Movies, Hurricane Alley, and More!

Little Adventures here and there!

First I took the girls to so Despicable Me 2.  This was Anabeth's 1st movie at a theater! 

They both were really excited!  And Anabeth made it 3/4 of the way through the movie before passing out!  It was nap time and she was exhausted! 

 

Next we went on a golf outing with Dustin.  Abigail couldn't wait to drive the cart and man she is a crazy driver!!!  I just hope she improves before she turns 16!!  We would tell her to stay on the cement!  Well I guess to her the grass looked like cement!  Hahahaha!!  That was an adventure to say the least!

 

If you are noticing the glasses on Anabeth.......it doesn't hurt her ears like that!  hahahaha!

And yes a deer in the middle of the golf course!  And deer tracks in the sand pits!  And she was just as calm as she could prancing off the course and jumping over a fence to eat.  That was pretty awesome to see!

Abigail decided that she wanted to play golf.  And she did pretty good!

 

I have got ahead of myself on the next few pictures.  We visited Hurricane Alley and Chuck E Cheese and Funtrackers.  We all enjoyed it!!

This is just too cute not to share!  The Doc is in!

Anabeth looks really terrified but she really had a good time!!  She just wanted to go back to the water! 

Abigail driving the go cart all by herself!!!

Bumper Boat War!

And since Anabeth is just too stinking short to do anything she enjoyed snacking!  :)

Pure Sweetness!!

 

That pretty much wraps up the last couple of days!  Looking back we have been busy!

We are school shopping next week with Dustin's Mom and I cant wait to see some family!! 

 

And the Countdown to Alabama begins!!!

18 Days!! 

 

 

 

 

 





South Texas 101

I never expected to see so many differences from South Alabama to South Texas.  I have learned ALOT!!! And seen alot of differences. 

 

First of all you do not "grill out" in Texas you Barbecue!  Ok I have a problem with this one! I dont barbecue a hamgurger or hotdog Alabama folks "grill them!"  Barbecue is a sauce that you add to the meat to give it a seasoning!  ;)

 

Second, you do not take a shower in the morning (especially if you live in a camper).  You take it the night before to prevent all the sweat that will be rolling down your face and body and make it to where you need another bath after blowing drying your hair.  And forget flat irons!  Grab the pony tail holder and throw it up!  Its hot down here!

 

Third, forget the make up.  As soon as you walk outside the 15-20 minutes it took to put on the make up was simply a waste of time and make up.  Again, its hot down here!

 

Fourth, you will not find Dale's seasoning, red hotdogs, and grits.  Better love some hashbrowns and tater tots! 

 

Fifth, the beaches here are nothing compared to beautiful Flordia and Alabama's beaches!

For example:

Texas Beach

 

OR

Flordia's Beach!

 

I must say give me Flordia's White Sand anyday!!!

We even had a freind that is orginially from Texas say that you needed sunglasses to look at Flordia's sand!  hahaha!!

 

Sixth, County Roads in Alabama are 45mph.  Here in South Texas County Roads/Farm to Market Roads are 65-75mph depending on the county and roads.  Now that is one thing I like about Texas!  hahahah!

 

Seventh, WalMart in Alabama is still the same in Texas.  Not so socialable in the greeting dept, lack of customer service everywhere and still only 2 lanes of checkouts open with 47 lanes available.  When will they ever use all these check out lanes.  Hmmmm.....

 

Eighth, when people find out you are from Alabama they ask you to speak southern again and I have had several people sing Sweet Home Alabama!!  Hahaha!!  Sorry but I just could not bellow out God Bless Texas (and everyone knows I do love to sing me some songs)!

 

So with all these factors I must say.........I miss ALABAMA!!! 

Hahahaha!!  But on the bright side only 4 weeks to go!  ;)

And I leave you with this! 

 

 

 



Sea World in San Antonio

When we decided for us to come out to Texas for the Summer one place to visit was Sea World!!  Abigail had to miss tumbling camp and have a belated birthday party (in August we we get back home) we really wanted to make her 6th birthday really special.  So we loaded up the Birthday girl and head to Sea World for the day! 

 Wow!!!  6 years old!!!!

And my cheesing Anabeth!

 

We are about 2 1/2 hours away from Sea World and the drive wasnt too bad.  It was interstate all the way!!  And the sights of San Antonio was unbelievable.  Sorry No Pictures!  Had to help Dustin navigate!  :) 

We finally arrived at our destination! 

Now we can barely keep the girls calm and they kept screaming Sea World!!  But hey me and Dustin was just as excited as they were!  :)

 

Daddy with his Girls!

 Abigail waiting in line to ride a roller coaster!

 This was the only area that Anabeth could ride the rides.  But she had a blast seeing Elmo!

And of course Shamu!  Did I mention Anabeth only like seeing this characters from afar!  hahahaha!

 

And our 1st ride and only ride that we all got to ride together! 

Oh and special thanks to Southern Style for the shirts they made us!  They were a hit at Sea World.  Now if only Hanes would have got my order to me sooner Dustin would have matched in Lime Green!  :(  We were easy to spot!  All part of the plan!

Franklin!!!  Yeah Anabeth likes him on TV and from afar!  hahaha!

You can probably guess we were hot and its nap time for Anabeth!  But birthday girl is all smiles!  We were waiting for the Azul show!

Being Silly is what they do best! 

 

The aquarium was awesome!

Well it was about 8:30 when we took this picture and look how bright it is outside!  But this picture pretty much sums up our day!  A wonderful day with the family and 2 tired little girls! 

 

Sea World in San Antonio was AWESOME!!  We are ready to go back and plan to go to Orlando next! :)

 

And I really really wish I knew what was wrong with my videos not uploading.  I have some really cool videos of the killer whale Shamu and of course Elmo! 

 

Stay Tuned to for our Texas Adventures!



 

 

 

 

 

 



Texas Part 2

Well our first week in Texas wasnt too exciting.  And I do believe it was because we are all still getting adjusted and getting everything in place on the camper.  On monday because I was still unpacking and cleaning the camper the girls entertained themselves with legos and Doc McStuffins pretend play.  It was so sweet to watch both of them playing so sweetly!  And that my friends doesnt happen everyday! Hahaha!!  But Monday was a good day for them!  The girls wanted to go swimming and I guess Anabeth had to show me when she threw up swim diaper and swimsuit at me.  And to Anabeth its her "swimsoup"!!  So we changed clothes and headed to the pool.  We had the pool to ourselves! 

 

Both of my girls love to swim and Juddi help Abigail swim and dive so much better.  Thanks Juddi!!!  Anabeth is ready for you!  :) Now Anabeth is a little....hmmmm.....stubborn!!!  I know you cant imagine that but she is!  We have armmies for her at each grandparents house that has a pool so we dont have to carry a pair with us.  Well, I bought her a pretty pair of purple ones with yellow flowers.  And she HATES them!  I put them on her at Grandma Stacy's and she cried and cried!!  Aunt Kim is our witness!!  So our sweet Grandma Stacy bought her a pair of yellow ones (just like the purple ones) and you can see Anabeth loves them.  Now getting her out of the pool is our next battle!  Hahaha!! 

 

After swimming it was snack time and we had to go get groceries.  So off to Wal-Mart we go, again!  And let me just say I LOVE IGA more and more everyday!!  It took me twice as long at the grocery store and they don't have hardly anything we normally get.  For example I looked literally for 30 minutes for Dale's Sauce seasoning. And then I gave up and asked a faboulous WalMart employee and her response...."What the heck is that!?!?!"  Well I got the point that Texas does not have Dale Sauce.  :(  Poor burgers and steaks.  After that answer I asked her do you have red hot dogs and she laughed and said good luck!  Wow!  What great customer service!  So we came home with no red hotdogs and no dale sauce.  My crew was not happy because according to Abigail and Anabeth those brown ones are not good!  

 

Tuesday we ventured out to the waterpark.  The girls had a wonderful time!  They had waterslides for Abigail and a kiddie pool (1ft 6in deep) for Anabeth.  It was so nice to be able to sit on the edge of the pool and watch both girls enjoy themself. 

It was really bright outside and Abigail had a hard time keeping her eyes opened!

  After 4 1/2 hours at the water park (and let me say it was really cheap for out of state folks like myself!  Only $16 for the day for all 3 of us.  I do believe that is alot cheaper than water world in Dothan!) we headed home with some very tired girls.  Anabeth did not make it out of the parking lot and Abigail lost the battle as soon as we were home and on the couch.

 

Wednesday Night we loaded up and went to go see some 4th of July Fireworks!  yeah the girls were not interested at all!!!

(And for some reason my video will not load!!)

 The finale was the best but I didnt catch it on video.  The girls were more interested in the glow necklaces and the trash can!  Yes the trash can seemed to entertain them with going back and forth to put trash in it!

My Sweet Anabeth is always "cheesing" for the camera! 

Our 4th of July was a lazy one!  yay

 

That was week 1 in a nutshell!  And my next blog will be our trip to Sea World!!  We have alot of pictures and videos so that is one blog all by it self!  Stay Tune for: Sea World in San Antonio, Texas!



Texas Part 1

Texas Bound!!!!  Abigail and Anabeth were beyond excited about our trip to Texas! 

 

This was Bright and Early Saturday Morning!!  As you can see we are loaded down and they have the essentials Fruit Roll Ups!!  hahahaha!!!  We drove to Mississippi and stopped for a potty break and it STINKS!!!  Me and Abigail hurried back to the car because of the odor!  Anabeth was screaming "Yuck, it stinks"!  Our next stop was Lunch time!!  And a much needed break after 6-7 hours in the car.  And we stopped at McDonald's in Louisiana.  And beyond my control (and believe me i tried) Dustin had to wear that old Alabama Football hat!  And you know LSU fans hate Bama!!!  I told him we were going to get shot!! He said I was crazy!  hahaha!!  Anyways after Lunch we gas up the Tahoe and I look up to see this crazy sign. 

Guess everything has to have a Disclosure these days!!

 

Next Stop..........

 Drive Friendly!!!  Yeah Right!!!  These people are crazy drivers!!! 

 Here is Houston Texas.  Both of the girls slept right through it and the picture below was what our GPS looked liked!!!  Can you say "Take me Back to OPP, AL!!!!  Yep I like my 3 red lights and stop signs so much better after riding through this!  Hahahahaha!!!

Our Family Photo once we got to Texas!!!! 

Wal Mart Trip for Camper Supplies and the buggy was so full we had no choice but to roll like this!!  Girls thought it was too cool!  The simple things that amaze them!



 And Finally our new home for the next 6 weeks!  A very nice RV Park and if you are in Aransas Pass Texas we definitely recommend it! 

Since it rain on Sunday and we are told it hardly ever rains (and i knew it would because hey I am here!) The camper was late getting here.  But the girls loved watching the guys haul in the camper and setting it up!

Well that is all for now!!  Texas Part 2 will have our 1st week in Texas!  Stay Tune!  :)