Fall Fun

Since we moved from the mountains and foothills of North Carolina and to a sub-tropical climate, we no longer get to experience the beauty of fall. I really miss the leaves changing and falling. But never fear...MAMO is here! In years past, she has sent a box of fall leaves to her grandchildren in Miami, Fl. Now she does the same for Andrew and Aaron. The had a blast playing in the leaves and having leaf fights. Here's what fall in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas is like. Don't miss the video that's in the middle of the pictures.

Sue the Dinosaur

Today we went to see Sue the T-Rex. She's the largest, most complete t-rex skeleton ever found. She was found in south Dakota i think and her actual bones are in chicago. the display we saw today was a replica of the actual skeleton, well at least we think it is. I can't imagine the actual skeleton being on a traveling display. So anyway, Andrew was so excited to see it and aaron was more excited to play with the displays that were interactive. all-in-all we had a good time.

Happy Mother's Day

I hope all you mom's out there had a great Mother's day this year. I missed seeing my mom and mother-in-law this year. Holiday's can be very lonely when you're away from family. Anyway, my boys made the weekend very special for me. On Saturday we went to the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville. We had a really great day. I always love going to the zoo. And when we returned home and I was looking at the pictures I took, I had several that were mothers and babies. Neat, huh?

Well, I'll start with my babies!!! Andrew and AAron hangin' out by the gorilla's.

This is a mommy gorilla. If you look closely, under her left hand, she's holding a new baby! how exciting! they rolled around on the ground, climbed down to the watering hole, and she was so very gentle with the baby the whole time. All the while the big Silver back was hangin' out in the shade of the cave with his feet up in the air. Doesn't he know it's mother's day?

Then in the Australia exhibits we saw a mommy kangaroo with her little joey. They were taking a nap and she had covered the baby up with hay. It was so sweet.

And of course there were the ducklings. I'm not sure how many she had, but there were a lot of babies following her around.

Then we visited the nursery where the petting zoo was. Andrew was drawn to the baby camel, but Aaron liked watching the goats make poo-poo every where. What a great time!!!

Looking at all the pictures of the mommies and babies and reflecting on my recent study of Genesis, isn't it wonderful how God was so gracious to bless our existence with such wonderful things. What a boring place the earth would be with out the animals and creatures of the world.

Thank you LORD ! Happy Mother's Day!!

Let's catch up!

Seems like a lot has happened since the computer crashed, so let's catch up on a few things...

I'm not even sure of the date anymore, i think it was the Saturday before Easter Sunday, we went to the IMAS, International Museum of Arts and Science here in Mcallen. they were having an Amazing Skies exhibit from NASA. It was really cool and super packed. The kids all got to build rockets (thanks to Walmart), there was an Astronaut from NASA. We missed her talking because we were standing in line to get in, but DREW got to meet her, get her autograph, and had a picture taken with her. there was so much there, but the best part was that afternoon the local rocket club launched some actual model rockets. and yes, andrew got to hit the button and launch one. he was so excited. here are a few pictures of our trip to IMAS>>>

Here's drew getting the all-important instructions on how to launch a rocket.

There it goes. I don;t think this one was recovered that day, but the other two were.

Gramma's visit to South Texas

It occured to me that i never put anything on here to tell you about my visit with my mom and Jonathan. We had a great two weeks, and even though we didn't do a lot, we did see some cool things and had a great time.

We went armadillo chasing! Literally! we went to a park that has a large open field and it was full of armadillo's. we were trying to get close enough to at least one to get a good picture and ended up chasing several. We laughed and had a great time doing it. i'm just glad the park rangers didn't see us.

Then Richard took us to see this really cool tree that he found on one of his patrols. it's over 900 years old. It's not real tall but it's really big around. Andrew, of course, tried to climb it, but it's not as easy to climb as the tree in front of Clinchfield Baptist.

And of course we had to go to South Padre island! This is my favorite part of being where we are. it's only a little over and hour to get to the beach. The kids had a great time even though the water was cold. Aaron played in the sand and got a little wet, and Jonathan and Andrew ventured out in the waves and had a great time. Mom and i just kicked back on the beach and relaxed. i have to tell this story though. Jonathan is going to kill me. He forgot to take his wallet out of his pocket before he got in the ocean, so needless to say, he made a donation to the "save a whale foundation of S Padre Island"!!!

By the way, this was the best was to spend New Years Eve .

i know, i know, i know

i know i need to put stuff on here more frequently, but give me a break, there's not a whole lot of exciting things happening right now. we're getting back in our routine after Christmas break. well, what routine we had. With Richard's crazy schedule it's hard to do too much planning. This week and next he's on days, then it's back to nights. i don't think i'll ever get used to it.

Andrew is doing a lot better. he's finally making friends here in the community. We actually had a play dat the other day. Madison and Darren were here most of the day and what a great time they had. i think the boys would have had a better time with out madison, but i was babysitting for the neighbor so they didn't have much choice. School's getting better for him too. he made the a-b honor role this 6 weeks. YEAH!!! he's really excited about that.

thanks for all your support and prayers. we really appreciate all you've done for us. we love you.

p.s. i'll try to do better and get more picts on here.

Silly Songs with Aaron

This has nothing at all to do with Christmas except the fact that my sis-in-law got this great set of instruments for Aaron last year for Christmas. He still loves dragging them out and singing songs. This was particularly funny and i wanted to share with everyone. let me set the stage...imagine (if you can/will) a Veggietales video. There's always a place where Archibald the assparagus interupts and announces..."Silly Songs with Larry" Except this time he says, "silly songs with Aaron. the part of the day where Aaron comes out and sings a silly song. "

just incase you're wondering what song he's singing, it's We are the pirates who don't do anything.

enjoy!