Remembering Ben

June 23rd is a day to remember the sudden death of Ben,my best friend Kathleen's 16 yr. old son. He was so full of life and accomplished so many things in such a short time. I hope and pray Kathleen and her family will always know that our family remembers him on this day.

Parker and his friends

                                           Bobby, Parker and Oliver

I thought this was a nice picture of Parker and a couple of his friends from Silverado High School sitting on our pool table. They were on their way to the movie and so I asked if I could take a quick photo of them.  They will all be Seniors next year and I am sure are looking forward to graduating next year. 

This one of our last stops before heading to the bus back to Cartwright Elementary. My group had a great time!!

This was my crazy group of boys that I chaperoned on the field trip to the Lied's Museum.

Austin, Brendan, Ougen,Tyler, and Trevor. It's a really fun place for kids to experience, and adults too. We will probably go back again soon while the boys are on a little break.

Brendan & Austin who is his buddy,classmate, neighbor, and football teammate wanted to go inside the Hurricane blower. They waited in line for a while so they could go together. As you can see the air was blowing 70 something miles and hour! Another crazy exhibit.

Lied's Children's Museum Field Trip

Brendan thought this was a funny exhibit called the snot snot. Nose Picker!!!!!!!

Gibbons Family in the Desert

Time flies, eight years ago in Austin

Brendan was sitting in a high chair back when we visited Kelly and Kelly's family in Austin and celebrated Parker's 9th birthday. Brendan has since developed better table manners.

Here's Sean with Mike and Deanne's kids, and little Christopher and Brendan, just before singing "Happy Birthday" to Parker.

I had taken piano lessons a while and wanted to show off my new skills. This was before Kelly's living room walls had been painted dark, just a few months after they moved into their new house.

The birthday boy, making his wish. I wonder what he was wishing for back then.

We had such a nice visit with my sister's family and Sean's brother's family!

Brendan had an "owie" on his forehead, but still looked as cute as ever as a toddler.

Speaking of cute, here's my handsome little Parker too, loving hugs from his mom.

It's always fun to visit my sisters' homes!