Controversy! Bad food, bad ratings, bad blogs!

BAD!!! 

In South Padre, we eyewitnessed a bad food combo... demonstrated by Alan from McAllen... 

What is that? Pretty sure that's a hot dog with... macaroni salad... ketchup... refried beans... who knows what else???

Boyd could hardly believe his eyes!

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BAD!!! 

Tonight at dinner we had an epic feast! Chicken quesadillas, refried beans and Spanish rice! It was great!

We even had a MENU.

But then dessert came, and Boyd got salty. He started to complain about the cook, the service... and he went from a 5-star review to a 1/2 star review!

Well, guess what, Bub? You bring the least to the table in terms of food prep, service, etc. So we'll see how your meal is tomorrow!!!

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BAD!!! 

After 12-plus years and more than 1,700 posts.... Mom has a new favorite blog.

What is this blog? I'm not sure, exactly. We're told about it nightly, though, and it documents a friend of Evey's, and her and her mom's (and maybe some siblings?) trek across the U.S.

It sounds great, really. Apparently there was a snake(!) in a canoe in a recent installment. This may have been post No. 1,700, but it's more likely it was post No. 17.

It just goes to show... like Alan's hot dog or Bub's review... you gotta be careful, 'cause it can go from good to bad QUICK!

(Just kidding babe, I know you still think this blog is No. 1!)

From Clayton's, South Padre's biggest bar!

Here's a selfie I took of the family at South Padre. We walked down to Clayton's, and next door they were building what looked like a hotel or condos. I took a photo with that as the backdrop, so we can see the place again next year when it's finished, and compare.

And then thankfully I took this photo of us with the beach behind us... not sure why I didn't take more of these.

The food at Clayton's wasn't as good as Wanna-Wanna, but the pina colada was equal, at least. Wanna-Wanna on South Padre is awesome.

Looking forward to showing the fam Soles next, on a different beach...

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Good weekend here. The big news for the Joneses was probably that Boyd had his first ever sleepover! He stayed the night at Beaux's house, following Beaux's 7th birthday party. It was extra convenient because Evey is friends with Ava, Beaux's big sister... so they both stayed the night.

The report was that Boyd was good, and even brushed his teeth for a long time! Evey did a great job helping out Bub and making him feel safe... but he did say he had no problems sleeping over, wasn't nervous at all. Boyd also reported that "I ate so much sugar!"

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Aunt Jessica took the kids to see Lion King this weekend. The kids both gave it an 8... which means it wasn't great, because Boyd typically gives everything a 10, and for Evey, an 8 is also a lower score. But best of all, the kids had a great time with Sis.

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We've been back at the Secret Lair (Quinton's) playing video games the past two Fridays... and Evey is 2-0 so far on Buck Hunter. She's got game! I'm not sure that I'll beat her...

What a weekend!

I'm too tired to even describe how awesome it wazzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz......

Ms. Pac-Man

We had a nice Friday this week...

The kids and I went to Lawrence to meet up with G'Ma and Adro at the Mexican restaurant at 9th and Iowa for lunch. It was OK. Some of it was great (the queso) some of it was meh (serving me lukewarm water.) We still enjoyed our lunch together, despite Boyd being a little weird at the time.

From there, the kids and I went to the library, where I worked for about 90 minutes. Evey and Boyd did great! Boyd got a little bored, then we all went to the games section, and he was interested again. I went and looked to see if there was anything I wanted... then we left.

Next stop — Quinton's, for our return to the secret lair! It was as good as we remembered. Lots of Buck Hunter and Ms. Pac-Man. Evey kicked butt at BOTH games! I'm looking forward to a rematch.

Evey was especially good at Ms. Pac-Man. She was making some MOVES! I was impressed.

Summertime, and the livin's easy

Sooo the kids are doing good hanging out this summer. Just chillin. Lots of "Vampire Diaries" and "The Office." An occasional game of Uno or 'Trains on Time.'

We had a Monopoly series going... need to get back to that.

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It's been hot out, a heat wave... but we've still managed to get outside around dusk. Evey's hitting the volleyball around, Boyd's running around, Mom is watering the plants...

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We took Koko out to explore today, and she started rolling around in the grass. Looked like she was enjoying herself...

Then we got going, put her in the car, and she STUNK! Evey gave her a bath as soon as we got home. Ugh! Thanks, Evey.

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Pretty quiet night here, which was nice. Went and got a couple chocolate milkshakes from Sonic.

Look what we found!

The remote to the Roku!

Grandma had been accused (wrongly) of accidentally packing it in one of her bags... it's been missing for a month, at least.

It was just Bub and I the other day and I decided I wanted to watch Amazon Prime in the living room... and I gave my first attempt and finding it.

It took me about five seconds, very first place I looked!

Adro, Evey and Grandma were all texted this photo immediately. Grandma... wrongly accused! We're sorry!

The Alamo