On the 4th of October Mom and Dad moved out of their house of 42 years and into an assisted living facility, St Joseph Manor in Bryan, about a block from our house. This was a huge step both physically and psychologically however they have made the move and are doing extremely well.

This was the living room with all the stickers on the pieces that were to stay (red) and to go (green) for the movers.






And Pop giving the final orders to the moving crew as they departed 1602 Glade Street, College Station, for the last time.

Then the staging of the garage sale stuff ...

And then in the light rain Rich and Kerry at the garage sale to let go of the items that didn't make the cut for either storage or the new apartment.

All in all it was a pretty smooth move with Mom and Dad now happy in their new two bedroom apartment with a beautiful view to the northwest of Bryan. They have the freedom to do as they wish in the new place and yet have all the amenities of a first class hotel with nothing forgotten concerning their personal care.

Then we piled back into the bus and headed down to Austin for the wedding of Patrick O'Brien, son of Greg and Char, our long-time friends. Patrick is the oldest son and was born a month earlier than Leigh while we were stationed in Tucson in 1976. The wedding was at a chapel on Lake Travis and the reception here was at the Austin Museum Of Art.

Patrick and Annie with their first dance.

A really cool aspect of the event was the fact that Brooks and Leigh were hired as the wedding photographers. This was the first time we got to see them work and tried to stay out of their way; Leigh seven months pregnant and all. A truly gorgeous ceremony and reception and we were highly appreciative to be part of the guests!

Geez, I didn't realize they hired bouncers at the Catholic Church ... I'm sorry, actually it's Brooks taking shots in the chapel.

We wish the best to Patrick and Annie, especially with the honeymoon in Italy, we are jealous!

In spite of the fact that we had briefly been by Bryan to open the house, we hopped right back into the Flying Scotsman and headed back up to the Dallas area in the last week of September to attend the baby shower for Leighanne. Here's Mom and the potential GrandMom at the shower.



The event was hosted by a long time friend of Leigh and Leigh received a really nice selection of baby gifts to help bring the new boy into the world; this one was particularly cute for the photography parents.





For the week in the Dallas area we stayed at the Vinyards RV Resort we have stayed at before; is this view from California or what. A truly gorgeous park with large lots on lake Grapevine and plenty of amenities.

Way too many birds and way too much glass between me and them!!!