Jessie Tony & Basil

Introducing Basil Riot Edwards

2011-10-22T23:17:00.000-05:00

Got to the birthing center at 5:00am with contractions 3ish minutes apart.
this is during a contraction...you can see how they progress by my facial expressions.
pretty amusing. now.

Tony was absolutely wonderful. never left my side.

so far so good! i can handle this labor stuff.........

the tub felt so wonderful. i highly endorse it. i never want to have a land birth.
(another contraction)

i thiiink it was around this time where i said a bad word.

a few photos skipped and here she is!
after five hours of labor with less than an hour of pushing.
Welcome to the world Basil Riot Edwards!

The most beautiful baby i have ever seen.

Basil Riot
August 18 2011
10:17am
8lbs. 6.5oz.
21 inches

June, our FABULOUS midwife. love her to the high heavens.

difficult...but so so soo soosososo worth it.

our new little family

my crew. my wonderful friends. thank you all.

Belly Shots (no alcohol involved)

2011-09-21T21:53:00.002-05:00

Before we introduce baby herself,

here she is in her bubble.

A ton of belly photos,

obviously not in chronological order.

Sorry, i dont remember the weeks exactly.

ill try my best, though.

30 weeks

23 weeks

35 weeks

there (he or she??) is! 19 weeks

19 weeks
...its a girl! she thiiinks.

37 weeks
first great granddaughter

37 weeks

18 weeks
trying to show off my "bump"

19 weeks

16 weeks
i thought i had a belly

41 weeks, 3 days "overdue"

41 weeks, 5 days "overdue"
this is what she was constantly making me look like

week 42, 8 days "overdue"

and finally 42 weeks, 12 days "overdue"
...but here she comes! shes more than ready for her big debut.
in the middle of a contraction

it worked!

2011-09-21T19:14:00.000-05:00

It worked! Erin was right; i just had to switch to the "new blog interface" which i dont like at all, but at least its letting me post my pictures now! so the previous post that was held hostage in my drafts is obviously old- i definitely dont have that belly anymore... i traded it out for a baby! so here come new posts soon, of our updated life :)

Because i Love Alex

2011-09-21T19:09:00.000-05:00

This is me getting back into blogging, since the babe comes next month (!!!) i should probably get back on the ball. Plus my favorite brother-in-law told me to pick up the pace. So heres a start! At least one a week is my goal. Fair enough, Al?

There is not one picture in the world taken of this little boy that is anything but freakin adorable. i still cant believe this mug.

Jence is a big fan of the zoo, and his momma is a big fan of 50 cent snake toys in the gift shop.

Italia!

2011-02-13T05:13:00.022-06:00

we absolutely LOVED italy, and cant wait to do it again, someday with our wonderful friends Erin and Jeff. So much to see, you could live there forever!

Why would you pay to see David if hes standing right there outside? Of course its real!

I still can't believe i didnt buy this ::sigh:: next time. (i am apologizing to my mixed company right now)

My happy hobo. is was a beautiful time of year for sleeping outside.

The leaning tower! And we didnt even get a picture pretending to push it over.

We had borrowed Robs van for the trip and predicted a broken window. Let's not predict things anymore. They got my camera bag (complete with NO camera, suckers) but they did get my journal of FOUR years at that point, the one i started the first day i met tony. i cried. plus a whole bunch of other little very important things like my shewee. what goes around comes around, right? theyll get it bad. meanies.

Photo credit: Anthony. we bought the good camera for me, only to find out hes the photographer. dangit.

my wonderful stisters and our windowless car, which we could never leave alone for too long again after that. we all took turns. it made for windier road trips.

i think becky and i took a million of these. tourists do it all the time, for some reason, but usually in front of famous things...this was just in a tunnel ?

this happens a lot.

the Via dell'Amore (path of love) in Cinque Terre. love birds lock padlocks all along the path. i wish i had one! it was so fun to see all the love!

I had to add this one for my other stister and her wonderful man (currently in S.Korea) Sara + Alex Ti Amo. thats how far their love reaches; all the way to Italy!

We dont need padlock to prove our love...ive got him forever. (awww)

absolutely stunning little villages along the Cinque Terre route.

see? who wouldnt want to live here?

um. venice on my birthday...dont know how this one got into the mix. they will all probably be mixed up. int he cuuute? yes, tonys socks are on my hands.

strawberry fields forever...

more italy to come.. i think that was just from the first of three albums.

Germany and Austria

2011-01-27T08:13:00.017-06:00

The next few posts will be very out of order, but pictures are pictures, right? I also added captions to the previous posts that were lacking wordage. So better late than never - Germany and Austria ready set go.

Tony's new found glory; the fact that he can now dryland snowboard. thank heaven for the RipStick. Im buying him one the minute we get back to america, though that means i will never be able to keep up with him. guess im buying two.

my lovely green hip after keeping up with rob, tony and quinton on the waterslides at the pool (thanks again, teresa and vic, for the great wedding gift! i dont blame you for this, just rob and tony) i never thought waterslides were a competetive sport. join the edwards' = think again.

so fun to watch/peek over a hotel wall. i never knew they still did these little german dances. loved it. they all started coughing, though, when they lit the fire.

the reason for plus 10 pounds. mmmm cheese pretzels. darn you, backerei!

yet another castle. just throw a rock...

the rest of vic and teresas wedding gift money went to glacier snowboarding in austria (no ripstick involved) so fun to snowboard in the summer!

I spread and prepare...

tony cuts and peels. we make a team. camping out in the mountains.

another night of camping out, but this time under a waterfall. love to fall asleep to that sound. we find the best "camping spots"

glaciers. Grossglockner Mountain.

air was perfect, water was cooolllddd. austria is just gorgeous.

Morocco

2010-07-30T11:12:00.006-05:00

three of seven waterfalls we saw in ourika.

look close..its a wild monkey! we saw tons of them..so fun to see them not in a zoo.

this morning i awoke to wonderful breeze and the smell of fresh cooked bread. it was the first cool..cool meaning not sweltering..night we have had in marrakech and i slept like a rock. When i felt tony blowing on my back and legs i figured he was being sweet keeping me cooled off like he does often. i opened my eyes to see that a chimney sweep had replaced my husband. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!

our view of the mosque from our roof where we pay a whopping total of 8 bucks a night. which is the reason we woke up black with soot. a nearby bread factory had been puffing its smoke stacks all night and it all dumped right onto us. and everything we own.

houssain, our new friend, took us home to mom and pops where we got to eat real home made moroccan food five times a day, see the chickens, donkeys, roosters, turkeys, sheep, goats and family cow. this was true hospitality, they didnt expect anything in return and were not at work getting paid for their services. this is the visceral moments for which we search and such a wonderful experience.

this henna process took four hours total. i had to use the restroom the entire time..but i couldnt move from this spot because it was on my hands and bottoms of my feet.

our friends we met who fed us free tagine.

my boyscout making our fire where we slept for a few nights.

mr. dung.

hiking around in Ourika.

Ourika waterfalls

the picture that cost me a bruising pinch on the arm..he wanted money for taking the picture. it wasnt even a good picture. did i pay him? heck no, not after he grabbed me. tony got inbetween us while i got away and told the mean man just where he would kick if he ever touched his wife again. we need to learn that phrase in arabic.

this one i snuck. without a pinch.

real alive snake charmers!

Pamplona

2010-07-30T09:54:00.008-05:00

bummer.

the taunt after the run. if you run the entire way you end up in the arena and get to dance with the bulls. their horns are plugged at this point and they let them out one by one. some of the guys even line up in front of the gate, get on their knees and let the bull trample them as he enters the arena in a mad rampage.

gramma berries! but i just learned that her tree died so im glad we found these..a taste of kentucky.

laundry day in the park.

our first blessings after a dirty deed. we got our bags out of consignment for free..supposed to be 20euro.. and a 5euro donation, from patrick..a boy we didnt even know. the papers are the police reports for the stolen wallet.

tonys mad scientist getup that we found on the ground. you get talked about in the newspaper if you dont follow tradition and wear white or red.

my beautiful dangerous wife, right after our second run.

nervous/giddy/tired/nervous right before the first run. we had noooooo idea what to expect.

our spaniards with whom we went through a crazy mess trying to catch a plane after three late trains and a very expensive taxi ride. we made the plane just in time after jumping the check in line AND security line...only to find out that it had been delayed by two hours anyway.

Barcelona, Spain

2010-07-10T16:39:00.013-05:00

i know we told you to follow us on the blog.. i really am trying to catch up, but germany is the only chance we get to be at a computer for an extended period of time. so here are a few pictures to look at, sans captions. they will come later when we have the time again. all of our loves! Goudy architecture.

No privacy at all.

Johnny Depp and i had a moment. He even tried to get me to kiss him. I told him i was married, though.

Prosciutto. These ran for about $100.

More street performers...doing flips over people.

The lady with whom we stayed in Barcelona was from the Congo. She made us amazing food like "fou-fou" and fried fish heads. For breakfast.

You dont even realize that there are mountains in the city because the buildings are so big. It was great to walk up to see this view of the whole city.

They look like ginger bread houses! i wanted to lick them.

Vickie and Madeline, who took a liking to tony, and loved that his hair was "Bonito". They spoke French, Spanish and Swahili.

Yet another Arc de Triumph. Three down, how many more to go?

Cartagena, Spain

2010-07-10T16:00:00.007-05:00

We got ontop of someones roof to check out the view of what everyone else was paying for.

a beautiful P-Fowl we found bleeding from a fight. Saddest thing ever. hopefully the cops we called did something about it.

The bull ring.

From the ship. Last stop before they kick us off in Barcelona.

Malaga, Spain

2010-07-10T15:05:00.010-05:00

topless beach. Other pictures not shown ;)

Walls are what block the cool stuff. They cant stop us.

see?

These are the kind of things you find. Alcazaba - the castle on top of a fortress.

From the old city walls.

a Muslim guard tower.

On the Road Again

2010-06-03T05:09:00.019-05:00

After 18 months of living and working in Austin, we finally get to get back out on the road again. We have very much enjoyed being around Tony's family with BBQs, birthdays, softball, weddings, lake trips, darling babies, etc...but it's sure nice to see "I Heart (fill in the blank with current country/city)" shirts instead of the ever getting old "Keep Austin Weird" shirts. Thanks to everyone who made our trip possible, especially Tim, who's generosity never ceases to amaze.

Tony in the lead, followed by me in the Kia, fighting the rain to get to Galviston, where the cruise ship would be leaving in 3 hours. We were just barely on time so we didn't get our head start in the buffet line, but don't worry; we did end up getting our moneys worth of food over the next 14 days.

Pulling up to the Bahamas at sunrise. I think we left the camera on the boat because we only have video, no pictures, of Nassau. But the island was beautiful as we rode on a scooter the entire way around. We also ate the meat and spinal cord of a giant Conch right out of the shell from some sweet man (who also handed me an odd shaped piece of the sea creature and informed me that it was his "Doggie"... "his what?" ... "his doggie.." and then smacked his hand on the table in a fit of laughter, splattering fish guts all over my face. oh.)

Tony giving high fives to the excited school kids of the Azores, an island off of Portugal made up of volcanoes with lakes in them. We thought we could get by using our spanish, but we found out otherwise after the first ten minutes off the boat. These kids had 90 minutes for their lunchbreak and spent it with us showing off their english, bad words and all.

"Birds of Paradise" a flower we were admiring when a local came up to us and told us to take the seed out to keep. When she got back on her cell phone she told her friend in Portugese "just talking to some tourists"

The cute little girl who shared her raw corn with us to feed the pigeons. Then grabbed one from the tail, picked it up and handed it to Tony. We were more entertaining to her than the birds.

They were setting up for a festival in that plaza that we were just missing by a few days. It was raining a bit, which just made the green hills that much more beautiful. A man gave us a ride in a car that didn't even fit Tony alone. We found out he was a contractor and was working for the mayor. "Actually im not supposed to have anyone in this car because it's his car, so you'll have to get out here. The cops are down the street."

The old fortress that we do not know loads about. We keep writing things down that we would like to look up and research, but as you can tell by our lack of updating, we don't get online much.

The cathedral on the hill where two ladies from our cruise asked me to take a picture of them. "sure, what do you want in the backround?" meaning do you want most of the church or the entire thing... "we want the ship in the back!" sure thing..whatever floats your boat.

Waving goodbye to the rolling hills of the Azores. They really were green, i promise. Next stop: Spain.

Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Edwards

2010-04-15T14:13:00.006-05:00

Thank you, everyone, who came to the wedding and for all your love and support. Special thanks for helping out so much with wedding prep and cleanup, and for all my lovely ladies who took so many beautiful pictures. We are happier than ever. We are, of course, VERY excited to leave this Sunday on our 14 day cruise from Galviston to Barcelona, stopping in the Bahamas and the Azores, then dumping us off in Spain. We will keep this blog updated as much as we can throughout the next four or so years so you can watch our adventures. We love yall and hope to hear from everyone regularly!

All the love we can muster,

Jessica and Anthony Edwards.

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2010-01-11T12:22:00.023-06:00

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Deckage of the Halls..

2009-12-09T09:44:00.007-06:00

i think i need not explain how excited i got when tony asked me the other day "wanna know what we're gonna do tonight?"

"aunt kookie!! they're making trees!!" as my little Jensen would say.

the redundant christmas light problem...

...conquered!

and my beautiful Santa statue that tony bought me last year. i heart my little white santa. that wasnt meant to sound racist.

and another favourite, our pretty little star. apparently we give this "two thumbs up".

Deadly Desserts

2009-11-05T14:09:00.004-06:00

Tim and Kelsey had an Appetizer/Dessert contest at their halloween party this year. Betty crocker and i made Spooky Brownies! Spiders, Frankensteins and Ghosts.

i think they are more "cutesy" than "spooky" but thats okay..and they would have been better if i hadnt put them in the pan so close together and THEN tried to draw their detailed faces..at 1:ooam the morning of. whoops.

Mr. Anthony did a wooonderful job on his Spider Web Seven Layer Dip. it was a big hit and won the appetizer contest! tim and kels gave us a gift card to macaroni grill/chilis/maggianos.

Daddy made icky looking Stuffed Cockroaches. yuuuck. but actually they were probably my favourite desserts there..if you pulled out the antennae, walked away and cleared you mind for a bit before popping them in your mouth, they were faaabulous. cream cheese and walnuts inside.

i love him..

2009-10-30T11:32:00.004-05:00

fifty million weddings down...one more to go. MINE. someday. i feel like Katherine Heigl in 27 Dresses. only difference is i dont even get a new dress for each wedding.

Sugar and Spice..But Snakes Are So Much Cooler!

2009-10-19T16:56:00.006-05:00

Mandy's children are the most darling things...The "husnnn-akes" are always a big hit with them. This was at the end of Tony's Birthday BBQ last month.

Jarrett and Monty.

will she go for it.....

.. success!

Well my big sister did it..maybe it wont be that bad...

Did it!

Juhlapinos for Momma

2009-10-08T11:20:00.003-05:00

these are the poppers i was making when i was talking to you...

CUT big fresh jalapeno in half

SEED it, or else, holy smokes

STUFF the crap outta that baby with regular cream cheese

WRAP in a slice of raw (i like thick peppered) bacon

BAKE at 350 for 30min (jalap bit more firm) to 45min (jalap soft and bite-able)

DONT burn your tongue on the cream cheese; it's sneaky inside

--make sure to use pie pans/pans with edges because the grease runs everywhere.

--you can shove a toothpick through it for easy eating and so it doesnt fall apart.

--you can make them in advance and cook them later, or cook them now and nuke them later.

--i wouldnt use microwave bacon cause it cooks too fast and will get too hard after 45 minutes. ja know? besides, the real stuff is always better no matter what.

Port Aransas...

2009-09-16T14:23:00.009-05:00

We went to Port Aransas a few weeks back with Mandy and Jim +4 & Jerry and Kacey +3. We just camped out on the beach and it was soooo nice to get away from town and just relax.

Sophie was worried about her "booboo" and kept showing everyone, inevitably giving herself an atomic wedgie everytime. hehee.

this....was Grant the whole weekend. that boy did not care about a DANG thing. as a matter of fact, we would give him a snack and he would, intentionally, roll in in the sand before eatting it. looks like he has a five o clock shadow...

like i said...doesnt care about a dang thing. the only caption for this picture is "Aahhhhhh..."

soph running into the waves..

Lydie was the best at finding sheshells.

this is my faaavourite picture. if you dont know lydie, shes the sweetest thing and the biggest daddy's girl in the universe. here she is pitching a fit because daddy is taking Grant into the water and not her. see them in the back?

Grant and i, pumping some iron at the beach...has anyone seen my beachball? its about thiiis big around, might have gone thaaaat way?

cuuutest picture of Jim and the two youngest.

this is how tony and i walk down the beach. totally candid. its just what we always do.

the shark i caught on the boat. yeah, its a five footer.

well. maybe the captain caught it. but if i was really trying, i totally would have got it.

sad. i dont wanna talk about it. but im suuuure he tasted mighty fine.

this was Jims face most of the time on the boat. he probably should have gotten some sleep the night before and shouldnt have downed that giant hamburger and fries two minutes before the trip...he stayed strong, though. if he didnt, i wouldnt have been anywhere near him. so good job, Jim.

Jim helping Jarrett bait his hook.

hes so cute..

YYEEAAAAA-UUUHHHH BAYBAY!!

gorgeous sunset from the top of the boat.

uh huh, thats more like it.

"jarrett, hold onto the shark like uncle tony did. and smile" this is what we got.

brings a whole new meaning to "Sand Castle". little plastic bucket molds on the beach will just never be the same.

Krutsinger Family Reunion

2009-08-24T10:56:00.012-05:00

The wonderful Krutsinger Family that adopted us for their reunion.

adam and our soon-to-be newest member of the Krutsinger Clan, mandy!

Tim thouroughly enjoying one of Jeffs famous hugs.

i tried to get pictures of them all but i swear there were more munchkins running around that i missed.

an intense game of Water Polo. thats what they called it, at least.

Stuarts candid abercrombie model pose.

very intense.

more of the chilluns..

and apparently this is what happens in water polo. or at least it does when our boys get together. each one of them had bloody toes.

4th o' July

2009-08-24T10:35:00.003-05:00

here's me attempting to catch up...I've been slacking on the updating.

Fourth of July at the Lakehouse.

This picture does noootttt do justice to how totalled Brandon and Darrens poor jetski is. a very long story short: both at full throttle, i was in tonys blindspot, he turned, my jetski would not turn, i T-boned him, he flung, i flew..if our bodies had hit eachother we wouldnt be alive. it was rediculously scary.

Baby swallows sleeping with poppa on the lookout.

Momma feeding them...alllll day. poor lady.

"he cleans up good"

2009-07-30T09:45:00.002-05:00

yes, Tony shaved it all off. i meant to get pictures of it completely clean cut, but this is when i remembered to do it. hes going to grow the beard out until the wedding then shave again for it. in't he just so darling?? dang, i lucked out on a hottie.

Missing You Already, MJ

2009-06-26T11:06:00.008-05:00

"We're sending out... a major love...
and this is our message to you...

The planets are lining up...

we're bringing brighter days... They're all in line...waiting for you...

Can't you see?

You're just another Part of me" -MJ

if only more people could be like you, Michael. what fabulous talent the world lost on 25 June 09.

The Secret Garden..

2009-06-23T14:09:00.006-05:00

Welcome to Blake's Dad's Fabulous Garden...

Jes: "awww, the baby cucumbers look like baby pickles!"

Papa T: "well ma'am, and that's exactly what they are."

Will you please just look at this home-made irrigation system!? how fantastic is Papa T?

This one's my favourite...

I'll be you he's eating those right now...

The Onion Graveyard...

Love those little curly vines.

Nature in a coffee can..

Papa T: "Everything i own is broken, leaks or leans."

Madd's 1st Birthday

2009-06-05T10:01:00.008-05:00

its a biiitt late, i know, i know..but life has been busier than expected recently.

melissa did a fantastic job with all the darling decorations...

the entire house was covered in pink and brown.

the birthday hat.

she was being too lady-like, so uncle kenny had to help make a mess of things.

"ugh, who invited this guy?"

getting into the swing of things, once she realized a mess was appropriate for the occasion.

"now hes eating my cupcake? really, guys."

that cupcake didnt stand a chance.

hehehe..

helping ma clean up.

"good work, team..lets meet again tomorrow"

the beautiful birthday girl all cleaned up and jammied.

lady-like again..trying to resist a birthday kiss.

We're Getting Married!!

2009-05-28T11:05:00.005-05:00

Sooo....Friday night, Tony took me on a bike ride, which isn't abnormal so i didnt think anything of it. At least an hour and a half later, after passing farms and animals and creeks and hills and all these fun things on the backroads, we pulled up to the top of a hill. He starts slowing down like i was supposed to be noticing something. A few seconds later i saw the San Antonio Temple on the next hill over.

We got there just in time for the sun to set, but, being friday night, the outter gates were closed. We ditched the motorcycle out front and, Dont tell anyone, but we may or may not have climbed the gates to walk the grounds (Tonys plan couldnt be foiled.) it seems like that over two years ago was just the other day, when we had to climb something or other to see the temples in egypt. so it was perfect for us.

we walked around for a bit, watching the sunset, looking at the beautiful stained glass windows of the temple, and we stopped just where we could see both the front doors and the sunset, and then he......

story to be continued. if you want to know how he asked me to marry him you will just have to call me and ask me to finish the story for you. then ill know how many of you are even looking at this blog ;)

Long story kinda short...we are engaged! and we are as happy as ever. the wedding wont be until we finish working in March, so dont start packing for San Antonio just yet. And now, last, but certainly nooottt least....

the ring!! isnt it beautiful? he did such a great job. and he had it in his pocket forever and i didnt even notice the big, square bulge that looked strangely like a ring box. hmm.

this is a fun part..it took me a while to get the camera to catch it...but we love how its suspended and you can see the pyramid of it. fun, huh!?

okay, on your mark..get seeetttt...COMMENTS!!

Johnny and Nicci Engagements..

2009-05-26T09:52:00.002-05:00

so i havent asked Nicci's permission to post any of these yet, but she put this particular photo on facebook and im impatient so i took it as a go-ahead. Well here it is, Nicci..edited and all set! (no more backpack in the background and such) This was my favourite of all favourites so im glad you like it, too, Nicci. Just to let everyone know..they were FAAAABULOUS to shoot. i loved every minute..easiest couple to work with and they are just so adorable together. it was all so natural. im so happy for you two!**click on this picture to see it better..her ring is great!**

Baby Burp Cloths..

2009-05-15T14:50:00.006-05:00

this is for Momma and Sara..i meant to put them up a while ago. ill have to take a picture of the baby shoes i made so i can post that next, too. The two middle rags are my favourite. dont tell anyone i secretly made an extra one for myself and tucked it away for a rainy day, hehee.

cute, huh? good thing im a craft pack-rat and keep every little scrap of ribbon that comes my way.

Birthdays & Crawdads

2009-05-13T11:31:00.017-05:00

Amber and Birthday Girl, Kylee opening gifts.

Zo-Zo being OCD with the chalk. Someone would pull some out and she would walk right on over and put it back in its bucket.

The Boys and the Babes.

"Did you just take a picture of me!?"

Madds enjoying the pool.

I love this one! how adorable is that? tony took this picture.

Mandy, Me, Grant, Dad.

She enjoyed the cheesecake most.

Amber and her birthday baby. cant believe they are all turning one.

This is what happens at church basketball. those women are psyyyychotic. everyone kept giving tony funny looks when we walked around together. my reply was "i didnt have dinner ready on time"

Jason was such a sweetheart to walk back and forth, back and forth, toting all the babies around. they were loooving it. all the dads and men got to take turns throughout the night.

kelsey and tim playing..is there even a name for this game? i hate calling it the Ball throwing game. hmm.

Kenny manning the grill.

Madeline and Bij.

Shelly cookin the crawdads. niice face.

Sophie and Lydia..so darling.

My goofy boy...i dont quite know.

Kels is aaallll focus here.

Uncle tony teaching sophie how to throw a peace sign.

Got the sign down kinda, AND a smile. these pictures are my favourite because she used to run and bury her face in daddys pants when tony would come into the room. i think the trimmed beard helped. that and shes a big girl now.

salsa contest. fabulous. i think there should be another this weekend.

i just realized that Craig #2 is trying to put money in Craig #1's shirt...and im not sure i would like to know the reason.....dad?

Tony being the best uncle a girl could ask fer.

Blake catching the crawdads..good thing he was there..and making that face..

this was great. mandy was worried about touching the crawdads because they had legs. she puts her plate down on the ledge after needing a break from her attempts....

and her 2 year old walks right over and picks it up off her plate. mandy just says "ohhh good girl, sophie!" it was cute.

the little girls playing with the live crawdads. they would poke them with things, they would grab hold with their pinchers, and the girls would giggle, scream, and throw them back in.

Grant: "hey pretty lady..how bout i give you a ride in my Radio Flyer..whadaya say? My dad will pull it for us"

Change of subject..dad tony and i went to watch the Bats fly out from under the bridge in austin. a big tourist trap.

There they go..off to eat. all three something million of them.

What a random, amazing sight.

Just For Ma..

2009-05-08T13:50:00.002-05:00

Tony and i looooove and miss you! another year older, and still hot as ever! i hope i get your jeans.

Berk Goes to Houston..

2009-05-08T11:05:00.011-05:00

This was a while ago..i just havent had time to put them up. it was back in March or so at Galviston Beach.

the killer jelly fish that almost ate us. brave becky even poked it..with a little help from my hand.

berky long boarding.

T and Mikey.

tia let me borrow her rash guard and my tummy was still red and sore.

tiiiiny puppy. i need one.

this is my favourite picture of the entire bunch. im so strong.

just as a side-note..in all these pictures im drinking sprite and dr. pepper. im just always this goofy...

this bar had a long row of pin-ball machines. best idea, ever.

i love my stister.

we were making fun of the picture taken before this..it looked like tony was picking his nose.

i...have no idea.

you never ever see greater faces than when berk and i get together.

ooorrrrr... when tony is listening to Madonna.

again..

and again..

but obviously we werent enough entertainment for tia because she kept falling asleep.

Houston Girls Roller Derby. you have to be 18 or older to sit in the front row cause youll get a derby girl in your face.

it was quite humorous..

the super star.

the end.

My Nephew is Here!

2009-05-04T15:29:00.005-05:00

Baby Lucas Tyler Dorman has decided to grace us with his presence.. Finally!

The big guy was 8lbs. 14oz. 20in.

Born at 1:11pm in Cleveland, Ohio.

How precious is he? i'd say he has my nose.

Jen says he is Amazing. Of course he is. He did come from her, after all. Congratulations, Jennifer and James, he is beautiful. We cannot wait to meet him.

Just For Becky...

2009-04-30T10:20:00.002-05:00

Jim's Birthday..

2009-04-29T09:46:00.006-05:00

We all went out to dinner for Jims birthday at Texas Land and Cattle. A few of us went back to Jim and Mandys to play some RockBand..a new found favourite of mine.

...still trying to figure things out, though.

The guitar is my favourite..im not that great at the drums and im too scared to sing in front of people...even though they make me.

i just realized while posting these pictures that i was wearing my shirt that says "A Freakin Rockstar" if you click on this picture you can see it.

Andrew and Mandy.

Jarrett on the mic, Jim on the drums, and Andrew on the lead guitar.

cool, drew. hahaa.

uhhh. zoolander faces?

Mandy and her mom were a little hyper...

Greatest picture of the night...mandy, youre hilarious. im trying to post this in as many places as i can.

Trip to Ohio..

2009-04-17T09:15:00.010-05:00

Here's the trip to Ohio for Easter weekend..completely backwards. i dont like how blogspot uploads photos. i guess i should be used to it by now, but sometimes i forget before its too late. Dad and i went to the Natural History Museum.

you otter go there (a-hyuck!)

he was gooorgeous.

the seeds! one of my favourite sets of old school art in downtown cleveland, along with the Free Stamp.

little jessie apple seed sprouting.

my favourite little family. okay, maybe they are not so little of a family anymore..one more due next month!!

a series of funny face shots. gotta love them dorman kids.

apparently vomiting is funny to kate.

joshy was my favourite..he kept comparing his funny face to his big brother and sister's faces to make sure his was good enough.

hehehe....

kate simply covering all her bases.

and again.

this is hilarious..i said "okay, happy faces!" and right away kate put on a big ol' grin, but i guess forgot where her hands were. yet joshy is still happy as a clam.

now our turn for funny faces! what else is new?

Berk and Jerse. BFFEAEAEAEAEAE ROFLMAO LOL BRB G2G LYLAS!!!!

gooobers.

Pops and i went to a Pink Floyd tribute band at the House of Blues. they were really pretty good.

my beyooful momma at Thai Spice. daannggg good thai food! i highly endorse it.

kisses on berks cheek.

becky Not Posing for the picture. this is just the way she always sits (please note the HOMEWORK under her elbow. its all she does. what a good girl)

i think this is what berk was making fun of. int he just so cuuute? and sunburned.

i love my momma. and berk i like your hair in this picture!

uummmmmm cuuuuuuuutteee...

Botanical Gardens...

2009-04-06T11:14:00.030-05:00

Tony and i went to the Botanical Gardens at Zilker park on our lovely saturday for a picnic!

There was a cactus sale where tons of cactus gypsies sold their plants. and i have neevverrr seen so many weird and gorgeous cacti in my life. this ones call Baby Toes. and it felt like baby toes.

just a few out of a few hundred. these were only 5-10 dollars mostly.

how fun is this!? i wanted to eat it. it doesnt even have spikes! silly cactus.

thiiiis! we loved this, and talked to the cactus expert lady for about twenty minutes. this tree is called an adenium, also known as a desert rose. goofy me, i should have taken a picture of the trunk, which was one of the coolest parts about it. it was only about 3 feet tall and its 20 years old!

but look at that flower it makes. this particular tree was going for $120. whew.

these were super cool, too. this is actually two completely different types of cacti, the top colourful part is a cactus that does not produce chlorophyll. it is manually grafted onto this regular cactus so it is actually living off of the bottom part. like a host. apparantly its very hard to do...ir maybe she was just trying to sell it to us ;)

big ol' feeshes.

mmmm..you can click on this picture to zoom into that leg muscle, if you want ;)

pretty cool..kinda trippy.

i just liked the ivy. and the boy.

hehehee! i love these next few shots.

oh so bashful.

my turn.

"oh hey..look at this pretty little pink flower.......

uh oh... i know that look......

dangit, tony."

i looove how clear the little feelers came through in this photo. click on this picture to see it closer, its great.

yep. corny. you should love it by now.

hahaha! i had to. it was perfect.

it looks plastic but its totally real, i promise.

i want some of these trees all over the inside of my house.

photo credit: Tony.

this is what happened after i said i wanted a book for a prop... its called an imagination.

i think he was imagining flying for this one..

love this one. ugh. silly boot. (he took a line drive to the ankle)

deep.

not so deep.

Labyrinth.

it was a fun arch. im thinking it will be in more pictures in the future. definitely.

i Took the Liberty..

2009-04-03T10:00:00.008-05:00

Tony, Darren, Courtney, Liberty and I took a trip to Clints Lakehouse to get the RV running. While Tone and Daddy worked on the engine stuff and Momma cleaned the inside, i took the Liberty (hehe) for a photo shoot.

i think this is the only half smile i got out of her. she wasnt a fan of cooperating in front of the camera, but at least she has a daaarling little mug with which to work.

this is my favourite. of course.

adooorable. i think this was her way of telling me "this is boring, aunt jes" little did she know these are the kind of shots i love!

haha! love it. shes so funny.

the "juice" was the only way she would sit in one place without getting too bored. every once in a while she would take a swig.

little fingers. shes just the sweetest thing.

little feets on the tow truck (which we didnt have to use, by the way, because awesome team Tony and Darren [and tow truck/mechanic man] got the RV running so we could drive it home)

her favourite toy of the weekend, which she loved to ride down the veerrryy long and narrow dock. yikes.

Little Libs loves her Daddy.

The Explanations..

2009-04-01T09:48:00.005-05:00

Alright, for all yall who wanted explanations for the letters in the pictures..

E - i LOVE elephants. whenever tony sees anything with an elephant on it he tries to buy it for me. this is my favourite statue of one that he bought me at an auction. i couldnt think of anything for the E and i was laying in bed one day and saw that the elephant statues legs looked like an E from that angle. perfect.

D - this is the horseshoe pit in our backyard where i was taught how to throw a shoe. correctly. ive still only had about two ringers, though.

W - this was the letter that inspired the entire sequence. i was playing around with settings on my camera one day and was using my left hand for a prop. i took one that looked super cool and happened to be a W with my egypt wedding ring in it. i liked it so much that i wanted to use it for something..so i decided to make a picture sequence. luckily edwards has a W in it, or id be stuck doing "wonderful" or " walloping" good thing.

A - this is the star hanging on our wall. which was freshly painted. so theres a gouge in the paint. because we were too impatient to wait till it dried. yep.

R - this is pretty boring. its the letter on my laptop. but its what he and i do aaalll ddaayyy llooonnggggg. and where would we be without the R key anyway? not here. (not hee)

D - this is a D on my mini pool table that tony bought me for Christmas. it sits on my desk at work and whenever someone comes into my office to tell me something they get distracted and play pool for a few minutes.

S - this is my baby girl Medusa. poor thing..it took me at least a half hour for this photo shoot. she wasnt having it. i laid her on the bed and tried for so long to shape her. the more i moved her, though, the faster she would slither away. she had no idea what was going on. but finally i got the perfect picture.

and there ya have it. the pictures were going to go on the wall in a straight line, but ive been too lazy to put them up. they are just propped up on my sewing table for now, but i kinda like them there.

His Anniversary Gift

2009-03-30T11:44:00.007-05:00

So for his present i took these pictures and framed them. Each object has something to do with us or has a story to it. i think ill probably swap a few of these pictures for other ones i take throughout time..the more i look at these, the more i dont like them. his gift to me was much better (see next post for details).

The Anniversary Gift

2009-03-26T16:51:00.012-05:00

Tony took me to the Rodeo for our two year anniversary!!

"Give the Monkey a Quarter for Good Luck!" what a hoax! i didnt even win the raffle. i guess im just a sucker for little furry things. and tonys so good to me for giving me that quarter.

..and for buying me a tiny cup of oats for a dollar so i could feed the animals :)

i think they caught on that my food was exactly the same food as all the other little kids.

"llamaaa ffaaaaccee!"

we love each other.

But he was my favourite...

that was until he got mad that i stopped paying attention to him and started punching my hip. hes going knock some little kid out one of these days.

you just cant keep your paws off that cute little butt. i dont blame you, mr. goat.

i dont want to hear it, aunt raine.

poor lil cowlets. tony says they're tough and it doesnt hurt them when the cowboys throw them on their back and tie up their feets.

the big ol bulls were fun. especially when they attacked the rodeo clowns after the rider fell off.

The broncos noses would almost touch the ground, they were bucking so hard.

this was my favourite part of the night. a little boy came out on horse back and the announcer introduced him, i think he was 11? and he had said that he had wanted the crowd to see the horses that they had used that night from the rodeo in their natural state...

...which showed their true beauty. it gave us the goosebumps and i..got something in my eye. they looked so much more comfortable and natural, all in a pack, all different colours. i loved it.

and tony bought me a giant turkey leg.

and my surprise of the night was Josh Turner!

Dang, i sure got me a good man.

Little Surfer Girl

2009-03-24T11:04:00.010-05:00

Becky came down to Houston for Spring Break so we took a roadtrip! Mike taught me how to surf on some baby waves at Galviston Beach.

There she goes on her own. lets see how she does...

maybe....

WIPE OOUUTTT.

"alright yall i got this next wave, really"

...if it comes.

mayyybbeee...

aaand, nope.

So everyone but Berk got up and left for a minute just in time for my 20 seconds of fame, when i actually stood up and surfed. And of course i dont have a picture of it because berk had just put the camera down. at least shes my eye witness. you can ask her how cool i was. because i was definitely way cool.

The Crawdad Boil

2009-03-19T15:47:00.010-05:00

So, for all you people who grew up with me, a "Crawdad" is a Crayfish. so when we went behind Westerly to catch the crayfish, we could have had a feast. and to think all those years we thought they were poisonous baby lobsters!

This was Glens birhtday party. There happened to be a cold front this weekend, hence the coat and red nose.

Aunt Jes and Madeline.

"hey ma, whats this for?"

First and, fortunately, only, keg stand of the night. Poor lil guy.

Mikey gave her a piece of the spiciest corn ive ever had. wish you could see the face shes making in this picture right now.

This doesnt even do justice to how messy this table got. 60lbs of crawdads and even more corn and potatoes and artichoke. it was wonderful.

Towards the end of the night, and after at least 2 bottles of whatever, Glen decided it was time to sing to me.

Got him! he should have been more careful.

Off to the Races Again!

2009-03-05T16:46:00.007-06:00

Our sunday afternoon outside adventures! Monty, Medussa and i hung from trees...

Played Hide-and-Go-Seek...

a few rounds of "I Spy with my little eye"...

went back to our tree house...

caught some rays...

and took a nice long nap before calling it a day.

We went to the Drag Races. so much fun, minus the fact that a big fat cold front came in and froze us all to death. it was 20degrees that night on some metal bleechers...and WINDY as heck. (monty and meddy did not come with.)

There's Jeff in the white truck..for some reason we didnt get pictures on jim in his mustang. but they both did very well.

there he goooeeess...

and jeff wins! yay! the fastest car we saw went a quarter mile in 8.9 seconds.

The Sour Puss Sequence..

2009-03-03T11:37:00.006-06:00

Daddy gave Grant a lime at the Texican...

Don't even say "poor thing" you know you're guilty of giving a baby something sour, too. p.s. please feel free to click on the second to last picture to enlarge that little mug.

some Valentines day Cheesiness

2009-02-23T11:07:00.015-06:00

Tony and Trina. Teresa has the best view for sunsets at her house.

Good ol' Uncle Tony.

Tony and mom on the new huge four wheeler.

Okay, Mrs. Garner, you happy now? To fill y'all in, Sara has recently told me that i need to hurry up and have a baby so my Blog isnt 100% an Ode to Tony. So i found a baby, who happens to be one i am quite fond of, to put on my blog for a bit of variety. But really, these next few pictures are for Jensen. Jence, Meet Madeline, also known as your future girlfriend.

How could you deny that little scrunched nose? Exactly; you just cant.

"Right, on to more important issues..who brought the food?"

Aaand we're nose scrunching again. She started doing this recently..mostly when there are men in the room. Gonna be a handfull, that girl.

On the way home from Hamilton Pool..the clouds turned into lava.

For Valentines day Tony surprised me with a trip to Hamilton Pool over in the middle of nowhere/the "hill country". We hiked around for a while and enjoyed the fantastic weather and trees. beautiful trees.

Didnt mean to upload this but actually its kinda cool. Good job, tone.

We just sat in the cave for a while..it was really reeaally nice to get away from the city once again.

...i warned you with the Title of this Blog... it's gonna be cheesseebbaaalll!

This whole cave used to be an under-ground river but it caved in.

Wilson tags along most everywhere we go.

my hand looks like a blown up rubber glove. ew. and i LOVE my scarf, berk.

Another one of Tony's creations. He loves taking pictures, too.

Uh oh, here we go with the Black and white again. Just to warn yall, i tend to jump in and out of the B&W phases a lot. Sometimes im obsessed with unrealistically bright colours, and then all of the sudden i get it in my head that no picture should be in anything but Black and White.

aaaaaawwwwwwwwww.

Come on..it's Valentines day.

You can't tell me this doesnt look like something from the Labyrinth or Never Ending Story. See the face??

The big Pool.

Just as we we're reaching the cave over the big pool it started raining pretty hard for a good five minutes..but that was just enough to the the "waterfall" that dumps over the ledge going. Perfect timing.

More pictures for Sara..see? no tonys in this picture at all! ;)

i wanted to stay and take pictures all day. that place is gorgeous. worth at least ten more trips this summer.

Ode to the trees, whos branches well please, and overlook the seas, sprawling in all degrees, giving shade, breath, and ease...haha, Sara i'm totally just trying to pull your chain. i'm sorry, i so love you to death.

a secret little baby cave i found. and thats the end of valentines day! Here are some randoms i decided to post.

Hmm, flat tire. Not the favourite thing to see when youre fiiinally stepping out of the office at 5:03.

Hmmmm..another flat tire. What else is new?

Well at least it's not a flat tire! Ever heard of a Slave Cylinder? Cause appearantly it can go bad on a truck.

The end! Sorry, that was the longest post of my life.

gotta love me a Tony.

2009-02-13T14:04:00.000-06:00

and the Moldy Peaches could not have said it better when they sang the simple words "i don't see what anyone can see in anyone else but you"

i figured if it was interesting enough to stare, then it was definitely picture-worthy.

what a mug. love that crooked little smile.

these were all candid, by the way. except for the first one and kinda the crooked smile one. obviously.

but this one is an all time favourite. we were walking across our backyard to get to our sunset lookout place. i didnt even see that he was holding his hand out for me until i looked at the picture.

in loving memory of Pepper..

2009-02-12T09:39:00.001-06:00

We love you Pepper. I am so lucky to have had you as such a great friend. Tony says there's tons of peanut butter M&M's in heaven for you. Sleep happy, my little Pepper Corn. I miss you.

the game of horseshoes.

2009-02-11T12:42:00.000-06:00

this is what we three do. i play with the camera and the boys play shoes..cause basically i am terrible at it, and id rather watch. this was a ridiculously beautiful day. more pictures from this day are to come.

now theres someone who is very happy to throw a chunk of metal across the yard.

boy concentrates more on horseshoes than anyone ive ever met.

"oh, did you get that release, jess!? cause that was a ringer. now youll know the correct form." he says.

my favourite horseshoe-er in the world.

i have FOUND it...

2009-01-30T14:03:00.000-06:00

the thing i have been living without all my life! finally! look how little and absolutely adorable she is!! see alex. if everyone had a pig, i would still need this one.

come ON. how can you not NEED that little snout in your home??

This is my "ohhhh pleeeaaasssee tonyyy?? pleasetonypleasetonypleasetony!?!?" face.

The Miracle of the Camera Phone

2009-01-13T13:58:00.000-06:00

All these are from my camera phone..hence the terrible quality..but ive been wanting to get them on here ever though they are quite random. The cute gingerbread house Tone and i made at dads house when we were there for thanksgiving.

This is the chick that tried to flip a U out of nowhere when we were minding our own business, cruising down our own lane..

and this is why you get a Jeep instead of the car you get Daddy to buy you. (Tim still says i have bad Mojo and that i shouldnt be allowed to ride in his Jeep anymore..i was in the front seat when this happened)

Kenny and Shelly's wedding. And no one looked better in their tux that night than my anthony.

Tony's birthday present. What a hard life.

"Oh, a picture?? I don't remember the last time i took a picture with a beau like this!"

At Huntington Beach on Graduation day. hehe.

aaaaand we can cant even have a vacation without tony coming to the rescue. he somehow always seems to have his nose stuck in the engine of whatever the heck it is someone is driving. this happens to be a house boat.

Haedyn and i waited patiently and ate our chocolate pudding until unlce tony fixed the engine and came out to play with us.

Me and the TwoTone on the way to the beach-house.

Me and Slim. Tony cant seem to keep me from taking lost dogs with me wherever i go.

The Morgan 33. Our home for two months while we sailed down the Cali coast toward Mexico. Long story.

Our "insurance" as tony called it. these life rafts cost about 2000 bucks..we found this one on craigslist for 300 and the guy gave it to us for 200 and threw in some fishing gear and a knee board. we blew it up by hand to make sure it was legit, but it has a canister that pops it up in emergencies in about 5 seconds. we still arent sure if the canister works. but we have a life raft!

Tony Tony Tony. i thought california was supposed to be hot in the summer. i guess no one said california WATERS are hot in the summer. blast.

Me and Dad's cousin, Kent outside the Disney Studios. We dropped by towards the end of our embarkment. He works there so he gave us a tour and took us to lunch. please note the bunny ears on my head. sure is dads cousin.

And we will end with this picture of Morro Bay. Needless to say, cameras, especially camera phones, cannot capture the real thing. There's our boat somewhere in that mess of boats docked. I sent this picture to Sara and all i can think about when i see this is the comment she made about it. "Why are some people so lucky that they get to live in these places?" The earths beauty baffles my mind.

My lil pets

2009-01-08T15:02:00.001-06:00

Although it looks that way, Monty loves Medussa and does not have her in a head-lock.

See? they love each other.

a whole different kind of "pets".

My sweet babies.

this turned colour psycho for some reason. look how yellow meddie is compared to monty.

she was in a better prairie-dog mode but started coming down before i got the picture. there goes monty in the background. they love it here and i love letting them roam cause theres lots of room before they can find a tiny dark hole to get stuck in.

shes catching up length-wise. gotta get more rats in her and fatten her up.

shines blue and red in the light...kinda like deli cut roast beef.

And here's the Buster. he doesnt like my back seat photo shoots as much as kiki and jensen do.

we're workin on it, though.

there's a smile. actually it was a sneeze. right on my lense.

Dads Pride n' Joy

2009-01-06T10:14:00.000-06:00

Tonys little brother, Tim, and his friends decided to rebuild this car from top to bottom to give to their dad as a total surprise. It is the car, colour and everything, that Bob's dad owned, and the car he dated their mom in. It's a '59 Pontiac...and a BOAT. you'll have to ask timmy or tone what all is under the hood and what had to be done with it, cause i couldnt tell you, but its amazing. you wouldnt believe how many people come up to you in the parking lot and make a ten minute store run turn into an hour long event. here is a quick photo shoot. Click on each picture to get a way better look.

The Trail of Lights

2008-12-31T13:53:00.000-06:00

He looked like a softer ride than the raccoon..and cuter, too.

this was uploaded by accident. i think it was when tony and i made an awesome dinner with mashed tatoes and venison and asparagus all topped with a chipotle cream sauce. daaang!

The entrance to the trail of lights. different sponsors each decorated their own huge tree and you could walk down the path and see all the different lights. such a cute idea. like the fire department decorated their tree with reds and oranges and yellows and it looked like fire.

Her first Christmas.

This tree looks like it was dipped in sprinkles...i wish this picture did it justice.

i think someone misunderstood the concept.

The end of the trail of lights..this sequence is pretty much all backwards..but thats okay.

This is us trying to squeeze and make room for the giant Christmas tree in the picture.

i want all those stars. this was a fun night.

i dont exactly why i look so goofy in ever one of these pictures..but just go with it.

the most elegant pose ever.

why is he so much cuter than i am upside-down?

my point proven again.

This is under the giant Christmas tree they make in zilker park every year. everyone goes and drinks cocoa and eats kettle corn and snuggles and spins under the lights. these faces usually arent planned.

Maddie had a great time under the giant tree.

There she goes!

My hard-core boyfriend just can't hide that sweet little face.

Meet Blake. We like him.

Just Playin Around with Some Randoms

2008-12-17T11:43:00.000-06:00

My hunter. Most of these are from a random photo shoot at the ranch.

The "ugly rock quarry" at the ranch that Tony and i secretly think is beautiful.

i call this one "A Broken Down Tractor and Clean Socks".

More of the rock quarry.

Yes, i definitely sat right on top of one when i was taking this picture. i swear up and down that it wasnt there when i looked!

Cutest thing in my world. cant get enough of him.

From the trip to Ohio for Thanksgiving...once upon a time i was the tall one.

i already miss them way too much.

The fam. Every time i look at this picture, i wonder why we all kept crouching lower..and lower..and lower.....sara is practically folded in half.

yes, i was bored. i was just hoping that maybe by posting pictures on blogspot, i would be setting a good example for my big sister...hint hint. if you click on this picture it gives a close up and our eyes look super crazy.

we are painting the room! i am finally getting my red walls. i love love love it, but...as much as i dont want to admit it...i do understand why dad wouldnt help me paint a red room at home.

i love my little camera. i need to learn to pull it out more. and no, i didnt draw this paint on the can, it really dripped down on its own like that.

The building of the Christmas tree

2008-12-08T14:09:00.000-06:00

its our first Christmas together, technically..so for family home evening (a day early because we were too excited to wait) we put up our Christmas Tree!! Yay!! The angels were all too fat and ugly so we have a star, and lucked out on a really pretty one.

Yay for fake Christmas Trees!

Fluffing the branches with Blake in the background.

Dang those tree hugging hippies..

I think I inherited moms OCD-ness with the lights. and Mr. Scrooge (AKA Blake) would rather play Tony Hawk Pro Skater than help with the tree. Humbug.

48 mini blue and silver balls. that was really fun. i just realized im going to have to go home tonight and straighten out the bottom of that tree..the left side is lower than the right. i have a feeling that every time i walk past it im going to spend ten minutes changing things around.

and for the final touch. boy, he makes that tree look short.

"Jes, Did you really think i was going to let you have Christmas without a Christmas tree?" He's so good to me :)

A Few Randoms

2008-12-04T13:47:00.000-06:00

had to put this one in here..its a forever favourite from Egypt.

Halloween...Michael Jackson and a Pirate..quite the couple. Tony was a major hit..again, this picture does not do his entire costume justice.

two of many favourite pictures of mr. anthony.

Cozumel, Mexico

2008-12-04T11:22:00.001-06:00

Most of the time we were there it was raining so hard..which was freaking awesome. We rented a Jeep and went off-roading. We brought our snorkel gear and felt the rain on our backs and crazy fish on our bellies. We went to a secluded beach and snorkeled, but then a big group of chinese people came with tour guides. One tour guide was surrounded by a million fish and i didnt understand, so i swam up to him and realized he had stuffed his pockets with some kind of smelly meat. he handed me some and the fish were attacking me. it was so fun.

us at a mini bay.

you can see the rain clouds in this one. this is when i had to wash rotten coconut juice off of me. i smashed one on the rocks and it squirted naassttyy black poop juice on me. yuuuck.

my boy. he's so cute.

this doesnt do justice to the waves crashing..so beautiful.

our jeep. and a gorgeous island.

wish yall were there. it was so wonderful.

More on the ship

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elevators on a boat. it still baffles my mind.

they had five different scenes. we played with them all. so fun.

they poked fun of me cause i "wasnt even aiming" ..but i was raised that you do nnoottt point guns at other people. and yes, that hat was huge.

you cant see the amazing-ness of our outfits..that hundreds of people have worn before us..siiicckk.

his turned out better.

this was us trying to sneak a free picture... but with our luck it turned out crazy-like.

Next stop...Jamaica!

Jamaica

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More from the Cruise, as promised.

that poor sunburned lady in the background looks miserable.

Of course..this nice man asked for money after the pictures were taken. who'da guessed.

Climbing up the giant waterfall in Jamaica.

it was like a jungle. trees growing right out of the waterfall.

no..it wasnt that deep right there.

tony made sure i got soaked.

i dont know why this picture has crazy colouring to it..but i think its kinda cool.

The Cruise

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Heres parts of the cruise..im not going to get to finish cause i dont have a lot more time, but ill finish later.
Here's dinner. we loved getting dressed up every night. we felt so shmancy.

Us cheering for our Red Team on team night.

niiiiiiice. the food was amazing. so thats pretty much all we did.

This is one of the formal nights for dinner.

my handsom man.

meee! more later.

The hunting trip

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Here's some pictures of the trip...don't look at them if you get squirmy. Nothing too bad, but i just wanted to give a lil fair warning.
A friend has 5000 acres in Menard, TX and said we could come get a buck. Funny thing is, Tone and i were thinking "well if we have all that meat we are going to need a deep freeze cause we dont have enough room" next morning we drove past the neighbors house, who had put out a deep freeze to trash. Now we have a deep freeze! Here is me waiting..

And waiting...and i played with my camera.

And waited til the sun came up.

And here he comes..our spike (a spike is a buck with horns that are not symmetrical, or horns that dont fork) and no "real hunters" want them cause they arent trophy bucks.

and i got him! all these texan deer are so small cause there is nothing for them to eat. i was surprised that my ohio deer could kick any deer in texas' butt...yet another thing that proves the statement "everything's bigger in Texas" to be false.

tony cleaned him for me.

It was a new experience for the both of us.

i was just telling tony how i was so glad that i was wearing a pink shirt in these pictures :)

And thats it! you can open your eyes now, sara.

Weekend at The Ranch

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Self Explanatory.

The four wheeler was a big hit. Thanks, Teresa! Here's tim and kels before the chain popped off.

How many Edwards' does it take to start a four wheeler?

We all took turns shooting at a cardboard box about three feet in front of us..."Gansta Style"

Thought we had more pictures than this. Sorry mom..You'll see more of the ranch, soon..ill be better at the picture taking.

Wurstfest

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Well there were more cowboy hats than lederhosen at this specific german festival. Made me miss my Deutschland.

But the food was still amazing. Kenny and John going to town on their pair of turkey legs.

Mike was pretty upset about them not checking his safety bar.

Again, the beard, or lack-thereof.

Somehow only Mike always seems to spot the camera during the "candid" shots.

Tim soon realized why they ask you to keep your arms inside the vehical at all times.

It got a little late, and as dad always said.. "Nothing good happens after midnight", not that this was hilarious or anything. Sorry, Daniel, but as official designated drivers, we have every right to post this picture (he sat in his drink after feeling the need to dance on tonys shoulders).

The Cut...

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Okay yall. Here is my attempt at this blogging stuff. Sara's is just so cute that I had to try my own. Of course, I won't have any (well, as many) pictures of Jensen, but we still have Tony to bring adorableness to the site...don't tell him I said that.

So here we have our favourite Mr. Anthony, and yes, the rumours are true. Drum roll, please....

The beard is going...

...going...

...trimmed! The plan was to shave it completely, but I thought he was suuuper cute like this. I mean, rugged and manly.