Rockport Beach

Monday afternoon (after I woke up) I called my dad to see if he wanted to go to the Victoria Zoo or something with Cass and I. He told me that he and my stepmom and brothers were on their way to the beach in Rockport and would like for us to join him. Since we don't often get asked to go with them places, I decided to ask Cass if she wanted to go to the beach or not. I picked her up from daycare and she told me she did NOT want to go.

What??! My kid loves the beach, it's one of her favorite things to do!

After some discussing with her she changed her mind and said she wanted to go swim with "Uncles". So we packed up our stuff, put on our swim suits, and drove down to Rockport.

I ended up getting a 1 year parking pass ($10 vs $4 for one time parking)! So we will be heading down there more :P

It's a nice little beach, nicer than Magnolia, that's for sure! And far enough away from P.L. that I don't *know* just about everyone there...perk of my job I guess, I recognize A LOT of people who we have dealt with.

Cass took a while to warm up to everyone - she doesn't see them often.

She made this face for a while and clung to me...

After a little while she finally got in the water, with me at first, then I was able to sneak off and get some pictures of her and "Uncles" playing.

This was just too sweet not to share.
Uncle Josh holding Cassidy's hand walking her out to Uncle Joe - the speck in the background.

Clicker Training

I've been telling myself I really need to get a clicker and some info and start working with Kenzie and Hooch (our lab mix and mini doxie) So since we got Little Miss Trixie we got a clicker. I've done 5 "sessions" with Trixie, who's 8 wks old by the way, and she's already starting to *get* it. It's great! I'm excited to start doing more commands and such with her! Right now we are working on not nipping or jumping on Cassidy, or anyone really, but I'm mostly concerned with Cassidy right now. Even Cass can get in on the training! I let her hold and give the treats to Trixie after I click her. If you google Clicker Training you can find A LOT of free tutorials that are VERY helpful!

It's been a while!

OK I've majorly slacked!

Cassidy is growing like a weed! It's insane! She's so fun to have conversations with, and some of the things she comes up with kill me!

Here are a few pictures of Cass on a trip to Grandmother's in College Station.

Cass & Pop playing basket ball

Dang truck parked right in my picture!

Our yearly river trip was lots of fun. Cass had a blast 'tubing' the little area by the swimming hole. My mom and brother Jared went with us again this year, and we had a good time. We even went down to the dance by the swimming hole friday night.

My Smart Mom moment - bring the laptop and her Little Einstein DVDs!

Pop's Favorite Picture

Jared (aka Uncle Bub) managed to find himself a bunch of little cheerleaders to dance with!

She got to go to her first ever circus last week! Nana & Pop treated Cass (and Jeremy and I) to the Ringling Bros Circus in Corpus Christi! IT WAS SO FUN! Cassidy was a little scared at first, but once she realized that there were lots of horses and elephants and tigers she was hooked. She was clapping and dancing and saying "Daddy, look! Daddy you see that?! Daddy you see the horsies? Daddy look at the elephants!" She had to make sure Daddy didn't miss a thing! LOL

Please excuse the poor quality of the cell phone pictures, low light + cell phone camera = pathetic pictures!

Jeremy is now working part time at EMS and for my Aunt Sharron at her propane shop. He's still full time at the Fire Dept too.

I left the Sheriff's Office and am now dispatching at Port Lavaca Police Department. I am loving it. The officers are so nice and welcoming (so are the dispatchers). I'm not doing 1 month of days/1 month of nights anymore, straight nights. Aww, that sucks you say? Not really, I prefer nights! I see Cassidy more when I work nights, and I'm excited to FINALLY be able to get into somewhat of a routine. There's really no chance for a routine when you are flip flopping every month from a day schedule to a night one.

What's this?! A picture of Me?!

My sister had her sweet baby girl Maryah in April. She looked A LOT like Cassidy when she was born!

Here's Jaylen, Alyssa's son, he's 3 1/2.

In April my cousin Patrick and his two kiddos came in from El Paso (the circumstances royally sucked though) I can't believe how much Tyler and Bella have grown! Can't wait to see them again in a few weeks when they come back down!

Tyler - he's gotten WAY too tall!

Beautiful Bella - geeze I remember when we had her first birthday party!

We got a new puppy! Her name is Trixie (anyone have any cute ideas for her registered name?) She is a full blooded (CKC) Austrailian Cattle Dog (Blue Heeler) We all love her to pieces, even Hooch plays with her! Kenzie gets a little annoyed with her constantly trying to get her belly, can't blame her there!

(cell phone pics again)

My best friend Amanda loaned me her husband Robert (aka Robbit or Roberto) one evening so we could go play nature photographers! (Thanks Manda!) We went out to Magnolia Beach and I got some awesome shots. I still haven't seen his *eyeroll*

I'm really starting to get into nature photography!

I *promise* I'll be back soon. I think I'm going to steal some fun blog ideas from some online friends!

ps- familia, feel free to email the link to out of town family members! I don't have any email addys!