Found some more pictures on Jim's camera that I didn't know he had taken.  The dots out there in the big waves are James and I having a blast diving into the waves and trying to ride them.  We threw a ball around too... if you missed it it ended up at shore before you could catch up to it.

On Jim's walk with the dog one day he sees the deer above
 and the next day in the same spot he sees the snake below

Not sure if it was a rattler but VERY BIG.
It was just down the hill from us in the next Apt Complex.

This flew over our apt today.  Really close.

Note the lack of safety equipment... Jim shakes his head every time he sees this

Huge snail that was on the pilar outside our apt one morning after a rainstorm.
 I guess it is true that everything is bigger in Texas