BACK-TO-SCHOOL

It is back-to-school day for all our Texas scholars. Steffinee has already been in class for two weeks in Oklahoma. Praying all have a great school year.

Carlos (Sophomore at Trinity HS), Isabell (8th grade at Harwood Jr High), and Samantha (5th grade at Wilshire Elementary).

ENTRANCE GATE TO SPRING MILL STATE PARK

A friend posted this picture today and it brought back so many memories. Love this state park in Mitchell, Indiana. I have so many childhood memories of this park from family picnics, school trips, Junior Prom at the Inn and Sunday School trips. Later in life I enjoyed taking my kids there. We had a birthday party for Cindy there one year and took the kids there to the Virgil 'Gus' Grissom Memorial to get their first look at a real spacecraft. I could go on and on.

I WILL HAVE TO COOK

Now that school will be starting up and Samantha will be busy, grandma will have to start cooking again. I sure hope papaw will be able to go back to grandma's cooking. Here is the bacon, potato, onion, peppers skillet Samantha prepared the other day. The little toot loves to cook and bake and we enjoying eating what she makes.

FORTY-NINE YEARS AGO TODAY THIS FAMILY BEGAN

Forty-nine years ago today was a hot day in a little country church that had no air-conditioning! That was the day Steve and I got married in Avoca, Indiana and this crazy little family began. Through five states, the USAF, three children and seven grandchildren our life has been quite an adventure.

SAMANTHA BAKING CAKE POPS

A family friend brought Samantha a couple of cake pop kits so she spent this afternoon making cake pops. She made some for the friend's grandson and some for us. These are sugar-free cake so grandma can enjoy them, too.

A lot of work went into the finished product.

 

HELLO KITTY COOKIES FOR CHOIR

Today was the last day of choir camp. They have tomorrow off then their first performance is for all the district teachers (early) Friday morning. Samantha is excited. Grandma is not looking forward to having her at the First Baptist Church in Euless by 7:15 AM. I am an early riser but Samantha is grumpy in the mornings. Today she has choir practice at church. She made Hello Kitty cookies for the choir. She would have preferred baking cookies from scratch but Aunt Cindy had bought her these to bake and after camp they worked out fine. She said they are very good.

HONOR CHOIR CAMP

Yesterday was Samantha's first day of Honor Choir Camp. She was very excited. This choir combines the best elementary choir members in the HEB (Hurst, Euless, Bedford) school district and Samantha is happy she made the cut. She is looking forward to a fun year with the choir. There are 111 members so she is proud to be on the first row so we can see her at performances! Yesterday she got her choir tee shirt she is to wear to school on choir practice days. I made her try it on before I washed it so she is acting goofy in the picture. She has a polo shirt to wear to casual performances and a formal black dress for special performances. She always loved going to cousin Lauren's high school choir performances and is now thrilled that she is in a special school choir and is an alto like Lauren.