Tuesday, January 25, 2011

wild horses! yikes!

Sometimes life can get a little boring around here, with just me and grandpa hanging around the house.
Then something happens, like this afternoon, to get the adrenalin going again.  wild horses!
I thought I had secured the gate, but the horses (2 of them) got out! That's what you get for living in the wild west.  I was out "visting teaching"(our church's program of church ladies ministering to other church ladies). 

When my compainion and I arrived at our first lady's house, she had taken her horses out of their pasture,and they were munching grass in the front yard, which was surrounded by a fence.  While us ladies were having a nice little visit, those darned horses had escaped! 

 Luckily, with the help of a cowboy on a bike, the horses were shooed back home. My and my sweet little companion, who's almost 80 and frail (She won't see this. She doesn't know how to use a computer), stood in the middle of the street by the open gate. With the horses approaching us at a gallop, we put our lives on the line and stood there, hollering and frantically waving our arms. Instead of plowing us down, the horses put on their brakes and did a right turn into their own yard.
Big sigh of relief and enough action for one day!

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

start of a New Year -- 2011

I woke up New Year's morning to this. Eight of the grandkids stayed overnight New Year's Eve (a tradition) and had so much fun playing with each other.

We spent New Year's Day afternoon at Brazos Bend Park -- the alligator park. The kids were amazed to see a 16 foot alligator sunning itself on the shore.

Doing a head count to make sure all the kiddos are still here!
And of course, they're all accounted for! Their Grammy kept a close eye on them, and was ready to wrestle an alligator or two if needed.
A great start to a New Year. And here's a great quote to keep in mind as we journey through this new year.
(wish I had written down who said it)

"The lives of men without goals and plans slip by like shadows, leaving no trace, no legacy, and taking away no learning, no growth.  Other lives, blueprint-built rather than random-spent, leave traces in time and carry away light and power for the journey into the next world."           

Monday, January 3, 2011

cute cousins together for Christmas


Kyla, Evan, and Colby enjoying a warm Texas winter day

cousins making Christmas cookies
Saige bonding with Kyla


yummy!

                       
babies feeding babies