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I Have Everything 092724

Celebrating Vanessa and Korin's Birthdays

 Vanessa's birthday was September 25th. She had already planned a family birthday dinner for Korin's
birthday September 26th. I wanted to be sure Vanessa got celebrated so Doyle and I took her and Keannon to lunch on the 25th. I later made her a cake. All the kids request my cake which I always make from scratch. 

I took the cake to her house later that day. No one was home. Knowing her family like I do I put a note on the cake.  You can click on the picture to see it bigger but the note reads "This is Mom's cake! No one gets a piece until Mom gets hers! Savtah

It made Vanessa laugh. And to make this funnier, Vanessa didn't eat a piece until the next day! 😊

September 26th is Korin's birthday. Family celebrated her with pizza, a few gifts and may famous homemade cake. (yes I made two!)

Vanessa put Korin's birthday on the Ritz sign.

Reading the card I made her.  

Korin loves snow leopards so I made her card with a picture of a snow leopard.

Her gift was a t-shirt with a snow leopard on it and a stuff snow leopard.

Then Vanessa's Facebook post about Korin turning 10.

Have a good one!

Kashton Football 091424

 Kashton is playing football. It's his first year. His team is in the black and red uniforms and he is umber 20. 

Korin is a cheerleader for Kashton's team.

Have a good one!

Barn Cats

 I've told you about my barn cat I call Casper. She was born in the barn.  She was the only one who didn't "disappear".  She became quite affectionate even though as a kitten she was the last to warm up to me.

It took her so long to get pregnant that I was convinced she couldn't have kittens. Then her tummy begin to grow then the morning of  April 3, 2023. She was thin! I knew there were babies somewhere! She had 4 kittens. Every single one of those kittens did not reach maturity. 

She didn't have another litter until March 20, 2024. She had 3 kittens. Those kittens are still around. Two are male that their markings are identical. They are dark gray with swirls. The only way I can tell them apart is how they respond to me. One is overly affectionate! I call them the Dooby Brothers one and two 😏! There is one female that is lighter gray and I call her Molly.

Casper had another litter of kittens August 12, 2024. She had 5 this time. All gray. The dad is a black cat which explains the coloring. I had hoped she would have at least one kitten that was colored like herself but so far no.

She is a good momma. (Taken 9-5)

(picture taken 9-10)

This just made me giggle. The babies have learned to climb the pallets to start eating solid food. They are 7 weeks old as of today (10-2). This one would rather nurse standing up while momma eats.

This is dad of the kittens. He is very wild. It has taken me over a year to be able to get this close to him without him running off. I call him Noir (French for black).

Here is a short video of the babies playing and the older babies 

Have a good one!

As A Child of God 092624

Doyle Officiates a Wedding 08.24.24

With the passing of our pastor, Doyle and I have had increased responsibilities with the church.  Well, Doyle more so than me. He is handling the day to day operations of the church. The congregation is being cared for by the Elders (and wives) and pastor's wife Karen. 

We have a couple in our church that Doyle and I had been working with for a couple of years. After seven

years he finally asked her to marry him! They asked Doyle to officiate. This was Doyle's first wedding to officiate and he did a great job!

This is the view from the spot where the wedding was held. It overlooks the Brazos River on private property that are clients of the bride (she is a massage therapist).

As you can see the wedding took place farther back to be in the shade. The temperature that day was 101 with heat index of 108! The shad was extremely helpful!

Meagon is the young woman that I had been mentoring and went with us to the church conference at Bethel in Redding, California. She is like a daughter to us.

I have known Shane since he was a child. He and Vanessa grew up together in church and at the Christian School she went to through the  8th grade. We have been friends with his parents for decades. It was his dad that passed away from cancer a year ago 10 days before my Dad. He was an Elder at our church.

In this picture Meagon had given Doyle a beautiful card with money as a thank you for officiating the wedding.

Waiting for the bride.

Bride and her dad.

Mr. and Mrs. Shae Lemons entering the reception.

We are so happy for them and happy to be part of their journey!

Have a good one!

High School Volleyball 082724

I attended Kennedy's first home game of the season August 27th. Their uniforms are maroon. Kennedy is number 14. She has a friend that if you don't look close they favor. Her number is 12. There are several short video clips from the games.

Kennedy was off to a promising start until 2 days later when she dislocated her shoulder in volleyball practice! I know! I thought the same thing ... How on earth??!! 

It was such a bizare accident. Kennedy and another girl both went up to block the ball. Kennedy came down first. The girl next to her came down with her elbow against Kennedy's shoulder knocking it out of socket! 

Here are screenshots I took from Vanessa's Facebook page about the event.

She is out 6-8 weeks. Volleyball season is over for her this year.

However, there is good news. After an MRI and visit to an Ortho, no surgery is needed. She is right now 6 weeks out from the injury and is no longer wearing a sling and is able to do some. The Dr said she can do as she tolerates but warned her that even if it feels healed to know she isn't healed completely. A full recovery would take a year. She seems to be doing very well so far.

Have a good one!

I Can Do All Things 092524