j.man's salt dough map of the great state of texas

beginner band showcase

warm up by beginner clarinet class...

clarinet piece

the whole beginner band big finale.....

blanco state park

this weekend we went to blanco state park in the hill country

- btw- the hill country is what led us to camping in the first place -

i love our camper

- in the words of the most wise ferris bueller -

"if you have the means - i highly suggest you pick one up"

and head straight for the hill country

naturally - the blanco sp is on the blanco river...

we fed the ducks

and sat and enjoyed the sounds of the river and the perfect day

at the edge of the sp backed up to some property that had...

if you ask my kids - his name is lorenzo - and if you have sirius radio and listen to the kidz channel in the morning - you'll know that lorenzo the lama does not like to be touched -

"don't touch the lama"

i'm assuming this goes for the dentist too

here's our camp site - i'm sure you can tell that all the sitting by the river feeding ducks and looking at lamas is quite exhausting...

then it began to rain - which just means more different kind of fun...

apparently - we made an extra special impression on this guy because he followed us home

daddy tried to teach him to sit...

and that it wasn't polite to "flap" at people...

then it was time to go home - and we thought  -

hey! why don't we try this road.....

we saw this sign...

and this sign...

which led us to cross this...

but then we got to see this...

and a whole lot of this...

there's nothing like a back road!!!!

because we were in that vicinity -

we where able to stop and see the fam in r.r.!!!

- we had a great time and it was good to hang out

w/cousins aunts and uncles -

our next big adventure leads us to san antonio

- can't wait to spend time by that river either!!! -

fair day

1st weekend at the fair is always the best time to go

-people are still pumped about working

-crowds are smaller

-new fry grease

our 1st stop is always the petting zoo

there's not another one like it!!!

we of course saw...

we absolutely ate these...

rode bunches of these...

took lots of these....

super fun time - already looking forward to next year!!!



since when?

i don't know what ms s is doing over there at that school but i certainly hope she keeps it up!!!

"i like to go to school"???!!!!!!

360 for sure

go ms s!!!!!!!



whose kid is this anyway - oh yeah - he's totally mine!!!

it's hat day at the elementary school...

j.man said he wanted to carry on a family tradition....

what will he wear you wonder....

cowboy hat

irish top hat

prussian crown

viking helm

nope...

i'm sure that y'all aren't surprised to learn that

i wore this for hat day in high school



dad gum it

got a root canal yesterday

daddy says you could buy a vehicle with the amount of money spent on my teeth

as of right this minute

i wish we had opted for the curtain number 3

and a brand new car