4th of July Weekend = Half Moon Holiday's for us Shinerites!

So this is what we did on 4th of July weekend! I LOVE Shiner - it's my HOME! Always has been, always will be! The first full weekend in July is the Shiner Half Moon Holiday's festival. They moved it into town this year (from the big park just off the main highway) and my preference is the old way, but I guess it's up to the Chamber to decide.

Enjoy the pictures!

Me and my bestie! Diva's! LOL

 Miss Sophie sweatin' it out! (trust me, she wouldn't have it any other way!)

 Part of our group

 Meggers!

 Here comes the Color Guard. Always gives me chills......

 And the very LOUD fire trucks!

 Shiner Royalty (I used to be up there - a 1,000 moons ago!)

 Shiner High School Marching Band - Go Band!!!

 A parade isn't a parade without the Polka Lovers Klub of America!

 American Legion members from the Schulenburg post

 No small-town parade is complete without a tractor contingent!

 Granny's and Grandpa's and babies, oh my!

 Best Float EVER! I love HEB!!!!

 Nice ride

 Yoakum Royalty

 Bubba! Leading the trailriders.

 Had a couple of wagons in the trailride as well

 Matt snagged the watermelon!!! It was so funny watching him sprint out there to grab it!

 Relaxing after the parade. 

Hope you had a great 4th!
Happy blogging, y'all!

July 4th, 2012

This is what we did on our Wednesday off of work to celebrate our great country's independence. It was a GREAT day!

We took a little ride on this little doozie - the Andromeda! (yours truly perched on the deck trying to not get sick! *sigh*)

And on our way out of the bay we passed by these lil' ole cottages. (WOW! they are something else and one after another -- what a life!)

And we cruised on through Kemah. That's The Beast there -- fun speed boat guaranteed to thrill ya a little and chill ya a little more! We watched it a few times when we were in the bay.

And that's my man doing a little fishing. (thank goodness we had the Star Wars rod! whew!)

Our gracious hosts and lil baby girl Snickers! awww

Hold the picture taking!!!! FISH ON!!!!! whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa???

Some sort of catfish with more than usual pinchers that supposedly hurt. I ain't jumpin in there, ya'll!

 And of course Matt was not going to be out-done by his daddy-o. When we got back to the dock he caught a mullet with a net! LOL Fisherman for life!

 Silly boys! 

And this little one stayed on my lap pretty much the entire ride. She was feeling about as good as I was. Darn diesel fumes get me every time. But....I was a trooper and kept praying I wouldn't feel icky. I still had a great time!

Thanks Blaine & Lindy for an AWESOME time! It really was! Thanks for sharing your boat with us for the day!

Happy blogging, y'all!