Happy Birthday Batman!!!

Palin the Post Turtle

While suturing a cut on the hand of a 75-year old Texas rancher whose hand was caught in a gate while working cattle, the doctor struck up a conversation with the old man. Eventually the topic got around to Sarah Palin and her bid to be a heartbeat away from being President . The old rancher said, 'Well, ya know, Palin is a post turtle.' Not being familiar with the term, the doctor asked him what a post turtle was. The old rancher said, 'When you're driving down a country road and you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, that's a post turtle.' The old rancher saw a puzzled look on the doctor's face, so he continued to explain. 'You know she didn't get up there by herself, she doesn't belong up there, she doesn't know what to do while she is up there, and you just wonder what kind of dumb ass put her up there to begin with.

a day at the beach

fun 4 all last sunday at the beach, on a cool day

building sand castles and destroying them
and pizza later that evening. gmas back hurts...

a rare evening out sans children - self-portrait

i love this mug

For our children, for our future... Women AGAINST PALIN

bats 4 my batman

ice cream and jumping on the bed - its a ROAD TRIP!

sophia and sierra

they called each other before going to moody rainforest and said, yo cousin wear your purple shirt and stripped pants and i will, too.
aunt julie holding sophia, and uncle keith peaking in with sierra
family picture sans Max

he was refusing to be photgraphed, like a the teenager he is,

but i snuck this one, and he was really mad!

and this one.

meeting the great grandparents

Max has met his great grandparents before, but this was a first for soph

hurrican prep in Galveston

it never really happened, but the news crews were there non the less.

kissing cousins

Sierra Renee Leinenbach
sophia giving kisses

20 years later...

outside nops
carlton singing little bunny foofoo
good times

hello Edouard

yep, we r going to experience our first "near-hurricane"strength storm.

it is predicted to hit right here in galveston.

my emails r not going out here, so sorry if i don't respond.

in g-town

at the moody gardens
at nops, talking on the bat phone
the kiddie beach park at moody gardens

enjoyin' the sweet pool

at the new hamptom suites in Boerne, TX

seriously the whole place was sweet

inside the cave

our cave leader was cool. not sure if you can see the nose ring. i was really really glad when he was our tour guide cuz i thought he would be the most interesting.
i asked if was cold for him, hence the hat in the cave. no, he said he doesn't like what the humidity in the cave does to his hair...

cave fun

cave dadda
w/ cave kiddos
t-rex 1 and t-rex 2
cave mama liked the sign

On the road to Texas

our first stop in the california desert. the golden arches (which max now recognizes!) for breakfast and exercise (playtime).
last words before snoozing "i love Wall-E" zzzzz
we eat, we sleep, we eat...

pop rock