Baylor vs OU

Greerson and Daryl attend the Baylor versus Oklahoma game last Saturday. It was a nail biter from the beginning. We normally really enjoy going to the Baylor Football games, but this time the stands were really crowded with Oklahoma fans. We sit on the 50 yard line, but at the very top of the stadium on the studen side. These are normally great seats, but for this game we were in the middle of Baylor fans and OU fans that insisted on commenting about each play of the game and how much better their team was than the other one. At the beginning of the game the band played Texas our Texas and of course all true Texans stood in respect, that is except Greerson. I asked him to stand and he refused because no one else around us was standing. I had to explain to him that they were from Oklahoma  and did not respect the Texas state song. Apparently he has reached the stage of worrying about what other think. We enjoyed the first half of the game, but the tensions began to grow. One Baylor fan heckled a grandfatherly type ( in appearance only) stating, "at least I attended my team's school". This grandfather has managed to clear out the rows all around him due to his language and attitude. We were so crowded we didn't have a good opportunity to escape until halftime started. Greerson decided he wanted to go home and watch the game since there was so much cursing in the crowd. We made it home in time to watch the last half on tv. It was an exciting game right down to the last few seconds.  We were greatful that we didn't stay to witness all of the OU fans lose.

All we have to say is Sic'em Bears!!!! You deserved the win.

 

Salado Scottish Clan Gathering

Greerson in his new kilt

We joined the Clan Douglas and they took this picture for their newsletter


November is the time each year that the Scottish clans gather in Salado, Texas. The Boy Scout Troop decided to attend the Highland games at the BSA camp Tahauya near Salado. They had a great time, but Greerson wanted to attend the real games and gathering in Salado. We had recently discovered that we are descendants of the Scottish Kings (James  I through V and Robert Stewart), so this was the perfect opportunity to find out more about our family. This was the 50th annual Salado Scottish Clan Gathering. While we were there we officially joined Clan Stewart, Clan Douglas and Clan Campbell. Greerson was excited to learn that he is a descendant of the McGregor Clan. Apparently Greer is an old McGregor name in Scotland. Greerson wasn't named specifally for the Clan, but rather his two grandfathers, Woody Greer Shultz and Ladson Worley. Christa's grandmother's maiden name was Greer. It was interesting to discover that the family name was Grierson before it was shortened to Greer. Greerson decided he needed a kilt so we went to the outiftter and had him fitted for a new kilt. He wore it over his jeans for the rest of the weekend at the Scout Camp. It was too cold for him to wear it without jeans and he didn't have any kilt stockings with him.

B.O.B. Games and BBQ at the Ranch

 The boys cooked their meals on the retaining wall.

 Max was bored during chapel services

We hosted Troop 377 at the ranch for the B.O.B. (Best of the Best) games. They camped in the backyard and played all sorts of games. Saturday night we had BBQ and enjoyed dinner together. Daryl cooked meals for the adults all weekend as well as the BBQ. The meat for the BBQ came from Blue Moon BBQ and was great. We all had a great time and are looking forward to next years B.O.B. games.

Dust storm in Casa Grande, Arizona

We left the funeral and headed south and happened to stop for gas which saved our lives. If we had kept going we would have been involved in a twenty to thirty car pileup in a dust storm. Even after we got past the accident scene we had a couple of instances where the dust created an absolute zero visibility at 75 miles an hour. We couldn't even see the front end of our car it was so bad. These pictures are from the accident scene.

A.T. Worley Funeral

 Marilyn, Jonathan, Devin and Gwen

 Lynn and Brent

 Reuben and Bob

 Mike, friend of the family, Marilyn (standing) Pam

 Betty Worley

 Holly Smith

 Reuben and Bob Worley

 Lynn, unknown (standing) Jenny and Jonathan

 Mrs. George Worley and Carlton Worley

 Carlton's son and George

 Daryl and Holly

A.T. Worley's funeral was a very nice service. We sang hymns like when we were children at family gatherings and there was a nice video tribute. We were surprised find out he fought in the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. We didn't go to the graveside service since it was in Phoenix and we needed to head for Texas.

Here is a picture of the W.G. and Lottie Worley Family avbout 1972.