January 28 2009

My dog Marshall.... He's a great dog... He's getting old though.. He can't hear very well anymore, and he can't see too well either, but he gives great hugs!

January 27, 2009

Our leaves change colors at weird times here... Here's a close up of some of the Crepe Myrtle leaves.....

January 26, 2009

Here's my cat Fait. I'm sure I've mentioned I've had her longer than Michael :) Oh- and my toes- don't they look cute :)

January 25, 2009

When I drove up to my house today I was really caught off guard by the beauty of the leaves on my Crepe Myrtles....

January 24, 2009

There's Grego's car ready to race in the Pinewood Derby :)

January 23, 2009

This is my current favorite food. Macadamia nuts, cashews, and almonds.... Yum.... :)

January 22, 2009

My dad helping Gregory with his pinewood derby car.... He has big plans for next year :)

January 21, 2009

This is the chair that Gregory built. It lives on my front porch... He did a pretty good job, I even sit in it some times :)

January 20 2009

Another candle picture for you. I put my angel figurine by the candles to see how it would look....

January 19, 2009

Just kind of in the mood for candles tonight... I love candlelight. Reminds me of the Light of Christ. :)

January 18, 2009

Look! It's fixed! Well, mostly, anyway... My friend came over today to visit and she was able to figure out how to put the keys back on!!! YEAH Noa!!! :)

January 17, 2009

Look what I found blooming in my front yard today! I must have planted this Gerbera Daisy 4 or 5 years ago.... I hereby now resolve to plant many Gerbera Daisies in my yard, since that is the only flower I don't kill LOL!

January 16, 2009

I love a fire when it's cold.... But then, I've been known to turn the A/C on so I could have a fire too!

January 15, 2009

This is our "sweet" cat Hobo... You never know when he's going to turn on you.... Or your foot!

January 14, 2009

Can you guess what it is? I'm not telling unless you guess! :)

January 13, 2009

This is my cat Liza... She loves to snuggle too.....

January 12, 2009

The last dinner before my dad went home. We went to La Maria. Pictured here is: Gregory, Michael, me, my dad, Trina, my Daddy, and Auston.

January 11, 2009

Lady Bird just LOVES Gregory!

January 10, 2009

We met with my dad's cousin for lunch at the Rainforest Cafe today... I've actually never met them before, but they live in San Antonio, so we plan to see a lot more of them now! Pictured here from top left to bottom right is: Michael, Semalee, Terry, Irma, James, Gregory, Auston, Elise, and Tessa (with Jackie the dog)

January 9, 2009

This is an alligator. We went to Brazos Bend State Park because it was warm out and I was hoping we would see some alligators. We saw several, at least 7 or 8, 4 of them being over 6 feet long. Alligators live in the park and are in the water all through the park. They really won't bother people unless they feel threatened or they see food. It is a truly awesome experience to be with them in their habitat instead of them being behind a fence in a pretend habitat in the zoo. This guy was about 4 feet long and he was about 5 or 6 feet away from us in the water. Cool, huh?

I had to add the following photo because I couldn't decide. It's a picture of me and my dad with the kids by the tree I always take a picture by every time we go to this park.

January 8, 2009

Auston feeding the sea gulls at Galveston Island on the beach. It's a lot of fun to feed them because they hover over you and you can just throw the pieces of bread in the air and they'll catch them...

January 7, 2009

This Greg teaching my dad how to play the Wii.... His first time ever to see one :)

January 6, 2009

Lady Bird








This is probably the first of many photos of my Coonhound, Lady Bird that will be included in this blog. She is a very photogenic dog, so I'm anticipating a lot of pictures of her here.

January 5, 2009

Grego eating his favorite food for breakfast... or anytime for that matter... Graham Crackers and Milk :)

January 4, 2009

This is my new kitchen faucet (my Christmas present from my Daddy). Isn't it beautiful? It will be even more beautiful when we figure out how to hook the water up to it!

January 3, 2009

This would be my laptop. After the dog ran from the vacuum cleaner and jumped over the couch, getting her footing on my laptop. :( I'm trying not to kill her.

January 2, 2009

This is our cat Hobo sleeping with Auston. He really loves to snuggle. He actually had just come in the house and gone straight to Auston's bed and curled up with him.

January 1, 2009

This is a picture of two things that are pretty important to me. The ceramic tree belonged to my grandparents. They actually only put this tree up every year when I was growing up. When my dad moved this fall he had it and was going to throw it away. I'm so glad I caught him, because I love it!! The Ebeneezer Scrooge nutcracker was a Christmas gift many many years ago from one of my dearest friends, Jeremy. It used to have glasses and a scarf... I'm not sure what happened to those, but still a cool nutcracker from a cool guy :)