Thanks Wheatleys!

Our great travelmates, the Wheatleys, looked through their pictures and uploaded some for us to use. Thanks so much!

Here are a few photos of the San Diego trip.

LegoLand

Barbara tries her hand at being a pirate-Aarrgghh!!

Sean's first "roller coaster". He's not too sure about this.

Checking out LegoLand by Legocar.

San Diego Zoo

One of the famous panda bears having a snack.

All the kids taking a break after a big day.

The Wild Animal Park

Look closely. Can you see the baby pelican?

Who knew Land Cruisers were great napping spots?

San Diego Harbor, Double Decker bus tour and La Jolla

Dave at his photo shoot for Pirates magazine.

The double decker bus tour was a great way to see many parts of the city.

Living the life in La Jolla-Sea Lions lounge on the shore.

Adios Cancun, Hello San Diego!

We had planned a relaxing trip to Cancun for last week with our good friends, the Wheatleys. All was set to sit on the beach, play in the sand and sip umbrella drinks. Then, the swine flu hit. After several conference calls and thoughts of being stuck in Mexico with 3 small children, we decided to bail on Cancun and head to San Diego instead. We fortunately found a comparable price for the flight, hotel and car and off we went.

We enjoyed LegoLand, the San Diego Zoo, the USS Midway, Coronado, Wild Animal Park, a harbor cruise, double decker bus tour, La Jolla and lots of great times with our friends. The kids were all troopers and had a great time at the sites as well as playing with each other.

Unfortunately, we don't have pictures because I (Barbara) apparently left the camera in the DFW airport. I've made several calls, but to no avail. If you happen to be around gate B37 or 38 at DFW, check and see if you notice a lumix camera. Anyway, things could have been worse. Everyone be sure and put your name on your camera right now. ;)

Thanks for checking in...

Easter Part III

On Easter weekend we went to Kerrville to celebrate with Nana and Grandpa. Nick, Heather, Tadd and Elissa were all there. On Easter eve we went strawberry picking and to the frontier farm and LBJ Ranch. That night we dyed MORE eggs. Sunday morning we found the kid's Easter baskets, went to church and then had an Easter egg hunt in the back yard. On Monday we caravaned back to Houston and stopped in Brenham to take the Blue Bell Creamery tour. They were sold out, so we had ice cream bars at a nearby park.

All the Easter pictures are HERE

Easter Part II

The Sunday before Easter Friendswood has its annual Easter Egg hunt. It is huge! The number of eggs and kids is amazing. The mere minutes it takes the kids to gather all those eggs is even more amazing.

Easter Part I

Sean's 3rd Easter started out at Grandma and Dziadziu's house. He had his first Easter egg hunt and then dyed eggs for the first time.

Lordy, Lordy, look who's 40!

Happy birthday Dave!

Rodeo Houston

The last two Sundays we spent a lot of time at the Rodeo and Livestock Show. Last week we were at the Livestock show. Sean got to spend time with chicks, chickens, lambs, pigs and cows. This past Sunday we went to a calf roping event, the pig races and a ZZ Top concert. Sean loves his boots and tolerates his hat that is too small for him.

Sean is ready to be a cowboy for the rodeo with his boots and hat

Sean pets a rabbit

The chicks here are awesome!

Where to now?

Rodeo Parade

A couple of weeks ago we took Sean to his first Rodeo Parade. The parade is huge and takes over an hour to go by. Before the parade begins the Rodeo Run starts, which Barbara ran. Grandma and Dziadziu came to watch and we also met up with cousin Elissa and Nick. Heather, a long time volunteer, was busy elsewhere doing crowd control.

I Can Keep Myself Awake! Maybe Not

Early February: Aunt Kathy and Alton Visit

In early February Aunt Kathy and Uncle Dennis came all the way from North Carolina to visit. They did a lot of bird watching and a lot of Sean watching.

Sean and Aunt Kathy in Sean's favorite reading spot at Grandma's

The Hofman's came over to watch the Superbowl, Alton came over to play...

Sean and Alton play in the teepee

Spring has Sprung in Friendswood

Sean plays with his favorite flower, snapdragons

They go "Snapitty Snap Snap Snap" - at least with Daddy at the controls

Sean gets ready for St. Patrick's Day - and Grandma's birthday the day after. "Hat" courtesy of Nana and Grandpa

Friend's 3rd B-day party (and a super Superbowl)

Last Saturday Sean went to his friend's 3rd birthday party. She had lots of friends there as well as a couple of blow-up jump toys and a tumble bus (think school bus with no seats but gym equipment.)

David and B-Day girl's older sister hold the parachute while Sean and B-day girl prepare to run under it.

Queen B-day girl sits on the parachute!

Todd and Morgan with the tumble bus in the background

Sean loves bubbles

Dave snuggles with the newest member of the Johnson clan, Conner (its a boy) Johnson - 9 days old in this photo

Grandma and Sean contemplate the most important part of a Superbowl party - the food. Thanks Dan and Margie!

Sean's B-Day - the Day After

Nick, Heather and Elissa spent the night after Sean's party. The morning was fun family time.

Elissa reads to Sean

The box is the toy, right?

Bye "Sissa"