How cute is he?!

Ok so maybe I'm a little biased. ;)

In his birthday crown, that didn't stay on for long:

My sweet little red head. :D

Mid County Madness

EDITED TO ADD: Well, that sucked. PPPPFFFFTT! :P


I was busy having a baby last year and didn't get to go to the game. I tried to listen to it though, in between pushing the button for more morphine. ;)

I went to the school yesterday for a pep rally. It was loud. I've been to lots of really loud concerts but let me tell you that NOTHING compared to the noise level that was in the cafeteria yesterday morning. 400 (give or take) elementary school kids can make an unbelievable amount of noise, my ears were ringing when we left.




I started this video a little late, but you get the idea. :P

I-N-D-I-A-N-S! SCALP 'EM INDIANS, SCALP 'EM!!!

Beach pictures

Crystal beach looks like an entirely different place now, it has a totally different feel to it. I've never seen a mess like the one that's there. It seems impossible to me that it'll ever be the same, I wouldn't even know where to start as far as cleanup goes. Unbelievable is the only word I can think of to describe it. Here are a some of the 200+ pictures that I took, I'll put some of the rest of them up on dropshots and you can go there if you want to see them. You can click on any of these pictures to make them bigger.

These are the cabins on the right of 87 as you're driving in:



965 Beaumont Drive:



I was standing on the deck of a cabin that's behind and to the left side of ours for this picture:




Looking at the porch side, the stairs would have come off to the right:



The toaster, coffee maker and I think a can opener that was on the kitchen counter. Notice that it's still plugged in:





We did manage to find some of the beds and a few other things:

What's left at a cabin that was at the end of the road:

The whole front of the bottom level of this one was ripped off....

...yet there are things neatly lined up in the cabinet and the cross is still hanging on the wall:

Probably should have taken the Jeep:

Along hwy 87:

Think they'll have any buyers?:

The flag on top of the waterslide:

Taken from the top of the waterslide looking at hwy 87:

St. Theresa's:

There are cars EVERYWHERE, half buried, upside down:

The best pizza on the beach:

The only house left standing in Gilchrist:

The fruit stand:

Here's a short video that I took while standing on the deck of the cabin that's behind and to the left of ours:

Here's a link to the rest of the pictures: Crystal Beach Pictures 10/2/08

Headed to the beach...

...this morning. I'm going with Uncle Gary, Mom and Becca. Be sure to check back tomorrow or the next day for lots of depressing pictures. I know you just can't wait!

:P

Hurrication pictures

So, despite the fact that I had one kid with a constant stomach ache and the runs, and another who projectile vomited on me more than once every day, we tried to make the most of our "hurrication" in Dallas. We went to the Dallas Zoo one day. If you haven't been, skip it. It's named the biggest zoo in Texas, and it may very well be but in my opinion it's a whole lot of nothing. Lots of trees, lots of hills, lots of walking, not many animals. The kids had a ball though, so that's all that matters. Another day we went to the Dallas World Aquarium. You should check this one out if you're there, VERY cool. Sort of pricey, but the most unique aquarium I've ever been to. It's several stories of winding paths and it looks like you're outside in a rain forest. Here are some pictures from the week:

Jacob and his Texas sized breakfast. ;)

The highlight of the zoo trip for Jonah, getting to pet a pig. Here's a question for y'all in the Golden Triangle: where (within a reasonable distance) can I take him to see piglets? It would TOTALLY make this kid's day to hold a baby pig, he's been obsessed with pigs since before he was two. Leave a comment or shoot me an email if you have any ideas.

This is what Caleb did for most of the zoo day, so this is the only picture of him.

Jonah and his souvenir from the zoo. A pig. Imagine that.

At the aquarium:

This is what it normally looks like when I try to take a picture, we always have about 8 like this and maybe one semi normal one.

And because there's only one picture of him in this post, and because he's cute when he's not spewing formula all over me:

Nav E. Gator

Becca's phone has a navigator on it, this nice lady gives turn by turn directions and tells you EXACTLY what to do. Very helpful little tool when you're in an unfamiliar (and big) city. We named her "Navvy" and by the end of our trip, even Mom was saying "ask Navvy what to do!" :D If you don't have one, or have never used one, you should really try it. We would set out having no idea where we were going, and Navvy would guide us there every time. It's really useful for people like me who get lost going straight...really. I have no sense of direction whatsoever. It was really neat because we would type in where we wanted to go, Target for example, and Navvy would find the closest one to us. She only got snippy once or twice (GET IN THE LEFT LANE! STAY LEFT, STAY LEFT!) which caused Becca to swerve quite a bit because she waited until the last minute to give instructions but we always made it to where we were going. I was so impressed that I thought Navvy deserved her very own post.

I love you, Navvy.

I think I may have an item to put on my Christmas list this year. ;)

Caleb and the ducks

How about we get back to some happier posting?! Today was Caleb's first experience with feeding ducks at the park. He LOVES animals and thought the quacking ducks were hilarious.

This picture looks worse than it really was, he was buckled in the stroller, the wheels were locked and it wouldn't have fit through the hole anyway. (Take a deep breath Mom.) :P







Em on the monkey bars, she just hangs for a few seconds then screams for help.



We may could do this more often since the weather has been so nice but the skeeters are HORRIBLE, are they not?! Avon Skin So Soft, just in case you haven't tried it. Smells much better than OFF and works just as well. Contact your local Avon Representative. Wink, wink. :)