Family picture

While not everyone made it in the picture most of us did. This was on Saturday before we left. Andrew's mom and Bryan drove into town to wish us good bye, as did Brian (Andrew's brother-in-law) and the kids. My parents took a break from dancing before we went over with them to do some more dancing.

Square dance anyone?

My parents were in Long Beach for a National Square dance convention. They are National officers and we (Andrew and I) lovingly call them green people because they have to wear green. These pictures were taken over a few days that we were there.

Andra was loved by all who saw her. She was so happy when she saw this "horse".

We were in the Parade of States. (At the convention there are dancers from every state and many different countries. ) Andra had a BLAST with the flag. She did not cry or even care when we walked in the arena and everyone clapped and cheered, it was loud too.

Tata and Andra
Wella, Andra and me Andrew and Andra

Wella (what the grandkids call my mom) and Tata (my dad) babysitting so Andrew and I could dance.

not a great famly picture but one of the only ones i have with all of us in it.

Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach

Andra had a blast at the aquarium. She was squeal, cackled and laughed. She even loved the walking creature. Andra grabbed the foam teeth and scared the poor teenager inside the costume.

She wanted to "pet" the sharks.

She even liked to watch the seals swim!

Andra clapping at the fish.

Long Beach fun

We did lots of walking and eatting in Long Beach.

Here is Andra on the beach.

Andrew and Andra at the hotel pool

On the Queen Mary

off to Long Beach

After four days we went to stay at Andrew’s sister’s house for a day before we went to the hotel for the rest of the visit. The kids had a lot of fun playing with each other.

hanging out at the in-laws

Andrew’s mom’s house is amazing! We had so much fun just sitting around talking. We went swimming and walked around the land. The flowers are amazing. Did I mention they have avocado trees! We had fresh great avocados. Andra loved them, as did we. We also made fresh lemonade we all the lemons from the lemons trees.

view from porch

Andra got to eat from the high chair that Andrew used when he was a baby

The San Diego Zoo!!!

On Father’s day we went to the San Diego zoo. Andra had a blast as did we. She loved to look and squeal at the animals. We got to see the panda bears, elephants and many other animals. It is a great zoo. We did not get to see it all but we saw a lot of it. And yes she had a hat on when she was not in her stroller but we took it off for pictures. Andrew, Andra, Andrew's Mom and step Dad enjoying the hippo.

Andra and I at the camels.

Andrew and Andra at the zebras.

Bryan and Andra looking at the panda bears.

Happy Father’s Day !!

Thank you Andrew for being a great father to Andra not to mention Alley, Dundee and Bebe.

Day one

We left for San Diego last Sat. Thank you Katy for dropping us off at the airport at 7:30am. This was our first big family vacation, and Andra’s first time on a plane. She did very well. No crying or even fussing even with a “fake” landing (we were almost on the ground when the pilot jerked us back up). Andrew’s mom and step-dad meet up at the airport and took us to get the rental car. We were going to go to the zoo but it was raining so we went to something to eat and then back to their house.

We are back!!

We are back from a 9 day California vacation!!! We had so much fun. I will post more pictures soon.

Swim time

We went swimming at S and C's again yesterday and today.

Thank you again C and S!

Andra and her Daddy

Andra and her horse

Speaking of hand me downs…here is one from my parents. My parents had this horse for the grandchildren. All the grandchildren have out grown it but Andra, so he came to live with us. Andra has been eyeing it for a while but this weekend she went to it….pushed it out from where I had it …. And pulled herself up to it. She was so proud of herself!

New doll!

It is not often that Andra gets a new toy. We have been VERY lucky to have great hand-me-downs from Andra’s cousins. But I saw this doll and thought it was so cute. Then Andra saw the doll and the noise she made was priceless. Here are some pictures of her and the doll this weekend.

Ok catch-up time

We had a great Memorial Day weekend. Nothing too out of the odd . We hung out with Suzel and Carolyn in the pool and then headed to Austin to meet up with my Dad for dinner. He was in Austin for a conference and we will always come up with an excuse to eat at Kirby Lane.

Then last weekend we went up to Austin to hang out with Jim and Alba. We had a great weekend. It was the last weekend before Andrew started his new job!!! OK if you did not know Andrew was laid-off in February. We were VERY lucky with his severance package but he was getting a little run down with the job hunt. Then he got some interviews that lead to a few 2nd interviews. Then he got the call on Tuesday after Memorial day, He got the job!! We are happy he not only got a job but it was one he wanted not just one he would do.