Elissa

The Houston Yacht Club was hosting the annual Elissa Regatta the weekend we went down for Marc's reunion. My parents had the privilege of going sailing on her the week or so before. Since it was so close to their house we decided to take the kids to see her, and I wanted to see her again too.

Jessica down below in the Captain's Cabin

When I was in 5th and 6th grade I got to sleep on board as part of a Marine Biology camp I attended. One of the times we had to get up and cook breakfast in this galley the next morning. It was in July and soooooo hot.

This wonderful man took Caleb all over the ship. He showed him all kinds of neat things and answered all of Caleb's questions. He even let him sit at the navigation station and talked to him about the charts and instruments. Caleb loved it!

At one point this person came by in a kayak. We noticed they stopped and realized it was to talk on a cell phone!

No pool boy...

We don't have a pool so a young pool boy would be too obvious. Instead I got myself a sexy gardener!

Pet Book

Caleb's class has been working on making 17 books. I thought we would get Caleb's work at the end of the year but it turns out we will get one of the completed books. I decided to take pictures of they books as they come home with him. Here is the pet book.

Trip to Austin

Over the kids' spring break we visited my BIL's family. One day we took the kids to the Naturall History Museum. Caleb really liked all the guns, cannons and knives!

Spring Parade

On Thursday and Friday Caleb's PreK class had a spring parade. Each child picked what they wanted to be and then made a mask to wear. The younger kids sat in the hallway while his class walked up and down the halls. They all looked really cute, but of course my favorite was the bumble bee!

Jessie's Presidents' Day outfit

My SIL made this adorable outfit for her little girl. She was nice enough to pass it down to Jessica. Jessica makes it even cuter!

Black Man Given Nation's Worst Job

From The Onion on November 5, 2008

WASHINGTON—African-American man Barack Obama, 47, was given the least-desirable job in the entire country Tuesday when he was elected president of the United States of America. In his new high-stress, low-reward position, Obama will be charged with such tasks as completely overhauling the nation's broken-down economy, repairing the crumbling infrastructure, and generally having to please more than 300 million Americans and cater to their every whim on a daily basis. The job comes with such intense scrutiny and so certain a guarantee of failure that only one other person even bothered applying for it. Said scholar and activist Mark L. Denton, "It just goes to show you that, in this country, a black man still can't catch a break."