More climbing 

Wall crawling 101. Way powerful magnets in the gloves and boots. Mas cool 

Power lifting at the superhero academy 

Did I mention superheroes? Did I mention NASA being the coolest place on earth? It's like the mothership was calling me home! 

...joined by Dyna-Girl!!! 

Clarissa making an appearance in costume 

Lighting Lad, Saturn Girl, and Phantom Girl strike a pose 

Kinda dark, but, uh....it's the space shuttle's butt. 

This was the first thing I saw when we walked into NASA. That's when I was pretty sure I was in the coolest place in the world. Fellow geeks - does this remind you of the Legion of Super Heroes headquarters? 

"You wanna piece of me?!? Now gimme that gerber applesauce, nunna that squash!!!" 

Karla with her ballet medal. This was in June.......and she's still wearing the medal. ;-) 

A class photo of at Karla's recital. The moms got together and planned the bling they're all wearing. 

Alexis, just chillin' out 

Mas groooovy! 

Some last day of school grooviness 

BATTLE!!!!! 

big mutant hands needs big mutant gloves! actually, this was pretty cool - wish we had it at work!!! 

Clarissa & my niece, Alexis 

Ben with a buzz! 

Sam & Clarissa's Tae Kwon Do class - group photo for testing 

My nephew, Ben 

Easter! Lots of confetti eggs!!! ;-D

 
 
 
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

School trip to the museum

 
 
 
  

I put in freaking laminate flooring - booyah!! (well, Moses helped. And Miriam. and lucyKidsNeighbor'sTools.....)

  

Okay, this is my current favorite picture!

  

Spring Break at Brack - c'mon, who needs the beach? We've got squirrels!!!!

  

um, maybe this way.

  

Practicing the pose - student of the week in gym means Action Kiddo pix!

  

Serenity!

Finally saw Serenity! I'm not good with keeping things to myself, so i've got to keep this short to avoid the inevitable spoilers......it was freakin' awesome. Right around 2 hours, it was just right. There were some little tidbits from the show that made you feel like an ubergeek for picking up on them (doubtless, there were more than I spotted) but it was a completely intact movie for them that ain't ever seen Firefly.

my daughter, the Flash: Part 1 

my daughter, the Flash: Part 2 

my daughter, the Flash: Part 3 

my daughter, the Flash: Part 4 

my daughter, the Flash: Part 5 

my daughter, the Flash: Part 6 

what can i say? i like river shots. 

more river scenery around Gruene 

and here's the gnarly roots 

hanging out by the Gnarly roots, checking out the cool motorcycles. man, if i'd brought that vespa, i'd have so much street cred right 'bout now! 

Okay, you can't tell but this place is really freakin' awesome. this is the outside bar portion of the Grist Mill. A haven of cold beer and margaritas just over the river. all rustic and oh-ficially historic. maaas cool. 

Hey! Hey! It's Fall now, helloooo! Oh, yeah - it's Texas and still around 88 degrees. 

More river on the walk up to the Grist Mill. 

Lunch in Gruene, Tx - at the Grist Mill. Okay - it tastes and looks a lot better than it sounds. Right over the Guadalupe River. 

My daughter - ever the mugger! 

More fire truck tours 

hanging out with the firefighters at the EZ Reader party. 

"i don' neeeed no steenking tattoooo!" 

it's a dolphin. that's all i got. wait! they're mammals. ok, *now* that's all i got. 

Waiting in line for the awesome face painting at EZ's EZ Reader summer bash.  

More summer water gun fights 

In a fair fight, super soakers should succumb to the awesome might of a spider-man water-cannon-backpack. But the advantage belongs to the party on higher ground. Sun Tzu says so. 

You can't see the hat, but it's ....... a Shiner Bock hat. Oh yeah. 

Coming down the chute with Karla. Apparently she's one with the Force and doesn't need to keep her eyes open. 

An overview of the chute. Don't be deceived by appearances - my 4 year old thought it was perilous! 

"Man, we've GOT to do this again next year" 

A short canoe trip from the inn. 

This area was where we spent the bulk of our time. Floating and, uh, floatin'. 

A quick game of freeze tag. Really quick cuz the 3rd player had wandered off to look at a squirrel. "uuuh, Karla - you need to unfreeze me. Karla?" 

It only took 3 days but eventually Karla warmed up to the idea of the tube & chute. Missing is the pic where she accidentally slipped into the chute without the tube. Danger Girl! 

And back up the chute. Mas cool - definitely worth half day of uuuup and doooown! 

Walking veeeery carefully after the tube down the chute. The sign you can't read says "Rocks are slippery". No duuuh, check out my elbows & back. But well worth it! 

The rock wall just outside the River Inn. 

Clarissa strikes a pose next to the.....uh, big Pi thingawhatsis. 

My mojo is now at 5 bars! 

The Stonehenge replica also has copies of the Easter Island statues. Which look eerily like the weird statues my stepfather used to have which I scared my sister with. (Sorry, Jen - send me a bill for the therapy. ;-) ) 

Clarissa checking out the ig, uh, Pi statues. 

My daughter dashing off to check it out. So cool that she's at the age where she takes her dad's word for it that "this is reeeaaaaally cooooool!!!" 

The Stonehenge replica just outside Hunt Texas. Waaaay cool.

More easter pics. Or maybe a different year. Dang, too many pics. 

And the responsible adult in this setting is....egging on the kids and getting the camera ready. ;-) 

Look, ma! No wires!