Screaming!

McKinna's class is doing a science project studying soil samples. McKinna, of course, waits until it is 8:30 at night to go out to get her sample from the backyard. She never wants to go alone. We were all busy so I told her to put on Ben's headlamp and get out there. Off she went, hesitantly. After about 30 seconds we hear a bloodcurdling scream. It continues for about 30 seconds while she unsuccessfully tries to open the back door. With the scream she let out Ben and I were both thinking a snake must be out there. No, it was just a baby opossum. It cracks me up the different reactions we have. I would rather stand quiet as can be and hope whatever creature it is does not see me. McKinna just lets loose and wants the world to come and rescue her. I am surprised the neighbors did not run over to see if we were killing her. It really was that bad!

SanFillippo's (Sorry, probably spelled wrong)

Whitney and Tommy came to visit with us for a few days during spring break 2011. We were soooooo excited to finally get to meet Roman. He is the cutest thing I have ever seen. I wish we could steal him. He is quite easy going and what can I say...WE ARE HAVING MAJOR ROMAN WITHDRAWLS. While they were here we went to Froberg farm.




We also spent a day in Galveston. While we were there Ben did a little photo shoot.







We also spent a day at the space center and a morning at Kemah Boardwalk. The boys also spent a few evenings out fishing. We are so glad we got to visit with them. We miss you Roman.

Journey

My baby has grown like a weed lately. She had a growth spurt and put on some height. She has also come out of her shell lately. She has become very friendly with everyone. The bad part is she wanders around and visits with everyone everywhere (at the store, at restaurants, at church). It was so much easier when she was shy and would stay with me. Her are some updated pictures of her. My neighbor Nancy loves her and made her a summer wardrobe (these outfits are a small sampling of what she made for her). I made her some hair accessories to go with the outfits.

Slippers

I am lucky to have a super cool grandma who can crotchet anything. My dolls always had cute crotched clothes and I had my super warm slippers. Now my own kids get to have these same experiences. They love their slippers. We have tons of tile in our house so they get to slip and slide throughout. McKade has me put his on over his footed jammies to sleep at night. I LOVE IT! Thanks for making these grandma.

Pull "Em up Boy!

The DeSpains are here!

We have been so lucky to have some visitors here lately. We got to have Aunt Erin here for a couple of hours (she was here on a work trip). We had to show her a little bit of our world, so we hurried on down to the Kemah Boardwalk for a quick walk around. We enjoyed our quick visit with her.


We then got to have Aunt Rachel, Uncle Damon, and adorable little Tanner here for a week. It was fun for my kids to get to know Tanner. McKade and Tanner played and played and played some more.
We went to the Bayou Wildlife Park again. We love it there. It will never get old.




We also spent some time playing at the park. Even Rachel got in on the fun!




We went down and toured an oil rig in Galveston. It was very interesting. I did not know that the crews have a "miniature city" there on the rig. I also did not know how much they get paid. HOLY COW! Not a job that I would want though. The kids got to try on some clothes. McKinna was the only one who would play along.

Of course we also had to play down in Galveston.


A photo shoot had to be done before they left. Look at this stud muffin.

Journey had to sneak into the shoot as well. Little poser. (She actually has quite an evil little look in this shot and I am too lazy to change it out for a better one.)

We then had my parents come and visit with us for a few days. I did not even take any pictures. We had a great time with them and love their visits. We went down to Seawolf Park and toured the submarine and the Naval ship. It was interesting. We also went to the Moody Gardens Aquarium. We can't wait for our next visitors to get here.

Taking the kids on a BAIT!!

It seems Bodin has caught the fishing bug since our last outing at my work (I know, it was a while ago). He had been buggin me to go fishing for a while at our local "lake" here in the subdivision. So we grabbed the only hotdog we had in the fridge along with our poles and tackle and headed out. We hit the lake hard and Bodin caught the first fish again!!



Not long after Bodin's fish McKinna reeled in another bluegill.



I decided to put on a bigger hook and try for a bigger fish. Hooked my pole up with a bobber and a hunk of hotdog sent it flying with the perfect cast. Bodin and McKinna reeled in a couple more fish when I noticed my bobber was nowhere in sight. I was in the middle of rebaiting McKinna's hook so I had Bodin pick up the pole and give it a good jerk to set the hook and reel'er in. Bodin and the fish had a good fight but in the end Bodin prevailed and pulled in a monsterous catfish!!



Seven fish in one hour seemed to be a good time to stop, especially since McKade was starting to get ornery. It was a good time with the kids and we caught a good amount of fish. The kids want to go again next weekend so I would say it was a successfull BAIT!