Special Guests

It is always a special time when the kids and grandkids are home.  Britni, Chuck, Chandler and Rainey were home for the weekend.  We had bought Chandler a little tractor when he was younger and the battery went completely dead!  We finally found a new battery so I couldn't wait for the grands to get here and try it out.  Rainey would drive a few feet and get so tickled - drive a few more feet and giggle!  It was pretty funny. 

We went to church on Sunday and Rainey wore the cutest little sweater dress and tights so I had to get some pictures!! 

And then Chandler actually cooperated and let me take a few of him and sister!! 

Good times!!

Happy Anniversary!!

Happy Anniversary, Chuck and Britni!  

 We hope you have many, many more!!

 

You guys were just babies!!  :)  And look how far you've come and how you have been blessed!! 

Rainey's Party

We attended Rainey's birthday party this weekend and had a great time watching her open presents, blow out the candles and getting cupcake icing everywhere including up her nose!!  :) 

These are gifts from Aunt (nurse) Ky Ky.  :)

Big brother just thrilled to watch little sister open gifts. 

Britni (and Chuck) has updated Rainey's bedroom and it is so cute!!  They did a great job.  Check out Britni's blog to see more pics of the room. 

Happy Birthday, little Princess!!  I love you!!

Fun Weekend

All of our kids and grandkids were home for the weekend. Yea!!  The original plan was that Robert and I were going out to see Austin but he had an extended weekend since Tech had fall break Monday and Tuesday so he and a couple of friends decided to come home.  The girls came home as well.  On Saturday the girls and I went to Countryfest while Robert hauled hay and the boys watched sports on TV.  The kids had all requested homemade chicken and dumplings for dinner so that is what I made.  We all went to church together on Sunday and then I made them take some pictures while they were all home. 

Just the girls



We are so blessed with our children, in-laws and grandchildren!



Our sweet kids

the Grands!!

All too soon the weekend came to an end.  Britni, Kylie and their families went home Sunday afternoon and Austin left this morning.  Already looking forward to having them back home for Thanksgiving!! 



Happy Birthday, Rainey!!

Happy Birthday to our sweet granddaughter!!     We love you so much, Rainey!!

Happy late Birthday!

On Wednesday was our son-in-law's (Chuck) birthday! 

So HaPpY BiRtHdAy,

to you and the pedestal you rode in on.  LOL

Fall Photos

 I had fun this past weekend taking pictures of Britni and her sweet family!!

Family!

Went to Steve and Tina's (my brother and sister-in-law) home to visit and eat burgers grilled outside.  Yummy!!  My sister, Ann, and Tina and I decided to go to town and take some pictures around our hometown.  We drove around the new elementary building.  It is so nice and it is so great for the community and very much needed!!  Then we decided to go to the old campus where Ann and I attended school growing up.  Tina needed a couple of things out of her old classroom so we just went on a little trip down memory lane.  We walked through the elementary building, remembering what teachers we had and in what classrooms.  We got to the end of the building and decided to see if Tina's key would work and get us into the high school building and it did. 

We had just walked into the high school and had only gone a few steps and stopped to talk for a couple of seconds when we heard something.  We looked up and realized that we had probably just set off the alarm.  We quickly went back outside and immediately this loud alarm started blaring. We didn't know what to do except hang around until the law enforcement got there so we could tell them that we didn't break in - we actually had a key.  All of us had left our cell phones in the car so we couldn't call in and tell them so we figured it was best to just wait. We didn't know if there were security cameras in the building that would have our picture so we opted not to run. LOL Well . . . we waited . . .

and waited . . .

and waited . . .

and the alarm continued. It was literally making me sick at my stomach. Eventually we saw the sheriff car drive by over on the next street and we just knew he was on his way but no one every came. Reassuring huh!!?? After at least 10 long minutes of that alarm blaring, it finally shut off. Still no one came - so we left!

My stomach was in knots so I told them to get me to Miller's so I could get a coke and settle my nerves. :) Miller's is the drug store - as we called it growing up. I worked for the owner after high school in the pharmacy when he owned Hooten's Drug Store. They still have the soda fountain - you know where they squirt the cola syrup in the cup and add the soda water. There is a little lady that has worked there forever! She is still working there and she makes the best drinks and shakes. If you tuned in to the Ranger game last week you probably saw her. She loves the Rangers and had never been to a game. Someone that came into the drug store found that out and contacted the Rangers. They sent her 8 tickets and a limo to pick her up and take her to the game. It was fun talking with Ms. Mable and hearing about her trip.

On our way back to Tina's we drove down the first street Robert and I lived on when we got married.  I guess you could say it was a "sign of things to come"!! 

We finally made it back to Steve and Tina's and enjoyed hamburgers with family and friends. 

I love hanging out with my family!!