Houston I

We spent the last week or so in Houston.  We went on 3 Jul and returned just today (8 Jul).  We had an amazing time.  We flew out early on Wednesday.  Here are Ashley and Bode getting ready for takeoff.

The flight out was uneventful--on time departure, early arrival, and we took a bus to get to the rental car complex.

The car was waiting for us when we got there, traffic was light, and by 1000 that morning, Bode and I were in the pool.

We went to Houston for a wedding.  Penny and Milton Watson (Ashley and Penny are cousins) have four kids; their oldest daughter, Chelsea, married a fine young man named Brandon.  Penny and Milton rented a house at Lake Conroe and were gracious enough to let us stay at their house, which is simply the equivalent of a 5-star hotel.

On the 4th of July, we went up to Lake Conroe to visit the Watson crew at their lake estate.  The house they rented was pretty nice...

and had a wonderful view of the lake.

Bode and Ashley did some lake swimming and snagged a picture with the bride-to-be and her nephew, Owen.

Bode tried to walk on the yellow floaty-thing.

The basement of the house was pretty cool--lots of games to include Ping Pong, pool, and an air hockey machine.  Ashley and Bode played a few games to determine who could claim the title of McGuirk Champion.

Milton was getting ready to grill up burgers and hotdogs, but he managed to stop and get a great picture with Ashley and Bode.

And Bode was nice enough to snap a picture of Ashley and me.

After a fine meal (which turned out to be the theme of the stay), we headed back to Penny and Milton's and watched the first episode of Stranger Things 3 on Netflix; thus far, we are fans :-)