September News

September always starts the beginning of family birthdays for us. Between both sides of our families there is a total of 6 birthdays within the month. Jody is one of these and he turned 35 on the 17th. I didn't get a chance to wish him or any of the others birthday wishes so I am sending out belated ones to Mark, Randal, Grannie, Mom, DeAnna, and Joe Dan (Jody).



We celebrated Grannie's birthday on the 20th at the local Mexican food restaurant in Mt. V and had a great time catching up with all the family.


All the great grandkids helped blow out the candles. She doesn't look like a great grandmother, does she?

On the 25th, my sweet, beautiful, young mother turned 70. Something about saying that number sounds old, but I just don't see my mom that way. I think she looks great for her new age. Anyway, she is not one for having big ta doos or parties so we decided to keep the party numbers low and surprised her with a limo ride with all the daughters, son-n-laws, and excited grandkids to the Kyoto Japanese Steakhouse in Rowlett. We had the best time. The kids loved watching the chef cook right at the table. He kept them very entertained with all of his tricks.

(This video is of the limo arriving at Mom and Dad's house.)

Mom was really surprised! I'm so glad that we were able to keep it a secret.

On the ride home, the kids were pretty wound up. They received some neat star suckers at the restaurant and had a fun time eating them. The ride also found them singing to songs on the radio and eventually in the laps of Gran and PawPaw. A great time was had by all.

Elli Kate and Avery showing off their stars.

This video doesn't show anything because it was too dark, but you can hear them singing to Taylor Swift.

Our annual fall auction didn't actually happen as September news, but we sure did a lot of preparing for it within the month.

On Saturday, October 3rd, it was a great & beautiful day. The sun was shining and it was perfect weather for our equipment auction. It would also have been a perfect day for our horse sale on the 4th but no such luck. That night it rained and rained and rained and rained. Since our horse sale is all outdoors, it made for a muddy mess of a day. I had time to snap a few pictures from this day. We really thought we would have to cancel and reschedule but the rain became a drizzle and we went on with the show. Shane had a grand ol time riding the ponies in the ring while dad talked about them and tried to get some bids from the customers who braved the weather conditions. Savanna, on the other hand, was in dream land. She came in after lunch from a sleep over birthday party. She told about the fun she had and how they stayed up late. Soon after she was curled up with Socks and they were both asleep. I just couldn't resist the opportunity to get this shot - it was too cute.