Polly Galloway 1917 to 2012

Polly Galloway 1917 - 2012

Polly and Jim Galloway

Daryl's great aunt Polly passed away this week. She was always such a stable factor in the family. You could always count on Polly to be there and be heavily involved in whatever the family had going on. She was married to Daryl's mother's uncle Jim. Jim actually gave Daryl's mother away at her wedding since her own dad had passed away when she was eleven years old.Polly always had a project going when we would come to visit. She was a great china painter and quilter.It should be pointed out that she died the day before her 95th birthday.  Polly lived in Levelland, Texas so Daryl and Sheryl made a quick trip out there. Leaving on Friday afternoon and returning late Saturday night. It was so good to see all of the family.

 Tanya  Johnson and Sheryl

 Daryl and Tanya

 Sheryl, LaNora (Daryl's mother's first cousin) and her daughter Renee

 LaNora, Sheryl and Daryl

 Daryl, Renee and Donnie Parker

 Daryl, Sheryl, Donnie (seated) LaNora and Renee

 Daryl, Sheryl, Tanya, Donnie (seated) LaNora and Renee

 Linda Kay and James Epperson (Jim and Polly's daughter)

Donnie Parker and LaNora Wood (Daryl's mother's first cousins)



 Aunt Pat and Pam ( Jim and Polly's daughter)

Linda Kay and Donnie

Galveston

 Brenna checks out a bird on the deck

 We're headed to the beach!

 Christa and Greerson are enjoying the waves

 The boys check out a friendly dog on the beach

 Grandpa Woody and Marshal

 Marshal and Stephen

 A sandpiper along the shore

 You had to cross this to get to the beach (we used a boardwalk)

The beach house

 Ready for lunch at Gaidos we had a huge table

 The new pleasure pier where the Flagship Hotel used to be

 Ships at the east end of the island

 I think Marshal wants some water

 Christa on the deck

We stopped by the Moody Gardens Aquarium Pyramid on the way home

  We went to Galveston the second weekend in August with the Shultz family and rented a condo on the beach. We all had a great time. We played Mexican Train at night and played on the beach during the day. Marshall and Brenna were so excited to be near the gulf. There were some dead fish on the beach, but not so bad that it was a nusance. After we got home we heard there was a red tide warning along the coast. When we were there they just said it was the heat causing the fish to die. Apparently this happens each year. We went to lunch at Gaidos and sat at the biggest table I think they have. Some kind of Gulf Crab was in season so several enjoyed one of their favorite treats from the sea. Greerson and Daryl had their favorite treats from the ranch. They both ordered a steak! After lunch we drove around the island and looked at the new pleasure pier where the hotel on the water used to be. Then we headed to the east end of the island to look at the ships headed into the Houston ship channel. Then it was back to the condo for a game of a movie for the kids and a nap for the adults. After packing up the next day we stopped by the Moody Gardens Aquarium Pyramid and enjoyed the sea life on display. Then we headed home.

Tulsa

We visited the Oklahoma Aquarium

Steve and Carol took us out for Chicago style pizza

This is a Frank Lloyd Wright house that was designed for the newspaper owner in the 1920s

This was our hotel The DoubleTree at Warren Place

This was a really cool Art Deco church on Boston street in downtown Tulsa

The Wienermobile was in downtown Tulsa while we were there.

Greerson enjoying the go-carts at Camp Victory (a church camp run by Steve's church)

Rachel was like Speed Racer!

The lake was a dry field, they really need rain.

Everybody had fun on the bumper cars

Greerson and Rachel prepare for the zip line.

Greerson on the zip line. Rachel decided not to go at the last minute

We had a nice visit to Tulsa in early August. Christa had to go on business so Greerson and Daryl tagged along and visited with Steve and Carol and Rachel. The first day we went to the Georgia Aquarium then back to the Hotel to swim. The second day Greerson and Daryl went to a traveling exhibit from Mount Vernon looking at the real George Washington. They had taken George's life mask when he was in his fifties. A life mask is a plaster cast of the face (this was done frequently after someone died, but George Washington had it done when he was alive) From this plaster cast they were able to use a computer to analyze it and computer generate what he would have looked like in his late teens and then again in his thirties. From these designs they cast his image in wax and presented him in as a surveyor in his teens and on his horse in his thirties. Then again at his inauguration. In addition to the figures they had several artifacts from Mount Vernon including the original Stuart painting of George Washington that is used so much. The museum was the Gilcrease Museum and houses mostly western art. We saw several original Remington sculptures. Greerson had fun with these, because Grandpa Woody has several of them at the ranch (in a much smaller scale).After the museum we stopped by Williams Sonoma and picked up a few things for th kitchen. We all went to Johnny Carinos for dinner and had a nice visit. Wednesday we met Steve at his office at Victory Christian Center and he showed us his job sites. The church is doing several building projects this summer. We went to the Victory Bible Institute, The Tulsa Dream Center and Camp Victory. They are all run by Steve's church, Victory Christian Center. While we were at Camp Victory which is about 30 miles away Christa called and said she had managed to complete her work and we could go home that afternoon. So we headed back to the hotel and packed up and headed back to Texas.