A day at the aquarium

Jeff's parents came into town from Monterey, California, and we went with them and
Jeff's sisters family to the aquarium down on Galveston Island, which is about forty five minutes from Houston. Although Jeff's parents are used to the famous "Monterey Bay Aquarium", it was still pretty impressive. They had sharks, turtles, penguins, and a bunch of other animals. It was a really fun day.

They had this cool tunnel where it looks like you are in the aquarium

My new favorite animals are penguins. They were so funny to watch! They have a lot of personality.

The seahorses were weird. I had never seen them up close before and I learned something crazy about them - the males are the ones that get pregnant and deliver the babies (up to 400 embryos at a time) . . . .if only that happened with humans!

schools of fish

We went out to eat with Jeff's parents. We went to Jeff's favorite place "Star Pizza". It's a famous restaurant in downtown Houston and the pizza is sooo good.

Eating with Jeff's parents

Snakes and Stars

We went with Jeff's sister Jo's family and his parents to this State Park called Brazo's Bend (the place where there are a bunch of wild alligators). It was too windy and the alligators were all underwater, but they had a snake exhibit in the lodge, and Jeff made me hold the snakes. Gross! It took awhile for me to get the courage, but I am proud to say that I actually held a snake. They also had a bunch of telescopes later on at night and we got to look at the surface of the moon and stuff.

At first, this is all I could do....just put my finger on the snake and say I touched it....but....

....after a little squealing....I held the snake on my own! I was seriously freaking out!

I don't know what it is with boys and snakes...

Our cool glasses, during the astronomy presentation.

3 years ago . . .

Today marks 3 years since Jeff proposed to me (4 months exactly before our wedding day). I can't believe it's been that long! I had no idea he was going to propose that night. I thought we were going on a sleigh ride with his co-workers from Sundance. When we got there these "friends" coincidentally didn't show up (my first inkling something was up). We first went on a sleigh ride around the Homestead resort (in Utah) and then Jeff got a call from his friend Chris. Jeff said we had to walk over to meet him so we treked across a huge field of snow (it was FREEZING outside! think 20 degrees) and arrived at a patch of sand with tiki torches set up, a pink blanket he made, and Jeff's guitar. I was in shock! I had always wanted to be proposed to on a beach and when I was living in Utah I figured that dream was over. Jeff knew this so he made a beach for me! Earlier that day he hauled tons of sand over to a tarped area and poured it around and then set up tiki torches to make it feel like a beach. He played a song on his guitar he wrote for me (recounting various dates we had been on) and then got down on his knee and proposed! It was so exciting and romantic and of course I said "yes!" immediately. Since his friend was there setting up the last minute things, he got some pictures afterwards. It was such a great night! I love Jeff so much! He is a wonderful husband and does so many sweet things for me. He really is a modern day "renaissance man". I always get so jealous of his talents! On top of that he is so funny and keeps me laughing no matter what.