I had a really great Memorial Day weekend. Friday after work I headed down to Sheridan. Cousin Shawn graduated from high school on Friday, so we had a party for him on Saturday. It was such a fun time, as usual. We played Balderdash for a while, and had a blast! I didn't get a picture of everyone, but here's some of the fam being their crazy selves.




Saturday evening I left for Round Rock to go to Carl's birthday bash at his mom's house. I didn't get a picture of it, but they made the best crab and shrimp boil ever! I mean, it was awesome, and so beautiful. We poured all the contents out onto a table and ate outside. It was really nice.
Carl and his niece Kayla actually share the same birthday (May 25). One of her presents was a tent just her size. Carl, Kayla, and I all climbed in. It got kinda squishy so Carl got out and played the big bad wolf.

This morning we got up and drove to Inks Lake to check out some camp sites with Carl's parents and Kayla. It was a super cool place. We're planning on all going camping out there in July, and we're stoked. They have everything from fishing to volleyball to cliff diving. woo-hoo!

i don't know why this picture came out sideways, but i'm not really sure how to fix it,nor do i care to try. but, if you turn your head a little, you'll see a beautiful picture of the cake carl got me for my birthday. it was supposed to be a tres leches cake, but they messed up and just gave us a regular birthday cake. it was still good though.

we all went to medina lake for my birthday evening. kirsten reeled in this catfish while i chatted with my mema.

then we swam about halfway across the lake. it was quite a distance. this is a picture of kirsten and brian out in the lake with river.

and the most exciting part, the next day i got to pick up my new ride! its my aunt's 4runner. she just got a new acura mdx, so she gave me her car. i love it so much! its so awesome to have wheels again.

carl, river, and i went fishing on padre island last weekend. we had a blast! the first spot we picked, we caught a whole lot of seaweed, and that's about it. so we decided to head up a couple of miles, and within five minutes our poles were going off. carl caught this huge sting ray.

and at the same time, i reeled in my line to find that i had not one, but two fish! i caught this baby hard-head and a keeper red.

but my favorite catch of all was this jack fish. i just fell in love with it. i think its so beautiful.

river was exhausted, and she made herself comfortable in the back of the truck in quite a weird position.
we've never tried that spot before. usually we drive all the way to south padre island, which takes a lot longer. we're definitely going to be trying this spot again.

okay. problem resolved.
so, we've done a lot of stuff since the last post. i'll start from the beginning.
april 10 was carl' mom's birthday, so we went and hung out with the family in round rock for the weekend. we had a great time. dan fried some fish and shrimp, we played some disc golf, did a lot of swimming, and got in our game of spades. here is carl with his niece kayla, his mom, and brother brian.

and everyone enjoying the hot tub.

river really enjoys herself when we go to round rock. she will fetch from the pool for hours and hours.


and i have a lot of fun too. kayla and i get along pretty good, and we have a lot of fun.

okay. that's all for now. thanks for bearing with us. now that the problem is resolved, i promise to keep up with posting.

hello everyone. my goodness, its been a month since we've written! there's a really good excuse though- my computer's been out-of-service for a while, and carl's was down for about three weeks. but he re-booted it and we're back in business. except for one thing- i lost the cd with the software for my digital camera, so i can't get any pictures as of right now. hopefully i can find it or i'll be able to download it from the canon website. but don't give up on us, we'll return shortly. bye bye for now.