While We Wait... Labor Day Weekend FUN Update

We have had a mahvelous Labor Day weekend! We thoroughly enjoyed having my little bro Brian and his loving wife Denise visit with us all weekend. In addition, my friends Des and her daughter Aubrey from Houston stayed with us. Des’ sons Travis and Dustin and their girlfriends were part of our festivities, so we had ‘round the clock fun. Our family friend Regina came and went as she could, contributing fun, laughter, dish-washing and a brischetta/goat cheese appetizer that was killer!

We had a Luau party on Saturday night, with shrimp, scallop, chicken and steak kabobs, along with broccoli, chopped salad, au gratin potatoes and lots of Mai Tais. We had fake pineapple decorations, tiki torch fires, pool parties, Hawaii-Five-O music, and coconut cream pie. It was yummy. Jordan’s friend Molly, and her mommy Anna joined us for lots of fun. (In addition, Annie-dog received lots of treats!)

One engaging project that Brian helped us complete this weekend was the capture of a vermin from the front yard landscaping. Said vermin was regularly burrowing under the house foundation, and we thought for sure it was an armadillo. Knowing that Brian would be here for the weekend, I “high-tailed it” (hehe) to the Animal Control office for a trap so this project could be appropriately delegated. J

After the first night of “no catch” (but all the shrimp/scallop bait was craftily removed) Brian and Regina concocted a plan to trap the vermin. They stuffed the foot of a knee-high stocking with left over rib-eye steak and other epicurean delights and hung it in the back of the trap cage. This time the vermin would have to work for his meal!

Monday morning, Denise and I woke up early and checked out the “catch of the day”. We had successfully contained and trapped “Gustav”, a medium size opossum. Besides hissing quite a bit at Brian, he was calm and slept most the day until the Animal Control specialists came and took him to his new home in the wild. I was told that opossums travel in pairs, so we are preparing to trap "Hanna" in the upcoming days.

We had a wonderful time this weekend. With the help of my friends we were able to reconstruct the crib for Baby Brian’s nursery, de-fraged and optimized my computer, watched The Weather Channel non-stop and enjoyed lots of sweet, fun playtime with Jordan and Aubrey. We all missed Carl as he had to work this weekend, but we are thankful for his safety in Houston from the storm.