Pirates II

Climb aboard Maties and set sail with Pirates II 08

All ye dinosaurrr lubberrrs walk thee plank

ENTER IF YE DARRRE

Bewarrre Ye too can lose ye self in the Caverns of Shel Ton Isles.

Here lies Goldy Bones bewarrre

he take ye fer all yer galleons and candy bootey too.

Captain Ghostly and Captain Jack be collecting yerr pieces of eight fer safe passage.

Move slowly on ward through Davey Jones Lockerrr

only this time he be werkin' with the Grrrim

Ahh Good Job Matey ye be almost ter thee finish line

This here be the Knaves Inn

with thee lovely new help

make sure ye pay yer farrre or ye be hangin'

a lot longerrr then ye barrrgain fer.

especially with a knave like Long John Skelly.

Go ahead these herre shipmates arrrgh jest holdin' up thee wall.

But bewarrrry of the mad docterrr - he mite knot make ye sea werrthy.

Aye Mates ye made it. Lookin' fer ye next year arrggh.

Ike's Visit

On Sept 13, One year and One day after my father passed away Hurricane Ike decided to pay us a visit leaving a path of blackouts, flooding, destruction and devistation in our surrounding areas of where we live. Although we were one of the lucky ones our pictures are not as dramatic as Galveston,

Master bedroom - in the dark the ceiling fell in, after a couple of days carpet had to be ripped out the ceiling debri removed

Here's the Amazing part the leak came through the ceiling fan and sprayed rain water everywhere Dan thought he was at the Ocean:)

Foyer:

Again water came through the light fixture ruined the ceiling now the entire upstairs ceiling has to be painted because its one open continuing space. there are several of these little pocked holes in the ceiling.

Outside:

The fence was blown down in 3 places our little pin oak was one of the many uprooted trees that happened throughout our neighborhood.

This is the backyard Paul's shed had just exploded and all the lawn items were scattered across the yard

Fourteen days without electricity. We had the opportunity to meet our neighbors and get to know them very well. After all was said and done we were lucky and blessed. It could have been much worse if we had not been home to do water bucket brigade.

Minnesota In May

After 1 year 4 and 1/2 months I have finally met Riley Jones. Brendan is bigger and more handsome then ever. I miss them both terribly (oh you too mel and jeff). I had a great vacation with my wonderful friends the Jones Family. It was a blast looking forward to my next visit when the guest/office room is the nursery. And the family keeps growing....

Mall of America - Aquarium

Look like shark nah...

their just extremely large sucker fish.

Just to let you know Mel is not smiling here she is terrified.

Any wonder why she is not smiling - We are walking through a tunnel of water with one way in and one way out. And swimming overhead to our left is a great white who a couple of months ago tried to eat a baby shark. Advertisment now says "He's OKAY"

Now she's smiling in the shark cage

because we are out of the tunnel..

Jeff's company BEST BUY does volunteer work around the community Yeah BEST BUY- Mel and I took advantage of the nice balmy 60 degree weather and headed out to meet jeff.

Waterfall ------

Just to let you know the first 60 steps going down to see the waterfall were not so bad....

see we are still smiling

Still smiling....

Brendan and Riley -

on top of the 3D Master Map Rock of Minnehaha Park. Still Smiling...

Okay here's were it gets tough this is a really beautiful park full of trails, wildlife, running water from the falls and the best for last it's approximately 136 steps back up to the top of the park where the swing sets are.... hence the "haha" at the end of the parks name. Whose idea was it to see the falls from below:?

Swing away daddy

This look says...yeah I'm brave look at me on the monkey bars...

This look is how did I get stuck like this...and can I get down safely

Riley's First Ice Cream from DQ

Everything is sweeter the first time around. Huh Riley?

I had a blast and this is only half of my trip - will post more later must sleep....

Spring Break - Mom's Birthday

My sister (sue) and I took Mom

to Galveston and Kemah Boardwalk

for her birthday in March.

Before the trip was over Mom ended up in the Poke

Sue Flashed Her badge like always in Galveston and We got away to the beach in time to feed the seagulls.

Afterwards Sue made this beautiful flower arrangement

out of fruits for Mom.

It was very tasty and pretty for a basket of flowers. Yum Yum

On Her birthday Paul and I took Mom to SaltGrass Steakhouse

Finally, we had cake a daisy cup cake.