Monster Trucks and Old Houses

This past weekend I traveled to Beaumont to visit my family for a couple of days.
My 10 year old nephew decided to take me to see the Monster Truck Rally that was being held there. Now I must admit, I have never been to a monter truck rally and really never had any desire to go to one before. To my suprise, I had a wonderful time with my nephew, sister and brother-in-law. The trucks were really cool and the show they put on was very entertaining. They had a new monster truck there that was modeled after the batmobile. That was definately my favorite.


Saturday night my dad and stepmother took us to a murder mystery dinner party that was held at this old historic house built in 1902 in Kountze, TX. It is called the Kirby-Hill house and is currently under renovation by a preservation group. They hold these murder mystery dinner parties a couple of times a year as fundraisers to help restore the house. The acting was campy, the story line was funny, and the food was great. All in all it was a nice way to spend the evening with the family and help with the restoration of a neat old house.