We woke up today to the unusual, if not totally rare, occurrence of snow in Austin. It started with the typical hard icy rain/snow mix and at first we thought that was that. But then after a bit it really did snow. Real snow. Big flakes that actually stuck to the ground, and get this, [...]
This Sunday after being cooped up inside for a few days because of rain we had to get Redmond outside to burn off some energy. The best place to do that near our house is Walnut Creek Park. Redmond ran and played with a few other dogs and we hiked around. And well, let’s just [...]
We learned our lesson last year that warm Texas fall weather and early carved Jack O’Lanterns don’t mix. Last year the pumpkins had nearly collapsed by the time Halloween came around. So this year we used carving as a good activity to kill time before the main event Halloween morning.
For all of Jillian’s crafts and [...]
Wesley wanted to take home the big stick he found at the pond in the afternoon. I told him we could make it into a fishing pole and take it back to the pond after dinner.
I made his line out of a piece of string and his hook out of a clothes pin. The bait [...]