More Summer Fun

Here are some more updates from the summer. As I mentioned, we had a group of folks go camping at City Park. We got Fandango out there for a few days and the entire trip was great. The July 4th festivities included a lot of lake time and we got to watch fireworks from the boat. You already saw some of the campsite photos which were mixed with our May trip above but here are some more pics.

Next up was our family reunion. No Fandango did not make it out there this year but I am capturing it now because we are set at taking Fandango next year. We also have a day at Garner State Park planned prior to the 2010 reunion and two days back at Garner after the reunion so that will be our biggest Fandango trip yet. Oh and yes, I like to wear a life jacket like a diaper when I am swimming in lakes. It is far easier to deal with kids or just to relax and not tread water or keep track of a floatie.

Some other key things last summer

I promise I will get back to Fandango but there were some other key things which were highlights during this past summer. One was that the end of the school year marked Danielle's first graduation! She graduated from her first daycare, Casis Future Cougar Academy and spent the summer looking forward to starting the fall as a Casis Cougar Cub! We can already tell you that she really used that as the moment she knew she was no longer a baby and is now a big girl.

The other big thing which takes up some of the spring and summer is the University of Texas Baseball season. Yes, they finished the year 2nd in the nation after taking the LSU Tigers to a 3rd and winner-take-all National Championship game. That also started an interesting streak for UT as they finished the 2009 season in 2nd place for baseball, Women's Volleyball and Football. Anyway, I thought I should include just a couple of pics from baseball season to capture how the kids are growing and having fun throughout the year.

I wish this post included pictures of Fandango at the College World Series but they stopped allowing RV parking in the left field lot a few years ago. I guess I missed my chance to experience that with my own RV. Oh well, more Fandango news and pics to come.

The Summer of '09

Let's get caught up. My last post showed me getting Fandango ready for an upcoming camping trip in May. We had two trips in Fandango during the summer. The first was an annual trip some friends of mine take to Emma Long City Park. The second was another trip to City Park, during July 4th weekend. Fandango worked great, even as we went through a random rain storm which ripped apart a pop-up canopy and had multiple inches of water rushing under the RV. I have still seen some erratic performance with the RV battery and how well it starts but I will save that for another post. I also found a small leak in the ceiling along the bathroom wall which I later fixed.

Fandango at the campground:

Austin hanging out at his first campout!

Cooking at the campground:

Our friend's the Passarella's RV "Dutchie" and their boat "Shaka".

The family enjoying Lake Austin and our pontoon boat "The Floating Tailgate":

Did I really go 8 months without an update?

Ooops! It's a good thing my buddy Marcus posted some updates on his blog. That allowed for a few of you to realize I did not just drive Fandango off of a cliff. Sorry for that big delay but I guess my 9 month old son, 4 year old daughter, kitchen renovations, work on Fandango, time actually using Fandango, going on the lake a few times and actual work has kept me a bit busy.

There are quite a few stories and updates to tell so I will try to catch up with some interesting highlights.