MN Photos II

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Isle, MN Part I

See link to pictures from our trip to Appledorn's Resort in Isle, MN - below.

Ted and Kathleen (known to most of us as Nana and Grandpa) decided to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary and Teds 74th birthday in style on the shores of the 2nd biggest lake in MN.  We stayed at Lake Mille Lacs in Isle, MN.  Nick and Heather were not able to come so Barbara, Sean, and I absconded with their oldest child and flew up to meet the rest of the family here.

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Father's Day

Nana and Grandpa came in to visit the Cypress Boyce's this weekend.  They all came down to Friendswood with the idea of spending the day in Galveston.  Some tropical weather put an end to that idea, so we had lunch at Chuy's, went to the Main Event for games, and then swimming at our house.

Happy Father's day to Dan, Ted, Nick and all the other fathers out there!

All three cousins on a simulation ride

Sean helping hold Dylan on board

Since it was Father's Day I let my dad use my iPad for a little while....

Sean after swimming on Sunday: Cheese slices and Calvin and Hobbes rotting his brain!

Space Shuttle? No, not really.

On Friday Sean and Aunt Joanne went to Space Center Houston and visited its new exhibit, the mock space shuttle.  It was delivered to Houston from Florida last weekend via barge with great fanfare.

For those of you that don't live in Houston, the area was pretty chapped that Los Angeles and NYC, both not notable for their contributions to the space program, received "real" shuttles.

Saturday morning Barbara, Sean, and Aunt Jo ran a race in Texas City.  Saturday evening Barbara, Sean, and I went to Brazos Bend State Park to see (and look through) the observatory telescopes.  We were able to see really cool images of Saturn and its rings.

Sunday evening we spent a casual evening at the Boyce's in Cyprus with Carol, Clinton, and Ike.

2012 Memorial Day

Memorial Day!  With special thanks to Sean's Grandpa (Army) and my Dziadziu (Coast Guard) for their service.

We spent Saturday at Moody Garden's Palm Beach with Grandma and Aunt Jo.  After they put in a lazy river last year season tickets this year were a no brainer.

Sunday we went to the Carter's house for a Memorial Day party.

My big project for the weekend was cleaning out the garage.  I have "before" pictures but I am to embarrassed to show them before I have "after" pictures.  It was very sad giving away Sean's strollers, and the trash men were probably not all that happy when they stopped at our house today, either.

On the Lazy River overlooking Offatts Bayou

Attack Tube!

How did a picture of me get in here?

Carter No. 3 at the Carter's house

Johnson No. 3 pushing Sean around the pool

Attack!

Johnson No. 4 getting ready to dive

Where are the boys?

Easter Kerrville 2012

The extended Boyce family was in Kerrville to celebrate Easter.  So far Sean has accomplished most of the items he put on his list this week for this visit: dye eggs, go to hot tub, play with Elissa, go to Nana's park, and make waffles and pigs in a blanket for breakfast.

Rest Stop for Bluebonnets

Kidding around at Nana's Park

Did I drop my contacts here?

Bubble blowing (Sean has on the proper Personal Protective Equipment  to protect his hands from toxic bubble juice

"Doggy Bone!"

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Camping in the closet with flashlights

Cheese and crackers at the winery

Waiting for bats - that never emerged

Rodeo Houston 2012

We finally made it to Rodeo Houston today, on the last day of the event.  Through the miracles of social networking we saw that the Boyce's would be there at the same time and hooked up.  Sean and Elissa got along famously, however they mostly ignored poor Dylan - it is a good thing he had four adults to entertain him!

Sean at the Market, his favorite part of the show every year

This year Sean stopped to read all the educational signs

Sean and Dylan look at Sean and Dylan?  They are really looking at rabbits

The kids showing off their sand art - getting this picture was like herding cats

Busy kids makes hungry kids

I am not sure what the game is here, but Sean says he was being an allosaurus

Don't tell anyone, but they were holding hands waiting for a ride and it was cute!

Catching fish

Keep your hands and feet inside of the ride at all times!

Facebook Pics and Some Extras

Posting some pictures that are on Facebook, for non-Facebook followers.  This weekend started early for Sean and Aunt Joanne.  They, and Barbara and Grandma, went and flew a kite on Friday afternoon.  Saturday started out with all the Pastas (except Dave) running the Methodist Stride 4 Stroke.  We followed that up with a lot of yard work and then dinner at Jake's with Aunt Joanne.  Today we read a lot, went to Mass, and did more yard work.  Dave got to remove a dead possum from the garage lean-to, and Sean got to paint a ceramic birdhouse he received as a gift from the Cypress Boyces.

Sean in rainy Fredericksburg last Monday 

Sean planting snapdragons from Nana and Grandpa

Sean finally getting back on his new bike (after after a month long hiatus due to his broken collar bone)

Waiting patiently to start painting his birdhouse

Just like Uncle Joe, the tongue out means he is concentrating

No shirt, not paint on shirt

Finished product