Hurricane Rita: A great reason for a visit from auntie Brianne!

As Corpus Christi evacuated on the 22nd, Brianne found herself heading north to College Station with cat, Abbott, in tow!

Thanks for coming up, Bri! We love you!

Shamu City

Thanks to the fine management at Anheuser-Busch providing free entry into their parks for military families, we recently took a little trip to......Sea World! San Antonio is about 4hrs away, but on the way there is Austin, where Tiina and Ilse live, so we picked them up on they way! As expected, everyone had a great time. (we had only planned on staying a few hours due to Lance being tired out, but--not surprisingly--he lasted the whole day: Noon--8:00pm!)
Here are a few pics from our trip on 17 September.

The fish were fascinating...

...and the rides were thrilling...

But when you play hard, you need some chilling!

The end of a long, hot day!

An enjoyable sea lion show!

Taa Daa!! (hands clapping)

Big Sky Get Away

While I was yelling, er, I mean "encouraging" cadets in South Dakota during the month of August, Tanja and Lance escaped the Texas heat with a trip north to Big Sky Country to visit my Mom, Stepdad, "Aunte Brynn" and "Uncle Bryant". Here are a few pics from their trip!

Outdoor water fun with Brynn....

Indoor water fun with Bry!

Lance loves time with Grandma!

This was Lance's first trip to the Fair! Finally, after months of looking at farm animals in books and listening to Mommy and Daddy make the animal sounds, Lance is introduced to the real thing! "Baaaa!"

"Baaaa!"