Rocky creek

Rocky creek sun rise
We had reservations to camp at rocky creek with the group, there where going to be 25 families. So they decided to cancel the trip we where going too but we have heard so many good thing about this park we just had to ether ruin our weekend or have the best time of our week after waiting to see if Sam had to work for five days the company did not had any power so he did not work for five days Friday morning we waited to see if they where going to call and said we have power come on in and start working no word so we pack the camper and head out we got there at 12:20 left the house by 10:30 so we got there in a good time the sites are very apart big to fit a class A the worn us about the ants and they where not kidding little,fast and they got into anything the play ground was closed for repairs but did not keep the kids from claiming the tree the lake was sandy dark black sand and the water was brown no snakes or fish there where lots of Lilli pads and turtles kids loved it we spend most of our Saturday seating and watching them swim, play and collect clams big ones they wanted to kook them but non of us know how to and I don't think any one eats them Matt and me went for a kayak tour around we travel across the lake and made land we discover some foot prints of deer, birds and cat prints big cat so we decided to pack and go did not wanted to be dinner :) so half way Matt ask me how dip was it and my pedal did not touch bottom and he wanted to do a cannon ball the trick was getting back into the kayak so 3 min latter (can I do it again and again for about five times finally we head back and they stared swimming again it was time for me to star making dinner we had a small pot-luck I had left over roast and I made some enchilada casserole and some salsa with chips some brought BBQ wings sloppy Joe's cheese I can't remember all but it was a feast for all of us we seat around and talk until it was time to go to sleep next morning we had to pack and get ready to leave the place it was fun we well come back for sure and we'll bring and stuff so they don't came home with us
till' the next time we will be at

Texas Renaissance Festival if any one wants to join us let me know.

Camping in the back yard

We have been camping in the back yard not because we did not had electricity,but because we have been in our house for whole 3 week we where staring to go crazy kid always love putting up the tent this time we wanted to not use the inflatable beds so we try it with just sleeping bags Ho that was painful my back is not like it use to I think the last time I slept in a sleeping bag was 10 years ago wow so last night I made me a comfortable bed and I slept really good today we are going to Rocky Creek never been there but all the SETPUCC's friend have been talking really good about this place the plan before the hurricane we had the whole loop about 20 families but now is only four bummer Sam can't wait to go kayaking and fishing it looks like a beach we'll see I guess the menu roast stakes and pork chops rice,sweet potato and salad
"TILL THEN"

Just How I Spend My Birthday

September 16 is my birthday and this is what I did woke up make breakfast and I got to work on my garden cutting, hammering and filling up the boxes with dirt my family took me to Chik-fil-A and every time if some one has a birthday we get to have a very nutty dessert "a Strawberry milkshake the kid love them I don't let them have it all the time so when is someones birthday we have one and there faces are glowing all day after that then we came back home and I kept working on my garden it turn out great can't wait to fill it up with good dirt and I'll be ready to star something don't know what but there is going to be something that night one of our neighbours had a cook off and like 9 family's came by we chit chat kids where playing dogs where having fun so overall my birthday was GREAT. People ask so do you feel old? No I don't feel old just the same as always learning new things every day

Some of Bianca's Video

Video in front of the house the sunset and some dark but you can hear the wind and rain

Ike is here

We just had to get out . We have been watching the news it is a bit depressive. Kids play out side with kite and we just watch them and feeling the wind pick up, we got inside it was impossible not to turn the TV and see what was happening turn it off and watch the sunset go down it was beautiful the wind picked up more got inside we can hear the wind in the front of the house as the night went the wind was blowing the back door too much and we can hear it scary . We did not loose power or satellite so we where able to watch the news. We slept for couple of hours but the wind was strong woke up and took some video watch the news then back to sleep for a bit, kids slept all night did not even woke up good thing in the morning we had some wind not much it was raining turn the TV on then drove around and see some of the trees where on the ground on fences not on houses thank god lots of branches leafs on the ground some parts of Katy does not have power we do luck I guess. We did not get hit as much as Houston we still have the bottle water we did not have to put all our frozen stuff in coolers we thought if we run out of our stuff we just do what (Bear Grylls ) do from Men vs Wild :) great show. The good thing we where prepared we have seen so many people in groceries stores making line to buy stuff did they not get every thing they need?

Hurricane Ike in Houston

Well watching this hurricane Ike. It is going to hit us we have been watching it since Tuesday thank god we are not camping this week, I was thinking to call parks and find out where we can camp for the weekend but I think things happened for a reason right . we are staying home preparing for it making sure we have plenty of food, supplies we campers I thing we know how to survive all the things we really need and things we don't. got some water put some in the freezer we found out if we keep them in a reflective cooler it can be cold for 3 day and don't have to buy ice we camped at Ink lakes and we had a cooler full of frozen water bottles and from where we got there wed-sun they where still a stick size of ice in side so it does work we also have cans cereals and organic milk don't have to be in the fridge kids call it emergency milk, fruits, peanuts, crackers and lots of frozen food hope we don't have to use all of them, so keep in touch and I will have some video and pictures of the storm out from our doors and what are we doing .

Labor day weekend

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This is how our trip goes
From Home to Village Creek SP to Brazos Bend SP to home This picture was taken at Village creek the day we packed and leave.

We have been watching what hurricane Gustav was going to do. It was small, We did not think the storm would hit us there (Village Creek Sp). I asked Sam if he wanted to go somewhere else. He said "No" it is not going to make it there and if it does, we will just pack up and head somewhere else. Driving that way, we noticed there was not a whole lot of traffic going, but there was lot heading west into Houston (Hmm). We got to the park in about 2 hours total, we spent probably an hour just to get through downtown Houston (we live on the west side). Village Creek has one little loop and the sites are very close to each other. they have a tent pad, picnic table, and a fire ring with a bench. It's very wooded and quiet. There were lots of mosquitoes! We did not go and see what the bath house looked like. There were lots of great trails to walk or bike on. On the way to the trails there was a sign warning us about the "poisons snakes", but we did not see any. They said they had a swimming area, it must have been really far as we did not find it but loved the walk.

Sam took his fishing rods and Kayak and he was having a blast. Half way to the swimming area and the kids got really tired. So we found Sam and took the kids to where they had the sand bar. Susie and me headed back on foot to meet Sam, by the launch area, and he took Susie and me over where the kids were. We had a blast, here the water was fresh color brown with lots of sticks. The kids were playing with the sand and I was burying Susie. Then Matt and Ethan liked it so much they started getting buried and I see why.. under the sand was cooler! The kids got in the water while Sam was fishing and Susie was chasing Sam's lure. We headed back to the site and had lunch. Afterwards, we put Mr Ethan for a nap.

The Park ranger comes over and says "we are going to evacuate every one tomorrow morning at 6 am". Sam said "well, we'll just go tomorrow".. and Me "No, we are leaving that area now, lets go somewhere safe". So we started packing and (I have always wanted to do this.. pack and be done quick! I have seen a lot of pop-up campers do it, put every thing inside, and when they get home they clean it). So it took us less then 20 minutes! By the time we passed the office, it had been 30 minutes.

We got to the freeway and it was packed! Cars were moving, but not fast. We saw a lot of trucks getting off the freeway (across the ditch) onto the feeder. Sam sitting there watching, having fun saying ...."Come on, some one get stuck" ..... (he wanted to do it too..). The feeder was empty, no cars driving. The trucks driving off the freeway would get off the freeway and back on miles ahead but we did not do it. We had our second house behind us, and did not want to get stuck. We drove for like 3.5 hours and then.. there was no traffic.. I-10W was closed down to one lane (construction) so all the people that where evacuating got stuck in the freeway thanks to the city. The hurricane is coming and they don't even open it. We got out and did not have to worry about it anymore.

We found a state park that had only one site available. We were not ready to go home yet. We stopped at Brazos Bend where our second chance to see an alligator. We really got the best spot, away from every one. There was a huge field of green with big beautiful trees to shade us while setting the camper up. I made fried chicken and beans for dinner. We had a great night watching Gustav, trying to see which way he is going. We had fun taking the kids for a walk, ended up by the park. We let the kids have some fun playing in the park a while. That evening we sat up watching deer and armadillos chilling out and ran into some friends!

Our Friends have a home close by the park and they came visited our campsite. Like always, we kept them up late but we didn't even notice it was midnight! We have a great time with them and I think they do too. Told them we will visit them and see their chickens and rabbits the next morning. We walked the park trails first to see if we can see at least one small alligator. We did not see any at first, but then there was some people fishing and I saw one moving. Then another moved and we heard a splash.





We heard nothing after that, then you see one moving away and we left on the way back to the campsite. On the way back we got a good look at one laying on a log and we stopped. Took a great picture and Sam wanted to take a better one and when he moved closer they moved. Turns out there was two, we did not see the other one as it blended in with it's surroundings. Now we have a picture yeah!!!!

We visited Mark and Andrea and let the kids brush the Bunny's and pick up the chickens and feed them. We got to see all the vegetables she had it. It was beautiful, makes me want to make my own garden again. A new project for when it's cooler. We drove back to the campsite and had lunch. Then packed up to go home until the next time we camp.