Visit from the Hydes

My sister Michelle, her husband Jim, and their kids Brandon and Lyndsey, and their foreign exchange student from Germany Maik all came to visit last weekend. They went on a cruise from Ft. Lauderdale for a week, then drove up here afterwards to visit for a few days. We met them at the Church ranch on Saturday for an airboat ride. All I can say is it wasn't the best day for gator-watching! Last time we took an airboat ride in December we saw more gators than we could count - at least 100. This time, just two! The weather wasn't all sunny and warm so the gators weren't out on the banks sunning themselves. Darn. But, airboat rides are always fun and the first group did see wild pigs, turkeys, beautiful birds, the second group saw a turtle, beautiful birds and more so it was still fun, just not as exciting as counting a hundred gators!

Here we are putting together a gingerbread house.