Our Ladies day out this year was abit different. With 3 of the guys getting leases a long way off..we lost a bunch of our crowd.

Didn’t plan much for the rest of us as Kimberly is now overdue & we thought we might be seeing a baby instead. Then Momma didn’t feel good..so she just ate lunch with us at Rosa’s & passed on the zoo trip.

 However, Melissa, Kimberly, Suzanne, Brianna, Lorien, Rohan & I enjoyed our afternoon at the zoo.

Brianna took this next one…

Eugene & Mark – his brother & John from work got to go to Florida fishing. Things didn’t go quite like they were supposed to & their Saturday trip was cancelled. Still they had fun & caught some nice ones!

A government boat they watched & looked neat.

Abit fuzzy but too cute not to post! I like the service rep at that drive-thru!!

Melissa had an early birthday celebration this year. Tomorrow is the “real day” but our meeting is going on then…so we had fun several weeks back. We shopped, just us gals, at San Marcos on Saturday. Was alot of fun & we all found some bargains. Found all of Melissa’s “surprise”[ lol ] birthday gifts too. We tried out Razzios in Round Rock for lunch & that was good.

Sunday we had lunch of pizza & salad. Strawberry cake, homemade ice cream & homemade waffle cones were the dessert. Those cones were delicious but my kitchen looked like a tornado had passed by when we got those finished!

Happy Birthday Melissa!! I love you bunches & am so thankful you are my daughter. Wishing you a wonderful year to come!!

Friday at 1:30 that afternoon we were loaded up & on our way to the seashore. After about 20 minutes they wondered if we were almost there! So we showed Brianna the clock & said when it showed 7 we should be there. They did great on the ride there & we stopped at a gas station where they needed some doughnuts & crackers – then later a McDonalds where they had a yummy strawberry sundae which they thought was awesome! [It costs $1]

Finally we were there & it was getting late. So we drove straight to the ferry & it seemed to take forever to get our turn to cross. We saw dolphins when we crossed & the girls thought that really neat! Finally we were over & we drove to the beach by the jetty as was almost dark & they were really wanting to see the sea shore.

Was getting dark so we went back to the ferry & got a ride back across. Then headed to Mackie & Norma Jeans [Mark & Dianes] house in Aransas Pass. Here are the kids at their cute place.

 Saturday I promise there was no danger of over sleeping!!! LOL Those gals were up with the birds & woke us to go play at the sea shore. So I finally got them to eat a pop tart & we were off again. Back across the ferry we go. We ended up riding it 8 times! Here we are playtime at last!!

We built a sand castle!

And then the fun they destroyed it!!

We fed the not very hungry sea gulls.

They ran & played & splashed & dug!

After 4 hours of playing we shook off the sand & headed back across the ferry to clean up. Then we ate a very late lunch at Whataburger with 2 hungry gals that ate all their chicken strips & choc. shakes. Then off we went again across the ferry to shop!!

A trip to Port Aransas just isn’t complete without a trip to those “wonderful” seashell shops!!! LOL Finally after they found something they couldn’t live without we headed to the candy store. Now that is an awesome place! They each got a little white bag & put little dabs of all types of goodies in it. They thought it was the coolest place ever & I must say I kind of agree!

Next we drove to the jetty & watched several huge ships come by. They were amazed at how big the ship was. Just sat & relaxed abit.

Headed back across the ferry & went to the house for awhile. The kids fished abit but decided the toys inside were more their thing. We just spent several hours letting them play & we all had some downtime. Then headed back across the ferry to the playground that Brianna saw earlier. They played & then we ate supper at the spaghetti house & enjoyed a pizza.

Was dark & our busy day was about over – so we rode the ferry our last time & headed back to the house. After the gals were in their nighties & all the sand of the day washed down the drain they played awhile & I cleaned up the place.

Sunday after breakfast we headed off to Church & Eugene  had the lesson, etc. that morning. We enjoyed a yummy meal at another mexican food place & of course the gals had a coke! Then we started our long drive home. Lorien went to sleep right after we ate & slept 1/2 way home! They were so good on the drive & lots of fun to take. It was so fun to see the sea shore thru the eyes of someone for the first time. They loved it all…sand, water, waves, seagulls, the ferry…everything EXCEPT the mosquitoes!!

Eugene & I made a quick trip to San Antonio after taking Melissa & Anna to the airport Monday. We visited the San Antonio zoo as it  was cool while we were there that afternoon  all the animals were active & fun to watch.

This bear was enjoying his meal of fish.

For $1 you could get a little thing of nectar & feed the Lorikeet. Was really neat to have those beautiful birds climb all over you & drink the nectar.

Then we came back home thru hill country. Stopped at the Wildflower Farm on the way & admired the pretty flowers blooming there.

Was enjoyable!

We visited the zoo & saw the new part. Was really pretty & the kids like the ropes to swing from in the new playground.

First we gotta feed the fish…a favorite of the kiddos!

Brianna & her first missing tooth!

Here is the New part of the zoo…Pretty Neato!!

We saw Esther & her kids at the giraffe area.

Eugene & I went to the deerlease & filled the deer feeders & then rode 4 wheelers. Was alot of fun!! Is a beautiful place to go & relax.

Here’s a couple of photos of moving day for Dustin to A & M

Kimberly had an awesome baby shower!! It was so pretty & she was blessed with lots of wonderful gifts for their little gal that will soon arrive. Her & Phillip will have lots of fun fixing up their little girls room & going though all the goodies together!!

Another late post! We got to babysit all three of our Grandkiddos while Jesse & Suzanne went to Grapevine overnight for their Anniversary. Was alot of fun!!

We went to the zoo.

We swam in the pool.

Rohan pested our cats!

We drew & colored

Played outside on swings & 4 wheelers & then relaxed on the porch swing

And built with Lincoln logs

I wonder why PawPaw & MawMaw were so tired when they went home???!!! LOL

This year I had Phillip & Kimberly…& Jesse & Suzanne a meal & party at the same time. Suzanne & Kimberly’s were about on time, Phillip’s a little late & Jesse’s was rather early.

We had shrimp & crawfish boil, chef salad, maconri & rolls. Had homemade ice cream, red velvet cake & choc. chip pecan pies. All tasted good EVEN if the ice cream maker kicked the bucket & died before the ice cream was totally done AND the oven door fell off!! No joke it fell off when I was trying to cook the rolls. The guys got it to half close & I was able to finish cooking them!

And they rode 4 wheelers…

I am so far behind on posting. Here are a few photos from the cute tea party Suzanne had for the kiddos.