Corpus Christi Trip

Our first stop was lunch at Whataburger on the Bay. The first Whataburger was in Corpus Christi in 1950. This particular Whataburger is two stories tall and overlooks Corpus Christi Bay:

Next we went for a stroll along the Downtown Seawall. We got to see a lot of cool birds and boats:

Along the seawall was a Selena memorial. She was a famous Tejano singer from Corpus.
Emily remembers learning about her in high school Spanish class.

With our good pal, Capitan Blas Maria de la Garza Falcon (Gotta love those Spanish names!)

See the birds perched on the posts?

Fishermen and giant pelicans

Next we played on North Beach, right outside our AirBNB condo:

Sand angels

You can see our condo in the background. We were on the second story, third balcony from the left.

Building sand castles

You can see the U.S.S. Lexington in the background

The next morning we did a beach walk. We had fun watching the boats come in. And the kids picked some flowers:

Darn it! We didn't see any jelly fish.

The only shark we saw on our trip.

There were lots and lots of seagulls

Then we went to Whitecap Beach on Padre Island. The waves were bigger, and the sand was really soft. It was very beautiful:

Picnicking out of the back of the van

Flying kites

Shell collecting

We also rode the Port Aransas Ferry, but didn't get any pictures. Then we had Tex-Mex at Chuy's:

The next morning we watched the sunrise from our balcony...

...And fed some seagulls:

Various

Heidi at a friend's birthday party at Altitude Trampoline Park:

They had a ropes course and zipline...

...As well as a rock climbing wall and ball pit

Ropes course

Zipline

Heidi's friend surprised her by showing up unannounced (to her), hiding inside a giant box on our front porch:

Shamrock shakes for St. Patrick's Day

Owen with his horse Medusa (he came up with that himself--lol!), after the kindergarten rodeo:

Dressed up like a cowboy

Elizabeth at a friend's birthday party at Urban Air Trampoline and Adventure Park:

(With 5 friends from school)

Emma conked out:

Isn't she adorable? She sleeps with her hands behind her head like this.

Spring Fishing Classic at Bass Pro Shops

I hurried Owen along because there was a long line of people waiting for a turn, so he didn't get to catch anything.

Liz did actually catch a catfish. I'll upload the photo once Bass Pro e-mails it to me.

Now that we've whet their appetite, hopefully we have a couple fishing trips coming up in the near future.

Misc Updates

Emma in her exersaucer

It's kinda grainy, but she's sticking her tongue out... So cute!

Dressing up for Dr. Seuss's birthday

The banana pudding Emily made for the youth fundraiser

Jamie and her husband Erik came for a visit from Houston, so we had an early birthday celebration

Our involuntary home remodel:

Storage closet (the floor's all wet because this is before the leak was fixed)

Bathroom vanity

What it looks like under the plastic

We have the master bathroom sealed off, like something out of E.T.

It seeped into our walk-in-closet too.

We had to cut out dry wall and insulation, remove carpet from the closets, and tear out the entire bathroom vanity. I think the contractor said there is still some more tear-out to be done. Now that the neighbor's leak is repaired, we just have to wait for everything to dry out. We currently have 3 air movers, 1 giant dehumidifier, and 1 giant air purifier running. Consequently the master bedroom is loud and hot, so we've been sleeping in the living room for the last week and a half--that, and all of the displaced stuff from the bathroom and closets is covering nearly ever spare inch of the bedroom, so the bed isn't very accessible anyway.