A tribute to my father-in-law,Rudy!

I have to be honest here-I have been putting off this post for about a week now.It is a very special,yet hard one to do.It is about my wonderful father-in-law,Rudy Roberts.He has been for me the past 8 years,a place of smiles,warm hugs,encouraging words,laughter,and a example of rejoicing our Lord through any circumstance.His eyes sparkle crystal blue and absolutley shine evey time he smiles!He is very strong in his faith and encouraged his spirit with everyday sitting on the porch reading the Word.Some of you know,but others may not know that he has Alzheimers.This has been a very hard journey for the past three years.Normal everyday of what used-to-be has turned into confusion and frustration.This visit a couple of weeks ago revealed the true reality of this disease to me.I saw the sharp difference in my dad's behavior and it hit me the hardest so far.We are visiting them more and I truely cherish every moment I have with him.My mother-in-law,Diane is a great example of a rock and angel.She is strong for all of us and is struggling to do everything she can to make things 'normal'.I truely have been so blessed to have such wonderful parents through them.I love you both so dearly.And,yes,my make-up is shot,but I knew it would be.
Dad is always explaining things to Grayson-dont get too close to the creek,ect...
Everytime we come around,it never fails-dad loves to play with Grayson-he turns into a kid everytime he is around Gray!!
Here is Jason's brother,Ricky,tilling up the land.
Ricky found an old glove in the dirt-no telling how long it has been there!!!
Here is another chance that dad has taken to explain something about life to Grayson.
You have to know that dad keeps us in stiches-here Gray and dad are at the outhouse by the barn!!!
Grayson picked me a flower-my sweet baby!!
Going to MawMaw's and PawPaw's is such a great get away for all of us.Grayson is very spoiled and has absolutely soo much fun!!Like I said before-what Grayson wants-Grayson gets!!!
Here is Kimber-Jo,the newest member of our family.She loves to smile!!
All of the boys playing-these are Rickys other kids-Marion missed out but we will go back soon!
They had a blast playing with each other!!!
Even though the days on the porch reading the word,remembering what day it is,being able to do everyday tasks,and to fully understand what is going on has disappeared-the thing that does remain is the love he shares,presence of his wonderful spirit,and that beautiful and wonderful smile!!!!!

Teacher Appreciation Lunch!

Me and the moms at Graysons school gave the teachers and staff a lunch to show our appreciation to them.I feel so blessed to have a wonderful,loving,caring staff at Gray's school-I dont believe that the people that work for the schools get enough credit and i always try to let them know how much i appreciate them.This lunch was such a small token to them.I always give the teachers a gift at each holiday,and even then i believe they deserve so much more!!!Thank-You to all of the teachers out there!!!!Mandy-you too- all the way in Georgia! -----Here is my friend Rosemary-lookin' soo cute sportn' some enchiladas!!!
Here is some of the staff-Mary Ann(in the black shirt)is receptionist and knows me oh so well from always calling and going up there--she is ALWAYS so patient when I need something:)!!!!Mrs.Neal is the far one siting down-she is our principle-she is soo sooo sweet!!!
While I was there of course I brought and had lunch with my baby-guess who he sat by!!!!!!!!!Man,that was a hard guess!!!!
Me and my sugarplum!!!
Yes,on the other side of him was his bestfriend,Cade!!!!!!!!!

Grady Skeleton Band @ Rick's!!

Jason and I went on the town Saturday night to see my nephew,James,play at Ricks.All I can say is that we had a BLAST!!! We had a wonderful dinner at Ricks and then listened to James' band called Grady Skeleton Band.They are an incredible texas country band.James absolutely ROCKED on the electric guitar!!!! His fingers moved so fast that I couldnt keep up with them!!He is soo talented!!The lead singer,Grady has got a incredible voice--the part that we liked was that it was his own style and he didnt sound like every other country singer!!!!
Here is James gettin' down!!!
The band is coming out with a CD soon and
I think it will do VERY well!! I will keep you informed!!!!
I love you very much,James!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I love this picture!One of my favorites of all night!!
They had soo much charisma and energy-they were very entertaining to watch!!!! Jason and I had a great time watching them!

Marion's Basketball Game

Marion is playing Upwards Basketball this year and it has been really good-so much better than the football league-and there is one reason--God is in this!! Before each game they pray and have a devotion at halftime.It is a great example for the boys to be in this environment.
And they are off!!
Here is the halftime devotion.
Marion had a great game with many rebounds and 2 baskets!
This has been a great experience-so much better than the other sports where fighting,politics,and fierce competition is the norm.What happened to just letting kids be kids and having fun????

Valentines Day Party!!

Grayson bought his girl,Alyssa,a stuffed bear for Valentines Day.I brought it up to the school for Gray-I was holding the camera in my hand while talking to another mom and looked up just in time to see him give it to her-hence the fingerprint on the photo.I didnt have time to clean the lens because I didnt realize he was going to give it to her!!
We had sundaes at his Valentines party-here are some of my class mom friends making sundaes for the kids.
Piling them high with all kind of goodies!
His wonderful teacher,Mrs.Watson,and Gray diggin' in!!!!Thank you Kristy for being such a wonderful teacher!!!!!!
You know he had to take a picture with his girl!!!!!

At the Sweetheart Ball with my lil sweetheart!!!!

After getting Grays haircut and getting mine done-which the woman cut Grays hair to short and tangled,fried,and sprayed my hair till it was like a helmet,we came home and got dressed(i had to redo my hair in 5 min because my hair was a disaster).Gray has been so excited about the Ball and we have been practicing our dancing almost every night for the past 2 weeks.He even put on candles the last few nights we practiced.He is so romantic:)!

Grayson and I love to make silly faces-its our thang!!!We couldnt go without doing these-i laugh out loud when i see Gray in this picture!!
Ok-so i have to put this picture up-anybody that knows my son,knows that he has VERY full lips that girls are going to love---but i do have to ask the question-how in the WORLD did he get his lips to do this!!!!!!!!!!!!
We went to eat at Posados and he was a gentleman and opened all of my doors for me,even the car door.He was so sweet!!
Me and my baby!!!!
Grayson took this picture of the ceiling of the dance-guess he was impressed!
Gray with his bestfriend,Cade and his teacher,Mrs.Watson!
Gray doing the limbo.
"At the carwash!!"Oh yea-we were washing our cars--my baby had the best time dancing!!
The end to a wonderful and magical night.Our date ended with a sweet kiss!!!It will always be a special night!!!

Our trip to Tyler State Park

My sweet babies!!!
The boys doing what they love-fishing!
Me and Marion
Jason and Grayson in the paddle boat-i love this picture!!!