belated birthday song

Holly and Jake are trying out the new video camera that Nikki sent.
Love this new technology!!!

Treasure hunt part 2..more pie eating and water ballons

Garrett was especially hungry! He forgot his lunch. Ah-h-h-h-h-h-h-h. tha's better. A two boy challenge. now for the girls. it's a good thing Tracye helped to keep the girls lubricated with water! Laura Cate does her best! Mallory eats the whole thing. posing with their warrior icing on. the ravages of war. the two champs Caroline was the grand champ. and a neat-eater, too, comparatively speaking. now for the water balloon wars. boys, get ready to take 7 paces, then turn, and..... Fire!!! Okay, now for the girls. 7 paces, turn and fire!! now lets pit the girls against the boys. who do you think won this battle? Are you sure there are no more balloons?? is it really time to leave? Those two hours sure did go by in a hurry.

17th annual 5th grade Treasure hunt

A beautiful clear, warm (70's) and sunny day.
beautiful kids, too.
blessings all around.


Feeding apples to Hotrod and Pebbles.
a new experience for most.



Tetherball to keep busy boys moving.





signing, and reading the barn, a very important part of the day.




Girls on the path to finding buried treasure.
it takes teamwork.








the boys with their "trophy" of treasure (a bag of Smartie candies)


Getting ready to make prayer sticks.



Mabry finished her stick.


time for the "pie" eating contest. we use cupcakes with lots of icing.
the kids got to pick which color icing..chocolate, strawberry, or white.



The proud winner. Kaeden.



Stay tuned....to be continued!

tailgate time at A&M

this is Mike, the tailgate chef, and Joddie, the middleman....

Jake decorates cookies for the birthday celebration....
It's been 7 years since we last celebrated Suzanne and Holly's birthdays after a game.
Suzanne, Danielle (a recent Ike survivor from Galveston), Holly and Joddie. Joddie says, put the camera down and eat while this fajita meat is hot!
the Red raider is hung in effigy.

Tim's got to leave, just have time for one more guns up picture with mom.

A beautiful Sunday sunrise the next morning in Brenham.

Jake gets his hair spiked while giving me the guns up.

re-wrapping Wizzie's leg with 66 stitches.
and then, there's our little grandson, marching to the Aggie war hymn, music supplied by me.

change of game plans

What do you do when little girls get sick and the game plan changes?

you carve pumkins....
and you make horses to ride..........
and you look at the praying mantis on the porch, which is looking back at you...
you ride those horses........
and practice getting your guns up while watching the game on TV............
or you are prepared for the worst...........................

While sisters play with their bears......

Texas Tech homecoming weekend

what a beautiful campus!

Tech 37 - Nebraska 31 in overtime

the annual Soapsuds picture

the masked rider has double-T monograms on everything!

fancy signs announce the homecoming football game.

progress...the water resources center can now afford a truck

volleyball players run through this as they are introduced.

going to two breakfasts and two buffet lunches and meeting people, old and young., some we knew and many we didn't.

We met one of Holly's friends on the plane and some of Tim's friends on campus.

Joanne said, "are talking about Holly Winn??? I know Holly Winn!"

Mike Smith and Ryan Aycock at the Letterman's tent

Both guys said to tell Tim, "Hi".

and Ryan Vardeman at Love Field...I just about squeezed his guts out with this hug.

I'll share the opening horse and football player part of the game on video for those who have never seen it, or those who have and miss seeing it.

it was fun going to a volleyball game, although the Aggies beat us soundly.