The Worleys

I am supposing most folks know by now that Jenni and Rod are engaged. You can go to her blog if you need further details, or further pictures. They had a lot of pictures taken by a friend in Chile before Jenni came back home. I thought I would share some of my favorites. I love the first one -- look, Rod has a dimple! Someone asked me if he had a dimple on both sides. I guess you will have to see for yourself. Jenni is still home and we are busy making plans for an August 2nd wedding at Airport Freeway, her home congregation. Jenni is planning an evening wedding, with a dinner reception. We have her dress! Yes, on the first day at the first salon! She will be beautiful. Sarah and Ava and I all cried along with Jenni when she tried on THE DRESS. She tried on a few more after that, but there was NO doubt which one was THE ONE. What next? We chose to look for the perfect wedding cake. We had been to the Ft Worth Bridal show and tasted a few cakes. So we started out, armed wi...

It has been a long time since I have posted! A lot has happened! First, Aunt Patty and Uncle John came to visit! So all of us Worley's got together at Blue Mesa Grill, ate some wonderful food, and had some quality time together. Of course, Ava was very popular -- and awake! Enjoy some pictures from that day. Ava really responded to all the kids. And she loved Aunt Patty -- we want to hire her to put Ava to sleep! When Ava got fussy, she just held her and Ava was off to dreamland. Wish I could do that! Sometime after that, we had breakfast at our favorite spot, The Raven Grille, and Ava and her parents joined us. Again, awake! We got to see more of those big beautiful eyes! Why is Aunt Jenni wearing that hat? Has she just come from seeing "Wicked"? No, she is celebrating her birthday! She arrived at 0630 the morning of December 28th. She had time to do some Christmas shopping before she went to her birthday party. Sarah had arranged dinner at a Hibachi restaurant...

Jay's birthday is December 5. We celebrated tonight at home, with one of Jay's favorite meals. We had homemade stew and Grammy's Spoon Bread. (Of course, his favorite meal is Beans and Cornbread, which Sarah fixed for him on his actual birthday.) We had a nice relaxing meal. And Ava blessed us with lots of smiles and coos. No pictures tonight. Just mental pictures of a family gathering together. And memories of when we had dinner with Mom and Pop or Grammy and Granddaddy when our kids were little. I hope they get a window from heaven to see precious Ava. And to see how much Jay loves Sarah and Sarah loves Jay. Yes, I am tearing up at the moment. I am feeling so very blessed tonight. God has been so good to us. He blessed us with children who have always made us proud, and now he has blessed us with a grandchild. The adventure continues! "Your goodness is so great! You have stored up great blessings for those who honor you. You have done so much for those w...

With all the excitement of having Jenni and Rod here, I have not posted any updates on Baby Ava. She is doing great. Keeps on growing. I still don't see her eyes very often. She still mostly eats and sleeps. So mostly I get to admire her cute outfits. I thought I would add some recent pictures of her while Jenni was here. And of course, I have to start with Ava meeting her Aunt Jenni! Here is the happy family being presented at church the first time Miss Ava was there. Our church family spends a lot of time praying for pregnant moms and healthy babies. So we also spend time welcoming them and saying a special prayer of thanksgiving and blessing for the baby and her family. Don't they all look cute! That's Larry Gray doing the blessing. We have had a lot of babies lately in our church family. This is our Preacher's wife, Patricia Nunley, with Serenity, our youth minister's wife, Feydra Gorsline with London, and of course, our personal favorite, Sarah with Miss Av...

It has been a long time since I posted! Lots has happened, which is why it has been so long! We have been very busy going places with Jenni and Rod for the last 3 weeks! Jenni and Rod arrived Saturday, October 27th. They were the first ones out of customs at 0700! And they still had a busy day ahead of them! After dropping off baggage and changing into Longhorn Orange and White, which I don't seem to have a picture of, we all headed to breakfast at our favorite place, The Raven. Our friends Becky and David Broom met Rod and Jenni at the airport with us, and joined us for breakfast, too. Miss Ava came and brought her parents Jay and Sarah, and my sister Nancy and her husband Greg. Again, no pictures, and I am sure I am forgetting someone! Then we headed to the Texas game in Austin. By the time the day was over, we were all very tired! Their second day was a Sunday. So of course, there was church. Miss Ava brought Jay and Sarah, too. Everyone was very excited to meet ...