What is the BBQ Cookoff? I took this directly from the website: The San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo Bar-B-Que Cookoff is an annual event that occurs prior to the start of the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo. Nearly 300 teams of the world’s best Barbequers compete in this championship event. There is live music throughout the day, [...]
One of our favorite things to do when we have a long weekend is to head down to the Gulf of Mexico and spend some time in the sand. Lily was with her dad for the holiday weekend so this is the first time we have ever gone without bringing someone else along. It turned [...]
I have always been a fan of vodka martinis. I like drinking out of the martini glasses, the vodka and the olives. If I order one in a restaurant I always ask for it slightly dirty. Any time I have one at home I always have JP make it because he seems to make the [...]
I play sports 3 times a week. Friday I play softball with Beer-ific, Sunday softball with Not Them Again… Again, and Tuesday kickball with Kicking Balls. I don’t show up as often as I used to because sometimes I am out of town but when I do I always have a blast. I was going [...]
Last night before we went to bed Angela told me that her mom was taking the day off of work today to hang out with us. Our plan was to hit the beach. This is my second trip here and until today we had’nt spent any time just beachin it. Our first stop was at [...]
Usually I play softball on Tuesdays but the season ended a couple weeks ago. As you know my Sunday softball has also ended so you won’t hear me talking about softball again until the spring. Luckily JP is in town this whole week so he has been able to keep me entertained. We don’t usually [...]
The entire time I have lived in San Antonio I have heard people talk about Wurstfest every November. I guess I always kinda assumed German festivals would be in September/October because of Oktoberfest but this one isn’t. You can read the history of this festival if you click HERE. As you already know I am [...]
Today I had a pretty perfect day! It started with Lily wanting JP to help her make me breakfast in bed. But since the fridge was pretty empty they had to get creative. JP brewed some coffee and Lily cut the cake. I mean coffee + birthday cake = coffee cake, right? Then as I [...]
It is no secret that the Mariner’s are having about as good of a season as Seattle is a summer. But regardless of that how could a trip to Seattle be complete without a baseball game? Here are 4 of the 13 tickets that got my group into tonights game.! Even JP’s parents Marlene and Bob joined [...]
Every once in awhile something happens. I can’t really explain it. And I don’t usually know that it is happening. Then the sun sets and as I lay snug in my bed a thought occurs to me. I DIDN’T TAKE A PICTURE OF ANYTHING TODAY! In my head I recapped my day and I totally did things [...]
Today Sarah’s childhood friend Kris drove down from Dallas to spend the evening with us. It has been a long time coming but I finally found a girl who is more sarcastic than I am. If you can’t take a joke we are not the people you want to hang out with. I loved it! [...]
You know how I am always preaching to you guys about keeping your digital pictures safe by archiving them by sending them up to the sky? Well let me tell you a little story and give you another example why it is fun to be able to go back and walk down memory lane! I have blogged about my [...]
I have a tendancy to find something that I like then do it over and over and over again until I am completely tired of it. Right now crawfish is my thing. Remember we had it last week when we took Amanda to Willie’s to try it for the first time? Well I am at it again only this [...]
Yesterday we took Stephanie and David to the airport and they headed back to Seattle. Amanda has decided to stay a little longer and spend some time making decisions. I haven’t taken many pictures in the last two days but when I looked back at the photos from this weekend I realize just how much I [...]
I love it when people come to our softball games so naturally I was thrilled that Amanda, Stephanie and David were coming with me this week! They were playing but I knew that would be up in the stands cheering us on. It was actually the perfect game for them to come to because we [...]
Today my other bff Stephanie and her boyfriend David came to spend the weekend with us. By the time I got home from work JP had already picked them up from the airport and they were at my house waiting for me. These are three of my favorite girls! Amanda, Stephanie and Lily. Since Stephanie doesn’t [...]
Today we took Amanda out to dinner so that she could try crawfish for the first time. For anyone who hasn’t tried it it’s pretty freakin good. One very important thing is to order beer along with it because they are spicy! We ordered the family order that came with crawfish, sausage, potatoes and corn. Amanda says “Eat [...]
We had our 2nd game of the spring SSC season today. We had a 9:30pm game and won! Here is “Not Them Again”! Our record is now 1-1. Besides the actual game one of my favorite parts of playing softball is hanging out with my friends afterward. Here is me and Jen! And me, Jen, [...]
I pulled this from wikipedia. Fiesta is an annual 10-day city-wide festival held in April to honor the memory of the heroes of the Battle of the Alamo and the Battle of San Jacinto. Over 100 events take place during the anniversary of Texas’ independence from Mexico. The festival’s beginnings date back to 1891 when [...]
There is a reason that they say not to drink and drive… and I am not talking about cars! Someone… err I mean some people thought it was a good idea to go for a bike ride to the beach. So we hopped on and headed to the beach. Go Angela, go! Sure we had [...]
My first full day in Florida was a lot like I expected it to be. It sure is warm and sunny there. The heat is a different kind of heat than I have ever been in before… very humid! I was lucky enough to be able to go out on a boat for a pub crawl. Sonia, [...]
We lived through night #1 of the road trip! The plan was to walk around, buy a couple souvenirs and get at least half of the rest of the way to Florida. First we played around by the statues. Then we went out to lunch. I have never tasted crawfish as good as these guys [...]
In the past I have told you guys a lot about my softball teams. I post a lot of team pictures but I never really post any action shots. If action shots are what you have been waiting for today is your lucky day! We have played our asses off every week for the last 6 [...]
I guess when I think about Arizona lakes are not one of the first things that come to mind. We decided we wanted to go boating so I did a little bit of googling and figured out that the largest lake near Phoenix is Lake Pleasant. According to the website they have over 10,000 acres [...]
I played in a couple softball games today but I totally slacked on the picture taking. Here are some the cupcakes that I brought to the game with me. Yes, they are from Target! Like I said I snapped less than 10 pictures today. Here is Jimmy at 3rd. Michael telling us how it should be. [...]
If you love to shop then next time you are in San Antonio make sure to ask me to take you to The Shops at La Cantera. It is an outdoor shopping mall with pretty much every store you can think of inside of it. When I go there I usually park at Macys but today I had [...]
Me and JP headed down to Fatso’s Sports Garden to watch the Seattle Seahawks vrs Chicago Bears game today. Although its kinda far from our house we chose Fatso’s because that is where the passionate fans hang out. When we walked into the bar the entire bar… literally THE ENTIRE BAR started hooting and hollering [...]
As we all know the Seattle Seahawks pulled off a major upset and defeated last years Super Bowl Champs the New Orleans Saints! Our friend Jared in Michigan is a huge Saints fan and this is what he has to say about the game. The next game up was the Indianapolis Colts vrs New York [...]
Did you know that Lansing is the capital of Michigan? We spent day #2 in Lansing with my brother Alex and his family. First we headed to Kelli’s cousin Brian’s house for some tailgating. Me and JP went for a walk down by the river. Don’t you love the fall leaves! Then we headed to [...]
Today me and a few of my friends went out for drinks. Here is Saher, Me and Angela. I am not sure what is happening in this picture? Bottoms up! Judy and Joey showin some love!
We didn’t realize that today was when daylight savings time went back to standard time until JP’s mom Marlene reminded us midway through the day. After a day of shopping, JP and I went to to the San Antonio Yacht Club for food and drinks. Does the name of this place make anyone else think twice? Hint: San Antonio is [...]
On my drive home today I saw a rainbow. Here in San Antonio they just passed a law about texting and driving.. but they never said anything about taking pictures and driving. Imagine my disapointment when I realized you can’t really see the rainbow in the picture. Can you see it? JP is out of [...]
We had our 3rd game of the season today. We lost the game 8-14 but we still had a lot of fun. The league that we play on wrote about our game last week against Dixen Chicks. Check it out → http://sanantoniossc.com/tracker_softball/ After the game Levi declared himself as #1. Rickey said “Awe ain’t I [...]
Today we were up earlier than usual because I had a 10:00am kickball game. We lost the first game 3-5 but we won the second game 9-0 due to a forefit. Here are the Ball Kickers. JP is the biggest sports fan I have ever had. He goes to almost all of my kickball, softball & volleyball games. I [...]
We had two kickball games today. We won the first game 4-1 but we lost the second game 0-12… ouch! Here I am trying to hide from the blazing hot sun. And here are the Ball Kickers. From left to right: Dave, Barbara, Obie, Mario, Cathy, Jeff, Michelle, Me, Cesar & Jerry. After the game [...]
Me and JP played our first game of Table Shuffleboard today. I am not very good at losing and he killed me but I am totally willing to play him again. I thought that the stuff on the table was salt until I had JP taste it. Has anyone ever played this before?
This morning we found this huge guitar near our hotel. After we checked out of the hotel we headed out to Lake Travis. We rented a boat and spend the next 4 hours in the blazing hot sun. The high temperature for Austin today is suppose to be 102!!! You can see me taking this picture [...]
Here is the Furies softball team! The Furies was originally formed as a family softball team. Then a few non-family people joined, specifically me, Cathy and Rickey that I know about. Last night one of the teams we played was also a family team and it got me thinking. What if my family had a [...]
Last week we decided that we are going to try to visit a different town in Texas every Sunday for the entire summer. This weeks choice was Luckenbach, TX. I am sure that everyone has heard the song… ♪♫…let’s go to Luckenbach Texas with Waylon and Willie and the boys… ♪♫ Last year for his birthday [...]
We like Lone Star on hot Sundays! Check out my Lone Star shirt!
