This weekend we went camping at Lake Somerville (10/10/08-10/12/08). Paul and his dad, Roy, were fishing in the bass tournament. They came in 8th place, and each of them won a fishing rod. The tournament pays up to the sixth place, so they almost made it. Paul got the hourly big bass for the 12-1 o'clock hour and won $100.00. Mark and Todd came in 11th place, and they each won fishing tackle boxes. The night before the tournament was the calcutta and raffle. Paul bought 20 raffle tickets and got five free because we donated a toy. He gave me 5 bucks to buy tickets, so I put three in for the grill, one in for a pink camo gift basket, and one in for a canopy. I WON THE GRILL!!! He was being greedy and didn't win anything. Ha Ha. Riley got an official "I caught one at the API bass tournament" t-shirt, and also got to pick from a bunch of toys. She ended up with a set of silver pots and pans, a my little pony, and a shark bubble blower. Score!!! She stayed up til 11 pm on Friday night, but she must of known there was more fun to come on Saturday because she woke up at 6:15am. I so wanted to sleep in. On Saturday, while the guys were fishing, we went with Angie and Tricia to Brayden's birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese in Katy (long drive). After the b-day party, we went back to Somerville to the weigh-in, then went on a boat ride, then carved pumpkins by the lake. On Sunday, we started packing up then went to eat a big steak at Country Inn 1 in Somerville. If you're hungry for an awesome steak, look it up. A word of advise, Paul and I always split the SMALL steak, that's how big it is. We had a good weekend.
Papa and Riley
Patricia and Riley
Today we went the the Morgan Family Reunion (this is Paul's moms side of the family.) It was at Washington on the Brazos State Park in Washington, Texas. Riley was the youngest Morgan descendant in attendance, so she won a prize. She got a stuffed puppy (which we named Rowdy after Tim and Ashley's new puppy), and she got a $5 gift card to McDonald's. After all of the "official business" was done, we went out and explored the park. It was an absolutely beautiful day to walk the nature trails. Washington is the birthplace of Texas, and the park has a museum filled with facts and artifacts about Texas. In one of the pictures in the slide show below you can see Paul and Riley standing in front of Independence Hall. This is where the Declaration of Independence was signed. We walked through the park, down to the Brazos River and around to the pond. Riley fell asleep at one point in her stroller, but she was still able to see most of the sights. It was such a great day to be outside.
Riley loves playing in the tub, even after all of the water is drained out. She hates to get out. In the video below, Paul had turned on the cold water, and she started drinking from her hand and trying to give us some water too. She hasn't figured out how to cup her hand to make it work, so Paul had to help her.
Today we took Riley to the Houston Childrens Museum. There is a lot of stuff there for little ones to do, lots of things for them to touch. She had lots of fun. We had originally planned to go to Lake Houston for the day, but the parks were all closed (I guess from Hurricane damage, there were lots of trees down).
