So, I've been begging Marian to get me a weight set so I can be buff like Michael and JJ. She finally gave in and got me the ultimate workout machine--a Reel Mower. I mowed the lawn today, let me tell you, real men use reel mowers. Glad we live on .15 acres and nothing larger. One of the pros or cons depending on your perspective, is that I now have job security as Marian's husband!
Kaitlin was supposed to come with me to pick up the lawn mower. Marian suggested that she stay and take a nap but both Kaitlin and I insisted that she wasn't tired and it would be great for her to come to the store. As I did a little more research online looking at lawn mowers, it got very quiet in our house, and that normally means trouble. So, Marian and I got up from the kitchen table to see what Kaitlin was up to. We walked into our living room and found her fast asleep behind the couch in the most awkward position. Tired--she was beyond tired! This is proof that mom always knows best.
I forgot to tell this story in my other post. While we were at the lake, I took Kaitlin into the restroom with me. It was foul! Kaitlin kept telling me: "It's stinky in here daddy!" I agreed. Then she started comparing the stink to that of horses and cows. So, out of curiosity, I asked Kaitlin in her opinion which was the stinkiest animal ever. Her response: "Daddy." What's worse is that Marian agreed.
Yesterday we decided to camp at the beach in Corpus Christi. When we got there we were greeted by the friendly locals. I didn't zoom in on those birds. Kaitlin was the first to fall victim to the tentacles of a jellyfish, then Marian. As we were keeping our eyes peeled for other jellyfish, Marian saw something swimming in the shallow water near us, it was a FISH! With my angler's instinct, I sprang into action and crept up on it from behind and BAM! it didn't even see me coming--must be my cat-like reflexes. The wind was so bad (and I forgot our blankets) that we decided not to stay the night afterall. So, three hours later we pulled into our house. Upon waking this morning, we thought it would be fun to go to Canyon Lake not too far north of us. There we found several advantages to a Lake beach rather than an ocean beach, but for brevity's sake--NO JELLYFISH! All in all we had a good time. On our way home, we decided to keep the Kofford tradition alive of getting milkshakes after a day at the lake. I got a large to share with the girls. Kiersten mistakenly assumed that the whole thing was for her, she was not happy to share at all! We sure are enjoying our new home in San Antonio, TX
We left Ohio and have arrived in San Antonio. Marian drove the entire 1470 miles behind Kaitlin, Yowie (our bunny) and me in the 24' Budget truck. I think we averaged 48 miles per hour through Tennessee, and then once we hit the flatness of Arkansas we averaged 65 mph. Anyway, one week after arriving in San Antonio, we started to hear our Buick LeSabre make a clicking sound that did not sound good. I took it in and they told me that the engine was done!! So, we got a new car. But we calculated our miles per gallon on the trip down here. As a going away gift, our Buick gave us 30 mpg!! How selfless, even as it was dying, it was thinking more of us than itself!
April 12, we're only a month late posting this one. What adorable girls we have, and I'm not biased at all, it's a statement of fact!! Kiersten got a really cool little people toy set of animals for every letter of the alphabet--I really like it, she's learning to like it. Kiersten wasn't too excited about unwrapping the gift, thank heaven for older sisters, eh? Marian made her birthday cake from scratch, it took so long to make we didn't throw out the 11/12s of the remaining cake until we moved!
OK, so I got back from officers training in April, but here are some pictures finally. I had a great flight (group of 13 officer trainees). We spent most of our time in the classroom taking classes on leadership, history, and communications. The most fun I had was when we did our obstacle courses, ropes courses, and leadership reaction course. As much fun as it was, it's good to be back in the care of my loving wife and daughters. Enjoy the pics.
