Rudy had work in Houston, Texas. So, I went along and got to catch up with some of our friends. We dined at Six Vines with our friends Steve and Beth Lehew. It’s a great place if you like wine flights. We stayed down in Hughes Landing area, which has beautiful views and scenery. I swung by for coffee with my ole buddies Jim and Shirley. Made it just in time for my imposition of ashes for Ash Wednesday at the noon service at The Woodlands Methodist Church.

I hung out a couple of times with my friend Shannon. We always try to squeeze in as much time together as possible. We chat each week when we are apart. So it’s always so good to catch up face to face. While in The Woodlands, they were having some Monster Truck group meet up, so we saw all sorts of fancy trucks. And we got to go out to dinner with our ole neighborhood crew, Donna, Steve, Amy, Kim and Chuck (image below). We always have the best time with them. On the way home Rudy and I stopped at this statue that is called Footprints, after the famous Footprints poem about Jesus carrying you through the hard times.

We had a great time celebrating my littlest sister’s “29th” birthday! We went to her home for cake and presents. Then it was off to Strawn’s Eat Shop for lunch. It’s this dinner that has been there forever, located near Centenary College. Burgers and pie is what’s for lunch! And if you don’t have room for both, go straight for the pie, the strawberry pie. It is huge and to die for delicious!

Afterwards we went over to the Mardi Gras parade. The last one of the season. I cannot remember the name of the parade. However, my sister said she loves this one the most, as after having already ridden in previous parades, many floats will take a “last spin” for the season in this parade. It is big, family friendly, and they are out to have a good time. And so were we!