Linley Belle is 1...was 1 in October!

 

Linley turned 1 a day after I had my birthday, so my family flew in from MN and my sister and her family drove down from Dallas. We had a blast! We also got to celebrate with Jeff’s aunt, uncle and cousin. An unexpected Casino buffet visit to Lake Charles, Louisiana may or may not have taken place at one point during all of the visitors coming and we got to celebrate Linley with 2 parties! Cake, cake & casino buffets! Just delicious!  Let’s just say October was not very good for our belt size, but it did prep us for the food comas we would experience in November! Happy Belated Birthday to the sweetest 1 year old ever (this is not to say she doesn’t have her share of spice…it’s definitely in there).

 

Susan, I borrowed a couple pics from you...hope you don't mind! Here they are...

 

 

Galveston.Fish.Fun--October'14

We kicked off October the right way with a fishing trip and a beautiful beach house stay in Galveston. We literally were able to fish off of the patio and enjoyed trying our hand at Gulf fishing. It proved to be a lot harder than I thought it would, but we had a blast anyway! Mason (our friend and fishing expert) showed us the ropes with Gulf fishing and took everyone for spins out on his boat. Jeff caught the most for our family (using a Disney princess pole). Poor Avonlea was resigned to using a normal size fishing pole because her daddy found the secret to success with a bright, pink, miniature-sized rod & reel. ;) Loved this time with family & friends!