Gabrielle's 10th birthday

Why me! A tradition My Mom and Dad started a waking us with a cupcake and chocolate milk, something fun we all look forward to birthday mornings.Daddy draging her out of bed lolHappy Birthday GabrielleRyans Oh yes... they sang lolon the way home we stopped by Daddy's work to catch frogs. :)  My 10 year old and I also went to Hastings to get a book and cup of Java!eue, 50 plus frogs

Planting food plots for the wildlife.

First we cleared the land, this is a piture of the big kids moving a cut down tree

then Stoney tilled the land, then we planted the seeds, even Alysabelle helped

...when you tilling up the land, I'm even kinda crazy bout your farmers tan...

I think this was oats, one of the like 8 things we planted

Connor was so cute he planted one seed at a time, and carefully covered it :)

Stoney also planted fall grass in Elsie's pasture

Sweet Elsie

Connor trying to save himself from seeds Daddy was pelting him with, lol

one day = many hours,  four food plots = $175. dollars,  Seed fights in the middle of the woods Priceless!

Gabrielle's new 10 year old hair :)

long / before

Gabrielle has wanted her hair cut for quiet some time, so for her birthday we let her cut it off.

the 1st snip

some of the hair  they hacked off

after, we like it

she loves it!

Visit with the Hopkins

Gabrielle and Susannah

Laura

We were so blessed to be able to see Gabrielle and Collin's BFFs Susannah and Seth Hopkins.

   We arrived to the smell of Mike cooking food on the grill.  We ate yummy hamburgers and hotdogs.  Then the kids played football (Dads quarterbacked) (Stoney for the boys, and Mike for the girls), wii, and a lot more. 

    I am so blessed to have such a great friend at the Hopkin's home too. Laura is the neatest lady, I learn so much from her and strive to be more like her, can you tell I love this lady! We also took a ride in Katie's new hot electric blue mustang, Laura drove and I was scared lol, till she told me she was only going 45 mph :) OK I'm getting old.   We sipped coffee, the visit made me long for home, some friends are forever, Laura is a forever friend!

Seth and Collin

     My only regret is that we were all having such a wonderful visit we forgot to take pictures :(   these are all old pictures

visit with Joseph, Stoney's brother

Joe has 3 kids and our kids play so well together, little kids watched a movie in the play room

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Alexas, Gabrielle, and Damian painted

a picture of the brothers and the kids, oh and we watched the 1st LSU game there. go Tigers!

Visit with MawMaw Rougeou

This was Stoney's Grandma's 1st time meet to Adelle, she aproved

Alysabelle,  loves MawMaw Rougeou

all 6 with MawMaw

Maw Maw Rougeou is the queen of Zap, Zap is the most fun dice game ever!  We had a gerat visit,  we wish we could see her more often!

The San Jacinto Monument

at the top of this really tall building

The San Jacinto Museum of History is actually in the base of the San Jacinto Monument. But it's more than just a gateway to a great view. It's a gateway to Texas culture! From Mayan idols to Mexican manuscripts to Sam Houston's private dictionary (the word "temporize" is thoughtfully crossed through)



The museum was established not only to honor those who fought here in 1836, but also to re-visualize the history of Texas and the Spanish Southwest. It was created as a steward of history, and to promote friendship between Texas, Mexico, Spain, France and Latin America.



Special treasures can be found from Mexican Texas, the Texas revolution, and the Republic of Texas. But the museum also holds art and artifacts from the Spanish conquest, French Texas (a small collection), Spanish colonial life, the Mexican Revolution and the Anglo colonization of Mexican Texas. Texas's early statehood and the Civil War are also featured.



From books to bayonets, swords to sketches, there's something here for everyone.

Since its completion in 1939, the monument has been a symbol of community pride, sacrifice and honor.

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