FOUNDER'S DAY AND BALL GAMES

Me and John at the Killen Founder's Day celebration. We went out to the park on Friday night and listened to to the band Pioneer Drive.
We went back on Saturday to meet with some of my classmates from the 9TH grade class of 1960.


This picture was made following Andrew's ballgame. Andrew is a real go getter when it comes to playing ball. He seems to always be up against the biggest guy out there. I tell him, "Why do you get so upset when your little brother does something to you and then you go out on the field and let those big guys beat you up and act like nothing has happened"?







Matthew has not chosen a sport yet. Maybe he will get into bull riding. I'm sure he will find his niche one of these days. Aaron is a runner and can run like the wind.







The boys of fall have come out with a vengeance. The white team below is John Pearson's team. He is in the tenth grade this year . We went to his B team game on Monday evening and he played quiet a bit. One of the boys on the opposing team was hurt at the beginning of the 4Th quarter and they thought he was going to have to be med -vac ed to Huntsville. He later started to move and was taken to ECM hospital instead. The game was called thank goodness. I don't know if I could have watched anymore that night.


The crimson and white is Andrew's team. He plays on offence and defence.

This picture was made to prove that I am wearing the necklace that Sarah gave me and that I plan to drink the tea that Monica gave me. Where do my kids get this? They tell me "Now I'm going to give this to you put if you're not going to wear or use it, I'll give to to someone else".

Matthew putting a spit shine on the rims of his bicycle.

Aaron was excited to get these really big bucks.

I carried two old bikes up to Memphis for Matthew. The plan is to combine the parts and make one rideable bike. It was exciting for a little while. Who knows if he will continue to work on it.

It may be just something else for mom and dad to find a place for in the garage.

I think Andrew got into the dismantling in a big way. He got the wheels and seat off. It is always fun to tear something apart. It's the putting back together that is boring.

Mark and Paige came over . We stayed home with the kids while Monica, Tim, Mark and Paige had a night out. They went to play Trivia Pursuit at one of the churches in Mid Town.

Monica after her first week of teaching the 3k and 4k kids . After 12 years of being a stay at home mom she has decided to go back and get her masters and become teacher. I think maybe she should have decided to be a brain surgeon. Probably less stressful.

We decided to go to Memphis this weekend because Andrew only has a couple of weekend games and I was afraid if we didn't go to this first one, we something would come up and we would miss the next one. The weather was really great. It was still pretty hot, but the wind from the hurricane off the coast was sending a wonderful breeze right to us. We left just after the game was over and got home around 9:30 pm. It took us a little longer because we had to stop in Corinth MS and get a bite to eat. God forbid we make the three hour trip without stopping to eat something. Normally we stop at the Dairy Queen and get an ice cream treat, but this time we stopped at Wendy's and got a bowl of chili. It never gets to hot for Chili.