Kyle's Graduation SFA May 16, 2009

Helen and I had a major life event, our son Kyle graduated with a Masters in Accountancy. Now he and his big sister Tiffany are both college graduates with Masters Degrees. Helen and I are proud and relieved to have the financial obligations of college behind us. Kyle's Aunt Janis & Uncle Byron, Cousin Jordan, Uncle Fred and Aunt Ann, Aunt Cheryl, his sister Tiffany and her husband Brian and their kids Jackson & Juliana joined Kyle and us to celebrate and witness his graduation. Ann & Fred & Janis & Byron & Jordan had to get up at 3 or 4 am to make the 3+ hour drive to be at the ceremony by 9:30 am, so it was a special honor to us that they think enough of Kyle do that. The graduation class was the biggest ever at SFA and I had to get there before the doors opened to save seats for everybody because the attendance was expected to exceed the seating capacity. Luckily the Masters Graduates got to go first, so after Kyle walked the stage we all left and went to IHOP for lunch/breakfast. Kyle called us after the ceremony was over and we all went to his frat house for a cookout. Everyone needed to get back home, so no one stayed around to eat burgers, but Helen and I. We stayed until about 6 pm and then said our goodbyes and headed home. It was kind of sad thinking that we would probably never be back to Nacogdoches again, it is really a pretty part of East Texas.

For those of you that were unable to attend the ceremony I have uploaded a video of Kyle receiving his diploma. As I said at the beginning we are quite proud of his accomplishment in getting such a demanding degree and feel good knowing that he has all he needs to have a bright & prosperous future.

Tea Party 2009 Fort Worth, Texas

I heard that some folks were getting together to protest the government spending & the bailouts of the crooks & morons caught up in the mortgage & banking mess, so I stopped by and took some pictures. The organizers had a band there and by about 5 pm some 800 or so people had signed the sign in sheet. I left at 5:30 & more people were coming as they got off work. I was glad to see that there was a good representation of age groups because the young people are the ones that are going to have to bear the burden of what is taking place right now.

Here are some pics from the event.

Fort Worth Texas Tea Party 2009

Babysitting the Grandkids

Jackson fell against the coffee table and gouged a hole in his head, naturally we needed to go see about him so we offered to babysit them Saturday night. He had to have staples and putty put in the hole and will have a scar, but he didn't even bruise and it seemed like it was not bothering him at all.

Here are some pics we took.

Juliana visits her Great Grandma

Jackson spent the night with us Friday & Saturday. He and Helen laid together on the couch and watched Rudolf the Red Nosed Raindeer. On Sunday we met Brian and Tiffany & Juliana at my mothers. It was the first time Juliana got to visit her Great Grandmothers house.

Here are a few pics.

Kyle & Kathleen

 


Kyle's girlfriend Kathleen came to visit us a few days after we got back from KY. It was our first time to meet her. She is a very sweet girl and we enjoyed having her here. Kyle took her to Joe T's for lunch on New Years day & then we took them both to Mac's for dinner. They left later that night to head back to Nacogdoches.

Kentucky Christmas 2008

For at least the 30th year in a row we went to visit Helen's family in Mount Washington, KY for Christmas. Here are some photos we took while there. The big hit for Xmas this year was the WII video game our niece Sarah got from Santa. We all took the fitness test with some surprising results. Helen's mom and dad scored much below their ages and beat several of their children's scores.

Jackson's Pre-School Christmas Show

Our Grandson was in his first Christmas show Tuesday night. He didn't have a starring role, but we thought he was the star of the show. Here is a video I took. Jackson is one of the kids sitting on the steps and playing bells. He has on a white shirt & brown sweater (the arrow to start the video is pointing right at him).