Family – Page 33 – Brandon Moeller

Omelets and news writing

I made omlettes Sunday morning and they turned out really good and so I just want to brag about it — I made omelets Sunday morning and they turned out really good and so I just want to brag about it.

Speaking of bragging about things, I wrote an article about CLASS staff members who won UH Staff Excellence Awards today.

It’s Cinco De Mayo, and Kim made tacos. She had a good day today – she received a job offer and she found an orange female kitten up for adoption at the local vet. She quickly accepted the job offer, and I’m going to take full credit for the accomplishment based on the website I built for her a few months ago: kimberlymoeller.com

Speaking of orange babies, over the weekend – when I finally got around to cleaning Corina’s fish tank – I discovered that the fish I just knew was pregenant when I bought it, must have been, because I found its small orange offspring.

Check out these photos:

He likes to hide under the large decoration in the tank.

Here's a shot of the baby with its orange mother. I wonder what happened to all his brothers and sisters? Did the filter get them? Did the other fish eat them? Did mom eat them?

First strawberry

On Friday, my daughter picked and ate the first strawberry of the season. She reports it was good.

Corina was the recipient of the first strawberry of the season.

You know you’re in deep when you’re going to shows, people

I attended my first flower show this weekend. It wasn’t my first gardening event, but it was the first one that had a contest where flowers were judged.

The Space City Chapter of the American Hibiscus Society had its first show in Pasadena this past weekend, so Kim and Corina and I braved the torrential storm to travel 45+ miles across the metropolis to see purty flowers and have a chance at grabbing some exotic specimens ourselves.

We didn’t stay that long. We got there three minutes late, and at that time – all the really exotic offerings from the local growers had been snagged – some people had whole shopping carts full. I was only allowed what I could carry, so I picked up an Indian Princess and a Seminole and then I got in the very, very long line to wait to purchase them ($8 a pop).

I’d have a photo of the two shaped bushes/trees I bought, but it’s dark now and I don’t feel like taking photos now, so just settle for this one, which links to a photo gallery of shots taken by my wife, while I was in line waiting to fork over more money for my obsession.

Corina looks at hibiscus flowers ready to be judged.

Corina’s sixth birthday party

This past weekend, we invited friends and family over to celebrate Corina’s sixth birthday. The week before, I bought her a new bike for her birthday – every six year old needs a bike, even if it still has training wheels. We’re working on it.

Great friends and family came over, ate some barbecue and showered her with gifts. A great time was had by all, best I know.

For the second year in a row, we splurged on a bouncy castle. Why not?

Easter eggs everywhere

This year, my daughter was really excited about Easter. As soon as the Easter decorations came out, her favorite game was hiding the eggs in the living room and forcing anyone who she encountered to find them.

The day before Easter, we dyed eggs.

Corina said she had never dyed them before – maybe that’s my fault. To me, it’s always been about the candy, and you can’t stuff it into a hard-boiled egg.

But you can do plenty of other fun things with hardboiled eggs, like throw them at each other. And then, when they crack, you can ask if you can take the photo.