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June Beach Trip

A couple weeks ago we went to Port Aransas.  

Lila could not wait to get to the beach, and here is what she did when we finally got there

Run...

and run...

               and run!                 

Daddy took us on a boat ride through the canals to Snoopy's

She saved a little time for Mom

On Tuesday, the hurricane was rolling in.  The waves were high for Texas, and we left just as the rain was starting

The following are a couple pictures from the condo we stayed in.  I know that the people who own these condos don't want to put nice things there because of the wear and tear.  This was a clean, spacious condo (with plenty of towels, YEAH!), but the decorating was comical.

This was the wall behind the table in the dining area.  There were 2 mauve double-knit polyester curtains hung in the middle of the wall.   We decided that these people must like curtains because they were hung randomly in more than one place.  There were also olive green velvet curtains hung in the living room.

This was our bedroom. Interesting, huh?  So that is one red floor length curtain, which is not wide enough to cover the window, and then there was a piece of brown chiffon fabric (think Jennifer's bridesmaids dresses)  folded and hung over the curtain rod.

Guess who got a new helmet

My Uncle "ZoZo", our resident safety officer, will be so proud of me!

Cute story

I walk into Lila's room, and she is standing there, trying to put a thermometer up her sleeve...

Me: What are you doing?
Lila: I taking my tenshrasure (temperature)
Me: why?
Lila: I hurt
Me: what hurts? (playing along)
Lila: I think..um...my feelings hurt

Best Friends

Since the day Lila was born, she and Rowdy have been best friends.   They are always together.  Rowdy is not a perfect dog by any means, but he is so patient with her.

Here they are helping me cook

She is always covering him up, and trying to pat him to sleep...

and he will just lay there.

One day they were in her room, and she comes out and goes, "look, Mommy.  A ponytail!"

pants on my head, pants on my head

This is a story about a little girl named Lila Bug.  Lila Bug was a pretty little girly girl.  She had all the things that girly girls dream of...lots of jewelry, shoes, dresses.  But, what she didn't have was long hair.  She had thin, short hair.  So, being the crafty, creative little princess that she is, she came up with a plan.  "I'll put pajama pants on my head and pretend that I have long hair.  I'll get my awesome, wonderful  Mom to put in in ponytails and braid it, and I can swing it over my shoulder, and feel it on my back."  

True story.  My little bug wants me to put her pants on her head at night, so she can pretend she has long hair.  Yes, I am pretty proud of the creativity, but isn't that sad?!  She will walk around and say, "I can feel it on my back".  I told her that if she would start eating her veggies she will have long hair, but she's staying content with the pants on her head.

weekend pics/wildflowers

We had another busy weekend in Hallettsville.  We took some wildflower pictures, went to a rodeo (where we watched Jordan place first in barrels), flew our new kite, and had Granny Judy and Jeanette over for dinner.  Oh, yeah, and made cookies with Granny Greer, and watched the Air Buddies movie with Nana.

Getting the elephant kite off the ground

Many of you know that I like to play photographer in my "spare" time, and I really love good pictures.  This weekend we attempted wildflower pictures.  I love pictures that tell a story.  Here are a few of my favorites.

basic bluebonnet pic

eyelashes

Lila loves, loves, loves this dress.  Every time she puts it on, she says, "Mommy, I want to dance".  This picture was taken while she was twirling around in her pretty dress

this may be my favorite...it just makes me smile

this is a pic of an Indian blanket/red bonnet taken from the very top looking down.  My neighbor likes to paint and I look for things that I think would make neat paintings for her.

For all my blog readers familiar with the Hallettsville area, the field with the yellow flowers is across from the cemetary by the Foreverlast buildings