Today was very laid back.. we hung out and walked/played on the beach, checked out the birds, etc.
Sammy brought us kolaches from Houston.. don’t think i’ve ever had these before ?
We ended the night walkign around downtown after a great dinner. We caught this band.. our group took the small band from empty to full !
nice day
nite all, nite sam
-me
Great post thanksgiving day. Everyone just hung out and talked.
It was my brother in law Johns 59th birthday.. so we did some of that
We decided to do a family project as is our tradition. Todays project was to build a Boomstick (aka plasma gun) . I like calling it that because Sam had this Boomstick shirt
This build involved a couple of hardware store runs and some missapplied food shopping (ie.. we needed the containers.. not the food or drink inside them)
The basic operation is simple. you use a propane/MAPP rorch and run the output through clear vinyl tubing. You can run the tubing any way you want. When you fill the tube with gas an ignite it.. a small flame follows the tubing making cool sounds until it comes tot eh exit barrell which is made from a plastic bottle. there the gas has air to burn and makes a satisfying bang.
Love this family !
nite all, nite sam
-me
Thanksgiving.. what to say.. ? We have so much to be grateful for. It was wonderful to be here with family… It was a fun and chaotic day.. i’ll let the pictures tell the story
Techncially it was already thursday when all the kids came to our house after dinner on Wednesday.
Diane worked on the ‘picakin !./ a carrot cake on a pumpkin cheescake on an apple pi all frosted with cream-cheese frosting ! WHile the cousins caught up
Next morning people hung out, explored and cooked.. it was a pleasant chaos.
Diane got us all organized to jump in the water.. not a natural thing to do since it was in the 50’s out.. but super fun
then we headed across the way for some fishing, crabbing and birdwatching
Then it was time for dinner !
And finally some fireworks and other mischief
And finally Dianes wonderful ‘pie-cakin’ (carrot cake on pumpkin cheeskake on apple pie all frosted with cream chees frosting !). It was half joke but 100 % delicious
Dad and Sam were much in our thoughts.. .. Also sending love out to Becky’s parents and grandmother. They were in a terrible wreck 2 weeks back and are all recovering OK in Wisconsin. We’re grateful for that as well !
nite all, nite sam
-me
Diane and I were up to see the sunrise., which was a great way to begin vacation. today was our first full day at the beach and a great day to settle in and explore.
Diane lost no time in starting to cook. Our house had some great retro appliances.
Eventually everyone started waking up.. and we crossed over the road to check out some of Billy and Shawn’s land. It goes from the road all the way to Galveston bay. It’s swampy and full of snakes.. but it has some amazing animals.. crabs. alligators and beautiful birds like roseate spoonbills and great blue herons
it’s particularly cool to see an alligator this big.. it’s probably 6 feet.
there were signs of snakes too !
THe rest of the day we ate, drank, sat around talking, cooked up the crabs we’d caught, walked on the beach… and waited for max , gabe and Sammantha who were coming in late at night. We all went to dinner at a place called Nates up the road a bit.. and took food back for max, gabe and Sam .. they got in just after 10 PM.. We got them settled then headed out to do some fireworks on the beach ! Diane started her PiCakin.. two pies and cake stacked together and iced as one.. It’s gonna be so yummy !
nice to be all together.. missing Becky who couldnt come and as always .our Sam and Dad whos spirits are with us.
nite all , nite sam
-me