The Houston Part of the Reunion

What a great reunion! After a great visit at Judy's home in Woodville with such beautiful flowers, we were on the move. Helen left for Ft. Worth and five of us (Judy, Mary, Cathie, Jan & Barbara) drove to Houston for further education!

While we ate lunch on the patio at the Museum of Natural History, Mary found a Monarch caterpillar and kids to share the story. We also saw a Monarch in Tyler County.

We met Judy's friend Carol at the Museum of Natural History for a private tour of the special exhibit from Ethiopia, "Lucy's Legacy". We saw other cultural and religious things from Ethiopia as well. She also led us through an exhibit on Leonardo Da Vinci. Carol was a great tour guide.

Thursday night we had dinner at the Grand Lux -- Linda Bromley and Sandy Jones joined us for dinner. We all had a chance to catch up on their lives.

The waitress was interested in our reason for being in Houston and had the chef make a dessert plate special.

Friday morning we had a tour of Bayou Bend, the Ima Hogg Mansion. Ann Hodges on the left was the docent. We learned a lot about antiques, furniture and art.

Luckily we saw the azaleas in Woodville because the gardens at Bayou Bend had already bloomed.

We ate lunch at Otto's across the street from Bayou Bend. Ann Hodges said they were going to tear down this icon of Houston soon and suggested we enjoy a hamburger before it was gone. She mentioned that Bush 41 liked to come to Otto's and had they catered events for him.

Then it was on our way to San Antonio, Midland, Huntsville, Woodville, College Station and Austin. Wish you could have all been there. It's so great to see old friends and catch up on each other's lives. Thanks to Helen for getting us interested in a blog and to Mary for setting up a blog we can all post on. How neat! Now you can all see what went on at the 2008 reunion in Woodville.