A Day With Debbie

A few week-ends ago, we decided to go on a day trip to Fredricksburg, Luckenbach and to Boerne...a few stops included the Wildseed Farm, they have such good jellys and preserves there. After that we proceeded to Luckenbach, just in time for a longhorn to "run" by us(and I do mean RUN), so we followed him, getting to sit on him and take a few pictures! Dale and I had fun in the not so big General Store, we shopped a little, warmed up to the old time stove, while Mike and Doug looked around outside.
After Luckenbach we drove to Boerne to a famous restuarant where there are plates from all over the world, called Popos--food was good, atmosphere was really interesting...Thank you Jim for mentioning it to me, I grew up in Kerrville and probably have gone there when I was younger but don't remember the place.
We have such good friends to travel with and have fun, they love us and our children and grand-daughters like their own as do we with their children and family.

Happy 75th Birthday to papa, we sure surprised him!
We invited his "39ers" from church, a host of other friends and relatives....everyone met at ElFenix in Grapevine, his fav restaurant...we had his youngest daughter Robin come in on a bus all the way from Virginia by surprise also---the highlight of the night was when papa got to the restaurant, he was just looking around, greeting people when finally he saw Robin, the look on his face was priceless! And not to mention the video of his life, lots of tears then!
Papa had friends from church, from his neighborhood, all his children, most of his grandchildren and great-grandchildren there...was a very special night!

Memories and a ticket stub is all that is left of Celine Dions concert---it was wonderful, very classy,good seats, everything I expected! We had a wonderful night shared with our great friends, Dale & Doug...On the way to Dallas, the weather was horrible, the thermometer kept getting lower and lower, raining so hard, at one point it was 31 degrees, raining, I almost wanted to go back home, almost....After the concert, we walked out, it was clear and 40degrees, a very easy drive back to Waco.
The only down part was on the tickets it stated no cameras or video devices, SO I left my camera home--well when we got to the AA Center inside the door, it said we could bring cameras in, just no flashes...UGH, how I wanted a few pictures...
Mike was not really excited about this concert at all, but afterwards, he said it was the best he had ever gone to---that she was a very classy lady so, I was so relieved! And the BEST PART for him was he still got to see the last 2 minutes of the Texas game and Texas WON, woohoo!

A Beautiful Winters Day in Hewitt, Texas

HAPPY 13th BIRTHDAY TO KAITLYN...
officially a teen-ager now!

Today, Mikes family all met at our house for dinner, we had a wonderful day sharing our meal and catching up.
Mike Keller Family

Glen Keller Family

Parker-Tratree Family

Great-grandchildren

Grandchildren

Keller Family

Mike,Papa,Sandi,Glen

"I will bless you and make your name great;and you shall be a blessing."
Genesis 12:2

Meeting John Tesh--his concert was awesome, as well as the Prestonwood Choir!

These pics were before we left to go to Prestonwood for the "Gloria" concert.We are so very blessed to have such wonderful friends, Dale & Doug...thanks for all you do for me and my family, you both are so precious to all of us and have been for the last 25 years, what stories we share!

We are off for a weekend full of fun, music, buffets of scrumpious food and our wonderful friends, Doug and Dale....
Several months ago we purchased tickets to see the production of "Gloria" at our friends church, Prestonwood Baptist in Dallas. Along with the presentation of "Gloria", John Tesh will be performing and we get to meet him...
Please keep my sister in law, Susan in prayers this week, her father passed away early this morning after battling cancer for over a year.

Happy Birthday to Lindsay....

A year Old, that is what our sweet little Sophie is today!
What smiles she brings to our hearts, what joy she brings to her grandparents lifes!
A Blessing from above...
You are so loved Sophie!

Oh come,let us sing to the Lord!
Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our Salvation.
Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving.
Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms.
For the Lord is the great God.
And the great King above all gods.
In His hand are the deep places of all earth;
The heights of the hills are His also.
The sea is His, for He made it;
And His hands formed the dry land.
Oh come, let us worship and bow down;
Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.
For He is our God.
And we are the people of His pasture.
And the sheep of His hand.

Psalms 95
1-7

G-daddy and his grand-daughters on his birthday.

Kaitlyn---Kopperl Eagles2008 7th grade

We all went to Doug and Dales this year for their churches fall festival---lots of good food, and BIG inflatables, the girls had so much fun...I think the grown up kids had just as much fun! Dale, Lindsay, and I went to Canton on Saturday morning, we all found lots of bargains and had so much fun together!
Mike and Doug enjoyed getting paper eggs cracked on their heads...
This was the week-end that sweet Sophie decided to try walking, after they all got home, she didn't crawl too much after that.
The girls all dressed up so cute, Madalyn was a cat, Loraly a "good" witch, and Sophie was a little sunshine.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LORALY, what a big 5 year old!!!
Mike and I did not get to attend Loralys birthday party, I had a stomach bug but we did celebrate about a week later...I made, or attempted to decorate Loraly a Walle cake, we had Doug and Dale here plus Amber and her family came, we had a big BBQ and just enjoyed our family.
Loraly, you are the light of our world, you have such a personality, I love your giggle,I love how you love MDO and can't wait to go, how you love church, how you love your mommy and daddy and your sisters, how you love to go eat soup at the chinese restaurant--- how you love to come over to Mas and help me cook, how you love to eat puppy chow....