The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza

Ugh, forgot to take my mask off.

Mother's Day weekend

Happy Mother's Day to the mother of my children.

Garage sale (first ever)

Everything must go!

Random weekend pics

International Festival. Friday night at their elementary school.

Easter 2022

My vampire bunny.

Houston BBQ Festival

We attended the 9th Annual Houston Barbecue Festival, where the best BBQ joints from the Houston area (and beyond) were in one spot. Each booth provided samples... which was unlimited. 

It was essentially all-you-can-eat BBQ!

Many of the BBQ places got creative with their BBQ from making brisket tacos to egg rolls. My favorite was the brisket boudin from Roegels Barbecue.

Sadly, my body couldn't handle all the food I stuffed in my face. I felt sick afterwards... nauseous... just ugh... 

But I would do it all again... it was delicious.

Training with my BJJ idols

The Mendes brothers 😍

Elliot's first soccer game

Let's go, Elliot!

Two miles up (Leadville, CO)

We've been coming to Leadville every year during Spring Break since 2018 (with a break in 2021 due to COVID). This trip also made it our ninth road trip to Colorado... and counting. And now that I'm a little more experienced, I took my Nissan Pathfinder since it had 4WD. It was a nightmare driving the minivan in snow and ice. The major drawback was the loss of space but we made it work.

Anh Vien and his family also met up with us in the two mile high town. Good times.

Elliot and Kindergarten

Elliot's drawings

Presidents' Day weekend

Friday night lights. Jacob's varsity soccer games are so late.

Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day with my love.

Jacob is officially 16

My eldest son is now 16 years old. Oh how he's grown since the first birthday post about him (my second ever blog post 11 years ago). Jacob is currently in the 10th grade, taking the most ridiculously hard classes. He's currently on the high school varsity soccer team. No, he doesn't have his driver's license yet. In fact, I'm the one pushing him to drive (so much would be taken off of our plates if we added another chauffer to the family) but it doesn't seem like he even cares to get one. Maybe he knows... he is the brains of the family.

Andrew is taller than me!