I did promise to fill you in on all the fun and fabulous things we've been up to these past few weeks. Read away-
Two weekends ago my parents came to visit! I don't have any pictures to document the occation- mostly because the pictures would consist of us watching a movie (we averaged two per day- most of which were bad acting, good message type films), my mom and I talking to 3 am, eating, or planing out OUR visit to UT. It was wonderful! We did manage to make it to the temple one evening. It was so great to see them- I can't believe it had been a whole year! We took M&D to the airport on Saturday and were back again to pick up our friends Marlo, Kimmie and their ADORABLE little girl London on Monday.
Michael served his mission with Marlo, and it turns out I was at Snow College the same time as both Marlo & Kimmie (I'm sure we SAW one another but didn't know each other at the time). We are so happy they were able to take off a whole week and come play with us!
Mike and I had to work half of the week so we sent them down town, to the zoo and the temple, then Thursday we all headed to Corpus Christi to get our fill of sand and salt water. We had this AWESOME little condo on the beach. We probably spent more time on the balcony than anything. It was GORGEOUS! The only downer was the wind did not stop blowing, so it was a little cold but that didn't stop me from playing in the waves and dragging Michael in the water with me. It was the apitomy of rest and relaxation. I finished my book, broke in my new bathing suit, and spent our fair share of time in the crock pot aka hot tub.
Whilst we were in Corpus we took a tour of the USS Lexington: a battleship used in a number of wars, WWII being one of them. It was pretty interesting - I didn't realize how self sustaining a ship is. I mean Dentist/Dr offices on board and everything. My appreciation for those serving our country in the armed forces was definately increased.
The Blue Angels apparently did air shows often in Eau Claire so we grabbed a pic of Michael with one of the planes that made such an impact on his life.
We also went to the Texas State Aquarium. I was impressed with all they had in such little space. I'm also quite partial to "hands on" exhibits- We were able to touch sting ray's, pencil urchins, and hermit crabs. They also have a couple little shows which are always fun.
One of my favorite things about the beach are the beach shops. I can be such a tourist but who could resist documenting being eaten alive by a giant fake shark? 
This is a pic from inside a mexican restaraunt down town SA it has this HUGE 3d mural on the wall that we love, Michael just HAD to have a pic :)
And last but certainly not least the civic turned 200,000 miles! Although its been stolen (and recovered) twice we do love our little Honda. 
Consider yourself informed on the happenings of the Texas Allsops.
5 comments:
I can't tell you how bizarre it was to see you in shorts...we definitely live in 2 opposite climates!!! What a fun couple of weeks....although we are counting down the days until your trip to UTAH-TAH!!!
Be a tourist all you want! Life is more fun that way, Glad you could spend lots of time with family and friends.
How fun. I wanna go to a beach house. I remember when your honda got stolen. How did you get it back?
You're car's been stolen twice? What are the odds? Looks like you had a lot of fun! I wish Adam could take some time off of work for a mini-vacation like that!
Seriously once you have DVR you can never go back! I try to say it saves me on time because I don't have to watch commercials and I get to fast forward boring parts, but we all know the truth, right? I just fill up that extra time with more shows! I am so glad you had fun with your parents. Oh, and you said you love visitors, so Carson and Brenner will come and stay the month of June if it's okay with you! Wink, Wink.
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