Things I love about TEXAS!

First of all...this list could go ON and ON! I'll try my hardest to keep it short!

1) Texas A&M-WHOOP!
2) All my Aggies-WHOOP!
3) FREEBIRDS (The Original "Chipotle")
3.5) Texas Pride
4) The Texas sky
5) Bluebell ice cream
6) Taco Cabana and the associated fresh tortillas


7) Tubin' down the Guadalupe
8) Two steppin'
9) Shiner Bock
10) Texas Pride (yep! They even have the Great State of Texas "embossed" into their overpasses-just in case you forgot where you were!)


11) Bedazzled anything (namely, belts)


12) Cowboy boots and all things associated with them!
13) James Avery Jewelry
14) Texas Pride
15) that..."Everything's bigger in TEXAS!"

What's in YOUR Purse?

I love my purse!

It's Ann Taylor circa 2009.

It's huge.

I love big bags.

That being said, I had to "clean house" before I make my trip to Texas on Friday for my:

FIGHTIN' TEXAS AGGIE GIRLS' WEEKEND!

And what did I find?

My Bible
My Notebook
A PEN! (This one surprised me since I can NEVER find pens in my purse, and yes, it could be because my purse is so big, but I can never find them, none-the-less)
A hairbrush
A McDonald's toy (ugh)
Part of Naomi's dance recital costume (the choker)
Two things of hand sanitizer (consequently, I rarely use the stuff)
Sunglasses
Perfume
My wallet
My thingy that holds my inhaler, chapstick, lipgloss, and eyedrops (I'm addicted to eyedrops)
A hairclip
A thing of hotel-grade shampoo (who knows...)
Sunscreen and two sunscreen sticks (I have two redheads..count 'em...two)
And, finally...

...TWO AND A HALF PAIRS OF DARBY'S SHOES.

WHY?

Because you just NEVER KNOW...

More beach pics

A day at the beach

Tate and Naomi head to the beach...
Sand in the toes...sun on the nose...

Jonah

We thought that while we were in Corpus Christi, TX, we would teach Tate a lesson in obedience. Just as Jonah was put into the belly of a big fish because of his disobedience to God, we put Tate into the largest fish we could find. This one happened to be a great white. We left him there for three days and then the fish spit him out. He's been an angel ever since.

Uncle Josh graduates from Pilot Training!

My "little" brother, Josh, graduated from Pilot Training in March. We all flew down to Corpus Christi, Texas, where he completed his training at a Naval Station. He will be flying a C-130 based out of Abilene, Tx, but he won't be there until later this year. He's still busy working out and surfing in the meantime while he awaits his follow on training in Little Rock, Arkansas. Pictured above from left to right is: Adrienne Janek, my college roommate from Texas A&M at Galveston, Dallas, Tate, Kelly, Kim (my mom), Josh, his girlfriend, Abby, Pete (my dad) and Naomi.

Uncle Josh with the kids.

We couldn't help but revert back to the old days. Although we did not drive 50mph on the beach in a Geo Storm this time, we did have a lot of fun...as you can "planely" see. Sorry, I couldn't help myself. Don't we just look the exact replica of Bond girls?