Weekend O' Fun

Nathan's brother Aaron and his wife Carolyn came to visit this past weekend and we had some fun showing them around. Really they had a medical conference that the Air Force sent Aaron to in New Orleans and since they were so close they took the opportunity to come hang out with us for a few days. We had a lot of fun and we are looking forward to seeing the rest of Nathan's family in April for grandma Petersen's birthday party.

We took a ferry from Galveston over to Galveston island to see Crystal beach.

This photo of the freighter ship is courtesy of Carolyn and her camera. She said she liked the way the ship looked with the palm trees.

So below is on Crystal Beach. If click on the photo and look at it enlarged you can see an oil rig in the ocean background above Corinne's head.

And here is Aaron and Carolyn. Notice all the tire tracks in the background behind them ... here in Texas it is not illegal to drive on the beach. That has got to reek some havoc on the shellfish.

This is a crazy beach house we saw at Crystal Beach. Again the photo is courtesy of Carolyn. It is three little sheds with lots of porch space. I wonder if they built it in stages or if they built it all at once.

We also took Aaron and Carolyn to our favorite Texas state park, Brazos bend. The alligators just sit on the path and pretty much just hang out. We saw lots of alligators like this one on this trip as well as the one we went when my mom went with us in January. This trip though we brought our camera.

We are standing on a bridge in this photo just incase anyone thought we were taking the baby out of the stroller too close to the alligator seen on the lower left.

Aaron and Carolyn in the swamp lands.

Aaron was very kind to walk Gabby the entire time we were at the park. We have not trained her very well as far as taking walks go. She must have been part sled dog in her previous life. She pulls so hard when you walk her that she she chokes herself and makes a lot of noise breathing. It is kind of embarrassing.