Busy Summer!!! Not Ready for it to END!!

I have had a wonderful summer. It has been such a fun time of travel to and with great friends and family. I have been able to keep the precious grandson who is soooo much fun. He says and does the funniest things. I will start going back to school this next week for a couple of hours a day to get some things organized in my classroom. So today, I am trying to get this house straightened and laundry done. I will continue to be busy everyday. We are so much in need of rain here in TEXAS!!! Please continue to pray for all of us. We need to continue to pray for our country for some many needs.
God Bless Us All! America
Hope everyone continues to have a Blessed summer!!

33 Years Ago Today I Married My Best Friend

It seems like yesterday, until I look back at pictures and see just how old fashioned we looked. Also, the girls are quick to remind me of how funny we looked in our wedding pictures. "Mom you look hilarious, and hey, look at Dad's sideburns, HAHA, look at Gran and Mac" Well, as Mammaw would say, Your Time's a Comin!!! LOL Well, KB and GinGin have had many wonderful times and many rooouuuggghhh times, but somehow we've made it and will hopefully continue to make it many more years. We are planning a fun evening, off to Stephenville, Tx and checking out the Chicken Ranch Flea Market! Sounds interesting, HUH? KB loves to eat at the Hard 8 Bar-B-Q, and so do I. This was his plan last night so let's see how we do tonight. I think it will be a great weekend as we will head to get

he grandson on Sunday, and keep him a couple of days as his momma has gone back to nursing school this week. I'm so going to enjoy this summertime, as it will go by too quickly. Have a wonderful weekend everyone! GinGin

OH Weekend, Weekend, where did you go?

Had a wonderful weekend getting to keep little guy Friday and Saturday. He is so sweet and so much fun. We just loved getting to be with him for a couple of days and have him spend the night. He loves helping his KB so much. He has to be "workin"!
We got our first snow here today, but it didn't last very long. We had a little accumulation, but it didn't last long. I love being home and being able to just relax and enjoy my home when the weather is cold.It is fantastic to take a good ole nap during this type of weather. It is now very cold outside though.

Happy 2011!!

We planned on having the kids for steaks today, but I have had a terrible headache. I think it is getting better since the day is almost over. Holly gets these migraines pretty often and she said to drink a coke.
So I have been sleeping on and off for most of the day and just now drank a coke and ate some cheez-its. I think it is finally getting better. I have the potatoes baked, and I'm fixing to get up and fix a salad. I have been wanting to fix some artichoke- spinach dip, but I don't know that I can handle that right now, guess I will wait until tomorrow. I have had such a wonderful holiday this Christmas. I am not really looking forward to going back to school, but the time is almost here. I'm hoping this second sememster is a good one and my kids make lots and lots of progress. I am thankful for a wonderful group of kids. I saw a student and parent the other day and the parent said they were really ready for school to start. I thought that was pretty funny. As the teacher's are always ready for a break, and we have 22 of the little ones at once!

The next though that just came to my mind is my excercise and diet regime. I am going to be getting back on track with my diet. It has really suffered during these these holidays with all the wonderful things to eat and drink. I want to get back on track with very few carbs. I will start back on my vitamins, and I'm going to go and join the anytime fitness that is new in our town. I know that I will feel better doing this workout. I am needing to drink my 90 ounces of water everyday. Water,Water Water, it will make me feel so much better.

Now on to my next random thought, there have been a couple of terrible accidents back in our home town to people that we knew. A young couple was in a terrible auto accident and the wife lost her life, she was 30 weeks pregnant, and they were able to do a c-section, and the baby is doing ok, last I knew. The young father was one of my students in the third grade. Another family that we have known since childhood had a terrible loss in their family of a husband/father. I feel so sorry for the mother and daughters that have had to suffer through this.

Merry Xmas and Happy New Year 2011

Little man got these two presents for Christmas from GinGin and KB. He had so much fun this Christmas. I have been very busy cooking and cleaning for Christmas. We have had a wonderful holiday couple of weeks. We thoroughly enjoyed having our kids and family for Christmas Day. Then on Monday, the 27th we headed to Shreveport to the Casinos to help mom and dad celebrate their 58th wedding anniversary. It was great fun!! KB was able to take off for a few days.

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Our Little Cowboy

I so enjoy reading blogs and I really want to share some beautiful moments in my life.  This is our precious little grandson in his best!!! He is absolutely adorable and we enjoy him so much.

I am making candles again!!! So excited. I Love Em!! Take a look

My best friend and I made candles up in the Texas Panhandle and now that we've moved to Central Texas and she's moved to the gulf coast of Texas, I decided to make candles once more.  I gave a lot of them for Christmas and just got another batch made today.  I'm hoping to make some special scents for Valentines and upcoming holidays.  If interested just shoot me an e-mail and I'll send you some wonderful Triple scented candles.

Our Cutest Rodeo Clown

Fun at GinGin's

Our precious grandbaby came to stay with us a couple of weekends ago.  We had so much fun!!  We cooked waffles the next morning.  He is such a good boy.  I had gone to a barrel race with Shani, to keep W) and when I was leaving their house, I asked him if he wanted to come home with me and he said yes. I thought he would probably cry when we headed out of the driveway, but he was actually fine the whole time he was with us.  We did take him home the next day, but we're ready for him to come back soon.

Had a Blast in Roundtop!!

I am so lucky to have this special and kind of unique relationship with my best friend Tracy. You see she and I are best friends and our daughters are the same age and they are BFF's also!!! Isn't it crazy. Well, the first of this month we decided to all meet up at my house and head down by the Texas capital and attend this wonderful antique alley at Roundtop, TX. It was absolutely delightful. We had a wonderful, CRAZY time with our 19 year old daughters. Hope we get to do this again before too long.

Huntin'

Shani and Jack found out very quickly that Wes likes everything that guys like to do. They took him out while the guys were shootin skeet and he LOVED it. He also loves to play cowboys and indians with his mama. They play and he says "dang" "dang", instead of bang, bang. He is just the cutest!!! We got to see him last weekend and we hadn't seen him for a couple of weeks. It was so fun and he is starting to talk more and more. That's when his daddy and grandad decided that he needed a Red Ryder gun, with no B B's in it. It's taller than he is, but he doesn't want anybody messin' with his gun.

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LOOK AT W ON THE TUBE!

He absolutely loved it!!! Just kept taking and talking! GinGin went real slow and he had mommie and Aunt Holly right there with him. Isn't it amazing how much he has grown since last summer. Such a little boy now! We always have so much fun with him when we are all together. We had another great time at the lake, but the guys didn't catch many fish and they fished all night one night, I think it wore the old grandpa KB out. He was trying to keep up with the young guys, HAHA. I got to spend the night with Shani and sleep in W's bed. It was late when we got to their house cause he had a tummy ache and needed some medicine which we didn't have at the lake, so we went to their house. It was nice to stay at their house for the night and the next morning Wes said, GinGin, come here, talking about me coming into Shan's bed and gettin in bed with them. Then I got to laugh and play with him. He's really a morning kid, gets that from Great Granddad Mac. Well, got to go think about school.

Tracy's B and B

Tracy's new home is just beautiful and she has such a knack for decorating. It seems like however she places decorations they just look perfect. Here is the precious bedroom where we stayed it is decorated for her daughter.

We are having a blast!

Rockport Texas is along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. There is a really neat place to eat a cajun crawfish boil. The Boiling Pot is great. We are having such a good time.