Zack's Trip to San Diego

Zack went to San Diego with some of his online gaming buddies. He went sea kayaking, to the zoo and a Padres game. He had a great time. I should have gone with him!

Hippo

Best picture of the Panda that Zack could get. The lady yelled at him not to lean over the rail!

Is that Smokey?

They have several Koalas. Houston Zoo has one!

Petco Park in San Diego

Zack and Sam at the Zoo

Summer reading update

I've finished two books since my last reading post. I did make it through the Julie and Romeo book. It wasn't as bad as I had expected but it wasn't good either. I've read worse love stories.

The book I just finished is Three Girls and Their Brother by Theresa Rebeck. I really enjoyed this one. It is about a these kids and what happens to their lives when the sisters are photographed for a magazine. It is broken into four sections each from the respective siblings point of view. It makes Hollywood and show biz out to be a nasty business (which I'm sure it is!).

I'll head to the library this week to pick up some new books. Not sure what I'll find.

Weekend in Plano

We spent this past weekend in Plano visiting Zack's family. Sam and Roshni recently moved there so we got to check out their new place. They live in a nice area called Legacy Park with lots of shopping and restaurants.

We took Friday off and drove up early. That afternoon we went out to see movies. The girls saw The Proposal while the guys saw Transformers 2. I loved The Proposal! It is so my kind of movie. That night we went out to dinner at Gordon Biersch, a microbrewery type restaurant. The food was very good!

On Saturday we were going to go to the arboretum but it was raining so we stayed in. On Saturday night, we headed to Karen and Bob's for a BBQ. It was humid at first but then it cooled off and turned out to be a really nice evening. It was great to hang out with everyone.

We got up Sunday and had breakfast at The Main Street Cafe then hit the road back to Houston. It went by fast but we had a good time.

We couldn't get a good picture of us out by the fountains. The sun was working against us.

This is Kate and Smoke. Kate is Zack's cousin Wendy's daughter.

Zack and Wendy playing washers in the backyard.

Karen and Roshni making some mojitos. Looks like fun!

My wonderful mother in law making some burgers!