Crab Boil

Saturday we went to our first crab boil at the beach. The girls had a great time playing with the crawfish and Ava found a hermit crab in the water. We played with that for a while then let him go. Not really my kind of dinner but Adiah and Ava loved the shrimp. It was huge but, I couldn't get past the fact that it wasn't deveined. Yuck! There were two huge tubs with shrimp, crab, sausage, corn on the cob, crawfish and potatoes. Sounds pretty good but it was all just dumped on this big piece of plywood in the middle of everything. It was fun and I would definitely do it again but, I would probably bring a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for me.

Congratulations Danae!!!

Valedictorian 2009
Grandma Nilene's great-grandkids
Oakley
Cunningham Grandkids Just chillin

Aunt Rhonda and Jodi
Dylan and Adiah
Kayla and Ava

Memorial Day at the Bright's

Memorial Day was so much fun. Grilling out with friends and playing guitar hero. It doesn't get better than that. We feel so lucky to have made such great friends that we love to just "hang out" with.

Honestly, I'm just trying to get caught up on posting pictures and so I went ahead and added the snake pics. This was not a memorial day event. It came a few days later. Jason was lucky enough to go head to head against a diamond back rattlesnake. Fortunately, Jason won. Thank goodness. :0)



So much fun.
Look at these two cuties eyes. They are really something.
Jason on the guitar and Adiah singing.
Karston is great on the drums.
Beautiful Cami.


Gotcha Amber. Look at Amber's photo website amberbrightphotography.com

Summer Fun

And it's only June.

School's Out!!!

Wednesday was the last day of school. I am so glad that we survived our first school year in Corpus Christi. God really blessed us with wonderful teachers and great friends. It still amazes me how everything just fell into place in order for our move to be so much easier. It also gave me fewer things to get upset about during my 6 months of misery. :0) The sad thing is that I am actually looking forward to next year already so that I can see my "friends" at the school. I will really miss seeing Ms. Bea, the librarian, who took me under her wing and helped me adjust to the new school and new city. Anything I needed, she would know where to find it. She encouraged my need to attend NNL club meetings and luncheons, which I was very hesitant to do and she prompted me to get involved in any social event that was available. She would always tell me, "If you want to join, let me know. I know a lot of people."

Ava has learned so much this year. We are so proud of her and how far she has come. We were a bit concerned about her progress at the beginning of the year but after some hard work and effort on our part she has far exceeded our expectations. Right after Christmas she took off with reading and now loves it and is always asking for a new book. It's hard to believe she ever had any trouble. She is really looking forward to first grade. Her kindergarten teacher, Ms. Moreno, is also moving to first grade and assures me that Ava will be in her class again. We are very excited that she will have one more year with her. She is a great teacher.

Adiah has also learned a lot this year. Most of all how to be a teacher's pet. It's not her fault though. She just happened to form a tight bond with her teacher Ms. Cordell. I think Adiah ran more errands and filed more papers than she did worksheets and spelling tests. She really enjoyed school this year and has said so many times how she likes it so much more than her classes before. Ms. Cordell discussed current events as well as how slim the chances were that the kids would get bit by a shark. Did you know that more people died last year from a toaster than died by a shark bite? Yes, these are the things Adiah learned and loves to tell me. I really hoped she learned a lot more than that but, I honestly don't know. She always did her homework without prompting and we rarely had to check her work. Second grade seemed like a breeze so, I hope we aren't behind next year. :0) Adiah will be attending a school for GT students next year and she is really looking forward to it. We are excited and hope she continues to love school.