SANTA in the RGV

08/07/2024

With Ron Moshier – I just got recognized as one of their top fans! 🎉

08/07/2024

16/06/2024

23/05/2024

Shhhhh. Sabor. Weslaco

06/05/2024

Happy Nurses Week. !!!!!!!!

21/04/2024

Mmmm, mmmm good.

21/04/2024

Just picked up my Texas size Coke.

19/04/2024

Hohoho you never know where I will be next...

08/04/2024

Checking my list. Christmas in July?...

09/03/2024

We donated
What did you do today?

09/03/2024

Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Operation Christmas RGV will be hosting a fundraiser BBQ Plate Sale on April 6th 2024. Tickets will be sold contact Emanuel Martinez for more information. Plates will be $10. If you reside in the mission area stop by All Valley tires and Wheels to buy some tickets!
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¡Oíd! ¡Oíd! Operation Christmas RGV organizará una venta de platos de barbacoa para recaudar fondos el 6 de abril de 2024. Los boletos se venderán, comuníquese con Emanuel Martínez para obtener más información. Los platos costarán $10. Si reside en el área de la misión, pase por All Valley Tires and Wheels para comprar algunos boletos.

09/03/2024

21/02/2024

We're excited to announce our 3rd Annual Mid-Valley Health & Wellness Fair!!! 🍎🥑🥕🍇

On Saturday, February 24, 2024, in partnership with Knapp Medical Center, we will be hosting the 3rd Annual Mid-Valley Health and Wellness Fair from 10:00am-2:00pm at Knapp Medical Conference Center- 1401 E. 8th St. Weslaco, Texas. The event will feature over 30+ organizations from around the RGV offering a variety of FREE health screenings, education materials, lifestyle information, raffles, and more!

If your organization is interested in participating, email [email protected]

29/01/2024

Artwork an main dining room.

27/01/2024

Look for me on the Voyager. SC needs to relax too.

27/01/2024

Today I met some really good kids.

21/01/2024

Join us for an enlightening talk on "The History of Quilting in America" as presenter Laurie Magee unveils the vibrant evolution of colors, patterns, and fabric prints in quilting. Explore the intricate techniques that have shaped quilting since its early days. Laurie will delve into the museum's quilt exhibit, share insights from her own collection, and welcomes you to bring your family pieces for discussion! 🧵❤️
Event Details:
🗓️ Date: January 27, 2024
🕛Time: 2-3 p.m.
📍Location: 500 S. Texas Blvd
🎟️Admission: $3 (Museum Members: Free)

26/12/2023

25/12/2023

Thank you to Cita's Boutique, the Donna Market, RGV Premium Outlets, Sames Ford, Veterans Memorial school, Ron Moshier and Tim Mull, The Eatery, WellMed and Victoria Palms Resort for helping us spread some Holiday cheer. May all your days be Merry...Santa and Mrs. C.

24/12/2023

THE LITTLE WHITE ENVELOPE:
It's just a small, white envelope stuck among the branches of our Christmas tree. No name, no identification, no inscription. It has peeked through the branches of our tree for the past ten years.
It all began because my husband Mike hated Christmas. Oh, not the true meaning of Christmas, but the commercial aspects of it – overspending and the frantic running around at the last minute to get a tie for Uncle Harry and the dusting powder for Grandma – the gifts given in desperation because you couldn't think of anything else.
Knowing he felt this way, I decided one year to bypass the usual shirts, sweaters, ties and so forth. I reached for something special just for Mike. The inspiration came in an unusual way.
Our son Kevin, who was 12 that year, was on the wrestling team at the school he attended. Shortly before Christmas, there was a non-league match against a team sponsored by an inner-city church. These youngsters, dressed in sneakers so ragged that shoestrings seemed to be the only thing holding them together, presented a sharp contrast to our boys in their spiffy blue and gold uniforms and sparkling new wrestling shoes.
As the match began, I was alarmed to see that the other team was wrestling without headgear, a kind of light helmet designed to protect a wrestler's ears. It was a luxury the ragtag team obviously could not afford.
Well, we ended up walloping them. We took every weight class. Mike, seated beside me, shook his head sadly,
“I wish just one of them could have won," he said. "They have a lot of potential, but losing like this could take the heart right out of them."
Mike loved kids – all kids. He so enjoyed coaching little league football, baseball and lacrosse. That's when the idea for his present came.
That afternoon, I went to a local sporting goods store and bought an assortment of wrestling headgear and shoes, and sent them anonymously to the inner-city church. On Christmas Eve, I placed a small, white envelope on the tree, the note inside telling Mike what I had done, and that this was his gift from me.
Mike's smile was the brightest thing about Christmas that year. And that same bright smile lit up succeeding years. For each Christmas, I followed the tradition – one year sending a group of mentally challenged youngsters to a hockey game, another year a check to a pair of elderly brothers whose home had burned to the ground the week before Christmas, and on and on.
The white envelope became the highlight of our Christmas. It was always the last thing opened on Christmas morning, and our children – ignoring their new toys – would stand with wide-eyed anticipation as their dad lifted the envelope from the tree to reveal its contents. As the children grew, the toys gave way to more practical presents, but the small, white envelope never lost its allure.
The story doesn't end there. You see, we lost Mike last year due to dreaded cancer. When Christmas rolled around, I was still so wrapped in grief that I barely got the tree up. But Christmas Eve found me placing an envelope on the tree. And the next morning, I found it was magically joined by three more. Unbeknownst to the others, each of our three children had for the first time, placed a white envelope on the tree for their dad. The tradition has grown and someday will expand even further with our grandchildren standing to take down that special envelope.
Mike's spirit, like the Christmas spirit will always be with us.
For the Man Who Hated Christmas
~ A true Christmas Story by Nancy W. Gavin, December 2015.

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24/12/2023

Show me your decorations, so I know I am at your home.

24/12/2023

Good puppy

Dachshund Cupcake Cake - so cute and clever!
More cute cupcake pull-apart ideas: https://helloyummy.co/cupcake-pull-apart-cakes/

24/12/2023

The tallest tree in Wales had been damaged by a storm and was supposed to be cut down, but chainsaw artist Simon O'Rourke found a better solution. He symbolize the tree's last attempt to reach the Sky, he did this with the tree....

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