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 ...