As promised, Bluebonnet pictures!

I've been sewing a lot to get ready for the craft bazaar next week, so I forgot to post the Bluebonnet pictures.  Sorry!!! lol

I had all but given up on getting pictures of the kids in the bluebonnets this year, but it finally worked.  They are not great, because there were some other weeds in the bluebonnets that are now tall, but hey, better late than never.

All four kids:





Tab's kids (Angel, Dom and Alyssa):




Tyler (Sam's):




Angel:




Dom:




And Alyssa (isn't she pretty!!!!):





And while we were out there, I took a few pictures of Sam, Jason and Tyler:




Unfortunately, Brian (Tab's Husband) was working, so we couldn't get a family picture.  Hopefully he'll have a day off soon so we can get one this year.

It would have been nice to get picture of me and Todd, but he refused.  What could I do??? lol

Thanks for looking!   We are very proud of all of our grands!

Busy day yesterday!

We had Tab and Sam and their families over to celebrate Tyler's 5th birthday.  It was wonderful outside, so we were out there most of the day.  Again, I used my new camera and was VERY happy with the pictures!

When I was shopping for Tyler's present, I grabbed a pack of punching balls for the kids to play with.  Here are some pictures I took of them:

Alyssa:



Dom:


(His popped shortly after this from bumping into the tree)


Angel:


Tyler:




More (I had over 200 pictures before we even did the cake and ice cream):








Here's Tyler opening his presents -

Airplanes and helicopters!!!!

And BUZZ LIGHTYEAR!!!!!


And his cake (baked by Sam and Tyler, decorated by Jason):


"I'm 5!!!"


We all had fun.  After the party, we went to get some pictures in the bluebonnets - I'll do a separate post later with those pictures.

Georgetown Red Poppy Festival 4/24/10

Yesterday I spent the morning in downtown Georgetown with Samantha, a couple of her friends and their children.  I got there a little bit before Sam and everyone else, so I walked around the craft booths for a while.  Lots of neat things there, I found some things for my hair to take on the cruise.  Here is the link.  I bought one small and one extra small, the gold tone.  I'll have to practice using them, but they are really neat!  There were also many people set up that made and sold their jewelry (and I was happy to see a lot of them have a shop in etsy.com).  One shop had BEAUTIFUL jewelry!  She has her own website you can see here.  I was wishing I had already decided what I'm wearing for the two formal nights on the cruise because I could have bought some jewelry to go with it.  (I also could have bought the hair accessories to match, but what I bought will go with anything.)  One specific piece of Stacey's jewelry I was looking at is not listed on her website, but it's similar to the three-strand necklace shown here.  The price was $250 though!!!!   I think Todd would have divorced me if I had bought it!  lol   But it was stunning!   Plus, she was having a sale that if you bought the necklace, you got the matching earrings free.   Anyway, a girl can dream, right?  lol

The main reason we went was to see the parade.  I grabbed my new Canon Rebel to take pictures (practice for the cruise).
Everyone waiting (this is the "Historic Downtown Square"):

Tyler anxiously waiting:













From the play at the Palace Theater - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat:




The Shriners:


(they cheat)







Antique cars :

I took LOTS more, but won't post them - it would take me all morning and I have to clean yet.

Sam and Tyler after the parade:



Tyler trying to throw balls into the holes:


He tries SO HARD!


Well, better get going.  Everyone's coming over today for Tyler's 5th birthday, so I need to clean a little.  Luckily, it's going to be nice outside so we'll be able to be there most of the day.   I'm sure I'll have more pictures to post tonight or tomorrow.

I thought I had posted these already,

but apparently not.  Must have been on Facebook.

Tab needed a walking buddy the other day, so we went on the trail past our house and I grabbed my new camera to try it out. It's a Canon Rebel XS and came with a 18-55mm lens.

Most of them turned out pretty good.  I have one large memory card and one HUGE memory card, so that should be plenty for our cruise in June.  We also bought an Olympus waterproof camera that we'll be able to use when we snorkel, and also have two large memory cards for it.

In other news, Sam's work is  having a small craft show, so I think I'm going to do it.  It's early May, so I have a couple weeks to get things done.  I'll need to go buy supplies and figure out what all I'm going to make, but at least that will keep me busy....  :D