"Up where the air is clear!"

Oh let's go fly a kite!
Jesse had an idea this evening, which has spawned even bigger ideas.
It was windy, as it usually is here, and he decided to pull out the kite that for some reason was buried in my dresser drawer under all my sweatpants.

"I've never actually flown a kite before."  "Then why do you have one?"  "It's my mom's."

Vee, if you are wondering where your kite is, Jesse brought it to Texas.  He then began dreaming of a giant kite that would be able to carry small children up into the air, large enough to need to be anchored on the ground with a car.  That fantastic train of thought eventually led to a nice little chat about balsa wood, a very lightweight wood (lightweight because it has large cells containing water which evaporates over a couple weeks, resulting in natural air pockets) that is used to make glider planes, wind turbines, and table tennis paddles.  That chat let to the decision that we should make a kite out of balsa wood (on the condition that it is not super expensive) that would be strong enough to carry a GoPro camera.  Jesse also talked about lighter than air and plastic and made shapes with his hands that all looked the same....yeah.  I am definitely the researcher, he is the designer.  But I'm ok with that.  I get the general idea.

Actually, I seem to be his personal secretary.  I went in to the shop this morning and hung out in Jody's and Kent's offices, taping receipts to papers and messing around with excel.  Fun stuff.  I don't mind it, really.  It's spring break, and I always enjoy an excuse to get out of the house and spend time around people.

While I was there, Jody asked if he could order lemon bars from me.  He's basically in love with my lemon bars, and apparently he's been craving desserts all week.  He had cheesecake for dinner last night, and has a bunch of cupcakes in the fridge and wants Mel to make him cookies.  She said all he's been talking about for days are cakes and cookies.

I went and hung out with Mel and the boys after I was done at the shop, and before I went back to pick Jesse up after work.  He had to return the company car after the Ohio trip, so I had to bring him home in the Tahoe.  Kian and I caught two grasshoppers, and one of them pooped.  Kian was pretty excited about that last little fact...

And that basically brings you up to date on our Great Texas Adventures.  We tried to buy a Jeep this weekend and it didn't work out, but we did buy a GPS, which makes our lives and navigating Texas freeways so much happier.  And now I'm off to attempt kettle corn, because we finally bought an air popper and normal popcorn.  No more burnt microwave popcorn for this girl!  Jesse isn't used to it, says it tastes different, but he'll come around.