Travis and I got invited to go to the Mavericks Game with one of our favorite Kanakuk families- The Slovers- this I guess was the best picture
My Grams and I at Uncle Dicks 50th birthday party
My beautiful cousin Meredith and lovely sister Mary
Beau (Travis cousin) and a TCU player
Leslie Armour- Love this picture shows how cute and tiny she was. Love her smile!
The wonderful Kelley family and I at YO! (yogurt place) on Leslie's Fancy Night Birthday. The girl on my left has CF (who looks like Leslie to me) and her younger sister Tiffany is below me with blonde hair.
Maybe your first reaction to the title was "are they pregnant?" NO. This week we have had the joyful experience of house sitting a great klife families' 8th grade boy-Conner Reese- and had Travis' younger cousin - Beau- come stay with us for the weekend! Conner was extremely fun and he has a LabraDoodle puppy named Archer. We fell in love with Archer for 2 days then got tired of him scratching our legs and stealing our socks. We will not be getting a puppy for awhile. Beau and Travis played every sport possible in one weekend and literally Beau got the ultimate tour of TCU and Fort Worth. Travis carefully planned everything out so that Beau would have an unbelievable weekend here and unforgettable. It was so amazing for me to sit and watch my husband interact with these two boys seeing how patient and loving he is...love him. And as easy as Conner and Beau were to watch and as fun as they were to hang out with..it was so exhausting to take care of another person. Then we realized we were right on about waiting to have kids for awhile. Bravo to Aunt Mary Ann, Aunt Patty, Memom, My Mom, Grams, Alison Kelley, for having multiple kids and handling it gracefully.
I went to Tulsa from Monday to Wednesday and got to see Meg Brown (Matron of Honor) for coffee, kidnapped Libby to make her go to Metro with me to eat with Mary, and hang out with the family which was so wonderful.
Wednesday Night Travis and I needed a date night so we went to our BBQ place in the Stockyard area and then Sweet Sammies afterwards. Let me tell you the genius idea of Sweet Sammies. This place offers cookies and ice cream for the lowest prices. We usually get the deluxe Sweet Sammie which is two cookies with ice cream in the middle. Genius right? The sad part is..we walk in and the owners recognize us and have Travis' order memorized. Wow.
February 25 and that was one of my best friends- Leslie Armour- birthday. If you all don't know, Leslie and I grew up together from our Dads being in the airforce together and were practically sisters. Our families are not related but consider each other family. Leslie was born with a disease called Cystic Fibrosis. Which Cystic Fibrosis is an inherited disease that causes thick, sticky mucus to build up in the lungs and digestive tract. It is one of the most common chronic lung diseases in children and young adults, and may result in early death. And she died the summer of 2007. Her parents have started a new tradition of having an annual "Fancy Night" wherever you are on February 25 in honor of Leslie. Leslie loved Fancy Nights and therefore the tradition started. For my fancy night I was blessed to be with one of my favorite families in Fort Worth-The Kelleys. The girls had some of their family friends over to hang out with and they happen to have 2 little girls with Cystic Fibrosis. Sydney- 3rd grade and Tiffany-5 years old ish.. Gosh what an amazing night to be with CF kids on one of my best friends birthdays' who had CF. God is so amazing. It was definitely hard to see these two little precious girls with this awful disease that I watched one of my "sisters" suffer through her entire life. My heart broke for their bodies and their family but also rejoiced that the Lord gave me this opportunity to love on them.
Travis' ESPN: Si.com took the top 25 teams for 2011 and researched how many players had a criminal record on their roster. TCU had ZERO. Keep doing what are you doing TCU...Go Frogs!
School Players charged with a crime SI preseason rank
1. Pittsburgh 22 16
4. Boise State 16 3
7. Oklahoma 9 12
25. TCU 0 5
Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/the_bonus/02/27/cfb.crime/index.html#ixzz1FUUoBpHV
Tricia's Randomness: I substituted PE at my favorite school-Covenant Classical. I thought about applying for the PE teacher/Athletic Director before I substituted this class...Oh My Gosh...It was an eye opening experience that I would be happy to bi-step anytime the rest of my life. We played kickball and kids fought the entire time about rules and unfairness and made fun of other kids playing sports. The funniest part of my day was with 3rd graders. A little boy didn't understand the position of catcher. He would try to catch the rolling ball before the kicker got a chance to even kick it. He also would lay down over home plate to protect it..And thought that tackling the runners coming from third was protecting his team from getting a point. I had to explain that he needed the ball to do that and do it differently...so funny though!!
Tuffy's Tales: Well.. I got into the trash and Mom told me that it was gross and disgusting that I chewed on feminine products. I also got to be outside all day once when Mom and Dad went to the TCU baseball game..that was great. Grandma Haynes gave me joint bones that I look forward to eating daily. And I took a trip to Tulsa with Mom and got loved on by the Alabacks.
Joys and Pains of Learning: We love going to games together. We have been to 2 baseball games together this season and absolutely love sitting in the sun and watching the Frogs win or lose and just doing something together. We encourage you and your honey to do an activity together this week! Maybe something different than you are used to!
Thank you all for reading, we really appreciate it! Love to all!
Tricia Bowles :)
