Tyler, Texas

So our next assignment is going to be in Tyler, TX. It's a small town about 90 miles east of Dallas. Course we did just learn a valuable lesson. We should research the cities we're thinking about moving to before accepting the contract. We just found out Tyler is located in Smith County, which is a dry county. After a little more research we were glad to see they serve alcohol at restaurants, but just don't sell alcohol in like grocery stores or liquor stores. Apparently Fat Dog is the closest liquor store to town. We;'ll be here from November 7 - February 8.

Jeannie Visits

Jeannie came to visit and we had a really good time. We took her down to the Cove, only to find out they got rid of all the seals. They turned the little beachy area that they all hung out on back into a swimming area for people. There was one large rock that a couple of seals were playing around, but it was really sad to see them gone. Seeing the seals was one of my highlights of San Diego.

We went down into the Cave at the Cove. Let's just say there were like a million steps.



We went walking down at the harbor and saw the air craft carrier, some cruise ships, and some old ships as well.




We just barely made it to Sunset Cliffs before the sun went down.



We went to the zoo. The meerkats were way cute.

Las Vegas 2008

So after our trip back to Richmond we drove to Las Vegas and met up with Dwayne & Norma. We went downtown and had a blast.

They had cool music and video show that played every half hour. Plus all down the side walk was little vendors selling stuff, there was a comedian, people spray painting pictures, a band playing, etc.

The second night we were there we just wandered around for awhile and then went to go see Cirque de Soleil: Ka. It was really amazing. Highly recommend it to anyone, especially their show called Mystere. After the show we went to NY, NY where we found a dueling piano bar.

Trip to Richmond

So we took a trip back to Richmond and we had a really great time. It was really good seeing everyone again. We were really bummed out that we didn't get to see Jordan and Cam. Hopefully we'll make it back sooner for our next visit and get a chance to see them. I couldn't believe how much Anna & Noah have grown up.








We wish we had had more time to hang out with everyone.














We were really happy to get a chance to see Nana as well. Hopefully we'll make it back to visit more often and we always welcome people to come visit us where ever we are. Hope to see everyone real soon!