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Space Academy Review
Rylan and I watched the first episode of Space Academy and I made an illustrated review of the experience:
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Russian General Store
Recently we visited the Russian General Store in Houston and I made this art-comic-review about the interesting things we found there. The review is also published online at Houston Food Finder: The Cartoon Review: Russian General Store in Southwest Houston
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Kura Revolving Sushi Retaurant
Recently we discovered a revolving sushi restaurant in Houston, TX and had a really fun time trying it out: You can also see the review on Houston Food Finders: The Cartoon Review: Watch This Family Eat All The Things at Kura Sushi
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South Padre Island- Two days on the best beach in Texas
For our summer getaway this year we decided to spend a couple days on South Padre Island. We found a good deal on a condo that is right on the beach and booked a trip for a Sunday afternoon through Tuesday morning. Having never been to South Padre before, we were really looking…
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Terrace Cafe review
To celebrate my daughter’s 13th birthday we took her for lunch at an authentic Russian restaurant. We got there a little early and were the only people there during our meal but we still had a fun time and we all enjoyed the Russian cuisine. I made this journal entry once we got home.
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Pho House Review
We ate dinner at a delicious Pho restaurant the other day and while we were there we met the owner and his family and had a wonderful visit with them. I made this journal/entry review afterwards.
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Everyday Adventures: Hiking the Big Bend Rim Trail
Our Night on the Rim, aka How My Backpack Almost Killed Me This past year my family decided to celebrate Christmas by spending a week at Big Bend National Park. Our home for the week would be a motel we reserved in the nearby town of Study Butte. However; one night my 11 year old…
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Everyday Adventures: Rosenberg Railroad Museum
This past weekend we paid a visit to the Rosenberg Railroad Museum. Despite it’s small appearance I had a good time and learned quite a lot there. They have a small indoor exhibit and then when you are ready to see the several outdoor exhibits they assign you a tour guide who takes you around and…
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Everyday Adventures: Muddy Waters; A Canoe Story
This past weekend I decided my family should have ourselves a little canoeing adventure. My wife and I woke the kids up and told them about our awesome plans for the day. They were less than thrilled and I won’t bore you with the details but it involved a lot of moaning and groaning and…
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5 simple, cheap and fun things to do with your kids aboard a cruise ship
My family and I just returned from our first Carnival Cruise (The Breeze out of Galveston) and here are a few fun things we did on the cruise that I thought I would share with you: Go swimming This is a given, I’m sure just about any kid will want to go swimming but don’t just…
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Everyday Adventures: Rocky Creek Corn Maze!
This year my son’s first grade field trip was to the Rocky Creek Corn Maze in Moulton, Texas. I went along and took the ice chests carrying the classrooms’ lunches and helped chaperone; but who cares about that: here’s all the fun stuff we did; Warning: lots of pictures of Rylan coming up: First up…
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Everyday Adventures: It’s Carnival Time!
Every year during the local 4-H Fair and Livestock Show the Heart of America Carnival comes to our town. My kids really look forward to riding the rides. For me it’s basically a long night of standing around watching the kids ride those rides. It is still fun watching them though and I always enjoy talking…
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Everyday Adventures: Ariana’s First Dove Hunt
Dove Hunting- or as I like to call it: Cloud Shooting Shooting at clouds and if a dove happens to get in the way then so be it. My Dad invited my brother, myself and my daughter Ariana to a dove hunt hosted South of Alice, Texas. A local group in that area puts on…
