Carol and Sheryl show Adia the result of their work in the bathroom
Angie repairs Todd after he hung a ceiling fan
This is the candle made from the flowers at David's funeral. It is a beautiful reminder of my older brother.
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Ladson and Billie Worley family Reunion 2013
Our family reunion this year was different in several ways. This was our first reunion without David. Roxana was concerned because her house was in need of maintenance. David had been ill for several months before he died and was not able to keep up with the work and she has a torn rotator cuff and is not able to do a lot of things. In fact she had surgery on Wednesday before we came on Friday. We congregated in Conway, Arkansas and worked on the house while we visited. Rox was in a lot of pain, but she had made several lists for us to follow. We were able to clean out her garage, repair the fence, clean out the flower beds and paint most of the inside of her house. I was in charge of all of the meals, which turned out to be a full time job. It was good to see everyone and good that we could help out Rox. Greerson and I headed home Sunday afternoon.
Our second batch of Barn Swallow babies were ready to fly just before we left these three were not too sure about flying
These two swallows took the plunge and learned to fly and were waiting on their siblings to join them.
Carol works on painting the hall bathroom
Todd consults with Regan while Carol is painting in the background.
Regan spent the weekend texting!
Angie took charge in the garage
Aaron is working on the siding on the pool house
Steve is cutting a board for Aaron
Adia takes a break
Rachel was tired and ready to go, but Carol wasn't finished with the front door
Aaron relaxing after lunch
Sunday, July 7, 2013
Independence Day at the Ranch
The new calf
fresh tracks on the beach
Mimi, Christa and Greerson are ready to head out!
Greerson, Christa, Grandpa Woody, Marshall and Brenna
Greerson took us for a drive in the woods
Marshall really likes sparklers!
We had a great spot to view the parade
Marshall is ready!
we headed to the ranch July 4 and arrived before lunch. We drove Mimi to the Blue Moon BBQ to get lunch. Stephen and Shanda arrived mid-afternoon. We played dominos and relaxed and enjoyed the rest of the day. Hilltop Lakes was having their celebration on Saturday so we were under no pressure to conclude our celebrations Thursday night. We got up early and headed to the land across the road to check out the lake lots at Hilltop Lakes. We had already seen them from the Hilltop Lakes side, but now we were going to actually hike to them from the acreage over there. It was very dense woods with vines and brush growing everywhere. Mimi, Grandpa Woody and Greerson had marked a path with ribbons and kind of cleared some vines out of the way. They were using the bulldozer to clear the path, but it needed some work on the treads so they had to stop before they made it to the shore. We all made it to the shore and checked out the view. We would like to put a dock and small cabin there, but it probably won't happen anytime soon. We made it back to the ranch house and rested before lunch. We played more dominos and ordered food from the Branding Iron in Marquez. It's not a trip to the ranch without eating at the Branding Iron. Greerson got fried pickles and actually share a few with us! After dinner we did some sparklers in the front yard. Brenna was afraid of the until Marshall did it and thought it was great. Saturday morning we loaded up and headed to Hilltop for the parade. The kids really got into it and collected a lot of candy and loot! After the parade we headed over to the petting zoo and the bazaar. Shanda got some cookies and a loaf of bread from the Catholic church ladies. The bread was really good! Greerson got a parachute bracelet and a 1922 silver dollar. Stephen and Shanda left after lunch to enjoy a week without children. We played dominos with them before they left and Daryl actually won!!!! We had a lot of fun, we had to replay one round, because Stephen was sitting in for Christa and Glynda had such a high count in the hand that they focused on counting her dominos and forgot to count their own. Since Stephen was the score keeper in Christa's absence we decided to forfeit the hand and play it again. Glynda did better but several of us did not! It was a lot of fun. That night we loaded up the truck and toured the ranch and then headed over by the oil well road and parked along the fenceline to watch the fireworks. They were amazing! We could actually see without trees being in the way. Last year when they rebuilt the fence they took out all of the trees and brush and opened up the view. Marshall and Brenna really enjoyed the fireworks. We got up Sunday morning and watched Duck Dynasty before we left. Lucky was glad to see us when we got home!
Sheryl, Steve and Daryl in Tulsa
We took these pictures just before Sheryl and I drove back to Texas. It is so hard to believe there are just three of us now. We really missed David at Steve's birthday, but we are grateful for the time we have to spend with each other. We are planning a Worley get together in July.
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