An excerpt from an e-mail to one of my friends, sent Tuesday, April 18, 2006:
Easter weekend was interesting. I met Mark's older daughter, Kim, her husband Mike, and the rest of their 7 kids (4 hers, 2 his, one theirs). I figured out that she is 6 months older than my baby sister (i.e. Kim will turn 42 in about 10 days); Mark was only 22 when she was born. ... They were all very nice and made me feel comfortable; I helped hide eggs for the Easter egg hunt. I also took off my rings to help with dishes and Kim and one of her daughters were looking at them; if they did the math they can tell from my high school and A&M rings (Mike went to A&M) that I am 49!
Yesterday we picked up Mark's youngest son Drew at the airport; he had gone to San Antonio to see his girlfriend (and thus Mark was dog-sitting in Lewisville). We had lunch and Mark told Drew he is moving wherever I end up (this came about as the two of them were discussing getting Mark's stuff out of California). Drew seemed a little surprised.
I feel bad in both cases because Kim said something to Mark as we were leaving about how nice it was that he was close by (instead of in California) and Drew said something similar (he will be moving to San Antonio this summer and the boat will move to Canyon Lake, and he said he still wants Mark to go sailing with him). I'd almost hate to end up in Kingsville* so far from his family.
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* I had an interview for a librarian position with Texas A&M - Kingsville scheduled for early May 2006. Although it would have been nice to live in South Texas again (we probably would have lived in Corpus Christi, and I would have commuted), I'm glad I ended up at Tarleton State University in nearby Stephenville. Kim has always invited us to family events at her home, an hour and a half away. I'm excited to be going there for Easter this coming Sunday.
I took pictures on Easter 2006 (which was April 16 that year), but most did not turn out well as I was still learning to use the camera Mark gave me. Here are a couple that did come out OK - one obviously taken by Mark.
Above: Mark's oldest granddaughters, Holly and Heidi.
Below: Me, taken by Mark.
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