Robins hat for the Royal wedding

Daryl's niece Robin Young made a hat to wear to the royal wedding. Her store was having a contest and she thought it would be fun. She looked like she would fit right in at the wedding!

Groesbeck Tornado

This roof ended up in the middle of Hwy 164, everyone thought it was the Pharmacy roof, but turns out it wasn't. Not sure where it came from.

This is the front of the Pharmacy. The roof actually fell onto the delivery car and did some damage. There were all kinds of tree limbs behind the pharmacy. There was only a little bit of water damage inside the store though.

Easter

We spent Easter at the ranch and had to dye eggs the old fashioned way. Mimi bought an egg dyeing kit, but it was empty when she opened the box.


Marshall checks out aunt Christa

Brenna and Marshall

This was as good as it gets for a family portrait (The kids wouldn't cooperate)

Brenna looks for the giraffes

Marshall

Greerson and his green egg

Grandpa Woody helps color the eggs

Dallas Cowboy Stadium

Tom Landry statue out front

Greerson in the locker room

The cheerleaders locker room

Greerson in a suite

Greerson sitting at the bar in the suite

The Dr. Pepper end zone

This is the counter in the Dr Pepper Zone the bottle shapes light up from underneath

The view of the Ballpark from the Dr. Pepper zone

One of the lounges

The huge jumbo tron

After Bible Drill we toured the Dallas Cowboy Stadium the next day.

Bible Drill 2011

Greerson with the other State Winners

Lined up after the State Drill

Waiting to go to the State Drill

Greerson and Mrs. Elanson his Bible Drill leader

Association Drill at Columbus Ave Baptist Churh

The State Bible Drillers at Fair Park after State Bible Drill

Greerson participated in Bible Drill at our church this year and made it all the way to State and got the " State Winner Superior" award.

Lyndall Greer Shultz

Grandma Pat and her three sons

Christa's parents with Gramdma Pat

Looking radiant on her 90th birthday

Tommy helps Grandma Pat with one of her presents at Christmas

Christa's Grandmother (Grandma Pat) passed away this afternoon. She was 92 and lived a good life. We will miss her greatly. When we were first married we used to take Grandma Pat and her friend Jerry Morris on shopping trips to New Braunfels and San Marcos. They didn't stop talking from the moment we got into the car. We always took Grandma Pat's car, a Ford Crown Victoria, actually the truth is that we needed her car to hold all of the shopping bags when the day was done. We would end the day at the Smokehouse in New Braunfels and rush home to check on Grandma Pat's sister Bede who lived with her, but was bed ridden. Grandma Pat had all kinds of robbery stories from their jewelry store in Houston, but I think some of my favorite stories were of her own mother and how she helped people in need and how Grandma Pat was so terrified of the cows and other animals. Grandma Pat was a true story teller and loved to be the center of attention. As the years passed by she became legally blind, but that didn't stop her she still participated in family events and everyone loved Christmas at Grandma Pats. We always met the Sunday before Christmas and all of the family would be there and share a great meal and then the kids would get to open their presents. Grandma Pat delighted in watching her grandchildren and particularly loved to pass out her special envelopes. Her envelopes helped us through many a rough spot the first few years of our marriage. Another great story Grandma Pat loved to tell was of the alligator in her tank. She would tell everyone that the game warden said it was a $10,000 fine to kill the alligator and she was willing to pay it to get rid of it. It took six men to haul the alligator off, but you know I don't think anyone had the guts to charge her for killing it. Even though we will miss her greatly I know that she is having a great time with her family and her husband Woody who died in 1978.

Spring Break

We travelled out to west Texas for spring break. We camped at the Davis Mountains State Park and drove all over the area the next few days. Christa and Greerson went with the Boy Scouts to Guadalupe peak and hiked. Daryl stayed at the campsite and went to Fort Davis, Marfa and Alpine. The next day we all got in the truck and headed to New Mexico to Carlsbad Caverns. Christa and Greerson went on the lower cave tour and Daryl stayed with the Fossil Patrol from Troop 377 and did the regular walk in tour. When we emerged from the cave the boys thought it was foggy outside. It actually was a dust storm. Everyone finally figured out why I left New Mexico for the shelter of some trees in central Texas. The next day we went swimming at Balmorhea. Greerson thought that was really cool. He is taking scuba lessons and he wants us to let him certify at Balmorhea. He really liked all of the fish in the spring there. After swimming we hosted all of the Boy Scouts for hamburgers at our campsite then headed up to the McDonald Observatory for a star party. It was really cool they had an outdoor amphitheatre in the round and the guide stood in the center and had a green laser pointer and could point to the star he was talking about. We saw the space shuttle and the space station. It was the last night that the space shuttle was in space. It was really cool. Then we went around and looked at some nebulas and stuff through various telescopes. It was a great way to end our excursion to the Davis mountains. We stopped in Ozona for Mexican food on the way home. It was really good. We left at 9:30am and got home about 7:00 pm.

We attended a Star party at the McDonald Observatory

This is the new visitors center at Carlsbad Caverns

Picture of the mouth of the cave

Looking out across the valley at Fort Davis

Fort Davis

Welcome to Alpine this was the most colorful thing in town

Our campsite

The welcoming committee. . . .we had to wait about five minutes to get them out of the way