this is how the texans eat.

my family had a little reunion in beaumont texas a couple weeks ago, and the pictures are endless. however its amazing how much we ate while we were there!

lets start with my complimentary breakfast...


oh, already hungary for lunch? how about this place?


no, no. lets keep it classy and go with good 'ol guidos. it HAS to be good if theres a 3 ton crab on it.


some of my earliest memories are of my family sitting in this restaurant. my cousins would come all the way from switzerland to wine and dine at galveston's finest! although my granny, and aunt bobby are no longer with us i sure felt their presence with all of the laughing and off color comments its like they were there! especially since granny still insisted on paying the bill!






i'm so full i couldn't eat another bite! but willy rays is on the way home...






now this my friends is a crawdad. think if it as an extremely large shrimp, southeast texans LOVE this delicacy that you can literally dig up in your own back yard! YUM.


this is the back yard of my babyhood, and what i am pointing out would be the home of a giant crawdad.


so eat up y'all or as my cousins would say... bon appetit!

i love spring.

i love spring. all of the sudden the days are longer and instead of pat coming straight home and to bed, we have hours of sunshine to play in. pats been working on the northshore (and will be for at least another year) so when he gets off i usually meet him and go to the beach. monday however we had FHE at the skatepark with chase and ham. who obviously loved it.

helping of ham.

the duration of your flight.

after flying home to beth's wedding for three weeks, then coming back to hawaii, then flying to LA for a day, then coming home to hawaii, then flying to texas for a funeral, then coming home again... i am happy to say that i am home for a while. and hopefully will be catching up on some blogging now that my camera is all fixed up. there will be pictures to come. but heres a little memento from playing at the hotel cafe in LA. enjoy.