Christmas Eve 2009!

This year has been extra special as it seems like my dad has been here more than any other year. I try to be understanding most of the time that he is more comfortable being in his home back in Donna doing his thing, but it's always nice to have him around us.

This Christmas was extra special as he stuck around to celebrate it with us. We got together at Albert's house. It was very cold Christmas Eve and we actually had a "white Christmas" this year. It began snowing around 5 in the afternoon and it was just beautiful.













Sydney is so silly!

Grover's Retirement....That Dog Don't Hunt Here!

Rewind the clock back to July 2003. We had been in Garland for a total of 7 months and I had been working for the City of Garland at the Landfill for the same amount of time.

I had recently applied for a Customer Service position with New Accounts in Customer Service and had received a call from who would become my new boss, Grover Moore. I enthusiastically accepted the job offer and was ready to start at my new job. I would stay with New Accounts for six months and move on to the Credit Department, still within the Customer Service division, leaving behind one of my all time favorite supervisors..

Not long after being there, Grover Moore was moved to Credit and became the supervisor of Credit. I couldn't be more excited. It was always nice to know that when you do your job as you are told and a citizen requests to speak with your supervisor, they pretty much back you up in what you are doing.

I left the Credit Department in May 2006 to come to my current job in Safelight but even before I left, I would always ask Grover when he was going to retire and his response was always "soon," but it seemed like it never came around.

Finally one morning I got an email from a co-worker letting me know that Grover was going to retire. I was so happy, not because he was leaving the city, but because he had put in his time and deserved to be work-free and go home to his beloved ranch in Sherman.

Here are a few pictures of his retirement celebration. Mr. Moore will always be one of my favorite bosses. "Good luck to you sir."

Pasadena....here we come!!!!!!

Hunter Lawrence's 46-yard field goal.

Luna Turkey Trot 2009!

I went out to volunteer at this year's Turkey Trot at Sydney's school. It was so cold, I didn't know if I would survive the frigid temperatures while manning my post. Sydney's class got to do the "trot" around 8:30. I was anxiously awaiting to see my little munchkin come around the corner. When she realized I was standing there, she got all excited. It made me very happy. I am glad that I can be with her for the little moments that are special in her life.











This was her second time going around the course and as you can tell by now she was a little wired up being a tad silly.



Time to head back inside. 'Til next year turkey trotters!

Tom Thumb Texas Stampede Championship Rodeo Presents Pat Green!

I went out to the American Airlines Center to watch one of my all time favorite artist, Pat Green.

His concert was part of a yearly 3-day rodeo weekend put on by Tom Thumb. I got there early enough to get to watch some of the rodeo.

That finally ended and on to the part for which I came, the concert. As always, Pat Green was awesome. Unfortunately I didn't do my checklist this time around which never happens and didn't have my camera fully charged so I wasn't able to take my hundreds of pictures.

Either way, here are the few I did take.