New Pictures

I just uploaded a ton of pictures to my Flickr! You can check those out HERE. Thanks for looking! I love ya'lls support. Thanks, sourpatch!

Botanical Gardens

In the botanical gardens today. We saw: (all photos were taken today by me at the botanical gardens) ... benches... ...flowers...

... a stinkbug...

... a rose garden...

... water lily's...

...biting fish (THAT, was fun)...

... more flowers...

... a lake...

... water puddles...

... flowers (Isn't it great?!)... ...flowers (it's what the Botanical Gardens are supposed to have, right?)... ...statues... ... fruit ladden trees...

... light...

I had a wonderful time just going and taking pictures. We also went to CiCi's afterward which was a humongous plus!! Yayy! I do have some more pictures, so, check my Photography Blog for more. sourpatch

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!!

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!!

Another Mother's Day is here, Bringing joy and pleasures new, On this special day, Mother dear, want to remember you. I cannot give you costly gifts, And I've told you this before, No matter what I give to you, You give back much, much more. I'm giving you a pure, sweet rose, Gathered in the early morn, This rose you planted in my heart, The day that I was born. In kindly, loving thoughts of you, And with the faith you still impart, The rose I give to you today, Is the love that's in my heart.

I hope everybody has a really, really nice Mothers Day! The kind you deserve! With Love, sourpatch

Carnival and Other Stuff

I just got to thinking!! I forgot to mention the 4-H Bread Baking Contest. I won 3rd place in the county competition for my banana nut bread. Rachel also won 1st place for her yeast bread.

Moving on to today. We finished up the IBLP class this morning with 3 hours of it. It was a good class, and I'm glad I went through it. It just got long in some parts. Next, is the carnival we went to yesterday. It was really fun walking around it and looking at the wares people were selling. I ended up buying a bracelet and getting a half of a geod rock. My friend and I got to split the rock in half. It looks really neat inside. It has all sizes of purple crystals, making for a really neat rock!! The bracelet I got was from Ecuador. This Indian guy said his family made it by hand down in Ecuador. I guess they ship goods up to him and he sells them in the states. Here are pictures:

I'll keep you posted! (haha! posted, you get it, right?) tootles and !adios! ~ sourpatch

My Orthodontist Visit

We went to the orthodontist this afternoon. I got x-rays, pictures, made molds, and spacers. I had to get 8 whole spacers! They are tiny blue rings that go in between your teeth. They had to put them in to make room for the braces that I am going to get next Wednesday. I have already had braces, but that was when I was 7-years-old, so now I have to get the "second phase" put on. I will only have to have them on 1 1/2 to 2 years. I got braces when I was younger because my teeth came in sideways. My gums were inflamed all the time because of this, too. But, saying that, we basically straightened my baby teeth which all fell out. So I took some Tylenol and dealt with the pain for a few hours. I finally got some taquitos for dinner. That's it! sourpatch

Pictures from Brownsville and Mexico

I took this picture through the car window when we were crossing the border into Mexico. I just thought it was kind of interesting. How often to you come upon a sign like that?! This is the river bend in the Rio Grande. The grass right in front of you is America, and the other side of the river is Mexico. My grandfather's house is about 1/3 mile from here. He saw some illegal Mexicans swim across before, too.

He is one of the cowboys that ran the King Ranch in the southern tip of Texas.

This is in the marketplace of Matamorous, Mexico, right across the Texas border. My grandpa took us there. So sanitary, isn't it?

In the middle of the marketplace...

Before my grandpa died, we went to Brownsville, TX, and Matamorous, Mexico. These are pictures that my family took. Enjoy, sourpatch

More Pictures...

My Pictures

Here are some pictures I have taken on a previous vacation.