Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Birthday Flowers

These beautiful flowers were sent to me for my birthday by my mother-in-law. Now, Marilynda, you can see the boquet you picked. Lillies are, of course, my favorite, and it is also full of brightly covered roses and carnations. So thank you very much!

In the background, you can see Nolan and Amelia reading the newspaper. Just kidding....they are actually tracing the people in the pictures of the newspaper.

~Brooke

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Dinner at Johnson Beach

We've decided that Johnson Beach is our favorite place to have dinner, so most nights we pack up our dinner and eat at the pavillion.
You can sort of see an ATV in the background in this picture. We have seen this ATV several nights in a row at the same time each night. We finally stopped to ask the couple what they were doing there. They said they volunteer at Johnson Beach to keep it cleaned up and to enforce rules, so, they get to stay in their RV free at the beach. They stop at this spot checking on baby Sea Turtle eggs. They had about 70 hatch earlier and they were all over the beach. They rescued them and placed them in the water and now have a screen over the remaining eggs to prevent the same occurence.

~Brooke

Back at the Beach

It has cooled off to the perfect beach-going temperature. We spent most of last weekend at the beach building and playing.
Dale is teaching Nolan how to create a tunnel, and Amelia is waiting for it to come through on the other side.

Monday, September 15, 2008

Juicy, Sweet and Sticky Nectarine

Nick couldn't resist this nectarine on our counter.
I usually slice it for him, but he beat me to it.
Must have tasted a tart bite!

~Brooke

Full Moon


Bedtime Story

Every night Dale reads to the kids before bed. Every night Nick crawls on to Dale's head and sits on his face for a front row seat!

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Stinks for Texas......

But for us, lots of fun in the water. Normally the Bay in front of our house is REALLY shallow. You can walk for about a quarter mile before the water hits your waist. Today though, it's been pounding against the sea wall and it's gotten a bunch of people out there jumping in and splashing around. Riding the waves up against the sea wall in the kayak has been the biggest draw today, but I just had to try a little sailing :)