All I see is pictures!

I've been working everynight on my pictures that I got from Mom and Dad's. Man, I'm even dreaming about pictures.

These scrapbooks, and yes I did mean plural, will be nice once they are together but I can't see my kitchen table anymore!!

Picture Happy

I rescued a box of old pictures from Mom and Daddy's. Most of them survived the flood but some weren't so lucky.

I'm scrapbooking them so wish me luck! There are hundreds of them!!

Here's a sample from some of the oldies but goodies. This was one of my birthdays. I'm thinking 8 or 9 and that would make Amy 5 or 6. I'm in the red by the cake and she's two down in the white shirt.

I Love the River and the River Loves Me...

Borrowing a line from the song Amy sang all weekend. "I Love the River and the River Loves Me." In fact that was the only line to the song come to think of it.

We're back from the river and had a great time. The weather was perfect and it was nice and cool while you were in the water. No one came back a total lobster.

Items lost:

Matthew - sunglasses

J.D. - hat

Amy - hat

Wade - hat and sunglasses

Tommy - hat

Items Found:

Matthew - no sunglasses ever recovered

J.D. - a replacement hat that Amy stole from some kids was almost as good as the one he lost

Amy - a little girl found it upstream (not the same one she stole the other hat from)

Wade - Matt rescued the hat, the glasses were a lost cause

Tommy - another camo hat was found on the side of the river and he adopted it.

The river taketh away and the river giveth back.

Matt's mom, Lois, floated with us on Friday. It was not so crowded and we had a great time. We floated in the morning, took a break for lunch, then floated again. Our condo was right on the water and easy to get out there for our breaks.

Saturday the river was packed. I seriously think that in some places you could have walked across the river and not gotten your feet wet, stepping from tube to tube. Bridgette and Wade came for the day. We floated until it started to rain around 5:00. We thought it might lightning, so we hung out at the pool instead of going back out on the river. It never did lightning, but we had a good time anyway. Amy, Bridgette and I did tricks in the pool that delighted and amazed people (mainly us).

Tommy is already planning our next float for sometime next month. We're crazy like that!

Roxie had a good time with Max, Bailey and Jake at Uncle Mark and Aunt Steph's. But she has done nothing but sleep since she got back!

The Night Before...

Getting all packed up to head to New Braunfels. The water is suppose to be really low. I think we're going to try to float the Comal on Friday and the Guadalupe on Saturday. I bought a waterproof digital camera today and will be trying it out this weekend. I'll post some shots when we get back.

Tommy's cousin and his fiance', Gene and Misty, and Bridgette and Wade are suppose to join us on Saturday. Hopefully, we'll have a good relaxing time even if the water is low. The way I look at it is that I'll have plenty to eat and drink and I won't be at work. What could be better then that???

Roxie will be staying with Uncle Mark and Aunt Stephanie. She will get to play with Jake and Bailey all weekend. I'm sure she'll be exhausted by the time we pick her up on Sunday.

Saturday - the all day report

We had a funeral to go to this morning for a co-worker's wife. It was very sad and very different. She and her husband are very into Harley Davidsons and motorcycles. Most of the people there were dressed in their black Harley gear with jeans, do-rags and riding boats. Most of them rode their bikes to the funeral. From the service they were caravaning by motorcycle to Beaumont for the burial. Her motorcycle was put on a trailer and being pulled by the hearse. Her husband (our co-worker) wore a sleeveless black Harley t-shirt that said "I love my wife." The preacher was wearing his Harley gear including black fingerless riding gloves while he gave the eulogy. The preacher said she is riding her dream red Classic Harley Davidson down the golden streets of Heaven right now and would have loved the "Biker Trash" send off.

On a lighter note, we're going to have dinner with friends tonight. We haven't seen Angie and A.L. in a while. It will be great. After dinner, Tommy will be watching the UFC fight and I'll be in bed snoozing for hours before the main fight even comes on. Roxie will be snuggled up to me waiting for her dad to get home.