I think she quickly learned that conference calls and crying babies don't work well together. Jonda was able to catch up on most of her work in the evenings once I got home, but I needed to take off a day so that she could catch up on some stuff during business hours. Needless to say, half of that day turned into a trip to the Houston Zoo. The other half of the day, Jonda got to do work, and Carissa and I got to watch Texas A&M beat up on Pennsylvania in round one of the NCAA Men's Basketball tournament (what a great day to take off from work!)
Carissa enjoyed the Giraffes, Elephant, and Monkeys the best. Of course her favorite part of the day was the Carousel and Train rides, and she even got to bring home her own little monkey from the gift shop. The weather was beautiful, the crowds were bearable, and it was a perfect spring day trip.
To end Spring Break, Carissa got to take a trip to Petco were she became the proud new owner of her first pet, Fi Fi...
Fi Fi is a maroon (Gig'em Ags!) Betta. Appropriately named "Fish", Carissa can only get out "Fi... Fi", so the fish's name has evolved.
We hope everyone else had a great Spring Break!
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On a beautiful spring Texas day, Marcus Keesler and Bonnie Cherry were wed at the Varner-Hogg Plantation in West Columbia.
The ceremony was followed with a reception at the Freeport River Place where there was great bbq, Texas music, and cake. Of course, in great Texas style, the groom's cake even favorited the Houston Astros!
Congratulations to Marcus and Bonnie on their day, we wish you a lifetime of love and happiness, and we hope you're enjoying your honeymoon in sunny Las Vegas, Nevada.
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"It's Rodeo time Houston!" And Carissa celebrated western style! Thanks to her great granny and papaw Slaughter, she had tickets to go and see Clay Walker. She went for her first train ride, had her first taste of cotton candy, and rode her first pony. Grammy and Pawpaw bought Carissa her first cowboy hat... and she loved showing it off all afternoon.
When it came to the actual rodeo, Carissa stayed awake for the calf scramble by "mooing" at the cows, but then settled in for a little catnap and a bottle. Before long though, she was up again dancing to the tunes of Clay Walker's version of La Bamba. Of course we had to laugh though because he sang it with his daughter Skylor. We laughed because his daughter's name is Skylor Walker. Though her name reminds me of R2D2 and Vader, she actually sang rather well. Almost as good as her older sister, MaClay Walker, who did a beautiful version of a Tim McGraw/Faith Hill song.
We had a great day at the rodeo, I don't know if Carissa enjoyed the petting zoo, her horse ride, or the concert the most, but she definitely enjoyed all of it!
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For the past month, we asked Carissa how old she was and her new trick was to hold up one finger. Ask her to blow out a candle and she would puff away... so when this weekend came up, she was definately ready for her very first birthday.
She enjoyed her balloons, the streamers, the presents, and the cake. Oh wait, she didn't enjoy the cake (see movie below). Actually she enjoyed the cake for breakfast the next morning, but evidentally it took her a whole day to warm up to the cream cheese frosting and strawberry cake.
It's been three days since her birthday, and thinking back to the past year, it just seems to have been a blur. As a new parent, I'd have to admit that the past year was the fastest of any of the previous twenty nine. Each day she gets a little taller, a little faster, a little smarter... and a little more fun.
Congrats to Carissa on her milestone, and thanks to everyone for making it a very special day.
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I was tired of getting my hopes up for a ski vacation. It seems like one has been mentioned for the last 3 or 4 years, but it never actually materializes... So when Chris Paxton asked me if I wanted to go for a weekend, I jumped at the chance.
48 inches of snow fell 3 days before we arrived in Ruidoso, New Mexico at Ski Apache ski resort.
We enjoyed nice meals, clean casinos, warm fire places, beautiful weather, and an abundance of snow covered trails.
Geronimo and Wild Onion were my personal favorite runs, as they were groomed and full of powdery snow... and they were just steep enough to make you say "wee" rather than "oh crap, what did I just get myself into..."
For not being on a ski trip in over six years, I fell less times than I have fingers on one hand, so I was proud of myself. I was also proud of the entire group that I went with, as no one broke anything... and everyone played hard.
The only bad part of the trip is that it was a short one. Just long enough to give you the itch to go again real bad. So here's to next year... I'm going skiing, anyone want to go with me?
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