Turning 50 with friends

Cousins by choice

Let's see, His dad, and her mom were cousins. So I guess that makes them second cousins. Well, they sure had a good time playing together over the weekend. We went home with Becky for her class reunion. So Jaicey and Joe got to play all day Thursday evening, all day Friday and Saturday. Wow they were pooped. It was a pleasant weekend. Crashing the 1980's reunion was fun, and everyone was so nice, and didn't care that the crashers were there.

Hico, Texas

My friend Sandra and I went to Hico, Texas today. We called Logan and picked her up on our way, and Nicole met us there. So it was take your daughters to lunch day. We had good intentions of making it to the chocolate store, but we went to the infamous Koffee Kup Kafe first. They had pie. Not just any ole pie... but BIG OLE YUMMY PIE! We purchased two pieces to share, and couldn't finish. YES we left pie on the plate. So, if traveling Texas, on HWY 6, Stop for pie. We also hit all the cute little shops, and did our best to support the local merchants. I purchased a toilet paper holder for the NEWST bathroom in the house. It will be ready soon, and a "SPUR" TP holder was a must. Besides it was half price.

Vistor from out of town

Lucien Dale Roden spent the night with us this weekend on his way to A&M for the soccer camp. He was Lacey's college soccer coach, and such a great guy. We love to see him when he is down our direction.

Logan Turns 21

July 3 my youngest daughter turned 21 years old. Doesn't quite seem possible that she could be 21. But then again, those years in San Antonio, seem like a lifetime way. The bad memories have been erased by the precious ones, as time has a way of doing it's thing. We celebrated with a supper of grilled steaks, on the 2nd. The kids got up early and went to Dallas for WARP TOUR.
So July 3 was spent at Paul's dad's house with his sister and her family in from Little Rock. We had a wonderful surprise, when Lacey showed up. She had came with Kris to drop of JaiceyBelle, and had to be back by suppertime. The visit was brief, but anytime we get to see her is a bonus.

(CNGW) So far, Bo has had a good summer. He hasn't spent as much time working with his dad as anticipated but that is because he is attending a conditioning camp at Reicher Catholic High School. Which by the way, he has decided to attend in the fall. In addition to this decision, he has also expressed an interest in playing football again. Thus the summer work-outs. Hopefully by the time school starts he will be a lean mean fighting machine. At any rate, he will know most of the boys by then. He gets his drivers license in 23 days. So... life is good. Still can't manage a hair cut, but that will all change when school starts. I think they even have uniforms.

Sunday in Clifton

Logan remembers fondly her daddy taking them to the creek on weekends. She was so excited to take her dad to the "creek" that she and Philip had found to poke around in. We loaded up the nets, and the dog and headed to Clifton around 11:00. I was a little worried, as my family has a knack of taking me down trails covered in poison ivy. When Logan assured me there wouldn't be any, because there were "steps" I didn't picture this. What a lovely little place to have near your home.

On the upper side, the water was at least 10ft deep. On the bottom side, it was knee deep. The limestone shelves on the bank were lush and sparkling with clear cool water trickling down them. Bo ran and jumped in first thing, and lost his glasses. Not a big deal, as they were already beyond repair. So now he is wearing his contacts until we can get a new pair.

We lunched on chicken and smoothies before heading home. Paul had to bring home a bucket full of minnows and tadpoles for our aquarium, so we came straight home. I took a nap in the hammock, and Paul... is out on a call.

Yesterday, Paul, Bo and I worked in the yard for five hours. That is a lot of work. You can certainly tell it. Things look so much better.

A special note: Tomorrow is my friend Christy's birthday. I wish her the absolute best. It is probably unusual for an employer to be friends with an employee this long after the fact. But not if you knew Christy. She may have "oops, forgot to have children" (private joke)... but the truth is, she is busy nurturing all the grown children that call her friend. Thank you for taking care of us for all these years. We love you, now take care of you. If you need ANYTHING.... I will be there in a blink. You just have to let me know.