Kashton and Korin started school today at Grace Christian Academy. Vanessa made this post on Facebook.
Tuesday, August 19, 2025
First Day of School 081825
Wednesday, August 13, 2025
Spirit Night 080725
Millsap is a small community about 10 miles Southeast of Mineral Wells. That is where Kennedy is
attending school. It is much smaller than Mineral Wells.
To kick off the new school year Millsap High School had "Spirit Night" the day before school started. They introduce each student on all the athletic teams and band members. Kennedy is on the cheer squad so I got to watch her perform. Vanessa invited me to ride with her. It was fun!
Can you find Kennedy? She is the tallest girl on the backrow.
Tuesday, August 12, 2025
End of Summer Back to School
A lot has happened since I've last blogged although I don't have many pictures to share.
I can't believe it is already mid August! The kids have been very busy this summer. Kennedy and Kashton have both gone to multiple camps. Korin has spent time with friends. I have started taking each of them to lunch and I have a standing date with Vanessa on Fridays to have coffee with me at the office. It's about the only way I get to see them!
Keannon has been writing claims for homes in our area affected by hail earlier this spring so he has been sharing office space with Doyle so I see him more than I do the rest of the family.
Keannon and Vanessa sold the restaurant in June. They had been trying to sell it for over a year. They sold it to a family who is local to the area and already has another busy in a small neighboring community. The transition went smoothly and the kids are enjoying a little more freedom. Vanessa is actually really looking forward to when the kids start school.
All three grands attended the camp Pine Cove in Tyler, Texas again this year the last week in July. Tyler is about 3 hours East of us.Vanessa posted this pic on Facebook of Kennedy and Kashton on the balcony of Kennedy's dorm. I guess she didn't take a picture of Korin!
Based on their ages each of the kids stayed in a different part of the camp.
Kennedy's school started August 8th. She is a Sophmore this year. Their mascot is the Bulldogs.
Kennedy on her first day back to school. It occurred to Vanessa that this is probably her last time to take Kennedy to her first day of school. She will be 16 in December and will be legal to drive herself!
Vanessa's Facebook post.



Kennedy made the cheer squad. She is also an officer in FFA.
And she still dances.
Kashton and Korin will be attending Grace Christian Academy. It is a small private school about 20 minutes from us. Kashton will be in 7th grade and is playing football. Korin will be in 5th grade. Their school starts on August 18th. Hoping Vanessa takes pics that I can share.
Have a good one!
Monday, July 21, 2025
Time of Worship 07.05.25
Monday, June 16, 2025
Abounding Hope and Joy Conference
Steve Backlund.
We met people from all over the world and made some new connections and friends.
Wednesday, June 11, 2025
More Bike Riding 05.01.25
I missed posting a few pictures from the ride the day before. These Canadian goose and goslings were right along the bike trail.
I shared in the previous post this picture that Doyle took of me taking a picture of an eagle but didn't include the photo of the eagle!
It appeared the eagle had taken a bath as I saw it grooming itself and I could tell their feathers were wet.
Wild flowers along the Sacramento River.
We rode the same bike trail but this time when we crossed the bridge we rode to Keswick Dam. (We turned right.)
We did put in 17.6 miles!
We have been to the Sundial Bridge many times but never at night. Doyle wanted to do that. There was a special event happening called Glowing Wild Lantern Festival at Turtle Bay.
View of the Sacramento River after sunset.
It was pretty cool!
Have a good one!
Saturday, June 7, 2025
Biking Along the Sacramento River 4.30.25
Doyle and I went to Redding, California April 29th. In times past we have gone to a Leaders Conference at Bethel Church.
This year we went to a conference put on by Igniting Hope Ministries. The founder, Steve Backlund is a leader at Bethel Church. I have been following Steve for many years. I have so bought into his message of renewing my mind with truth. Replacing negativity and lies with positive statements and truth that God says about us, our circumstances, others and God.
Doyle and I had the best time! We will go to this conference again. It was nice to be at a smaller conference than the one at Bethel. There were greater opportunities to make connections with the staff and meet new friends.
The conference didn't start until Friday. We arrived on Tuesday. We had Wednesday and Thursday to do what we wanted at our leisure.
We chose to rent e-bikes and ride the bike trails along the Sacramento River. I am so glad we did! It was a blast!Yes, we rode this trail! The e-bikes do most of the work!
Poppy's are the state flower. The purple flowers reminded me of our beloved Bluebonnets but they are actually called Lupines.
Doyle with our e-bikes. We are about to cross a bridge over the Sacramento River.
Doyle got a head start on me!
The trails are so nice!
There were shaded parts of the trail too!
Love this view. We are crossing another bridge over the Sacramento River.
If you click on the picture to make it bigger you can see in the distance a snow covered mountain. That's Mount Shasta.
Have a good one!