We went to downtown Beaumont to watch the fireworks this last weekend, and before the show started, Thomas and I walked around a bit. These three shots were taken by Thomas, but I’ve added some more in the Independence Day with Mama C set on Flickr.
Julie Rogers Theater on Pearl
Church on Forsythe and Pearl
Corner of Forsythe and Orleans
I was a good wife and surprised Thomas with a Wii Fit on his birthday in May, the day it was released. Unfortunately, though, the sync button used to connect the Fit was jammed, and we had to send the Wii back to Nintendo to repair before using the Fit. $75 later and the Wii arrived today - good as new. Thomas isn’t here tonight, so I reprogrammed a new Mii and tried it out. Needless to say, I didn’t get any trip photos edited tonight.
For those who don’t Wii, the Fit is a balance board that you stand on while doing little games and activities on the Nintendo Wii System. It measures your balance and weight, and calculates your BMI and Wii Fit Age. At first, it reported that I’m 44 - 14 years older than me - but then I realized I had the board turned backwards. I practiced a few games and tried it again, and this time it reported I am 33. That’s only 3 years older. I know I’m not in tip-top shape, and I’m far from having good balance, so I stuck with that age for now.
It was fun. I’m going to try it out more this week, and I’ll let you know if my stats change any. Any of you have a Wii Fit? What do you think of it?
We’re back from Beaumont, Texas, where we spent the holiday weekend with my grandmother. That’s her in the middle of the picture - Mama C.
While there, we got to see one aunt, who drove an hour each way to pick us up from the airport, and another aunt and uncle (in the photo) who took us back. Thank you so much. It was great to not have to rent a car. We loved seeing everyone, and we had a wonderful holiday.
And now, onto sorting the 2200 photos we took…
I’m sneaking the neighbor’s wireless connection, so I’m making this fast. It was a wonderful day. Mama C took us to a newly-opened nature center in the next town over. It was beautiful and I have many photos to come, but here’s a quick preview — these are just from the rest stop on the way there.
Bayou Swamp
Baby Gator
Mama C
Dallas and Thomas on the Boardwalk
Grasshopper
P.S. I can see your comments on my blog, but they’re not emailing to me right now. If you notice anything else weird, please let me know.
I mixed up the Exposaroonie deadline (PM rather than AM) and missed submitting it today. Still, I took a few Vintage Style photos, so I wanted to go ahead and post them. I edited these with some new Lightroom Presets I downloaded from the Photoshop Lightroom Killer Tips Blog.
I’m enjoying my time with Mama C. Today we relaxed around town - a little sight-seeing, a little resting on the back porch, a lot of eating. I taught her how to use Facebook, Thomas played Rummikub with her twice, and we played Canasta after the fireworks tonight. So far, it’s been a great trip.
Here’s my vintage style photos - which looks the most vintagy to you?
Guest Room Dressing Table
Blue Clown
See-saw made by my Gran Dad
Warm Texas Morning
Beware of Dog
You can’t see me. I’m not here. Actually, I’m feeling a little blog-neglectful. I feel like there has been a lot going on, but I don’t really have anything to show for it. I have nothing to write about, and I have barely taken any photos this week. Where is my time going?
Thomas and I are spending the long weekend with my grandmother, Mama C. I’m looking forward to playing Canasta and Dominos, relaxing, and taking a ton of photos. I wonder how long it will take for her to tell us to put our cameras away and stop taking so many photos. It’s her fault though - the photobug gene is inherited. She’s got photo albums upon photo albums in her closet. I think I also inherited the reading gene, travel gene, and the journaling/blogging gene from her too. Maybe it’s because we share a birthday. :)
The photo in this entry is one of the baby squirrels born in our yard this past Spring. When they first started venturing outside their tree, they kept covering up like this. I have no idea why - it wasn’t fooling Clover. Have a great Independence Day!
It was a good weekend. Yesterday, we went to Six Flags over Georgia for Thomas’ company party. He volunteered us to be the photographers, but Thomas is still working on processing the photos. In the meantime, here’s some photos from hanging out with friends recently.
The full sets are on Flickr:
These photos are from Monday Night Dollar Bowling with Jane, Bill, Young, and Moon. I ended up using the second one for my Exposaroonie Challenge picture this week, since my first one was disqualified.
So we arrived at Six Flags yesterday shortly before lunch and met up with Thomas’ company at the lunch pavilion. They had hot dogs and sloppy joes, and gave away a ton of free raffle prizes, even a couple of Wiis. Afterward, we waited in line for the water ride for 90 minutes, and just as we finished the minute-long drenching, the skies opened up and let out a down pour. All rides closed, so we just headed on home, even though we had only ridden one ride.
These photos are from brunch with Jane and Bill.
Just as we arrived back home, I got a phone call from my Mom. She said that while we were at Six Flags, a teen hopped over a couple of fences and was hit in the head by a ride. He was decapitated. Wow, that’s crazy. And very sad. I’m amazed that we didn’t hear any peep of it around the park - no sirens, no lights, no chatter among the park guests. They really did a good job of keeping it quiet.
These photos are from a party at Bill and Jane’s house.
Last night, we went to Jane and Bill’s house for a little get together. Anna and Dave, two of our other really good friends stopped by, so we got to catch up with them. Thomas and I got to feel Anna’s belly - the first pregnant belly we’ve ever felt. Thomas quickly learned that just because Anna said he could touch it once, doesn’t mean he can touch it whenever he wants.
It was a great weekend, and it had been nice to see so many friends recently. This is going to be a short week for us, as we’ve got a four day weekend coming up. Have a great week.