Bar-B-Que Gone

Railroad BBQ - RIP

They painted over the Big "Bar-B-Que" letters yesterday.... I didn't think I'd be as sad as I was when I saw that building with a fresh coat of paint... but it was a bit sad.

BUT... all things must end and there's a great new beginning in Down South Railhouse.. coming soon to that building. Opening in March 2015.

See what's coming here:
http://www.downsouthrailhouse.com/

Look at the Star in the Sky

Gazebo... that's just fun to say.

I walked through City Square Park (it's on the grounds of the Old City Hall... and for those who don't know what that is.. it's the building in the "square" on Center Street as you come into Kyle) and stopped at the gazebo. Saw the stark blue sky (yes it was 80+ degrees yesterday) juxtaposed against the lone-star design of the gazebo. I thought it made for a neat photo. It almost looks like a painting... but it's a straight up iPhone photo.. unedited.

What do you think?

Special of the Day - Meatloaf

Moments after this photo was taken, this was in my belly

Did you know that Thursday's Special at Texas Pie Company is meatloaf? I've never really been a fan of the "stuff mom used to make" meals at restaurants... but this stuff is top notch. And for $6.95 I got this and a glass of iced tea. Winning.

Texas Pie Company

http://texaspiecompany.com/

202 West Center Street

Kyle, TX 78640

Choir

And All The People Said... Amen

I really enjoy listening to the choir on Sunday morning at Kyle United Methodist Church. Since I sing in the praise band during the 11:15a service, I hardly ever make it to the 8:45a service where the choir performs... but this past Sunday I did.

Enjoyed it.

Evo Entertainment in Kyle, Texas

It's EVO!

At the end of November 2014 Kyle, Texas moved up in the world of entertainment... Evo Entertainment opened it's doors... with  a full restaurant/bar, bowling alley, video games and an 11-screen movie theater.

Nice.

Train

Just waiting on a train. 1/26/15

Rock The Porch - Plum Creek Golf Course

Rock The Porch - At Plum Creek Golf Course

I visited my rocking chair over at the Plum Creek Golf Course... it's still holding together... Pretty happy about that. It's from the Plum Creek Rock the Porch 2014 instillation of public art.

Claiborne Kyle Log House

Claiborne Kyle Log House

The Claiborne Kyle Log House was constructed in 1850 and is (I think) the only one of its kind, double pen, dogtrot log home, sitting on its original land in the US.

It was the home of Lucy Bugg and Claiborne Kyle... parents of Fergus Kyle.. whom the city of Kyle was named after.

It opens monthly each year between the Sunday after Easter (for Blooms over the Blanco) and closes up after the fourth Sunday in September (Kyle Fried Chicken Dinner).

More information about the Claiborne Kyle Log House, join them on Facebook.

Fifty Cent Corn Dogs at Sonic - 1/20/15

Fifty Cent Corn Dogs? Yes, please

Apparently tomorrow is "Best Friends Day" and Sonic is celebrating with 50 cent corn dogs.
Hooray friends!

Kyle United Methodist Church

Pastor Wes Cain. Kyle United Methodist Church

Pastor Wes Cain began a new 10-week series on parables today..
His sermon is recorded each week and uploaded to youtube.com/kyleumc

Free Beer

No Shirt... Free Beer.

Saw this on the wall at Spicy Bite in Kyle.
The 12 year-old in me laughed really hard.
The 41 year-old father who had to explain what it meant to my 10 year old daughter... not so much.

Throwback Thursday - CVS Pharmacy in 2008

January 2008. A big stack of CVS.

For Flashback Thursday.. we're reaching back to 2008... a lot of difference 7 years can make... this is the pile of bricks and steel that became CVS Pharmacy (102 North Street, Kyle, TX 78640).

Tortilla Soup Season

Tortilla Soup Season. (Photo from home)

Flashback.... Chick-fil-A

Meanwhile back in December at Chick-fil-A

It's Sunday... and you know you always want Chick-Fil-A on Sunday.. right?

Brain... what do YOU want to do today?

Check out my name-tag

So.. yesterday I went to an awards assembly at my daughters school and the front office lady asked me what I was there for (we know each other) and I said, I'm here to take over the world... so my nametag reflected it. :)

Negley's 2nd Annual Expo

Back in December Negley Elementary School in Kyle held their 2nd Annual Expo.
I was able to volunteer w/ a group of 5th graders... I think this was the Hays County Extension Office/ AgriLife space where the kids were taught about the "must haves" when trying to survive.
It was a neat day for the kiddos.

Truth in Advertising - Mobile Home

I was driving around Kyle the other day and I came across this advertisement. Now.. I'm sure the people who made the sign meant that the availability of this deal wouldn't be around for a long time... but the way I read it was... this New Mobile Home wouldn't be a home for a long time... as in... you know... this thing isn't going to last a very long time before it's time to find another place to live.

Yes.. I have an odd way of looking at the world.. and this made me giggle. 

All apologies to the owners of this mobile home... I'm sure it's lovely.

The Key To Life

I find the oddest things while cleaning my garage.

Painting IN 2015!

Helping Lone Star Kettle Corn paint & get their storefront ready

Last Saturday, the kids and I spent a few hours helping Lone Star Kettle Corn paint their new storefront... well.. I painted while the kiddos played and helped clean the back lot. Lots of work was done and lots of fun was had... and now lots of kettle corn has been eaten. 

They will be open soon at 108 S Front in Kyle.

Neat.

Happy Sunday.

Pastor Wes Cain - Kyle United Methodist Church

Painting out 2014 - Kitchen time

Nothing says "friend" like coming over to help paint

So, we impulse painted our kitchen... yeah.. didn't decided to paint until about 11a and then put a call out on Facebook inviting anyone who wanted to join us to paint... well.. three fantastic friends came around and we painted the entire kitchen in 7 hours. Rock on. Thanks Layne, Kevin and Chelsea...

Merry Christmas - Santa Prays

Santa Claus pauses to pray.

(I took this photo in November when Santa Claus visited Kyle United Methodist Church for a canned food drive event. It's one of my favorite shots I took this year.)

Cookies and Snacks - Ready for Santa

Cookies and snacks for Santa & the Reindeer

Big Chew - By Eric Fan at Evo Entertainment in Kyle

This one is called 'Big Chew" and it's by Eric Fan

Finally made it to Evo Entertainment, the new Movies/bowling/arcade/bar in town. Neat place. What I really liked was the posters leading to the movies... they were all movie posters...but slightly askew... like this one I took a photo of... which later I found out was called "Big Chew"

Buy this print - here

Ugly Christmas Sweater Party - Kyle Chamber

Ugly Christmas Sweater Party - Winning!

The Kyle Chamber of Commerce held a Holiday Social, Open House and Ugly Sweater party on December 18 at their new office... which is an older home in Kyle at 401 W. Center Street. Their new home is pretty awesome.. as was the party. This photo is Myself with Amy Dolan from Sage Hill Inn Above Onion Creek and Mary Kay Cosmetics consultant Cindy Van Wart.

Old Home Needs Facelift - Plum Creek

Looks like they're getting ready to overhaul the house in front of my neighborhood - Plum Creek in Kyle. Neat.

Negley Elementary 2nd Annual Expo - TEAM AWESOME

(L-R) Sharpy, Hammerpants, B-Mar, G-Money and Delirian
Back Row... Urkel

This is Team Awesome... it's a group of 5th graders whom I was responsible for taking around the school during Negley Elementary's 2nd Annual Expo. I'm really bad at names so I gave everyone nicknames. :)

There was volunteers from a lot of departments, businesses and community-types.... including:

YMCA
Texas Dept. Motor Vehicle-
Austin Police Dept.-
Cross Plants and Produce-
Breadcrumbs ID Service
Hays Emerg. Preparedness
GBRA
Plum Creek Watershed
Hays County Extension Office/ AgriLife
Liittle America Miniatures
Colin's Hope
Kyle Fire Dept.
Kyle Police Dept
Texas Parks and Wildlife
Hays County Sheriff, SWAT, Animal Control
Southwest Dairy Farmers
Power Alley Baseball
Chick fil A
HEB
Brown/Blue Santa Drop off

Happy Birthday Jodie!

Happy Birthday to my wife Jodie. Celebrating at Casa Garcias in Kyle

Santa's Arrival & Tree Lighting Ceremony

KylePARD celebrates the Christmas Season with the Tree Lighting Ceremony in  City Square park in Kyle each year.

The Kyle, Texas Movember group, The Simply Charming Mo's of Kyle, Texas did their part to donate their face to Men's Health in Movember 2014. Here are 2 photos of the Shave-Off, which Sport Clips of Kyle donated.

As a team of 26 members, the Simply Charming Mo's raised $1,475 for Movember. If you'd like to see the entire month's journey of Movember for our team, visit our album on Flickr - here

Pre-Shave - Three Men of Movember 

Post-shave - Fine upstanding citizens

Learn more about Movember here - www.movember.com

See the Simply Charming Mo's mospace - Here

Santa Claus Visits Kyle United Methodist Church

Santa Claus Visits Kyle United Methodist Church

As a can food fundraiser for the Hays County Food Bank, there were free photos with Santa Claus in the front lawn of the Kyle United Methodist Church on November 29.

El Roble - Kyle, Texas

Migas from El Roble - Kyle Texas

One of my favorite Mexican Food places in Kyle used to be Los Vega... they closed last year after changing owners a few times and thus changing the recipes...and my enjoyment of the food..... well.. the space where Los Vega used to occupy opened back up a few months ago as "El Roble." I finally stopped in for breakfast and had their migas.

HIGHLY recommend.

El Roble
721 South Old Highway 81, Kyle, TX 78640
On Yelp - here

Movember Event - Stage of Existence

Movember Event @ Milt's Pit BBQ - Stage of Existence

Movember Event - The Last Callers

The Last Callers Play to a packed Milt's Pit BBQ for the Movember Event

Concerts for a Cause - Movember Party / Fundraiser - Milt's Pit BBQ

Members of The Simply Charming Mo's of Kyle, Texas

There was an epic Movember Party (hosted by Concerts for a Cause) on Movember 22 at Milt's Pit BBQ. Folks braved the nasty rainy weather to support Men's health and rock out to two great bands (I'll post those shots tomorrow and Tuesday). This is some of the 26 members of The Simply Charming Mo's of Kyle, Texas who raised, over the course of the month, $1,475 for Movember.

Homes For Hope - Kyle, Texas

Homes For Hope Groundbreaking in Kyle

Today, Bigelow Homes broke ground on a home for Homes for Hope in the Plum Creek neighborhood of Kyle, Texas. All net proceeds from the sale of the home will go to HOPE International to empower entrepreneurs around the world break the cycle of poverty.

http://www.homes4hope.org/

Veteran's Day Assembly - Kyle Texas

Veteran's Day Assembly at Negley Elementary

Happy Halloween - Nanu Nanu

Hippie, Cat-woman, Samurai, and (me)Mork from Ork. Happy Halloween 2014!

Children's Service at Kyle United Methodist Church

In church today, the kids ran the service. Great Job!

Hilltop Automotive Selfie

Hill Top Automotive saved my life today.

That's just a slight stretch.... really.

This morning my car wouldn't start, I went from a dead battery to having to replace the connectors (they were corroded) to them finding a small gas leak in the car (thank goodness it was just a hose)... Technically... Hill Top Automotive saved my life. If my car had started this morning...I could have been a fireball shooting down the toll road.

Oh.. I got a nifty  free hat too. ;)

Hilltop Automotive

407 S Old Highway 81, Kyle, TX 78640(512) 504-3329

Kyle Pumpkin Patch 2014

Chick Fil A Boycott

This photo taken because I read a blog

This blog.. about a Chick Fil A Boycott.
here: I’M NEVER GOING BACK TO CHICK-FIL-A AGAIN - EVER!

CLOSED - Railroad BBQ in Kyle

For Sale / Closed

Railroad BBQ in Kyle closed a few months ago. This building sits empty.
I wonder what it'll be next?

Here's my Daily Photo of the week it closed - link

Picture in Picture

A photo of a camera taking a  video.

This is my FujiFilm HS50exr. It's my newest baby.
I had some issues with ordering from a non-official distributor (SSE) off of Amazon.com.
I wrote a bad review on the Amazon site. I also blogged my experience when I tried to deal with them BEFORE writing the review.

ANYHOW... this is me recording the sermon at the Kyle United Methodist Church this past Sunday. I do it every Sunday that I'm there and upload it to the church YouTube account.

Dragon Roll - Koy

Dragon Roll at Koy in Kyle, Texas

After church yesterday, we stopped in to Koy for lunch. Slightly disappointing that is wasn't more crowded, but the food was as delicious as always. 

Someone at our table ordered the Dragon Roll... and it came looking rather beautiful (tasted just as good too). 

Koy Chinese & Sushi
5695 Kyle Pkwy, Kyle, TX 78640
(512) 268-3339

Hanging at The Jumpy Place

The Jumpy Place

Met some friends out at The Jumpy Place and let the awesome inflatables tire out the kiddos. 

The Jumpy Place

241 Weldon Johnson Way, Kyle, TX 78640

(512) 262-1600

Friday Night Lights - Hays High School

Camera phone photo from the High School Football game on 9/5

Unfortunately the hometown team from Hays High School, lost this one 49-40.

It was a fun game to watch.My kids usually make it to about half-time before we have to leave.. which is cool.. since we come mostly to watch our neighbor in the band.

If you're more interested in the half-time show, a gentleman named Wayne Caldwell records that. here's a link - http://youtu.be/6r63pfKkz8k

Coming soon... Less Nature

SOMEONE isn't thrilled about the new Truck Stop coming to Kyle.

This made me chuckle.