For The Love

I pulled up to our garage and opened the garage. Then, I jumped out to run in a grab Stephen's dry cleaning. I was just going to grab the clothes and run back out to the car, so I left the kids in their car seats. Well, this snake threw a little kink in my plans. As I ran toward the garage a S-N-A-K-E fell from the garage door. So all my nightmares have come true. Snake falling from the ceiling, really? He is no longer with us as Stephen and Josh seperated his head from his body. Bye, Bye nasty snake!

We Paint

Yorktown Western Days Ziegfest

Getting more comfortable in the Victoria area involves jumping into the local festivals. Here we are at the Yorktown Western Days Ziegfest. My friend, Tamara and I took all our boys to check it out. Tamara grew up in the area so she was our veteran guide. She had never been with two, four year olds, a two year old and a one year old before. So, we were all in for some surprises.

Here we are just exiting the parking area. The boys immediately spotted this cool John Deere tractor.

Tamara's boys are to the left and center, Major is on top of the wheel and Hudson is on the right

carnival rides

major riding a wave runner

jacob and hudson

the boys with tamara's awesome dad

petting zoo

major the climber

dancing

We had a great time riding, petting, eating, and dancing. The boys cracked us up (and many other people) as they danced to the opening bands. The atmosphere was changing as people flocked in to see Roger Krueger and Cross Canadian Ragweed. We left as the fans started to fill up the area and the adult atmosphere took over. It looked like fun. Honestly, we were all so tired, I don't think I could have handled all that concert excitement. Glad we did it and had good friends with us!

Pumpkin Pickin' 2010

Hudson, Major and I went to the local pumpkin patch to pick out the perfect pumpkin. They had a few little activities so we jumped in the bounce house, and ate snow cones too.

Sister Time

So happy that this trip came together! It took a lot of prep on everybody part. I drove to Dallas Thursday to get the boys settled at RayRay and Champ's house, then Julianne and I flew out Friday afternoon. We enjoyed child-free flying time but did have a terrified flier sitting beside us that was literally gripped with fear. I told the guy he needs some drugs to knock him out next time. I've never seen anyone react like that. Luckily he did enjoy all of our ridiculous magazines as a distraction.

Friday night, we ate at a fun restaurant on the bay in Annapolis, Maryland. There was a sailboat festival and we walked around the cute downtown area.

Saturday, we planned our day around the Taste of Georgetown event. Of course, once we got down there, we dove right into the shopping and put off the tasting. Eventually we decided on a cool local spot to eat some yummy food. it was hard to decide but I ordered a jumbo lump crab-cake sandwich. Not a mistake. It was perfect!

Picture of our Georgetown lunch, has a smudge, but it's my only picture with Joe in it. He was such a gentleman with lots of dropping us off and then parking the car. It was a huge treat to not have to hike after parking.

This might be the star of all our eating experiences. Here we are with our pumpkin cheesecake!!!!! Oh, yum! People were walking around with it and Joe stood in the crazy line and got a piece for each of us. It was outstanding and I miss it right now.

this stiletto is a motorcycle

Sunday, we started with a mani/pedi

Then, we ate at 2Amys, which has some pretty authentic Italian choices. It was delicious. Julianne and I ordered a pizza to split. My non-seafish eating sister and I were surprised when our pizza obviously had seafood on it. Turns out, cockels are clams... who knew? With all the Italian on the menu, I guessed we skimmed over this word. Needless to say Julianne, the pregnant mama, reordered and our waiter was on top of it. That's acually him in the background between Julianne and I.
Last stop on Sunday, Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution. We loved the First Lady exhibit, Dorthy's shoes from the Wizard of Oz, and Julia Child's kitchen.
We spotted an old childhood memory, Dumbo, from Disneyland. We could not get enough of this ride when we visited Disneyland as kids.
Monday we drove out to Chrysalis Winery and encoutered some serious traffic on our way that actually had us considering turning around and going back home. Glad we stuck it out. it was beautiful and relaxing.

Here we are doing a tasting and learning a few wine tidbits...

Julianne found a comfy chair and enjoyed the scenery

we spotted some forgotten grapes

The whole winery was beautiful so Jenny and I took off to explore a few things. This is us walking up and down the rows of vines.
There was a house close to us and these three way off in the distance. It made me very curious because they look like amazing old houses. I think we could have walked out there but it was pretty far away.

Free range chickens on the land and they sell the eggs also.

Sisters can relate to this picture. It's a moment caught by Julianne (you can see her foot in the bottom right corner) that says more than I can write here. Time with my little sisters, I feel refreshed!

Lobster Dinner

A little night out with some of my Victoria friends. We all wore our bibs with pride. It was fun and delicious.

Houston Hello

Our little family packed up and went to Houston for a quick visit. We played with Grammy and Gramps and then headed for a night out with the Snellers. Loved hanging with them. We ate at Lupe's and then went to the 10th Ave. North concert. It was a fun treat and I'm glad we all made it happen. Here are a couple of pictures from The Woodlands Mall Carousel with Grammy...