The violin

Abby got a chance to try out the violin this year. She loved it. Her instructor said that she was a very good student. He knows she would do well with any instrument she played.

First day of Summer!

First day of summer was packed full of fun!

Crafts

Watermelon

Library

Lunch

Swings

Smiles

Coloring

Running

Resting

Playtime with Daddy

Even the dogs had fun!

Tugging

Although it is a blur, this is the only picture that I got with all of Booty's feet off the ground.

Someone ALWAYS gets hurt!

Then the someone is tired.

Then off to bed!

Hope every summer day turns out this fun!

Random pics

Today we went for a drive to look at land. Grabbed a few pics while we were out. I am playing with photoshop. The old one works fine, but I want the new one!

Rodeo

A few guys from the rodeo.

Colleen riding a pony

The girls waiting to go to the rodeo

My favorite picture. I love his face!

Our visit to the Limestone Sheriff Rodeo.

Buckle Fracture

My oldest daughter is always getting hurt. It doesn't matter if it is a tiny scratch or not, she will cry as if she has a broken arm. Well, Easter Sunday it was a buckle fracture. She fell while she was riding her scooter, and started crying. I always give her an icepack, and that made it feel better. Worried that it might be a sprain, I wrapped it. There wasn't any swelling, and she stopped crying. The next morning she was still whining about it, so I took her to the Urgent Care to get an answer.

She loves her cast. It is a badge of honor. This one time she was really hurt. I do not have any pictures of me in my cast. (More likely because of me) Abby, on the other hand, LOVES getting her picture taken. This is Abs in her cast. They didn't have a Camo cast, but green was just as good for her.

Two of a kind!

I have not been out taking pictures today. I decided to find a picture that was taken today. Out of the past 10 years, I could not find one picture taken on May 8th. This one of Dutchess and Molly was taken on May 9, 2002. There are others that were taken around May 8, but I really like this picture. Not that it is taken professionally, but just because it is of two great dogs. Mine, Dutchess, is the black lab. Mom's, Molly, is the yellow lab. It was within this last year that both dogs died. A real heartbreak for our family. I love this picture because it shows how happy they were. Labs are wonderful dogs. The dogs didn't mess up the fence. It was like that before we got there... I think. If I could clone a dog, I would have had Dutchess cloned. I am sure the same could be said for Molly.

Wilson Family

This is the beginning of my husband's family. His grandmother Wilson has a collection of pictures from the family. She took great care of her pictures. Geneology is something I like to look at every once in a while. It is normally one of the pictures that pulls me back in. Who is that? Where was the picture taken. I bet I can figure it out. That is what gets me started researching again. On the back of this picture is the list of who is in the picture. I use the Census and Ancestry.com, my favorite source, keeps me busy. I am currently putting pictures of the Wilson family into a book. When I will finish, I have no idea. Then I can work on my side of the family for a while!

March 13, 1912

Front row: Alexander Friar Wilson
Minnie Mae Allen Wilson
Frederick Jonathan Wilson
Sierra Nevada Reid Wilson
Thomas Dobbin Wilson
Jane Eliza Wilson
Mrs Denton
Mr Denton
Maggie Erwin
Margaret Wilson Rittgers
Gretchen Rittgers

Second row: Leonard Herbert Wilson
Maggie McHarg
Cora Mima Rittgers Wilson
Nellie Rittgers
John Bauman
Mary Bauman
Mrs. Will Gracey
Elizabeth Wilson Strait
Robert A. Wilson
Elizabeth Jennings Wilson

Third row: Mike Rittgers
William James Wilson
Jasper Rittgers
Thomas Wilson
Mary Marcella
Mrs. Anderson
Robert Fryer
John Gracey
Mrs. John Gracey
Rebecca Fryer
Mrs. Fowler
John Rittgers