The New House

Well, we were crazy and decided to close on a house during the Christmas holiday.
Here are some pictures of the new house. It's located in N. Dallas, near the intersection of Royal and Greenville. It was built in 1981 and is about 2600sf. It has 4 BR, 3BA, a den and a living room, plus a formal dining room.




This is one of the next door neighbors.


This is looking North, down the street.


This is the master bathroom


This is the master bedroom with a his and hers side, with bathroom in between.


This is the breakfast nook and the kitchen

This is the living room, looking into the kitchen. There is the wet bar on the right.

This is the 3rd bathroom in the back of the house, near the den and the garage.

Ranch Trip - Deer / hog hunt

Another weekend at the ranch. Early in deer season and of course hogs are always in season.



Here is a pretty good size wild hog at the deer feeder.





He didn't fare so well after some deer corn.


Here are some turkey (look hard) running from the truck as I made a turn.


Here is a small 6 point buck looking back over his shoulder.

Here is my brother, standing over a blind porcupine. We let the poor guy go on his way.

Here is a close up of the porcupine....

Here I am in the make-shift ground blind. It was a little chilly.

Ranch Trip - Chris Halpin hog hunt

We made another trip out to our family ranch near Abilene. This time my buddy from Dallas, Chris Halpin joined me. We were feeling bloody and wild hogs were in our sights.

Chris is helping feed some of the cattle.

Chris and a couple of the horses.

This is a bee hive in one of the old abandoned buildings. The dark part are the bees on the honeycomb. We had to be very quiet while taking this pic.

Lubbock Navy Ball

Mom and Dad invited us to the annual Navy Ball in Lubbock this year. Phillip, Stefanie, Kristi and I joined Mom and Dad for the formal event.