February 22

Luvy is four months and weighing 15lbs. Bootsie is only two months away from being 3!

How time flies. I entered a blog last week about the week before and here I am again doing the same thing again.

Peso seems to be staying busy with flying, his masters, reading, going to the gym and I am sure squeezing in Xbox when he can.

Papa and I took Bootsie to the Stockshow last Friday to check out the animals. She loved seeing the cows, horses, sheep, hogs and especially the chicks. I took her into the petting zoo, which she enjoyed, but was somewhat timid. I think she actually understands that things can hurt her and so she is more guarded around the unknown. She would pat and animal then quickly walk away. We fed the animals, I had to hold Bootsie's fingers out so they wouldn't bite her while they were greedily eating the feed. She squealed with delight and a little terror mixed in there. Papa bought funnel cake bites, which were great and overall we just enjoyed looking at the awesome animals-awesome because they are soo well cleaned and taken care of for competitions.

This past weekend a good friend, Kk, came in to town and she, my sister Bek, my mom, my mother in law, and I went to the Rodeo on Friday while Papa and uncle J watched the girls. They were great for the guys and we gals had a fun night out. It was fun to get back to my Texas roots! Yehaw! My sister, Kk and I even sported cowboy boots!

Sunday I ran into an friend of mine from college, who I had been really wanting to see while I was here, but didn't have any recent contact information for her. My mother and I were supposed to go to my friend Meggan's church, but she ended up being out of town and so we went to my parent's church instead. As we were getting out of the car, the gal in the truck one space over looked familiar. I thought it was my friend Lisa, but then quickly thought no, it couldn't be her. My mom asked who I was looking at, so I said my friends name, I said it loud enough for the woman to hear and believe it or not, it was my friend Lisa. The last person I would have expected to run into in the church parking lot. Praise God! We are going to get together and catch up. I am soo excited to get back in touch with her. She and I did our student teaching together.

This week has been pretty low key. Monday, I did paperwork. Tuesday, went to my friend Meggan's for a playdate. Wednesday, Bootsie went to Mother's day out and I went to lunch with my grandmother in law, Winnie. We had the most delicious empandas. Afterwards, I checked out the PX (got some weird looks when I asked where the BX was) at Fort Sam Houston-Huge place with an entire room dedicated to sports tennis shoes. Mt. Home pales sadly in comparison. But on the other hand, getting a medical appointment in Mt. Home is ten times easier than in this large town of San Antonio where they have five military instillations. I was on hold for five minutes just trying to get a live person and when I did, the earliest they could see my girls for physicals was in the third week of March! Maybe I am being silly, but come on now. Makes me miss my small town.

Well, that is what we have been up to. I pray this blog finds all my friends and family doing well. Sure do miss you! Don't you want to come to San Antonio for a break? You are all welcome!

Love, Ralee