Sunday Housework Helper!!

The one house chore that I get help with from Simba is vacuuming.  

Cone of Shame

Simba got neutered on Monday, August 5th and was in the cone for 10 days.  He handled the cone very well, but is happy to finally have it off. 

Simba Finds The Dog In The Mirror

Playing with a pig!

While at home in Missouri Simba found the mirrored bedroom doors and the dog in the mirror. He was very fascinated with the dog in the mirror.

Cooking Class

Wendy was in town last weekend and we all took a cooking class where we learned how to make homemade ricotta.

Sunday At The Ball Park

While in St. Louis Brian took a continuing education class and Jenn spent time with Family and Friends.  On Sunday Jenn meet some Friends for a St. Louis Cardinals game and they were giving out bobbleheads.   Very cool bobblehead!

A New To Us Car and A Trip to Missouri

In the beginning of July we got a new to us car!  2016 Honda CR-V.

Since we got the new car Jenn drove home to Missouri at the end of July with the dogs and Brian flew in to meet them.

Padre Island National Seashore

We spent one afternoon at the Padre Island National Seashore state park.

Fun Facts:

• North Padre Island is the longest undeveloped barrier island in the world (70 miles long)
• The island itself is divided into two parts; North and South Padre Island.  

They had a great exhibit about sea turtles, which they help protect during their migration to/from the beach.  A program (Kemp Ridleys Sea Turtle Program) was started in 1978.  In 2007, a record 128 turtle nests were identified along the beach, with a record 10,594 turtles released back into the wild along the beaches of Padre Island.  Kemp Ridley sea turtles are still the most endangered of all sea turtles.

Lazy Beach Brewing

One eveneing, we visited a local craft brewery; Lazy Beach Brewing and ate street tacos from Jefe's Food Truck.

It was a full moon after getting back to the house

Corpus Christi Aquarium

After visiting the USS Lexington, Brian and I walked across the bay and visited the Corpus Christi Aquarium.

(Stock photo from on-line of the Aquarium taken in the evening)

USS Lexington

Brian and I spent one afternoon while in Corpus visiting the USS Lexington (CV-16), which is a US Decommissioned Aircraft Carrier (in 2003).  Construction on it started in 1940, it was launched in 1942, and commissioned in 1943.  It is currently docked in Corpus Christi, Texas and is a museum.

Fun Facts:

• There has been 7 USS Lexingtons':
• 1776 (a two masted sailing vessel)
• 1825 (a warship with a single gun deck which carried 18 guns)
• 1861 (a timerclad gunboat)
• 1917 (SP-705; a patrol vessel)
• 1922 (CC-1; a battle-cruiser)
• 1927 (CV-2; a Lexington-class aircraft carrier)
• 1943 (CV-16; an Essex-class aircraft carrier)
• It was originally build to be named the USS Cabot, but in 1942, the shipyard crew petitioned to have its name changed to the Lexington, as the shipyard originally built the USS Lexington (CV-2 [1927])
• Nicknamed The Blue Ghost by the Japanese as it was rumored to have been sunk several times and then would reappear shortly after and fully functioning.
• In 1980, the USS Lexington became the first aircraft carrier to have women stationed abroad it.
• It could carry 110 aircraft.

A Pearl Harbor exhibit aboard the ship

Before and after pictures of ships docked at Pearl Harbor

The USS Lexington (1776)

The USS Lexington (1943)

The aviation history of planes (model airplanes)