While Steve & Ethan were away.....

While Steve and Ethan were bike riding at Lake Bryan and then attending the Texas A&M Football game (which was part of Ethan's birthday present), the rest of us entertained ourselves pretty well here in Katy, Texas.

After a morning of pulling teeth trying to get a little bit of cleaning done, we made our first stop at the library. Matthew, Rachel and Lauren read 20+ books this summer and were eligible to recieve a trophy from the library along with a certificate signed by Governor Rick Perry. Here are our proud children.

Then we headed on over to LaCenterra to use our reading coupons at Coldstone Creamery. Oh the decisions, the decisions. Good thing we didn't go to Baskin Robbins/31 flavors, it would have taken us forever to decide. While we were enjoying our ice cream, we also watched all the cub scouts, girl scouts and boy scouts set up a big back to school fair right there before our eyes. I had one other errand to run and told the kids we would come back to check it all out.


Our next errand was to the Sam Houston Area Council Headquarters-Scout Shop. I needed a few things for my Bear Den. The kids had fun checking the grounds out. It is a beautiful facility and a great tribute to all scouts.

About this time we were starving, so we went to Chili's. Our poor kids hardly ever get to enjoy a sit down restaurant. I enjoyed all the questions like, "What is a tip and our we going to leave on?" "Do we get refills?" They loved making the waiter really work for his money. I haven't been to Chili's in a long time but I had the best unhealthy salad ever, called "Quesadilla Explosion". I almost licked the plate the clean.

The travel log continues....our next stop was the Scout Fair at La Centerra. It was so much fun. They gave the kids a card to get stamped at every station that had a game or activity to participate in and then needed to return it to claim their prize. We played all kinds of games, watched some Indian dances, saw a huge TeePee, made some crafts, did some science experiences and enjoyed a few treats. They were entertained for a long time. And when it came time to claim their prize, Matthew got a Scout T-shirt, Mug, patch & pin from the cub scouts and Rachel and Lauren got some yummy girl scout cookies.