Fun at the Children's Museum...

We went to the children's museum during our family trip. I got to milk a cow!


The itsy-bitsy spider got me!


I'm pretending to be a helper ant in the big ant mound!


My what long legs I have!


Whoa! a T-Rex!

Cowtown Stockyards...

We went to the Stockyards here in Fort Worth. Here is Sean as a cowboy.



We all had a great time pretending to be longhorns!



We met some cattle rustlers.



Paige is pretty in pink.



Ride'm Cowboy!

Curious Will goes to the zoo...

Here I am looking at an elephant. It has a big nose.




Here I am with the baby elephant bronze statue.






My favorite things at the zoo are the birds and the fish.

the rain in spain...

The rain in Spain may fall gently on the plain...but not here in Texas. This is a pretty ominous looking cloud. We had a pretty severe super cell thunderstorm roll through last night.

We were under a Tornado Warning, so Val and Will took cover in our "bunker." It is our closet. They had story time and cookies.

I on the other hand was watching the storm. We had pretty strong wind and rain and intense hail. Fortunately, the hail was not as big as just a little bit west of here. In Mineral Wells, pretty much anything that was exposed got demolished by tennis to baseball size hail. The report is that all of the skylights at the Walmart were knocked out. Also, every car in the parking lot was totaled. There was also pictures of the hail from Weatherford. The hail was so thick that it looked like it had snowed.

Fun in the Pumpkin Patch...

Here I am in the pumpkin patch. I've picked me out a pumpkin just my size!

Here you go Daddy! Hold my pumpkin.

Oh dear! I'm not sure I can get this one up?!

welcome home...

Well, as of 2 pm today, Valerie and I are officially homeowners for the first time. It is kinda exciting. It kinda hasn't really struck me yet. It kinda is going to be a lot of work here for the next 2 weeks (and beyond)!

holy faith...

People get ready
There's a train a-coming
You don't need no baggage
You just get on board
All you need is faith
To hear the diesels humming
Don't need no ticket
You just thank the Lord

People get ready
For the train to Jordan
Picking up passengers
From coast to coast
Faith is the key
Open the doors and board them
There's room for all
among the loved the most

There ain't no room
for the hopeless sinner
Who would hurt all mankind just
To save his own
Have pity on those
whose chances are thinner
Cause there's no hiding place
From the Kingdom's Throne

So people get ready
for the train a-comin'
You don't need no baggage
you just get on board !
All you need is faith
to hear the diesels humming
Don't need no ticket
you just thank, you just thank the Lord

I'm getting ready
I'm getting ready
this time I'm ready
this time I'm ready

- Curtis Mayfield, 1963

The photographer was not in any danger at any point of time during the capture of this scene, although it sure looks like it!

Camp photos...

Fairview Baptist @ Camp Copass

The recent rains has really raised the lake levels at Camp. These crosses used to be about 30 feet from the shore.

critters...

These are critters from around camp.

Buy me some peanuts and cracker-jacks...

Today, I went to my very first professional baseball game! The Texas Rangers faced off against the Toronto Blue Jays. I was very excited to be there. Daddy even got me a miniature Rangers batting helmet.

Here is a picture of Mark Texiera getting a single. Big Tex and Daddy had an English class together back at Georgia Tech.

Here is a picture of Hank Blalock hitting a homerun. This was my first homerun.

I can't wait to go the ball game again!

Wild Wild West (Weather)...

Well, I think the drought in Texas is officially over. We've been having strong storms about every 3 days for last 3 weeks.

Tonight, we had perhaps the worst weather at our house. We had very strong winds and exceptionally heavy winds. There was also perhaps the worst street flooding yet.

We ended up losing power for a few hours. Thankfully it came back just at bed time. It looks like I won't have to sweat tonight.

Deep in the Heart of Texas...

The blue bonnets are blooming.