Texas1Papa & Nana's Place

With Christmas # 1 behind us, we can look forward to Christmas # 2 with Jeremy, Robin, Riven, Joshua, Kaleb, and those that celebrated Christmas # 1. We had a great time with D-Dad, Grandma, Aunt Jewel, Jonathan, Sharon, and me. We slept in a little longer than usual, ate breakfast, opened presents, celebrated our Lord Jesus's birth, talked with the Fredericksburg Thomas Clan, ate lunch, napped, ate desert, talked with the Olds, Canada Thomas Clan, ate dinner, ate desert, and played Imaginiff.... I won this time, beating Mom by 1 space and D-Dad and Grandma by 3 and 4 spaces respectfully. It was nip and tuck at the end with some difficult ?'s. Traditional Christmas dinner with barbecued brisket, ham, pinto beans, potato salad, coleslaw, homemade rolls and coconut pie and apple pie for desert. Mmmmmmmmm GOOD! Here we are after the game, see everybody's happy!!! Real happy, what's the matter Jonathan?

Our Hillbilly Grandkids We had the great pleasure of having Riven, Joshua, an d Kale b, three of our grandkids come stay with us while their dad and mom went to a Pre-trib conference in Dallas. Even though the weather didn't cooperate very well, we had a great time entertaining and being entertained. Grandkids and Nana in the hot tub Great Grandparents Reading before going to bed

Last Saturday was the annual Band Banquet that is the culmination of the marching season. The directors give out awards (Most Outstanding Senior, Junior, etc, Bandsman of the Week, Etc), they recognize the Seniors , Drum Majors, Librairians, Section Leaders, etc, say all these nice things about our kids, you get my drift. Jonathan was selected as one of the Most Outstanding Seniors, Bandsman of the Week and of course Drum Major. Jonathan's dates for the evening Drum Majors Some may know that myself and Cory Noland had made a promise to the band that if they qualified for the State Finals, we would shave our heads ,probably not the smartest thing we've ever done, but we made the ...

This fall has been a busy time for us. Jonathan is a Drum Major for his High School band, so every Friday night we are at the football game cheering on the band (and football team). This was a "State" year for marching band, so in October almost every Saturday was a day at an Invitational marching contest. Then there was the Regional Contest, they got a 1 and qualified for Area. At Area they qualified for the finals (top 7 bands out of 21). This is the first time in 10 years his high school band has made the finals at Area and this is the smallest band (100) that they have had that has made the finals. We were kinda proud to say the least even though they didn't qualify for the State finals. These pictures were taken at one of the Friday night games. What you will see are some of the 62 sets/formations that their show had this year. They only had 8 minutes to perform, so they were moving all the time from one st to another. Enjoy

This is Riven Victoria, our 1st Granddaughter. This is Evan Joseph, our 1st Grandson and 2nd Grandkid. This is Joshua Miles, our 3rd Grandkid, 2nd Grandson and the oldest of the twins. This is Kaleb James, our 4th Grandkid, 3rd Grandson and the youngest of the twins (1minute). Our 5th Grandkid and 2nd Granddaughter is due on January 10, 2008. Check back for pictures.

This is our family that is at home in Lamar County, Bob, Sharon, and Jonathan. This picture was taken at Lake Louise in Alberta Canada.

This is our oldest son Jeremy and his wife Robin. Jeremy is Pastor of Fredericksburg Bible Church in Fredericksburg, Texas. Robin is full time mom to daughter Riven and twin sons Joshua and Kaleb. This is our middle son Joseph, his wife Suzanne, and their son Evan. They are missionaries with Good Seed in Olds, Alberta, Canada. And last but, not least our youngest son Jonathan. He is a senior at North Lamar High School.