2008 Ocean B-Day Party Cruise

The 2nd year of the combined birthday party weekend went extremely well.  As you may know, Jackson and Emily share the same birthday: May 23rd.  So for Emily's 2nd and Jackson's 4th birthdays this year we wanted to do another dual party.  Last year it was Jackson on Saturday and Emily on Sunday, but this year we combined the entire set of festivities into one awesome boat ride out into the Gulf of Mexico.  Partly this was because the themes complimented each other (Jackson wanted a pirate birthday and Emily wanted a mermaid birthday - that works, right).  The other major reason was that every day in late May was precious as we had to be out of our Spur Branch house on May 30th!

We met at the Endeavor Marina early Saturday morning to shove off for our voyage.  Don't believe anyone who tells you I was late.  It was 9:26 when I pulled in, 4 minutes early -- long story :(. 

Anyhew, we were really grateful that so many of our friends and family were able to make the trip as the Marina is up to an hour from many people's homes.  The boat tour took us past the Kemah Boardwalk, and just barely out into Galveston Bay. 

After the cruise we had lunch and opened presents on the boat in the marina.  There was also some swashbuckling mayhem once we gave out the pirate sword party favors.  The girls were much more civilized with their sea animal stamp pads.

It was the first time on a boat for many of these young pirates and mermaids, and we hope it will be a memory that they all carry with them for years to come.  Thanks again to our friends and family that helped make this year's birthday a boatload of fun :)

 

 

To see all pictures from the event, check out our album on SnapFish:

 

For those geographically inclined individuals, here is a virtual earth bird's eye view of the marina.

All aboard from Endeavor marina on Clear Lake

Sale Pending!

After 6 years in our humble abode on Spur Branch Lane, we are moving.  We'll be building our new home in Seven Meadows, which is another subdivision within the Cinco Ranch master planned community in Katy.  We are very excited and have been getting ready for the past month or so.  Our house is now under contract to sale and as long as there are no hiccups in the process we should be out by the end of May.

 

It is kind of sad to part ways with the house where we have raised Jackson and Emily.  Their trees in the backyard are growing better than ever, Emily's Magnolia tree has beautiful big white flowers on it this spring.  However, it is time to move on... we need a media room :)

But there is certainly something special about this house.  I think it shows in the fact that an identical floorplan house exists across the street priced at over 10k less than our listing.  While the other house has been on the market for months, ours sold in just a few weeks.  We're sad to go, but very excited for our new house.  We'll have a park immediately across the street for the kids to play in.