Little Beach Bum

More Weekend Getaway Photos

Sean & Dylan (can't tell they're related can you?)

Sean's favorite penguin (the Rockhopper)

Dylan eaten by a shark

Stewart Beach Galveston

What happens when a 5-year old sees teenagers burying each other on the beach?

We're Out of Town

We're out and about this weekend. Right now we're waiting on Michael to finish getting ready so we can head back to Dallas.

Michael needed a break from work, since it's a 24-7 thing for him. So we are in Galveston. Dylan came along for the trip.

I'll be posting pictures later this evening when we're home.

We got into Galveston Friday night and yesterday was jam packed. We went to Moody Gardens for a large portion of the day. We took them to the Aquarium Pyramid to see all the penguins, sharks, seals, and fish. Then we did the 3-D Dino Imax show and the Dino Ride Film. They had a Dinosaurs Alive exhibit of life size dinosaurs that moved. Then we took a ride on the paddle boat in the bay. We had planned on going to some of the other exhibits, but the boys were bugging us to go to the beach.

We spent a couple hours at the beach. The boys played in the sand and went out on boogie boards. We buried Sean from the waist down and made him look like a merman. (one of the pics I HAVE to post)

All the running around didn't stop til 10pm, no naps, just going all day long.

On our way back we'll be stopping at the NASA Space Center and the Children's Museum... if Michael will EVER get out of the shower.

Catching Up

I can't believe it's been 2 months since I've posted what's going on. It's been a busy summer already. There's always work for Michael and I. Michael has been busy with customers and keeping up with the administrative stuff. I'm grateful that the down economy hasn't affected his business.

I was in Phoenix for a few days in June for work. Travelling sounds so good in your head, but when you do it about once a month, not as much fun. Travelling really wears you out. Again I'm just glad I have a job... we've had three rounds of lay-offs, all contractors have been let go, and a lot of staff have taken 5-10% pay cuts. I think we've let go about 25% of our team across the country.

Sean has been busy with field trips at preschool and Tae Kwon Do. He tests for his yellow belt next Saturday. I'll let y'all know the time if you want to come. He's very excited to get his next belt... mostly because he gets to start sparring.

Michael and I joined Tae Kwon Do this week. I've already been to two classes. Tomorrow will be Michael's first one. I'm looking forward to having something to do together. However, Sean will earn his black belt before us, so I'm sure he'll be telling us what to do.

What's going on with the rest of the Simmons Family:

I've been doing dog training with Felix, and Sean has started going with me. Sean came to Felix's beginners class graduation. Sean was very proud of his puppy.

Felix is about a year old now and pushing 60 pounds. I've been told he's as tall as he's going to get, but he'll start getting his girth during his second year. He's definitely a BIG dog, but he's learing to be well behaved.

Jerry is still doing well. He's lost strength in back legs so he needs help getting on the couch. He'll be 14 this year and he's still going pretty strong.

Puffin (our rabbit) had made a habit of letting himself out of his hutch. On one of his adventures he ended up in our neighboors yard. They ended up catching him while we were at work. They didn't know he was our rabbit and ended up taking him to the animal shelter. Needless to say we no longer have Puffin, because they were going to charge us to get him back.

I think that covers were we're at up to this point. Hopefully we'll see y'all soon.