Sea World Pics

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Revo Big Bass on Lake Ray Roberts

This past saturday Zach fished the first annual Revo Big Bass Tournament on Ray Roberts. Unfortunately I did not get any pictures but you can go here http://www.basschamps.com/basschamps/newsBigBass.cfm?tournament_id=17&type=team&yearSelected=2009 to read about the day. During tournaments like these, anglers have a chance to weigh in every hour. Zach had a 1st place hour, a 2nd place hour and was .24lbs shy of winning overall. All 174 anglers were given the chance to compete for a $300 rod combo in a pitching contest, which Zach won!

Thank you Granny and Granddad for coming out in the rainy weather! Zach- Avery, Alissa and I are so proud of you!

Labor Day

Alissa made friends with this turkey.

She thought the turkey was so funny!

Just a little update from Aubrey. We all had a great holiday weekend. Avery and I loaded up on chocolate and headed to see G-force on saturday in 3-D. Pretty cute. Zach went dove hunting in the evening. Sunday was a day of relaxing for everyone except Zach who had to wait for an hour and a half at the Care Now clinic because of the poison ivy that was making his eye swell shut. Then he had to go mow and take care of a flat tire on his truck. The girls and I hung around the house playing in the water and doing laundry (me). We had a good day but missed Zach. After all the mowing he got to come home and clean his boat and truck and get ready to head out to l*ke fork on monday. That's when he discovered the dove he overlooked from saturday night. So, dead bird+hot truck for 24 hours=nasty smell. Febreeze does wonders. Zach was up and out the door at 3am monday morning. What a trooper. Avery, Alissa and I decided it would be a good day for the zoo. We got to the D*llas Z*0 (learned that from Sara) just as it was opening and had a great time. This was Alissa's first trip to the zoo that she actually seemed to pay attention and to top it off there was a little water area that we splashed around in before we left. Could not have asked for a better day. Here are some pics.

Estes Park Ride

Erin and I went for a ride last weekend. We were going to go from Estes Park to Lyons - about a 40 mile ride. From Estes Park, we had about 10 mile climb up hill for a total of 2,000 feet elevation gain. We were 30 minutes into the hill before the rain started. It was a light drizzle and we had no lightning so we decided to keep going. It was still drizzling once we reached the top of the hill, which made it a cold and slippery decent into Lyons. After a mile of wet, cold 35mph downhill, we reached a church and decided to stop. We called Erin's parents and they picked us up. We didn't reach our destination, but we got in a good workout anyway.

Broken In

Pops took the Bianchi out for it's maiden ride last night. It is now official...Pops is a cyclist!

climber

Danna sent this to Pops. Only to Pops. Not sure why she can't share with the family, but I thought it was awesome, so I am posting it! She started at the bottom of the mountain (see it WAY down below!) Cool, Danna! Next time share with all of us!

First day

Here are a few pictures I snapped before taking Avery to kindergarten. She had a great first day and we are looking forward to a wonderful year!