Creature Report...

Anyone who has a kid who watches Octonauts on Disney Jr. will get the title of this mail.  If not, just go with it.  The name says it all.

I had a terrible shower last night.  First off, we didn't turn on the hot water heater when we got here so I had a very cold shower.  I was finishing up when I saw something in the bottom of the tub.  I thought it was a glob of hair at first, then it moved!!  Upon further inspection, I realized it was a scorpion.

I let out a yelp and Tommy hollered from the living room what was wrong.  I told him and he came to my rescue.  He got it out of the tub and inspected it closely.  (There is still a little boy inside every grown man!)  He was giving me a running commentary about it as well.  In the meantime, I'm still standing in the shower soaking wet and freezing my tail off.

He killed my friend the scorpion and we gave him a burial at sea in the toilet.  Nothing but the best for my friends! :)

My other run in with a creature was today in the boat.

I normal pull the jug lines in and Tommy drives the boat.  We had pulled in half a dozen when we got to one that was really moving.  He laughed and told me it was probably a gar on there.  That was really all he needed to say.  I told him he could get that one.  So, he did.  And yes, it was a nasty looking gar.  He had about a 3 inch snout with those nasty razor sharp teeth.  He was able to get the hook out and all was well, but there was no way I was pulling that puppy up.  He was about 2 1/2 feet long and put up a heck of a fight.  Thanks but no thanks.  A girl has to draw the line somewhere!

I did manage to cowgirl up and get the rest of the jug lines in.  No other creatures to report about Captain!

Anniversay - A New Tradition...

This year is the first year - besides prego year - that we haven't taken a cruise or done an all inclusive in Mexico for our anniversary.  We decided to forgo the couples vacay to be able to upgrade the house and spend more on our family trip to Florida this summer.  (The sacrifices parents make!!)

So, this year we took the week off and celebrated here in Texas.

We left for San Antonio on Sunday.  We relaxed that day and went to SeaWorld on Monday.  Of course there were torrential rains that moved it just as we sat down and found a nice little quiet spot on the "beach" at SeaWorld.  They made the announcement that they were closing all the water park attractions and said to take cover.  Nice.  We ran for the car and got soaking wet.

We got back to the hotel took showers to get the sunscreen off.  We relaxed the rest of the day and just took it easy reading and watching TV.  You know, the quiet stuff adults can't enjoy when they have a 4 year old!!!

Tuesday was a much better weather day.  There wasn't a cloud in the sky in S.A.  We went back to SeaWorld.  Tommy was a trooper and rode some rides with me.  The best of that was when we stood in line for one for 30 minutes then got to the actual slide and they closed it down when we were up next.  Something technical happened and we had to wait 30 minutes at the top of the slide before we could go!  Tommy was ticked and I just laughed it off.  Whata gonna do?

Yesterday and today we're at the Mize Fishing Camp in Trinity.  It's so relaxing up here and I'm sitting up here writing this post and playing on the internet in the quiet.  We put the jug lines out yesterday when we got here and checked them last night before dinner.  We caught 4 keepers and a little one.

We got up early this morning and went back out to check the lines and re-bait them.  4 more fish.  Actually we had a dead one on the line so that makes 5 and we caught a gar so that's 6.  The gar was horrible.  I've seen them up close before but it's been a while.  I had forgotten just how prehistoric they look up close.  All those teeth and that snout!  Yuck.

We're going back home tonight but Mom and Daddy aren't through with Erin.  They're going to keep her thru Sunday so we can go out to eat on Saturday for our anniversary.  We were going to get her but they decided to make a trip to Vidor and want her to go with them.  They've been taking her to school everyday so they are getting a break from the workout, but I'm sure they're tired.  They may sleep for a full week starting Sunday!!!

We're Alive...

Sorry for the slow posting this month.  I had to work the 10:30 to 7:00 shift last week and it throws the whole household upsidedown.

Erin is doing great.  More often on green than red at school.  The class is a lot smaller since summer started and people pull their kids for the summer.  Luke is staying home and her friend Avery moved away.  Joshua started another program at the same school and only goes 3 days a week and her friend Javier switched schools too.

Pics from WA

Denyse got some great pictures while we were there.  She was nice enough to share since I forgot to get my camera out!

Hold Me Closer Tiny Dancer...

Friday was Erin's Come Watch me Dance class.

Since they just started class in March, the teacher didn't think they were ready for a real recital.  So, she opted for a come watch me dance class.  (Next year will be the "real recital")

Erin did really well.  Granny came in to town and Gram and Pawpaw were there.  It was hard to watch and get pictures at the same time, so the ones I got were not that great.