Christmas Eve 2007...

Just finished a little Christmas cheer with the in-laws... thought I would sit down to post a little holiday greetings and wishes for an awesome new year to all two of my readers!!! (lol, ok maybe three!!!) Anyway... Have a good one and enjoy the day however you choose to celebrate!

Time to resurrect...

This was a great post from last year. Gifts for men... that we will appreciate! I can vouch that each of these are GREAT gifts!!!

Simple Gifts for Men... that don't suck... (my tag-line)

We just got back...

Just got back from a mini-vaca with the family... lots of fun as we traveled to south Texas with stops in Goliad, TX to visit my cousin, George, at his world-famous pizzeria, to Corpus Christi where we took in the WWII aircraft carrier Lexington and a Blue Man Group concert. Then we spent a couple of days on South Padre Island, which included watching the amazing Cowboys comeback at Louie's Backyard with a ton of obnoxious Packer's fans who were watching the Pack dismantle the Raidahs... damn snowbirds were everywhere.

We had a great visit with my cousin, my aunt Maria, and my uncle Andres. It was good to see them all as my aunt and uncle are getting up there in age. My aunt may be moving up to Seattle to be with her son and his family, so I am not sure when I will get to see her again...

Moving on to Corpus, it was very coincidental and quite the luck that we just happened to be there on December 7, which of course is the day that the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. My son is a history buff and this was an amazing event for him. We sat through a ceremony honoring the Pearl Harbor survivors as well as as all veterans and current servicemen. It was a very moving experience. I was very proud of my son when, on his own volition, he went out of his way to speak to a Pearl Harbor survivor. He shook his hand and thanked him for his service to our country. It was quite moving for me. Later on when we told my wife and my daughter that he had introduced himself and spoken to a survivor, my daughter asked him why he would do that, to which his reply was "it's not everyday you get to meet a Pearl Harbor survivor"... and there are not very many of them left...

That night, for the second time, we went to see the Blue Man Group which has become one of the family favorite events. The kids love it and we just have a blast. If you get a chance to see them, do yourself a favor and check them out. fun, fun, fun...

Finally, two days of relaxing on the beach on SPI... it was my daughter's first trip to the beach, and she loved it. We all had a great time!

After the game on Sunday, we loaded up and took off for San Antonio, where we spent the night and ate dinner at one of my all-time favs, Mi Tierra... It was also one of my mom's all-time favs, so it holds a lot of sentimental value. It's not as "homey" as it was back in the day, but it's still very good and the panaderia is still awesome! Oh my, we ate waaaay to much this trip!

I will post some pictures later... that's all for now...

Update: Pictures!!!!