Ladson and Billie Worley family reunion 2014

 Sheryl, BJ, Alicia, Daryl, Carol and Roxana waiting for the fireworks

 Rachel, RL, Ani, Greerson and Ryder waiting for the fireworks in the bed of the truck

 BJ, Alicia and Daryl

 Sheryl, Daryl, Carol, Steve, Renee Wood, Christa, Bob, Roxana and Alizabeth

 Steve, Renee and Christa

 Daryl and Ryder

 Alizabeth

Sheryl and Alizabeth

The children of Ladson and Billie Worley gathered in Harker Heights over the July 4th weekend at Sheryl and Bob's house.Steve, Carol and Rachel came from Tulsa, Oklahoma and Roxana drove in from Conway, Arkansas. BJ and Alicia were there from Dripping Springs and our cousin Renee Wood stopped in Thursday night on her way home to Plainview, Texas. We had a great time visiting and the kids enjoyed the pool.Independence Day we went out toward Fort Hood to watch the fireworks. Sheryl and RL tried their best to teach us all how to dance to "What does the Fox say". It was interesting to see how well we all could dance! Saturday night Ryder was jumping into the pool and hit his chin and ended up having to get stitches. Sheryl and Bob and BJ and his family were scheduled to head out one week later on a cruise to the Carribbean. They were afraid that his stitches would keep him from getting to play at the water park on the ship, so the Dr told him he had to rest for the rest of the weekend. That was very difficult for a preschooler, but he managed and ended up having fun on the cruise. It was so nice to get to see the family.

Sheryl and Bob in the forests of Belize.
They went on a cruise the week after our reunion while we were in Corpus Christi.

Greerson went to Philmont Scout Ranch

 Greerson resting under a tree

 Greerson's new friend

 Greerson and his friend John

 Greerson panned for gold


Greerson headed off to New Mexico to Philmont Scout Ranch the day after school was out for a two week trek in the mountains. His Scout Master Mike Davis took all of the photos for us. They experienced everything from high winds to hail. Greerson took his turn leading the donkey and managed to get bitten twice. Once on the arm and once on the leg. Greerson said he was baring his teeth and smiling at him. We asked what did you do to him and Greerson responded,"I just led him".

Terry and Andrea Reeves

                                                              Terry and Andrea Reeves

                                             Terry and Andrea at the Fort Worth Stockyards

Daryl had the pleasure of meeting a couple from England. His friends, Jodie and Dave Schenck gave a dinner party to honor Terry and Andrea Reeves, a couple they had met on a cruise in Europe last summer. This was their first time to visit the United States and they were very excited to meet actual Texans. Terry has written a book that chronicles his life and describes his work in Africa working to teach the native Africans how to farm and raise food. Daryl was so excited to get to visit with them and Terry gave him a signed copy of his book. It was a very interesting evening. Jodie and Dave were going to give them a tour of Texas over the next couple of weeks. They were heading to a dude ranch in Bandera and touring the big bend and then checking out the Alamo in San Antonio. The book is called "African Harvest: the passion, joy and heartaches from a love of Africa" by Terence Reeves. For those of you that watch "Downton Abbey" on PBS the writer Julian Fellowes is planning to read Terry's book.He said that one day he got a phone call and it was Julian's wife and she said they were laying in bed and she had been reading excerpts of Terry's book to Julian. She went on to say that Julian was really busy, but that he had added Terry's book to his reading list. Terry later had the opportunity to speak with Julian at church and he was looking forward to reading the book.

Eagle Project and Memorial Day

May was a busy month in the Worley household. The first of the month Greerson was working on his Eagle Scout Project, a prayer garden for our church. It turned out very nice and the Kindergarten class used it the next day for Sunday School. Memorial Day was spent at the ranch with Christa's family. It was a nice break. The highlight of the weekend was moving the bulldozer across the road so Grandpa Woody can check to make sure it is working. Marshall and Brenna had a great time playing in the pool and at the playground at Hilltop Lakes. Daryl finished the manuscript for his Theatre textbook and got it to the publisher before the June 2 deadline. It should be published in August in time to be used in college classrooms for the Fall semester. We will post more about that when it is released. Greerson is finishing up school this week and we are all ready for summer.

 Greerson presenting his project for engineering

 We fed all of the workers at the Eagle Scout project

 Greerson discussing the placement of the stones

 The finished project

 Greerson planting some roses

 Christa lends a hand with the planting

 The finished project

 We brought the canoe and the tent for Memorial Day.

 Marshall helps Grandpa Woody cook breakfast

 Christa, Woody and Marshall cooking breakfast

 The view on a Memorial Day walk

Brenna and Marshall enjoy the playground

 we celebrated Shanda's Birthday, Grandpa Woody and the kids decorated the cake

Easter 2014

Family Easter Picture 2014

                                                     

Stephen and Brenna waiting for the picture

Shanda, Marshall, Stephen and Brenna

 The big Easter Egg Hunt!

 Greerson and Shanda watch the action

 Smile! Mimi wants your picture!

Brenna, Grandpa Woody, Marshall and Mimi

Mimi and Marshall check out his Easter eggs

We spent a fun filled weekend at the ranch for Easter. Saturday we watched Frozen in the theater and played dominoes. Then Greerson drove us to the mailbox in Grandpa Woody's new truck. Sunday we got up and the Easter Bunny left eggs for the children. Then we took our Easter pictures.

Camping at Mineral Wells State Park

We went camping in April with the Cub Scouts. It was nice to get out in the camper again. We had not used it since last October. We had a chance to check out our new led strip lights. They really light up the campsite at night.

 The lights on a green setting they have a whole rainbow of colors

 Greerson had a hard time unplugging from his electronics since the campground had wifi

 Christa preparing to cook dutch oven desserts

Worley First Cousins Reunion

The Worley first cousins all gathered in Plano in March to see each other. We had a great time worshiping with Randall Worley and his church and then enjoyed a great lunch together.

The Worley Family

Willie and Lottie Worley with A.T. and Freda

 Randall Worley created this mural with torn wallpaper

 The Ladson Worley Family

The Truett Worley Family

 Rachel, Carol and Steve

 Rachel,Carol, Steve, Daryl and Bob

Rachel, Adia, Angie, Todd, Rox and Steve