Natural Bridge Wildlife Safari

The weather was beautiful today so we decided to go to the Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch.

Here we are before we go on our safari.

Wilderbeast..... right here in TX

Tony had a great time feeding this ostrich until the ostrich tried to eat his fingers...

More please...less knuckles tho...

Cheyenne is having fun feeding the animals as well.

Can you say that you have fed and pet a Zebra!
WE CAN!! :)

Their coat is beautiful!!

Mama and her babies... it's hard work being a baby zebra.

The picture of the bird below was specifically taken for Mike.

The bird is called a Military Macaw.. interesting huh...

Football Season here we come!

Football season has begun!
The stadium lights are on, the burgers were cooking, the Cheerleaders were cheering, the football team was psyched and the BAND was ROCKING!!

Here is Chey in the band room before marching out to the field.

Cheyenne is the fourth person from the right....

There's my baby girl....

and here she is on the field....

And in the stands after marching....

so very proud of you Cheyenne... keep playing that clarinet.

Port Aransas, 2009

Who doesn't love going to the beach.
We took off on Saturday and went to Port Aransas, TX.
What a beautiful day we had!

The picture below is on the bridge coming out of Corpus Christi...

Cheyenne and her friend Katie in the warm ocean water. No jelly fish were seen but Katie sure did find a lot of sand-dollars. We left them all in the water they were too little to even consider bring home.

It was a perfect day to fly a kite.

We were fortunate to find a small area of beach that we could put our chairs down.
There were people for miles to see.

In either direction.

We are back on the ferry, getting ready to head home.
This pelican looks as tired as we were feeling.
Fresh air and sunlight, does it every time!

On the ferry half way across.. Beautiful isn't it!

If you ever come visit us here in Texas we will surely come down to Port Aransas to enjoy the sun, the warm water and the soft sand!

Visiting with Mike's Mom

With school starting back up our schedule gets very hetic with Chey in the High School marching band. So this past Saturday we took the day off and went to see Mike's mom in Seguin. Of course knowing that there is a pool in her back yard is not too bad either.
WE had a GREAT relaxing time!


Cooking my and Cheyenne's hot dogs
Puder is making sure I cook it just right....

Tony and Freddie cooking there Hot dogs and Bratwurst, can't you just smell them... yum

Cheyenne posing for the camera!

Thanks Billie aka: Granny and Freddie for letting us come over and visit!

Strike One.....

Strike One, Strike Two, Strike Three.... YOUR OUT!
What an exciting time my Sunday school class and I had watching the San Antonio Missions play against the Arkansas Travellers.
Would have been even better if the Missions had scored just one run...anyway.

Hey batter batter... swing!

Here is the SS class to my right.....

and the SS class to my left

and me and Kristina!

After the baseball game we enjoyed watching the fireworks....
too bad none of my pictures turned out.

Until next time GO Missions!

Did he deploy to Mars and not tell me?

These are pictures that Mike sent me as a sand storm is taking place in Iraq. Could you imagine having your car covered with sand... not me. This is worse than going to the beach and complaining about the sand on the bottom of my feet. Think I would much rather brush the snow off of my car...

Yes, this is my sweet husband in the middle of this sand storm... or playing dress up early for Halloween.

And yes only the Army holds formation in the middle of a sand storm... Hooah!!

PS: None of these pictures have been altered in any way...

Happy Birthday Michael!!

HAPPY 39th BIRTHDAY MICHAEL!

We hope that you have had a great birthday!
We miss you and are very proud of you!
All our love,
Debora, Tony and Cheyenne

This is Mike's first birthday celebrated in a war zone. So glad that his co-workers made him feel as special as we think that he is. Happy Birthday Honey!