Dumb Jellyfish!

We went to Galveston on Saturday and had a little lesson in beach safety! If the lifeguard stations are flying blue flags, be cautious! There is potential for marine life to cause a hazard to swimmers. Now we know! =\

Park was out a ways with Aaron and started screaming that he was being stung. Aaron brought him out of the water and we ran him to the lifeguard station and they told us it was a jellyfish sting. They gave us a paste made with vinegar and meat tenderizer and told us he would just have to wait it out - it would take about 20 minutes for the pain to stop. Really, I'd say it was closer to about 40. =(

After that, we stayed in the shallow water where we could see what was lurking around us. We caught about 7 jellyfish and took them to a close-by rock jetty and put them in pools where they couldn't escape until the tide rose.

The picture below was from today - 3 days later. =(

Houston Zoo

Easter

Sorry y'all. I'm a bit behind on my updates! We had a fabulous Easter! I was worried about it because it was our first big family holiday here without our family but luckily, Kristi was here! I know it was a sacrifice for her since she didn't get to spend it with her family but we're sure glad she was here to spend it with us.

On Saturday our little city had an Easter egg hunt, although I really wouldn't call it that. It was more like an Easter egg pick-up or an Easter egg grab! There was no hunting involved!

That night we dyed eggs - it wasn't quite the ordeal like it was at Grandma Julie's but they still had fun. Beautiful sparkling eggs. Now tell me again, what does that have to do with Easter? Anyway...

Easter morn' the kids woke up to new bikes! I thought they would be SO excited! Instead they rummaged through their Easter baskets looking for their DS's. Apparently, that's what they were hoping for from the Easter Bunny. Oooooh! Now, we will be having many discussions on GRATITUDE!

But now, after a couple of family bike rides and them zooming around with their friends, I think they are pretty happy with what they got.

It was the darkest Easter morning I've ever witnessed. Literally. We had a pretty good rainstorm, a tornado watch and it was very dark outside! This picture of Parker and Anna on the left was taken in our backyard right before church which starts at 12:30. It looks like night! Anyway, we went to church and by the time we were done, it was beautiful! Everything was clean and fresh and there wasn't a cloud in the sky!

Below is a picture after church. Amazing!

We still missed our family! We would have loved to spend time with them but we definately made the best of it (and like I said before, having Kristi here definately helped! Thanks Sis!)

Fun with Aunt Kristi

My sister came to town and cheered us all right up! We did lots of fun things, ate at yummy places and had a great time just being together.

Sharkfest

Happy Birthday Julie!

A Serious Case of the GiGgLeS!

This went on almost all through dinner!