Well today we celebrated Bryan's birthday tonight with a surprise party for him. It was our family and some close friends and also our grandchildren!! What a blessing. Tomorrow Kimberly, Zachary, Caleb, Caitlyn, and Grammy are heading for San Antonio. We're so excited to be going. I wish Bryan could go but with his mom the way she is, he doesn't want to leave her and I don't blame him. We're going to try and do some other things once we get back. In San Antonio, we're heading for the riverwalk and the boats, Casa Rio restaurant, the market, Sea World, the Alamo, and then when we get to Austin, we'll see the bats flying out from the Congress Ave. bridge. We'll also see the UT campus, the capitol, and other stuff. We'll ride in the bat boat up and down Lady Bird lake. It should be a great mini vacation for the kids and for us to. Well, that's it for now so I'll talk to you all later in the week-maybe.

Here are a few cute pics with the kids. Such a great picture of Grandma and the kids.

Good morning world!!! I know it's 11:26 in the morning and I just got rudely awoken by the bird screaming. I was up all night last night at the hospital and got home around 5am. Matey responded to me when I came home but then ended up squawking at the top of his lungs like a rooster so I had to go ahead and wake up. Oh well, Bryan, Christopher and the kids went to Hawaiian Falls without me :( Too tired to go. There will be plenty of water time with the kids next week. I'm going to add some pictures to this blog in a little while so you can see the kids. So sweet!! Have a great day.

MAN did we have fun last night at the rodeo!!! It was great. Got some cute video's of the kids-Caleb riding the fake bull and Caitlyn riding a real pony. We had a great time and really enjoyed ourselves. Zachary had fun also, for a little while anyway. Well, today is Kimberly's last day to work for MMI. She's quitting to be a fulltime mom and also to help family members when and if they will let her. That's such an important job and she'll be great at it. Say a prayer for Kimberly and Les as they both prayed about it and really feel that is where the Lord is leading them. Read 1 Timothy 5:3-10 and you'll understand. Put a special emphasis on verses 4 and 8. I hope you all have a wonderful day in the Lord and remember that TODAY is the day the Lord hath made-rejoice in it. Love ya.

I see Carlos and Deborah were on here!!!!!!! Yippeeeeeeeee Love ya'll so much

Well, I'm up and at 'em already this morning. Breakfast finished, emails checked, and ready to get going. Today is SAM'S day to replenish stock for my brother's house-his supplies and get some more things for our household. Then, this evening is the Bonham rodeo-yippee, the kids love it!!! The summer is going way too fast!!! I can't believe that we are at the end of July already. Next week will be great also!!! Why?????? We're go to San Antonio for the week. We're seeing the bats in Austin, Seaworld in S. A. and then all the fun stuff in S. A. Kimberly, the kids, and I are going. Bryan's mom's health is failing so he's not going with us. Wish Chrissy could get a day to go but that's okay-we'll have so much fun. The kids are in for a BIG treat!!!! VACATION!!!!! Love it!!! Well, you all have a wonderful day and know I am especially because my grandchildren are here with us!!!! I think I may have told you but Z's blood levels are looking awesome so the Dr. thinks he's "out of the woods" now. Thank you Jesus!!! Your the Lover of my Soul!!

Man what a wonderful day today was!!! Kimberly, Z, Caleb, Caitlyn, and I went to the Ft. Worth Zoo today. We had a lot of fun and really enjoyed the day. I'll have to put some pictures on this page. Kimberly even helped hold a python!!! Bryan's mom told her nurse that we had left her for a long time. She didn't realize that it was just me going and not Bryan. She confused also the fact that I have some plans for next week and she thought that we had left and would be gone for a long time. Poor thing-the nurse said that she was really upset. She was going to tell mom that we were home and I was just gone for the day. The kids were great!!!!! They all had so much fun and Z was intrigued with all that he saw. It was fun. Got some good pictures also. Okay, it's late and I'm going to bed so you all have a great night!! Love ya.

Time sure does fly by!! I can't believe how quick it goes. Several things have been going on and it just keeps us hopping. The kids are having fun though. They really enjoy going to the water park more than the natatorium because you can play with water balloons there. Right now, they are out with Poppy shooting the pellet gun while I pay bills. The kids are so precious. They are so loving toward us and just hug us and tell us how much they love us. We're all so happy they are here!!! They are having a slumber party tonight with Les, KK, Zachary. They are REALLY excited because they get to play with Kodi a lot and help Uncle Les do his work. KK and Les love having them with them. The kids adore Zachary!!! Well, gotta go for now and take the kids to KK's after they finish shooting the gun. Have a great week and God Bless.

Hi Carlos and Deborah!!!!! I'm talking to Carlos right now.

Well, an update about Mr. Zachary!!!! He was over 13 1/2 pounds and 25 inches long!!! His blood was so good that he doesn't have to have it rechecked for 4 weeks!!! Yeah Zachary!!! Thank you Jesus. He's fussy today because yesterday is when we went and he got his shots and this morning he wasn't happy at all. Poor little guy!!! Caitlyn went with me yesterday also. She got to meet all of his Dr.'s-from the hematologist that diagnosed him to the neonatologist who treated him when he was first born. Caleb couldn't go because he had dodgeball camp at church yesterday afternoon. He said that next year, he'd like to do basketball camp so we'll bank that in the ole brain so we can remember when next year rolls around. Today is our son in laws birthday!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO LES!!!! We are SO blessed to have him as a son. God blessed us with 1 biological son and 1 son by marriage. We have a HOST of other "sons" that we love too but these 2 of ours are different. God Blessed us with one daughter and I am praying for another "daughter" and hopefully some day we'll get the RIGHT one!!! That's what we want--the RIGHT one not just ANYONE but THE ONE. We have a host of other "daughter's" also and we love them too. Well, I had to go back to the Dr. today and got a shot of steroid. I think it's already helping me. My cough is terrible and it hurts to cough so much-but I can't help it. I have a sinus infection and fluid in my right ear. That's the ear it's always in. Oh well, you all have a great day and God Bless You.

Hello everyone, Well, it's the weekend!!!! I can't believe it. The kids are having fun with their daddy today. We have Z and Kodi here tonight because Kimberly and Les are at the Ladona rodeo and dance and they are celebrating Les' birthday. I hope they have fun. I tell ya what-that Kodi is a brat!!! She's sweet though. We played ball in the yard for awhile and she is good at fetching and bringing it back to you. She sits, goes down, shakes, says her prayers so far. That's good for being a puppy. She also ilkes to CHEW on ANYTHING she can get those teeth on!!!! Well, I'm going to wake Z up, bathe him, and give him a bottle and hopefully he'll be down for the count but time will tell. I'm hoping I sleep well tonight!!!!

I'm going to add some more pictures to the blog. We were at Sammy and Lindy's new apartment today. They are twin sisters and we have known them for 8 years and we have such a great time together. They love the kids so much. They've known Caleb since he was a little guy and he was the first baby they had ever held. They are like aunts to all of the kids. The kids love them so much. They are wonderful aunts and we consider them relatives. Anyway, enjoy the pictures.

Hello everyone. I have some sweet pictures so far of the kids' visit. We are having a lot of fun with them so far. I hope you enjoy them. We've  loved having them with us! I sure wish we had them more!!  We've been swimming the last 2-3 days. The first week they were here, we had VBS. The next week was when Grandpa died so that wasn't a fun week for anyone. I was really surprised though, they BOTH wanted to go and see where Grandpa was laid to rest. They really liked the spot where he is. They understand that it's just his "shell" that his soul is in Heaven walking with Jesus.  Anyway, I hope you enjoy the pics we've taken.  

Something else exciting happened yesterday.  Caleb had a loose tooth and he pulled it himself!!!! right in front of Poppy. We had given him the dental floss and he took it and wrapped it around the back of the tooth and then crossed it in the front and pop!! out it came!!! I was so surprised. The Texas tooth fairy left him $5.00 and a note.  I remember when a quarter was exciting!!! We hope you have a great evening. God Bless You All.

There is a song that is sung by Brandon Heath called Give me Your Eyes. That magnifies my life. Praise Jesus He saved me!! and has given me the opportunity to spend eternity with Him in Glory!!!! Hallelujah!!!!! Praise the Lord.

You know what?? I forgot to give you all the results of Christopher's tests!!! They were wonderful. Definitely post traumatic stress syndrome stemming from the stress he had in Maryland with his ex-wife. He's doing great!! He has a girlfriend now. He's taking his time, doing it "right" this time instead of what happened before. The kids REALLY like her a lot and she is a sweet young woman. She's 31 and her name is Jennifer. She has a little girl that is 6 so she's in between Caleb and Caitlyn's ages. We're having fun with the kids but we'll have more fun now that we have a little freedom. We're trying to decide what to do because there are so many things to do in Texas.  I KNOW we're going to Austin to see the bats fly out from under the bridge. Well, I gotta run right now to take Clayton to the Dr.  Have a blessed day.

By the way, we're going to go and watch fireworks again tonight!! This will be the 3rd display we've seen. We saw Allen's, Wylie's and tonight is McKinney's. We're going to park in the parking lot of our church tonight. We'll take some snacks, drinks, etc. Zachary was fasinated watching them. Caleb and Caitlyn have been enjoying them also-it's probably the most they've ever seen. They are having a good time down here. They've made some new friends and done some things they hadn't done in previous trips. More to come though!!!!! Have a great rest of the weekend and enjoy your church services!!!!

Happy 4th of July everyone!!! Well, we've had a difficult week this week with the loss of Bryan's daddy early Tuesday morning. We had the funeral yesterday and it was a wonderful service. Bryan and his brother David even sang a song that their daddy had sang to them when they were children. It was very touching. Praise God that Bryan's mom seemed to do okay throughout the long day. I just don't know long she'll last now. They were married almost 72 years!!! Dad, we will miss you but we know where you are and wouldn't want you to have to come back here for anything!!!! Enjoy Heaven until we get there!!!