Galveston Mardi Gras - Number Nine 2021 Cristmas Tree Post

MERRY CHRISTMAS !!!

One aspect of the Galveston (TX) Mardi Gras parade is that there are several parades for each of the two week ends for the celebration.  

Back in the 90's when I was still teaching most years I was the lead sponsor for the business club, for us a chapter of Phi Beta Lamda.   PBL, as it was called for short, was a national college student organization, holding a national conference each year at various cities.  Most often I would attend with a couple of handfuls of business student members.  At the conference's student business knowledge competitions we would place high and often would win.  

For three years in a row I would take all the members who wanted to go to the Galveston Mardi Gras and have a "float" entry in the Business oriented parade.  Doing that was an attraction for securing club members.  The third year our club had 126 members, the most ever for our college and that year the club with the most members.  The parade was strictly a walking one, we were not allowed motor vehicles to ride or power "floats".  The fourth year we withdrew from activities as the function moved to the fun section of Houston and was renamed the Budweiser Celebration.  I instigated our withdrawal as I knew our college would not approve of us participating in a beer sponsored event.  

That didn't keep Mrs. Jim and me from attending the Galveston Celebration.  In addition to the parades there was a "Dickens on the Strand" celebration that lasted two weeks.  The favorite costume was old fashioned English dress.  

 

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KP is dressed here in a costume she and the rest of the kids in the Kids Club had made earlier in the morning.

( from http://jimmiehov.blogspot.com/2013/10/a-random-five-post-020-venice-to-athens.html )

KP Baptism Pictures

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KP and her first Sunday School teacher

She is in the second grade, this year Karen and Billy also teach.

KP's family came for the Baptism.  From left to right, Meme, Papa Jim (me), Mom (Karen), Dad (Billy), Uncle Randy, Aunt Jenny (Billy's sister and BIL), MoMa, Papa John, (Aunt Susie--Karen's sister--could not make it for baptism but did join us for lunch) 

and in the front row, our granddaughter, KP

KP with Linda, our Children's Director

Older pictures you might like:

Labels: Adi,  Baby KP,  KP,  KP After Christmas

Baby KP Pictures 1 of 2 After Christmas Time

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KP spent some time with us between
Christmas and New Year's Day

Karen picked her up yesterday (31st)

She took this picture just for
the blog before she left.

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This blue and white quilt was my (Jim's) baby quilt.

My grandmother made it for me.
I don't know which grandmother,
I have two quilts, one from each.

I will never know.

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She goes to sleep as fast as her Papa Jim

Billy calls it a power nap

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Adi watched KP eat and coveted every mouthful.

Baby KP Pictures 2 of 2 After Christmas Time

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KP spent some time with us between
Christmas and New Year's Day

Karen picked her up yesterday (31st)

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Adi watched her eat and coveted every mouthful.

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We kept Karen's cat, Amber, too. I should have taken a picture of Karen, KP, and Amber with all the stuff we had over here in her Toyota Prius. She looked like she was moving.