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Christmas in Texas

We're back in Austin after Christmas at Rob's parents in Kingwood. It was a good visit overall (if we ignore the continued offer of cheese to Rob, who hates cheese, and me, who doesn't eat a lot of it).

We got to Kingwood, about 30 miles north of downtown Houston (but still part of the City) late on Christmas Eve. We exchanged gifts Christmas morning and then starting preparing the evening meal -- turkey, potatoes, green beans, etc. Yummy.

On Saturday, Rob and I and Rob's brother Mike went into downtown Houston to visit the Menil Collection, including the main museum, the Rothko Chapel and the Byzantine Fresco Chapel. Beautiful! Mike then took us on a little tour of downtown and then over to the University of Houston where he does contract work for the Creative Writing program. Back to Kingwood for dinner and conversation and lazing about before finally going to bed.

We left for home pretty early on Sunday and stopped at Bastrop State Park for a short hike with the dog in the piney woods. On the ride home, we talked about Gramma and getting the phone call that she had died one year ago. I miss her but am so glad she's free.

Home to watch football, read, nap, and generally be lazy. More of that today since we're both still on vacation.