Vacation Part 2

WOW!! Didn't realize how long this post would take! Oh well. Moving on then. After the Aquarium and the Lexington on Friday everyone was pretty tired!! Although we did jump in the pool for a while! LOL! Afterwards we hit the sack. Saturday morning we all woke up a little later than usual. :) Which wasn't a bad thing. First things first, Jonathan, Jake and I went to the store to find a strapless bathing suit for me. And for the boys to find a cap or two! Finally after about an hour or so, we finished shopping and headed back to the house. (Rhea stayed with Michelle to help cook breakfast.) Once we got back we ate and slowly started packing for the Beach. In the mean time, Michelle had gotten a phone call from Blair. Blair, J.C.(my brother), and his buddy got stranded on the boat. The motor decided to quit working. After making a few phone calls we had someone on the way to help. By that time we had loaded everything up and headed to the beach. We could've just walked it was probably 1/2 a mile but since we had everything loaded down, coolers, canopy, chairs, kiddos, we did it the easy way!
The Beach was gorgeous!! There was some seaweed, but the water was beautiful!!! Even I got in the water! It was pretty hot though! When we first got there, the kids played in the sand. They made sea turtles, a stingray, and a giant castle! We also found lots of neat seashells, crabshells, and barnacles. There were lots of people on the beach!! Jacob and Rhea had a blast! We stayed out there pretty much all day. We went back to the house around 4:30. Here are some pictures of us at the Beach:

Playing in the sand making sea turtles

Rhea's seaturtle

Working on a stingray now

Jacob and his 'huge' castle

Rhea and Jake in the ocean

Jacob showing me his barnacle

LOL!! Only Corpus would you see this!!!

My lil' fishy swimming..

Jacob having a blast

Loving the water

Cheese!

Buring Rhea in the sand

Crazy girl!

Getting out of the sand....

Ewww!!!! Sandy Girl!

Look at all that Sand!

Shopping!

Vacation in Corpus

I am finally getting to end of catching up! This blog is going to be a BIG one! The weekend after July 4th we went to Corpus to vacation and visit with my cousin Michelle and her husband Blair. We left E.C. around 6:30 on Thursday and headed out for Corpus! We were so excited, this was going to be a great vacation. I had lots of adventures lined up for us the whole weekend! We finally arrived to Michelle and Blair's house around 9:00. We were pretty tired but managed to stay up and have a few cold ones before hitting the sack.

Friday morning, we got up, got dressed and headed to the State Aquarium. The kids really enjoyed it, especially the Dolphin Show. It was really neat! They also loved the Stingray Flats. This is where they got to touch and feel the stingrays. It was pretty neat! We ate lunch there and continued to walk around and sight see. Jacob started getting antsy towards the end and started acting up. A quick trip to bathroom and a stern talking to was all that was needed for his attitude adjustment. We wandered around a little more before heading to the USS Lexington. Here are a few pics from the Aquarium:

Rhea & Jake with the seahorses

Touching the starfish.

I love this picture! Jacob looking at the poison dart frogs.

Looking at the sea turtles

At the Stingray Flats

Touching a Stingray

Jacob trying to touch a Stingray.

At the Dolphin tank

Love it! Looks like Rhea is scratching the dolphins tummy!

  Looking at all the dolphins.....so curious.

Next we headed down to the USS Lexington. It was AWESOME!!! Jacob was in such a good mood when we got there. He probably acted up just so we would head to the 'ship' faster! LOL! Lil' turd! Anyways it was great, he was having a blast. He kept wanting me to take pictures of him. We did ALL 5 tours on the Lexington. They were very interesting! There were LOTS of stairs! I don't see how all them soldiers could move about the ship so fast. I nearly fell down a few times on those stairs! Well..I'm also very clumsy though. I did have to explain one time to the kids (we were in a memorial for the Pearl Harbor fatalities) that all these people listed, had died for our freedom that we needed to pay our respects. That if it wasn't for them we would not be here today. Jonathan was fascinated with all the exhibits/tours. He gets really into it. He said he would like to go back one day without the kids, just to stay there longer and read everything. I told him it would probably take a week to do that. There is so much stuff in there. The kids loved that there were some things you could sit in or play with. Here are a few photos.....well actually A LOT!


The USS Lexington



Jake in a practice flyer



Ready to go flying!

Rhea



Jake



Such a happy boy

Jake said the sun was hurting his eyes

Rhea and Jake playing with the HUGE guns

Jacob figuring out how to work it

We were in the captains courters

These signs were on the walls when coming down the BIG escalator!

Pretty interesting info.

See what I mean....BIG escalator

HAHA!! Both in the Brig

I could see Jacob driving this!

Climbing down stairs

Pretty girl!

Jacob in the engine room

Of course, we had to get a picture of the Post office for SoSo!

Outside the Lexington

Both of them in front of the propeller



What a huge anchor!

Wow! I think I will have to do 2 post about our vacation!!! So many pictures! I will continue this one soon! 

A new puppy!

Thanks to the lovely SoSo we now have a new puppy. My Mom called me Saturday July 2 and said if she had enough time after work, so was going to come by. I said OK and went about doing things around the house. Around 4:30 I hear her pull in the driveway, she comes inside and tells me, "Hey! Jonathan's birthday present just came in!" Me: "What do you mean? His birthday was in March!" Mom: "Well, don't be mad, you know these things are hard to come by! I know y'all don't have a whole lot of room for it, BUT....I got Jonathan a dog! You know the one he has been wanting, female, chocolate lab." As I stare glaring at her with a face of 'Oh my god, I can't BELIEVE you!!!' She tells me "Oh don't look at me like that, you know how hard it is to find one of these!" I agree with her, and tell her "OK, lets go get it." So, we tell Jonathan that we had to go pick up something for him. (He was so confused, he had no idea!) We picked up the dog, and she was just pretty as can be. The whole way home I'm thinking, what the hell am I going to do with a dog. Great now I have to spend more money, on dog food, toys, a kennel, collar, shots, and etc. The only thing I could see and think of was $$$$$ dollar signs!!! But I knew it would make the kids and Jonathan happy and there is no greater feeling and sight than that.
When we got to the house, Jonathan was excited but also was like where the heck are we going to keep her! Of course the kids went ecstatic! Rheanna being such an animal lover that she, just clung to the dog. And Jacob actually loves to play with her. We named her Molly. She is a very smart dog. It didn't take her long to know we don't cry at night when in her kennel unless she has to go to the bathroom. She has never gone to the bathroom in her kennel. Every once in a while she will go in the house. But, overall she is going to be a great dog.
Rheanna loves to cuddle with her and play outside. They will roll around in the dirt and grass and just be happy as can be. Jacob loves to play chase with her. He will run and jump on the couch or bed or on the picnic table. Molly will come running after him and when she gets close he jump off and run around again. He gets a kick out of it. He will laugh and laugh about it. And any time we go anywhere they always have to fix Molly up. They go inside and brush her, spray perfume on her, and always put a bow on her collar. It is so cute! I don't have many pictures of her but here are a few:


Molly at 6 wks. old. She is so tired from all the excitement on July 4th



Here she is with me and Jonathan at deer camp riding around filling up feeders!

Shawn's Birthday at the Pond

Since I have been around, James' boys never really have a birthday 'party'. They would bake a cake and sing, but that is pretty much it. James said he wanted to change this. So, here comes Aunt Kimmie to the rescue! I told him we could go to the pond, the kids could swim, and Jonathan could BBQ. Shawn was so excited about this! I had forgot that I was going to watch Dawn's kiddos on Saturday too! But it all worked out, Shawn was excited that so many of his friends were going to be there! Hint: Braden, Hannah, Chase, Rhea, and Jake. Then of course Aunt Carrie and Uncle Billy came out and a few of their friends. Before going, me and Jonathan headed to the store and picked up some balloons, and water guns. Plus, we still had to get Shawn a present! Everyone had a blast and the main thing was Shawn felt so important that day and most the attention was on him! He told me it was one of the best birthday parties he has ever had! Thank you Kimmie! Awww...he just melted my heart! Here are a few pics!










Crazy kiddos!



Birthday Boy with his cake!



All the kids at Shawn's party!



Who says you can't use a towel, to wrap a present! LOL!



All right water toys!



The happy Birthday boy!