Family Day!

Well this morning Joshua and I woke up dog ass tired. Ryder and Nina had gotten up several times during the night and were both up at sunrise this morning ready to play. Cranky as hell, Joshua got up to load the truck up with this weeks trash to take to the dump, and I finally drug myself out of bed to put on the coffee and make some breakfast. He came back with a truck full of trash... apparently the dump doesn't open til 9. Atleast the trash guy got to sleep in this morning. It didn't take long for the morning to turn itself around. Joshua got back just in time to have breakfast with us, and we sat at the table with our coffee and watched the birds in the lake. Nina was outside playing, and Ryder was busy with his cartoons...it was rather peaceful. I enjoy weekend mornings sippin' on coffee with my husband. I am actually not a regular coffee drinker, but I have found since I moved down here that I enjoy it much more. 9 am rolled around and we decided to go to the dump as a family. :) FUN :) We stoped to tell Bevo hello on the way! (The neighbors longhorn)

Oh and here is my awesome kid. :)

Joshua's family owns a bunch of land down the street from the country house down by the pumping plant on the bay. This is where Joshua duck hunts in the fall, and where you can get your Wallisville gator fix. Ryder wanted to go see the alligators this morning, so against my will we went on down the road to see what we could discover. Fortunately for me we didn't see any gators today... it was way too cold for their liking. We did however see several wild hogs! It was pretty cool. There were probably about ten or so of them all together, baby piggies too! Joshua wanted to shoot one, but there was no way I was going to sit there and watch him kill one of the baby piggies mommy or daddy :( I won that battle. When we came up to the bay I was like a kid in the candy store! We saw about 3 dozen pelicans!!! They were so cool. I have never really seen one up close, and to see so many at once was awesome. We sat there for a good while and watched them feed, and fly, and play! Joshua jumped out and scared them off for a minute so I could see them fly off! One of the coolest parts of my day.

Since Ryder and I had been stuck in the house pretty much all week, I wanted to get him outside to play. The town of Barbers hill, which is about 10 mins from us, just built a brand new sports complex with some pretty awesome playgrounds. We spent a good hour or so freezing our buns off while Ryder had a blast. Well who am I kidding? Joshua and I had fun too. :) I am so glad we discovered this place, because I am pretty sure I will become the foursquare mayor pretty soon! ;)

Haha Joshua may kill me for posting that pic, but I love it :)

This playground was a little big for Ryders age, but he rocked it! Scared me half to death several times, but he did so good! My son is fearless. After the park we went into Baytown to the inlaws house, to pick up a twin bed for Ryder. I can't tell you how excited I am that he finally has a big bed! I cannot wait to start decorating his new room :) When we left, I wanted to venture off back into Barbers hill to see what all was around us. Ryder fell asleep in the car and we ended up driving all around the country for about 3 hours while Ryder slept the whole time. He was worn out! We drove into Anahuac, out towards Liberty, out to Double Bayou, and into Oak Island. Apparently Oak Island is known for their shrimp... which would explain all the shrimp boats and cajuan food restraunts. :)

It was pretty cool to see where Joshua grew up. He showed me where the local hangouts were, where they went muddin', and where they had house parties. Typical country living. :) I had a fantastic day with my little family. Ryder is now all snug in his new bed and we are just having a relaxing evening on the couch. A great way to end the perfect day. Looking forward to many more adventures!