Congratulations Bobby!

We are very proud of Bobby, he won second place in his science fair for all of the 2nd grade class!

Bobby put a lot of thought, effort, and creativity into his project and he did a great job!

He and his classmates had a great time launching the rocket. It shot off sideways and then blew up on the pad, but then they got it to shoot 20 feet in the air!

Congratulations Bobby!

Snowy Evening

Tonight around 8:00 pm we had a surprise snowstorm! First we had thunder that no one was expecting and then I heard a weather report that there were snow flurries in Lago Vista (out at the lake). The kids and I went to bed and I heard sleet.

Christie was out shopping and came out to bushels of snow falling. She said that everyone in the parking lot was standing around gawking at the sky. She rushed in the door and woke us up but we weren't to enthusiastic at first. Bobby took one look at iot and went back to bed. But I got up again and it really started coming down,

Christie and I went out and frolicked in the night!

Science Project

This week Bobby has a science project so we decided to build a soda bottlerocket. We built the rocket using a quart soda bottle, cardboard, foil, tape, and a special kit that Christie got. All the kids gathered around the table and were fascinated to watch the cutting and taping and look at the picture on the box and ask questions about how it was going to work.

Thursday night we will perform a test launch!

Thanksgiving Weekend

We had a great thanksgiving holiday! Mimaw and Pipaw (Raymond and Delores) joined us for a day of food, fun, and football!

This was Sophia's first Thanksgiving and her eyes were as big as silver dollars when she saw the feast.

Bobby ate an entire turkey leg by himself and Eva and Christie loved the pecans and sweet potatoes. Ivan had his own special dishes and Bob had a reasonable portion (gorged ;) ) of everything.

Bob read a lengthy grace and during a pause, Ivan interjected "okay, amen, let's eat!".

Uncle David joined us during the afternoon and he and Mimaw played with the kids in the back yard for hours.

We were thankful this year for many things again but mainly for the love of our family.