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Visiting Texas

 I got to go to Texas recently to see my new grandson, play with my granddaughter and help out my son and daughter-in-law. After the first day which involved sitting in the airport for 9 hours because of flight delays, it was a good trip!

The first day, we visited the park and did some swings, held the baby, and visited Target to buy some pajamas that I had forgotten and check out the toys:





The next day, we went out to eat at Gringo's which has a really good tomatillo sauce (and soft-serve ice cream), and visited the park again. Here's a copycat recipe for the green sauce: https://www.tfrecipes.com/gringos-green-sauce-recipe-copycat/



The green sticker on her shirt is supposed to help keep the bugs away:


I saw some cool birds--egrets maybe?:


The third day I got up with Lincoln to go watch him teach early-morning seminary. The kids are pretty amazing, getting there before 5:50am to have a religion class. They have to start that early because school starts at 7:15am. Lincoln did a great job being positive with the kids and encouraging participation.




After breakfast, we all went on a walk and saw more egrets and turtles.



On my last full day, I went to seminary again where Lincoln did a Jeopardy Old Testament game which was pretty fun--I helped my team a lot, probably too much:



After breakfast I took my granddaughter and my granddog out on a walk and saw both an egret and a heron (I think). It's hard to see the heron because it's color blends better with the background:









That evening, Lincoln and MiCayla invited over her extended family who live in the area to come to dinner and participate in a baby blessing. I was happy to be included in that:




The dinner turned out really well with Cafe Rio style chicken, cilantro rice, black beans, lettuce, sour cream, and cheese on tortillas. I'll take credit for going to the store to buy the tortillas that morning after seminary. I'll have to try the chicken recipe soon. We had brownies and ice cream for dessert. It was nice to visit with MiCayla's family members and get to know them a little better.



I should have taken more pictures of MiCayla with the kids but here's a picture of me taken right before I left on Saturday morning.



Thanks to Scott for taking care of things at home so I could go!  It was fun to see all the good things Lincoln and MiCayla are doing as they raise these precious little children.







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