Visit the Rocking T Ranch Designs Blog!

As a birthday gift to my mother-in-law, Sandy, I created a blog for her jewelry design business "Rocking T Ranch Designs". You will have to go check it out here. She has awesome necklaces, bracelents and earrings with beads, silver, and other cool stuff.

Check out her blog often for new designs! And, Sandy, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Prayer Request for my Dad

As many of you know, last week my Dad was diagnosed with bladder cancer. He had a tumor in his bladder removed in Lubbock last week and they found out the mass contained rare and giant cancer cells which were in his bladder muscle. Tomorrow he will go in for a pet scan to see if the cancer has spread. More than likely he will have to have his bladder removed. We are hoping for the best and pray that the cancer has not spread past the bladder. They should know something on this sometime tomorrow or early Wednesday.

We need as many of you praying for him and my mom as much as possible! Thanks to all of you for your friendship, love, support and prayers.

Burleson County

We went to the Burleson County Fair last night in Caldwell. It was a bit chilly especially with the wet weather. It was not as cool and wet at our house when we left, so we were all a bit surprised about how cool it was. Luckily I had packed a jacket and blanket for Georgia because we needed it! None of us had jackets but the most important thing was that Georgia did! We were able to visit with our friends, Tammy and Phil Supak and see many other friends at the show. Congratulations to Kevin Doonan for winning Reserve Grand Steer! We have had a good run at county fairs so far: Grand Champion Steer, Washington County as well as Grand and Reserve Grand Champion Steers at Falls County! Here are some pics from last night!

Dancing

Although not quite as elaborate as the baby I saw this morning on the Today Show dancing to Beyonce's video... Georgia has taken up dancing. She loves to play the music on her fridge farm and then begins her dancing. It will play for a bit and then she gets the chicken to play the next song. It is quite comical so here's a video of the act:

Happy Birthday Frank!

Jacob, Jared, Georgia and I took Frank out for his 61st birthday on Tuesday night. Sandy is in Santa Fe on her trip with best friend Karen, so Frank needed us to cheer him up to go celebrate. We had to get him in the big party hat after the meal. The wait staff at Ama's in Hearne was very fun and sang for him!

Fiesta!

Georgia's Fiesta was this past weekend! We had a great party with lots of family, friends and of course lots of food! Georgia was a real trooper over the entire weekend. She missed her afternoon nap on the day of the party but she didn't fuss one bit but she sure was sleepy! My parents and grandparents came up Saturday night which was great because we were able to spend some time together before the big party.

Grandma & Papaw with Georgia

Miss Birthday Princess with her buddy Tyler

She didn't mind the tutu - the weather was warm so we took it off later during presents!

Georgia had her very own cake - all to herself!

Kendall and Lily assisted Georgia.. they were very helpful!

She hated the party hat this time - we even had someone hold it on her head for the picture.

Instead of digging in, she picked very carefully and delicately.

Our goofballs of the party - Jerry and Pop, aren't they a hoot?!

Happy 1st Birthday Georgia!

Happy Birthday Georgia! Our precious angel - the year has flown by and we cannot believe you are already a year old. What an amazing journey it has been. The most wonderful blessing in our lives. We did have a small birthday party for breakfast on Wednesday to celebrate. We were going to be gone to a county fair for the evening so this was our only opportunity to celebrate on the day of. We plan to have a party tomorrow with friends and family to celebrate.

She had her one year checkup the following day. She weighed in at 25 pounds and 33.25 inches long. She got a healthy report, along with four shots and bloodwork. It was no fun at all, but she did have fun the day before.

Here are a few pictures of Georgia with her breakfast cupcake, the Swedish pancakes I made, along with her opening a few gifts for the big day...