He's finally asked

Isaiah and Mariel have been dating for a year and a half....FINALLY they will be getting married  on

 June 14, 2013, more pictures later.

Wishing to be in 2 places at 1 Time

Josiah received his Masters in Political Science from UTEP as the Graduate Student Marshall the same day 

Zach was  getting recognized at the state level for his achievements in the Duke TIP program. He qualified as a 7th grader to take the ACT test this spring and out of 29,000 he scored in the 92% percentile. 
Yeah Zach! Way to go!

Mother's Day

 

Isaiah and Josiah cook breakfast for me,  my favorite meal of the day.

I received some cute birds that tweet.

The only thing missing was my daughter, but she was at home being blessed by her kids.

Hooding Ceremony

The Hooding Ceremony is a special recognition ceremony for masters or doctoral degree candidates. During the ceremony, a faculty member, (Dr. Jose Villalobos) placed the hood over the head of Josiah the graduate, signifying his success in completing the graduate program.

Asarco Demolition

Saturday April 14 2013, Terry, Isaiah and I were up and ready to see the two smokestacks come down. The 1st stack that came down was 63 yrs old, 612 foot smokestack was the lead smelter. The second was 47 yrs old , 828 foot smokestack was used for copper smelter. Two landmarks gone in 35 seconds.

Gardening Season Again

This time we're planting a few more in containers, and of course our square foot vegetable garden: tomatoes, eggplant, cucumber,squash cantaloupe watermelon, squash and herbs... We didn't plant nearly as much as we did last year, , with Terry in and out of the country it makes it a bit more difficult.

    Nothing beats a fresh tomato out of the garden!

Let's Go Fly a Kite

Josiah helping Avery fly her new kite.

Now it's Avery's turn.

  Both kites are up!!  

  Terry was helping Blake.

Josiah drove up to Dallas with us so he could check out the University in Denton, which isn't far from Melissa's home.The boys drove back home and Terry and I flew to England.

 

The best 6 hour lay over in Atlanta. Alberta picked us up from the airport and she showed us around OM and then went to her place and had lunch.

 

Thank you Alberta, it is only my pleasure when we spend time together.

Isaiah babysat his nephews and niece in Dallas while Melissa and Andrew went to Miami for the BCS National Championships.

 Josiah had a conference in Orlando presenting a Political Science paper at the University.

       

Terry heads to Brussels and Geneva and I tagged along.

Baby Blue

December 31st we went green: with a 2012 Hybrid Toyota Camry

Christmas Morning

Mom, Annie, Me and my Dad

Christmas Morning with Pat's side of the family. My sister and two of her children and a few of her grandchildren.

Annie & Leah

Terry & Josiah

Isaiah

Victoria & Ryan


In the afternoon we had dinner with Terry's side of the family.