The Worleys

Happy Birthday, Abby!  I can hardly believe she is already Two Years Old!  She is no longer Baby Abby, sniff, sniff.  I would get a tissue to blot my eyes, but Abby emptied the Kleenex box the last time she was here :). It all started with a very cute invitation which we received about a week ago. I bet you can tell her Birthday party was an Elmo birthday party.  The only time you see Abby KaDabby (how do you spell that?)  is on the cake.  There were Elmo globes, Elmo fruit trays, and of course, Elmo plates and napkins.  So Fun! And what blog post would be complete without a picture of the Birthday Girl with her Mama! Rod and Jenni went all out for this party!  It was held in the back yard.  Rod personally constructed the tables for the adults.  They look awesome.  But even better than that was the little kids tables made out of the two trees we recently had to have taken down (before they fell down!...

I would really like to have a swimming pool.  In my back yard.  Even just a lap pool.  Of course, I don't really want to clean said swimming pool, but I understand I can hire folks for that.  Mike always wants to grant my wishes.  So, we invited the three little Worleys to bring their swimsuits the next time they were at our house.  And swim in our new pool.  Pictures follow of the great time had by all. Ava is always thinking up something extra to add to the fun.  We also have a sprinkler game that the kids can run through.  Ava thought it would be great fun to add that to the pool.  And it was great fun!  Ava and Miles loved it.  Eli not so much.  I did not take pictures of that, since the water was sprinkling everywhere, including all over me! Mike and I are sitting in our chairs,  watching and giggling with them.  Mike wondered out loud how they were getting us so wet.  It was a ...

Thanksgiving Day was spent in Austin this year.  The WHOLE Family.  We stayed in a Hootel (per Eli), ate Thanksgiving dinner at Buca, visited the State Capitol, and then came time for THE GAME! We only have four tickets.  It was planned for Jay and Rod to join Mike and I.  However, Ava wanted to go to the game.  Who could say no to that request?  And so, Three Men and A Little Lady headed to DKR Memorial Stadium.  And it was COLD! Here they are heading to the game.  They really don't look prepared for how cold it was going to be.  But there were other jackets and also blankets in the car.  Orange and white blankets, of course! Isn't our Little Lady cute?  I think she had on four layers.  And she still looks cute!  And she was so excited that she was going to the game! Once at the game, I am told they stood in a long line to get Kettle Corn, and then Popcorn because the Kettle Corn was too sweet.  O...

Miss Rebolledo was due on October 9.  We seriously were not expecting her before then.  We got back from vacation on September 21.  Jenni came home on the 25th from the Drs. office with an "any day now" prognosis.  We still did not believe.  But, like good Grandparents, we had our "Go Bags" ready in case indeed she came early.  Oh, by the way, we did not know the name at this point, so we called her Baby Lucy (after Lucy Ricardo). The plan if Lucy came at night:  when we got "the call", grab the bags, head to Jenni's, and go back to bed.  If we got "the call" during the day, pick up Abby and head back to our house. So, at 0400 on September 30, we got "THE CALL"!  Jenni had been having contractions, minor ones, the evening before, so we weren't too surprised.  And yet we were!  And So Excited!  All we grabbed was the iPads, the chargers, and headed over.  Abby slept through it all, including the dog barking when we got ...

Do you know what you were doing 42 years ago around 4:30 p.m.?  Well, I do!  Mike and I were about to be married.  It's kind of funny, that the guy I laughed at when he tried to kiss me the first time, is the guy I ended up with for 42 whole years!  But that's another story. We were two college kids trying to pick a date that didn't interfere with classes.  We got married on a Saturday, honeymooned in Dallas on Sunday and Monday, and went back to classes on Tuesday.  Not like how weddings are done in this day. Mike and I picked the Presbyterian Seminary Chapel, right on the edge of campus, for the wedding.  It reminded me of my childhood in England.  And a bit of a chapel or two in the Air Force. Most girls have their wedding all planned out in advance, or so I hear.  I never did.  Our wedding was very simple.  The chapel was decorated enough by itself.  We just added candles -- which we forgot to light until the pictures...