Grandpa Bill was back again!

It had been a while since Grandpa Bill made his way down to Texas, so it was good to have him back.  Of course he went to the beach, hung out around Corpus with us, and even took a drive up to see the Alamo.  This is how it all went down...

Took the ferry out to Aransas Pass on a somewhat foggy day, but still got to get the feet in the icy water.

Checked out the children's museum up in San Antonio!

You can't spend time in Texas and not shop at HEB! Because you'll starve if you don't... it's the only grocery store they allow here.

Remembering the Alamo again!

 

And if there's a cannon... then a picture is required.

Glad he made it back and hopefully he'll be back soon!

We're still here...

We missed a month, which hasn't happened too many times over the past few years on this blog.  We've had plenty of pictures to post, but I've failed in my duties of actually posting them.  The past couple of months have been normal, the holidays ended, the new year began, and we keep finding ways to stay busy.  But here are a few photos of what the boys have been up to:

Paul discovered that it wouldn't feel good to be stepped on by a T-Rex while visiting the dinosaur exhibit at the museum.

Played around on the new playground downtown.

Helped out in the kitchen...

Until things got messy...

A little too messy.

But Farrah took a bath, so all was good.  Even if it was against her will.

Adam cruised around on the new bike he got for Christmas!

And Farrah did a few more things against her will...

Good times.  Here's to another great year in 2015!

Merry Christmas 2014!

Another year over, another Christmas has passed us by.  The boys had a great Christmas, though it wasn't very white and snowy.  The last time it snowed in Corpus Christi was 2004... so it doesn't happen very often.  But there were too many presents and too many Christmas cookies to be eaten around the house, so it was great none the less.  Here are some pictures we took a couple of weeks ago for our Christmas card... Merry Christmas to all!

We hope everyone's Christmas was merry and bright!  And here's to another New Year about to begin!

Visitors from Keytesville

We had some visitors for Thanksgiving, all the way from... where do you think? KEYTESVILLE! (As my nephew Rowan would say).  They came down to eat some turkey, walk the beach, and otherwise enjoy the still decent weather in South Texas.  We saw the usual sites, and even drove down to the Rio Grande Valley to get some of the citrus that's ripe this time of year.  Here are some of the highlights:

Watched the surfers and walked the beach out on the gulf.

Took a stroll down by the bay.

Checked out some old houses downtown.

Learned something.  But nothing too exciting.

Ran around the fountains.

Ran away from a random buffalo, barely escaping with their lives.

Followed the rules.

Picked some fruit.

Seedless fruit.  No wait, there's one big seed in there.

Went to Arlington National Cemetery again.  Wait, no, for some reason the original mold of this statue is in Texas?

And then got chased out of town by an angry tank.  Good times.

We're glad the grandparents could make it down, and hopefully they'll be back this way again soon!