My Dad the Artisan

I wanted to share a few pictures of my dad's stone work. He truly is very talented at what he does. Here are a couple pictures of a mantel he recently hand carved for his new house.

He also hand carved this star. It is one of my favorites.

Good Morning "B" Family

Good Morning "B" Family. B, C, and A come on out!
No, that was not the voice of Ty from Extreme Home
Makeover greeting us the other morning.
It was a TARANTULA!!!! In my kitchen!!!! Oh MY!!!

Thank goodness I don't get too freaked out of spiders but this was more than I expected. How did he get in the house? This is the second time we have spotted one in the house. The other time was about a 1 1/2 years ago in the bathroom.

We quickly got him out of the house and then I went into a picture frenzy. Of course I had to take a picture for all y'all to see. I took many pictures and at one point was holding a broom while he was crawling on it toward me. That is until my six year old came out and said, you know, he can jump 3 feet. REALLY, 3 FEET???? Mind you at this moment the tarantula was about an arms length away from me as I had him dangling on the broom in the air. Not sure if that statement was true or not and really did not want to wait and see, I quickly put him down and stepped back, way back!
What a way to start off the day.

I did not think much of it as the day passed, until I was laying in bed. While my head lay comfortably on the pillow, I began to wander if he had any friends and if so where were they lurking? I said a little prayer and tried to fall asleep ASAP!!

I Y Pomegranates!

Austin Visit

Last month Alex and I went to Austin to visit my sister.
Here are a few pictures from our visit.



South Congress Ave.


Capitol/South Congress Ave.

Town Lake

Rolling on the lawn of the Texas State Capitol

Austin Children's Musuem