Sat fun in the Valley

I walked 3 miles this am in our quiet park with flat streets and street lights.  Then fixed coffee for Denny on the deck, but it was just a little chilly when he got up.  At 8:30 we went down for breakfast.  Now this is one of Denny's favorite things about Texas.  For $5 all you can eat at the community building.  Scrambled eggs, hash browns with or without onions, link sausage, patty sausage, bacon, pancakes, blueberry pancakes, biscuits and gravy, grits, salsa for eggs and coffee.     Amazing.  I went to play pickleball after that.  At 11, I came home, took a shower and then we headed with 6 others to the gift distribution at the Brownsville police station.  Mom always used to help with it.  People in our park bought gifts for the event.  Then last Monday they had an auction where most of the purchased gifts were auctioned off and then given back to the police station.  It raised $4700.  How wonderful is that!!   They had pizza and sub sandwiches for those of us who came to work,  I heard that 4000 kids got gifts, plus snack foods.  They gave out a bike per family, so one child got a bike, the others could choose from 3 tables of presents.  It was amazing.  We stayed until the doors closed at 3.   We chilled on the deck and got ready for a supper that Nancy had planned for us and 402:  baked salmon, tossed salad, zucchini and Parmesan cheese and ice cream and brownie.  From 7-10 was a dance and afterwards we went to Bert and Dan's for a while.  Wow ... a day in the Valley again.  :)