Houston Fine Art Museum

Special exhibit:

Shadow Monsters

We walked in front of white screens and our shadows were projected into Monsters 

that would appear on the wall above us.

Our very own Monster shadows! 

It was really fun!

Papi loved the Pre-Colombian Art!

I loved the african Elephant head...

Food truck for Lunch across the street.

Papi had never seen such a huge copious TEXAS Hot Dog in his life!

Souvenir Photos

We only saw less than half of the exhibits. 

A whole day can and should be spent there!

Thursdays are free and have extended hours till 9pm!

We had other plans that evening;

Like a Halloween/Chili Cook Out at our Church!

Senior Prom 2015

Emric's Senior Prom

Good looking kids!

Mercer Park Ballade

 Little Sunday afternoon walk with our friends to Mercer Botanical Park.

Included in the photos the dreaded Texan Fire Ants!!!!

I despise them!

Never find yourself standing by one of their ant hills!

Meyer Lemon Success

My little 2 foot Meyer lemon tree gave me 4 lemons this year!

It was planted a year ago last fall 2013.

It's good to see that all the watering and tender loving care is starting to pay off!

I'm so exited!

These are lemons form a coworker of Mike from his tree. 

He generously gave use 2 whole grocery bags full!

I've been using them to make Water Kefir Lemonade!

Yum!

Like 2 Peas in a Pod

Alexi & Heavena

In Search of the "Perfect" Family Picture...

Trying to take the perfect family picture is an adventure to say the least!

Ask any family, well, I should say, ask the mom of any family, 

because she seams to be the one - and the only one - who really cares.

Everyone else has to be bribed, dragged and begged to be there.

It can be quite stressful - for the mom.

Among the stresses:

Clothes that need matching. 

Zits, that later will need editing. 

Siblings who annoy each other. 

Hair that looks all wrong. 

Participants not looking in the camera. 

Individuals who can't stop talking. 

Intentional and un-intentional funny and/or weird faces.

The wind that picks suddenly up.

 Closed eyes, half closed eyes.

And I could go on and on... 

Besides all those challenges, in my opinion, one of the most important component of a great family picture is the location!

I obviously have not found the right place here in Houston!

And this place was all wrong!

I really do not like this background...

I  R E A L L Y do not like it.

Almost worth getting everyone dressed up again and dragged and bribed and begged again.

N A 

It will have to wait for another year or 2...

 This is the reality of Family picture taking.

And this is an 'in between' capture.

Love it!

Justine is Here...

 ... And our nuclear family is complete!!!!

We haven't been just the 6 of us for Christmas for... over 3 years or more...

Justine arrived today from Hawaii for 3 weeks.

[I still can't believe how lucky she is to be living there!]

Love it!

Puppy Cuddles!

Going to the Ice Skating rink with Lil' Sister Amelie!