my little boy of fall

Well, the Joe-man was not a big fan of football! So I thought I should post these pictures because this might just be the last pictures of Joe playing any kind of sports! Really. he is just not that in to it! To say the least. Notice him in the huddle?? He is in the orange shorts.

Joe is playing center. He only liked this position because his goal was to see if he could hike the ball over the quarter backs head...

Oh well...on to the band! ;) If he is in the band I still can go to the Friday night football games!! Hey, maybe the drums?

our Marine...

We are so very proud of Uncle Zach. Last month Zach received his Purple Heart form the US Marines. The service was held in at the base in Tex arcana.


Here is the General placing the medal on Zach's uniform. Man, I can't tell you what a special moment this was for me and my family. Zach was injured back in July. He was driving his truck when he ran over a buried bomb. He and several of the men in the truck were injured. Needless to say our prayers were answered, although his foot is hurt he is safe!

Zach's parents, Fran, Greg and his birth father Chip.

Thanks for your service Zach!!!!

where have you been...

ok, I am back in business? Sorry for the delay... all my waiting fans...

Sally, Sara and Joe at the Texas State Fair!

so long white van...

Well, I wish I could say that I am sad, but....I am NOT! Last week my van died. Have you ever seen that car that is smoking and spuing liquid from the engine? Yup, that was me! Drove it straight to the shop and they looked at me and said, "you will not be driving this car home." I just kinda laughed. The repair cost is WAY more than the car is worth. So ,we are donating it to the Dallas Can Academy.

So long chitty chitty bang bang!!!

Joe got a ride on Grandma's walker.

Memories that will last a life time! I never dreamed my children would ever get to know my grandmother. We were visiting her and while we were walking back to her room she said to Joe, "get on, I'll give you a ride!" I didn't think she could push him! And of course she proved me wrong. Even though she is only 86 pounds, she gave him a ride. Joe loved it.

the beach is open for business...

Olive enjoying the wind in her hair. She can't get up to any speed these days!

Oh, to feel young again.

Sara and her red fish. Nice job honey. In true Sara fashion, she caught this fish and then pretty much stopped fishing. She looks good though. And I got the picture. That's all that really matters, right?


Catch of the day. Joe had the best fishing day ever, one Mike could only dream of. Fishing according to mike: catching a red fish, speckled trout and a flounder all in one day. Joe achieved Mikes dream this trip. Joe caught all three in one day! Keepers too!
Let's just say he was a proud poppa!
above is his red fish(one with the dot)
below is the flounder and speckled trout

"cut the fish, Daddy! Let's eat!"

my lucky client!

I can't even stand it!! I can't believe I didn't take a before picture of this chair. I have a client that is redoing her living room. We went with the standard sofa and two chairs. But, we needed one more small accent chair to make the room all come together. This chair was sitting in a small office covered with books and upholstered with terrible fabric from 20 years ago. I love a good channel back chair. I love texture. I found this fabric and fell in love with it. Never did I dream that my upholstery shop would do such a fabulous job! I am dropping the chair off tomorrow, I'll try to get a photo of the entire room. Sometimes it's hard not to keep things for myself!