put them in their jammies since they would fall asleep during the ride and we could just put them in bed when we got home. Now that they are older, my son and twins […]
Did someone say Tamales?
The 2nd annual Tamales! Holiday Festival is coming up this weekend at the Pearl on Saturday,December 3rd from 12-7pm. It looks like there will be something for everyone from food,music,a kids area,shopping in the Holiday Artisan’s Market and even the Museum Reach River Lights Festival and a visit from Santa! For more information you can […]
Christmas among the Oil Derricks in Kilgore
As I was growing up in my hometown I thought that everyone had oil derricks and pump jacks in their neighborhood. When I later moved to the big city, I found out that this was not exactly the case. The World’s Richest Acre, which is […]