Well...Ben DID it & We MISSED It!!

Ben made his goal in the basketball game tonight...and we MISSED IT. When I called him after the game he said "Everyone was Cheering"....!! The game was not a home game and with Ronnie getting home after 5:00 and needing to feed the cows..we have decided we will not make a lot of the out of town games this year but I really really wish we had made it to this game!!

Ben we are so very proud of you!!!

Happy Birthday Ronnie

A trip to the state park was the perfect setting on a beautiful fall day for Ronnie's birthday party/picnic. We had so much fun!!! I'll just post a few pictures and you can see for yourself.



Happy Birthday We Love You Very Much!!

Not the best "Hook em Horns" picture but you get the message !

Feeding the ducks and geese...they were friendly and hungry!!
Swinging in the same swings they used as little girls.Caleb enjoying the day.TylerCaleb Wade Misty and TylerBethany, Jeff, and baby AudreyCarmen and Sunnie Kay

Hope and me.

Becky

Ben's Goal

We are so very proud of all our grandchildren. They are sweet, kind, compassionate and lots of fun! They are individuals and each of them have different interests. Caleb, Tyler, Bradley, Ben, and Sunnie all enjoy sports but Ben is the least interested in sports. When he was little he played T-ball and coach pitch but when it came time to play on teams where other kids his own age were pitching he just decided there was no need in letting them "target practice" on him. I thought that was an excellent decision...

Last year when he entered junior high as a seventh grader he decided to play basketball. He had played basketball on the youth leagues for several seasons and enjoyed it. Ben is not aggressive or an extreme athlete he just enjoys basketball. Ben has made it known to players, coaches, family and friends that he has a set a goal for himself. That goal is to make a basket in a game! Word has gotten out and he now has a huge cheering section (like the entire school and all their families.) One night this week in a game Ben got the ball and made a score... the crowd erupted in applause and excitement but the ref said he fouled and the score did not count. Bummer!!

We were unable to be at the game that night but we will not miss another if we can help it. I want to be a witness to this milestone in Ben's life!! A few more facts that make this goal of Ben's so great. Bradley...Ben's brother who is only 14 months older is a sports natural and last year Ben was a bit discouraged with basketball and Bradley bribed him to stay on the team by giving him all of his points on a certain online computer game...(which makes me very proud of big brother Bradley) so Ben took him up on it and stuck with the team all year and even though he did not get much playing time he had a goal. In the last game of the year everyone was yelling "give the ball to Ben". In the end last year Ben did not accomplish his goal but was not discouraged and is playing again this year. His goal is still to make a score in a game!!!! Some players goal may be to score three pointers or steal the ball from opponents or make the most points in a game but Ben just wants to make a score.

Do I sound like a proud grandmother? Well I am very proud and the thing I am the most proud of is that Ben is so well grounded that he can look at his interests, (hey guys the world is not all about sports...) set a realistic goal for himself, and GO FOR IT!! Ben we are so very proud of you...and I have faith that you will succeed in whatever goals you set in the future!

Becky

Hope Goes To Vote

Becky needed to vote last week so Hope and I went with her to the local community center. I had voted early about two weeks previously. Hope wore her American flag shirt with blue jeans and a red ribbon.

We then went to a new park for a hamburger lunch. The park is on the site of the old cotton mill that once employed hundreds of local folk including at one time my dad, my grandfather and other family members. In the late seventies when I was needing extra work Dad and I worked on the demolition and salvaging of the old mill. Dad was paid a dollar fifty an hour and I was paid a dollar twenty five. There is very little evidence of the old mill still visible. When I was toiling on the tear down, what if I could have looked into the future about thirty years and seen myself standing on the old railroad track holding a little Chinese daughter? Life takes some amazing twists.

Becky grew up just a couple of blocks from this bridge in the house where her grandparents lived for over fifty years. I played along the creek that it crosses when I was a kid and my grandparents lived about the same distance away.

Fun Times

Our local church had a fall festival and it was Hope's first chance to experience this kind of Texas fun. Ronnie brought Hope a really cute shirt home when he was working in Houston, it said "My Magical Power Is Being Cute"...she looked really cute at the festival, so did friends Addison, Kerrigan, and Olivia. Sunnie Kay was a "rock star" and believe me she looked like one ...so cute !! We went on a hayride and had roasted hot dogs. Fun Fun Fun!!

Hope with Nanny. Nanny is actually Sunnie, Ben, and Bradley's grandmother but Hope asked if she could be her Nanny too and of course Glenna said yes. She is such a sweet lady and our whole family loves her a lot. Nanny is famous for her popcorn balls and the picture below is a milestone in Hopie's life...her FIRST Nanny popcorn ball and she loved it!!

Sabrina and daughters Addison and Kerrigan aka Wonder Woman and Dora!!

Little Miss Olivia who we have prayed many many prayers for and who continues to be a source of joy and evidence that God is still in the healing business.


Our beautiful grandaughter Sunnie Kay with Hope and "Sugar Baby" our Cat...the only animal Hope will even get close to.
Misty and Hope wearing her pumpkin and witch dress (so very cute) that her Aunt Patty found for her at a garage sale. By the way Hope calls Misty "Sissy".