**This week, Davis was hit with an ear infection. I can't imagine why! I mean, we'd only spent all day Saturday, most of the day Sunday and part of the day Tuesday in the pool. So, that's why D. is missing from a lot of pictures. On another note, Tuesday, the kids' "ROCK STAR" Uncle Clancey watched them so I could go with my mom to her doctor's appointment. He ROCKS!
Here is what we did:
Grace went to the stock show associated with the Parker County Sheriff's Posse Rodeo.
Grace, Kaela and Christian checking out the goats
I was blessed with a quick visit with my dear friend, Christine. I adore her. I am glad she is going to RI, nearer to her family. I can't wait to visit her home "area" and crash some of her family gatherings! :)
Our kids' first rodeo was the first rodeo my dad went to. The same day this picture was taken, I saw a black and white photo of my grandmother (in heels and a dress!) holding my dad's hand when he was about Davis' age, walking him into the rodeo.
"Look, kids, there's a real cowboy! And he's related to us! And he is tough enough to wear pink!"
A stay at my uncle Tommy's and aunt Pattie's is a summer requirement for me. They are so gracious to host us and I love being there. It's as close as an "old homeplace" as I have now. Here are my kids and two of my cousin, Melody's three, in the front yard.
I totally forgot to take a picture of my aunt, Pattie, when we were at her house. So here she is at our family reunion, holding the sweetest, most "Thomas" baby I ever met, Mitchell Thomas Ditore, my cousin Melody's baby.
The following week, Grace went to basketball camp at Tarleton. I cannot tell you the pride and fear I felt for her, as I watched her walk into a gym full of new faces. She is so unbelievably brave; braver than Jasen and I ever thought about being. She did great and had a great time. One of her "best friends" at camp was the daughter of a girl I went to school with. Isn't that funny? And notice her shoes. Every child's first basketball shoes should be Chuck's! Or a cheap knock-off of them!
The blurry girl running up to her coaches? That would be Grace Graham, whose speed knows no bounds, so fast even her mother's camera couldn't get her clear, receiving her "Camper of the Day" certificate. Hope springs eternal!
Grace and the other campers. She's in the back, three in from the left hand side.
That Saturday was very important in little D's life. We had a special movie to see. Here we are, preparing by eating our breakfast with 3-D glasses on Toy Story plates.
On our way to Toy Story 3, which was by far our favorite movie of the year.
