Dad's Retirement Party @ PHS

Faculty at Pasadena HS had a retirement party for dad and 2 of his co-workers that retired from PHS this year. What a wonderful job they did! I was also blessed to see several of my former teachers whom I haven't seen in years. The FFA Floral Design students made several beautiful floral arrangement​s. There were fun slide shows, gift presentatio​ns, lots of food and cake. Dad was blessed with 18 years at PHS and has had a wonderful family there that I know he will never forget.

Continue sending prayers his way! His next MRI appointment is June 10th. We pray that all goes well and his MRI shows no new growth. He has been feeling pretty good except for a couple expected side effects.

Blessings to all!

My Punkin & Sweet Pea

For the past 3 weekends I have been blessed to have my Punkin (Justin) & Sweet Pea (Lauren)stay with us. Dawn and Jason have been diligently working on getting their house repainted, new flooring laid just to name a bit. This week they will finally get in it. Justin is such a curious and adventurous little boy. The entire time he was here with us he was either chasing Lauren and Andrew with the star wars light saber or standing at the back door saying, "Here Wuwu! Come here Wuwu!" He was calling our dog Lulu. She would come to the door, he'd pet her, she'd then go back to her business and he would start again.

Lauren and Andrew made up many games and play scenarios. Their imaginations were so amazing. When she wasn't playing with Andrew, she was face painting and fingernail/toenail painting with Aliska. They bring me such joy having them around. Thank you Lord for bringing them back home.

Michael recently got a position at the Tomball Lowe's and will be permanently moving to the Katy area soon. One other thing that will make my life that much more perfect would be to have my baby brother nearby also. My siblings and I are so close and I hope it will always be that way.

Lauren's Birthday Party @ Chuck-E-Cheese and the kids staying with us

BBQ for My Daddy!

What a day we all had yesterday!!​ Many wonderful friends and family joined us at Hanson Park for a day of celebrating dad, life and friendship.​ Oh, the fellowship!​ I came to the conclusion that life is too short and eventhough we have everday responsibil​ities, why do we get so wrapped up in our own daily routines? What a tragedy that we have lifelong friends and yet don't see them nearly as often as we could & should. Because of dad's illness, I also have made new friendships​ for which I am grateful. My family (extended) also get together more than ever and don't even need a birthday or holiday to do so...that's the way we should all be.

Thank you for all the food many of you brought and the help in making the gathering a success. Thank you also to those helping me contacting many friends we've lost contact with.

Happy Mother's Day to all the mom's out there.

Trey's 11th Birthday Party

Trey's birthday party was at the Home Run Zone in East Bernard. Kyle & Jenny out did themselves. The boys had such a great time! Not only did they bat, they also came up with their own games. What imaginations they have!! Can't believe my "Trey Man" is already 11! Happy Birthday, Buddy!

A Day @ The Wharton County Youth Fair

Friday was 'Fair Day' for EBISD students. Our tradition the past few years has been taking the kids for an early breakfast and then off to the fairgrounds. This year we had a guest, my nephew Justin! He is such a joy to have around and seems to have a special bond to his Aunt April. My "Punkin" was attached at the hip to me for the past couple days...which I ate up.

Our first stop was the carousel, which he wasn't too sure of at first. Andrew loves horses and using his wild imagination pretended he was riding a real horse. Next were the race cars. This was Justin's favorite ride which he rode 5-6 times, several in a row. Aliska & Andrew rode the bumper cars and then took Justin thru the Fun House. This was a close 2nd for Justin. He made Aliska take him thru it 4 times in a row. He kept telling her, "gain, chicky, gain!" Trey was off riding all the big rides with his friends. Last year those rides didn't agree with Aliska so much, so this year she was more selective of which ones she rode.

As it neared noon, the park was getting more crowded and the temperature was rising. It was time to head to the petting zoo and then look at all the exhibits. Justin loved the animals in the petting zoo...as long as he was my 2nd skin!! I think his favorite exhibits were the bunnies and the "big cows". What a wonderful day with my kiddos and nephew! Great start to a GREAT weekend!