Ham-Bilyeu Reunion

This past Saturday was the 96th annual Ham-Bilyeu Reunion. Mom and I left on Thursday and stopped in Edmond to visit some of her cousins. We had a nice lunch with Lila, Connie, Barbara and Virginia.

Then we went on to Stillwater and spent three nights at Aunt Vera's house. Of course, in my mind, it's not an official trip to Stillwater unless I eat at Bad Brad's BBQ so we did that on Thursday.

Friday morning we spent visiting the Pryors. I hadn't seen David in 20 years. Also got to visit with Aunt Olive and cousin Mark and his wife Christi. Friday afternoon we spent visiting with Grover and Ginny in Perkins.

Saturday was reunion day. Got to see a ton of people (it had been two years since we'd been to our last reunion). The food and fellowship were great. Saturday night we spent at the Pryors again and visited the David, Mark and Aunt Olive again and added Greg and his family, Edd and Barbara and their granddaughter Toni. Had a good time telling stories (mostly David telling embarrassing stories about Edd).

Stayed until Sunday morning so mom could go to Sunday school and church.

Hope you all enjoy the pictures.

PS - BIG props to mom for buying a digital camera while we were there (I forgot to take mine!!!)

Downsizing

Many people are downsizing now days, I joined those ranks but not with a house, a car.

Now that Bruce has a big truck with air conditioning, there was no need for me to also have a large vehicle.

So, I traded in Elvira the Expedition for Edie the Edge.

Just my size, a cute car to boot! It even matches my hair color!!!

Happy 40th!!!

Yesterday Bruce and I celebrated our 40th anniversary. The girls had a luncheon for us at Megan's house with some yummy Mexican food.

It was so awesome to have almost everyone together for this momentous occasion. Bruce and I really appreciated everyone who was able to share it with us.

Ashton (age 7) decorated the cake. She took a cake decorating class just before Mother's Day and has become an expert as you can see from our cake. She even drew up a plan of what she wanted to put on the cake and carried through with the plan. Way to go Ashton, we are so proud of you and your cake decorating abilities. This cake means much more to Grampy and me than a store-bought one would have.

We got some really nice cards and the "remember whens" were priceless. We were all laughing so hard we had tears in our eyes.

I got a really special present from Bruce via my mom and dad. Dad had given mom a necklace that had little diamonds shaped into a heart with a ruby in the middle for their 40th anniversary. They gave it to me. After that, there was not a dry eye in the house. What a precious gift!!!!

I have taken many pictures of the necklace, trying to get a good shot of it but what I'm posting here is the best of the lot. It is kind of blurry and doesn't do it justice but you get the idea.

Thanks again for all the special memories from yesterday.

PS - one super-cute thing... Parker and Landry (both 2), didn't understand what an anniversary was and kept telling Bruce and I "happy birthday Grammy and Grampy".

The Girls

When Erin and the girls came down for Chris' graduation (Friday), Erin and I had made plans for the girls to spend the rest of the weekend with us. They were coming back on Sunday for Chris' graduation party and would pick them up then.

On Saturday morning Ashton, Landry and I met up with Megan and Parker. We went to Baylor's Mayborn Museum, they were having a special Leggo exhibit that day. Sorry I don't have pictures from that day, I was rather busy chasing after a certain female two year old. Megan did get some pictures so maybe I can bum some off her to post later. She was pretty busy too chasing after the male two year old. Thank goodness Ashton was along, she was a GR8 help to us.

Can you believe that we spent almost two hours in the museum? In addition to the Leggo exhibit they have a whole floor devoted to the kiddos with lots of hands-on things for them to do. Then it was a trip to McDonalds before heading home for Landry's nap.

Once she woke up (and since Grampy was still sleeping, he works the overnight shift), we loaded up and went to Megan and Ricci's house to play.

On Sunday we got up and went to WallyWorld to shop for groceries. After loading the girls in the car, I glanced back to Landry and saw that she had put her hat on backwards. Luckily for me, she was in the mood to have her picture taken and the camera was close.

The picture captures Landry to a 'T'. Cute, sassy and unpredictable!!!

We had a good time with the girls and was glad they got to spend some time with Grammy and Grampy. Thanks for loaning them to us Bobby and Erin.

Chris' Festivities

Friday night Christopher graduated from Lorena High School, boy how time flies. Due to operator error, I missed them announcing his name, etc. But did get some video afterward, Everyone was able to make it except Bobby, he had work obligations in the Metroplex.

Kudos to Erin and her girls for fighting the Memorial Day traffic to be there for Chris' important occasion.

Enjoy. I guess you can tell I really like my Flip Camera!!