Garden Update

I have not posted much about our garden this year. Once again, it has been bountiful. Heather cooked us a ratatouille with things from the garden last night. It was very good. That got me thinking about our garden. This was a really good year for peas. We have pulled and shelled and eaten black eyed peas for quite some time. We also grew our first new potatos this year. Just when I think it is too hot and the garden is over, new things start blooming. We are still getting a few tomatos. Sally has a watermelon growing and a wonderful luffa crop. Our okra is really coming along and we are still get a few cucumbers. And of course, more peas!

Here are a few pics from this year's garden. I am also including a few pics of some of our potted plants.

Here is a luffa flower A small Basil plant

A succulent garden My hollyhocks

Colorado!

Sally and I were finally able to get out of Texas for a short while. We loaded up the truck and we headed to Colorado; Springs that is ... Mountains and Air Force Academy! On the way to the wedding of Sean Kettrick and Katie Jo Litteral we stopped in Pueblo, Co. We had a very lovely lunch in a very cute resturant on a very cute street in the cutest little downtown area you have ever seen! It was so lovely I would like to share some pictures

Here is a pic of Sally in front of the train depot. So many immigrants came through here at the turn of the century that Pueblo had newspapers in 17 languages!

Pueblo also had a very lovey river walk. Sally and I were very impressed with this little town. Here we are on that riverwalk.

Finally, here is a bad picture of the wedding. This is in the Catholic Chapel at the Air Force Academy. They were not able to use the main chapel as there was a VIP wedding scheduled at the same time. The wedding was wonderful. It was great to spend time with our friends.

FLATLAND CENTURY

I am pleased to report that my lovely wife participated in her first ever organzied bike ride! Sally did the 32 mile route at the Katy Flatland Century. I was very proud of her! We rode with Johnny P and his oldest daughter Sidney. It was hot, but we had a really good time. I had my first bike wreck so that made it somewhat interesting for a short while. Also had a flat (which contributed to the wreck). I don't know what it is with me and Katy. I have done two organized rides there and had THREE FLATS!!!! Oh well, I guess that is all a part of it.

After the race Sally and I went by Nelson's Water Gardens. Nice nursery. We really enjoyed looking at all of the water gardens. I think there is definately some aquatic plants in our future. After we got home we were wiped! So we took a two hour nap. After that Sally went into to Houston to Celebrate Lydia Dill Steele's 30th Birtday. I stayed home and planted. I planted pumpkins for Sally. I also planted a flat of broccoli and a flat of cauliflower. I also did six squash plants. This is my first attempt to grow these veggies from seed and then transplant into the fall garden. We will see how it works out.

El Guapo's Pescado Grande!!!!

April 11, 2009 - We left the home of the mother moose at 6:00 am. We were in search of big redfish and other aquatic lifeforms. Evidently Chris, Moose and Cameron were feeling nervous. They began drinking liquid courage at 6 a.m! We meet Clyde at Buc-ees and we headed out for a date with destiny (and Redfish Raymond).

Clyde had not warned us that Redfish Raymond was a Baptist. Evidently he was offended with alcohol being consumed on his boat. Needless to say, things got off to a little bit of a rocky start! No one wants to pay that much money to have a good time and have the Captain start yelling at you the instant you get on the boat. The bad karma set the tone for the rest of the day. We did not catch much. I caught 1 keeper red and so did Raymond. Everyone caught something but not much stayed in the cooler. We stayed out until 3:30. We were wiped! We were suppossed to go hear a Beattles and Eagles tribute band but were too tired. We came home and meet up with our women (and Heather too) and ate pizza on the porch.

Sunday was a busy day as well. We loaded up a trailer full of furniture for Jessie and Cameron. After they left Chris cooked our sausage, chicken and the redfish on the grill. It was all good, but the fish was the best I have ever had! All in all it was a great weekend.

Happy Birthday America (and Heather) !!!!!!!!!

Well, America's Birthday weekend was a flurry of activity for the White Family. First, Heather and Jared moved to Houston!!! WOO! WOO!!! They picked an absolutely beautiful weekend to move. Only 103! Sally and I and Andy and Nathan Petter helped the kids get unloaded. Then Andy treated us to Niko Niko's. Very nice time.

Saturday morning Sally and I picked up Heather and Jared and went to Buffalo Grill for chilliquilles. That always makes for a fabulous start to the weekend. Then Sally and I went to Dillard's for a little shopping. Then we were back to celebrate Heather's 23rd Birthday! Whitney came with her mother and Sal. Nice time. After the party it was off to Kim and Buddy's for a rip roaring good time making gumbo and hanging out with the Krischke's. The whole Fam Damily showed up. All of the male Krischke's (Pa, David and Michael, Taylor, Zach, Buddy, Kevin, Scott and Kieth) cooked gumbo. Secrets were passed to the younger generations. Great time was had by all. The evening ended with fireworks in the front of the Hemann house. Thanks Kim and Buddy for a lovely day.

The weekend ended in Brenham with Jessie and Cameron staying at the nest. We put up our mailbox and built a birdhouse. I was showing Cameron the bees and we got swarmed! I was messing with the hive again. (I shouldn't have been doing it this time...they are VERY protective) This is two weekends in a row! He got stung twice and me once. Plus, I took a wicked fall running from them. All in all it was a very exciting and action packed weekend!