love me some piney woods

our latest camping trip took us to east TEXAS and the...

mission tejas is a historic site that has been moved/replicated to commemorate what is believed to be the first spanish mission in east TEXAS

replica of the mission church....

the moved and rebuilt "rice" home - an important "way station" on the "old san antonio road" - mr. rice cut logs and then his wife - yes his wife - drug them back to the home site in order to build their home....

here is our actual camp site - it was chilly and damp but as usual we made the most of our time together:-)

the park has a nice play ground that the 3 boys enjoyed...

and of course we hiked - i love the smell of a pine forest...

during our hike the boys thought they should play some tricks of the eye...

have i mentioned that i love my family...

the camping queen herself...

some wildlife....

this is funny on several levels - say farkle...come on you know you want to - see it's funny...

plus we had spent the evening before playing this roll playing game -

come on - say it again - see - funny.....

we also had a chance to see some caddoan temple mounds...

another fabulous thing about going to east TEXAS is the trip home took us with-in miles of our nana/papa's house so we got to stop in for a quick visit before heading home...

super great family times - can't wait for the next trip...

soccer season 09

baby booty

it's speak like a pirate day me hearties!!!!!

today in honor of my sweet friend kackin' and her baby to be - my friend lili and i hosted a

baby booty shower!!

here's the mama to be - beautiful and glowing:-)

and the pirate diaper cake (my first to make)...

the edible pirate cake....

and all me ship mates...

we are a lively crew...

and precious to boot...

may your seas be calm sweet baby q

true campers, die hards, extremists, fanatics, over-acheivers, hard headed....

call us what you may - but we call ourselves

THE INCREDIBLE CAMPING CRIMS!!!

this last weekend we headed out to ft.richardson state park

and in spite of the weather we had a GREAT time -

it was actually one of the best times camping that we have had

because nana made me be a girl scout (thank you nana)

i am "always prepared":-)

here we are all decked out in our rain gear...

so we got all "geared" up and headed to the historical park
for more info. on the park go here(http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/publications/pwdpubs/media/pwd_br_p4506_0025l.pdf
(not you lili - you'd be bored:-)


this is a reconstruction of the fort hospital...

and the officer's barracks...

we also did a little exploring - our site was really cool and sat up on a rock ledge...

when not running around in the rain educating ourselves - we hung out in the camper and played games, read, talked - completely unplugged!!!!

even if you are not campers - i highly recommend "unplugging" as a weekend "treat"

between rain showers we saw some wildlife -

i think my new favoitest animal is the road runner!!!!

our last 2 camping trips we have "chased" road runners that looked like this -

SO FUNNY and OH SO FAST!!!!!!

this mama deer was out with her babies getting a quick snack before it started to rain again

and these beautiful cactus were every where...

even though we got out some we missed a large part of the park because of the rain -

as the saying goes - we'll be back

God willing and the creek don't rise...

back to work!!!

i am so glad that the time has come to get back to the classroom!!!!