Here are the girls. Shannon Cole, Meredith Rutherford, D'arcy Marlow.
David, Leon and Larry.
Kathy, we are proud of you.
Jill and Tommy have three grandsons now. They call her "Jilly". Here she is with her youngest grandson, Boston. Boston was born June 25th to Heather and Micah.
Here is Jilly and Caden. Tiffany left Caden with Jill every morning this summer while she went to the gym to work out. Jill is going through withdrawals this past week as Tiffany has started leaving Caden with the babysitter as she prepares to return to teaching next week. Caden was born April 25th to Tiffany and Keaton. According to Tiff, Jill has been dropping by in the afternoon to see Caden this week.
I didn't take a picture of Jilly with Mason. Here is Mason admiring his three uncles. He loves being with the triplets. He cried and cried today when they had to leave. He was crying "I don't want to leave". This made "Jilly" feel good. He still had to leave, but he is very much loved by my sis and her family.
Sandy
This evening we attended a fish fry and we rode to this event with Larry and Kathy. As we were leaving several young couples were outside with their young children watching them run and play in the grass. Kathy and I stopped and talked about how fast time moves in our lives. It seemed like yesterday that we were the moms outside with the small children.
Christmas 2006 we hosted a Christmas party for the Hudson's, Vernon's, Roberts, Gant's and the Howard's. The Hollands and the Tixier's were invited but unable to attend. The Tixier's took all three of their boys on a cruise and the Hollands had previous plans. I asked each family to bring a CD with pictures of their family for the year 2006. We put the CD's in the DVD player and each family told about their highlights for 2006. This year was definitely eventful for every family.
I started to put captions on the pictures above but I realized that would take me days to accomplish that task. I hope you enjoy looking at the pictures and reminiscing as I have this evening. We no longer have any small children.
David and Debbie Hudson: Shannon and Ronnie married in August, they are both students at Texas Tech. Actually, Ronnie graduated yesterday. That leaves Shannon as a student and a realtor. Brian graduated in May from Clovis High School in May 2006 and entered his favorite college "OSU" in August following his sisters wedding. David and Debbie joined the "empty nester" group. David is the best Veterinarian and Debbie keeps the business running as the office manager.
Wes and Ellen Gant: Mark is a Junior at Texas Tech. James graduated in May 2006 from Clovis High School and he is attending Texas Tech. Wes and Ellen also joined the "empty nester" group. Ellen retired from teaching after 30 years in the same classroom and immediately became a care giver for Wes's mom. Wes lost him mom this summer and now Ellen is finding other ways to keep busy. Wes is employed at All Pets Animal Hospital.
Steve and Ilene: Geoff graduated from Texas Tech in May with an engineering degree and is employed in Houston with British Petroleum. He is engaged to Amy. Geoff invited us all to be a part of the engagement. That was so special. We are all making plans now to be in Houston in January to attend this wedding. Tim graduated from Clovis High in May 2006 and he is attending South Plains Junior College. This left Steve and Lenie with no children at home either. Lenie is a buyer for the best gift shop in Clovis, Roden Smith. Steve is the "computer man" for Farmers Electric.
Mike and Debbie: Tanner and Amy have moved to San Antonio and guess what???? They are expecting a baby. Yes, the Tixier's will be grandparents. We are so excited for them. Tyler graduated from the University of New Mexico in July. Trevor is entering his senior year at La Cueva High School and expected to be a star football player for the La Cueva Bears. He better be great, his dad is one of his coaches and he will be yelling "golly moses Trever", if Trevor doesn't preform well. Debbie will be in the bleachers cringing and hoping all goes well. Debbie also retired from teaching this summer. She has taught for about 25 years. Mike is coaching at La Cueva High School.
Larry and Kathy: Thomas graduated from WTAMU in December with a finance degree and was hired by Warren Cat into their management program. Tory graduated from Texas Tech in May and has since obtained his insurance license and started a career in that field. Kathy is still teaching at Clovis High School but has a different schedule this year. She will be teaching three Marketing classes and two English classes. She is very excited about this. Larry is still busy selling Pioneer seed and farm implements.
Grubb and Sandy: Meredith married Heath Rutherford June 10, 2006 and they live here in Clovis. Heath is the General Manager for Bender Chevrolet/Cadillac and loves his job. Meredith works for Brandon Reid construction. She has very flexible hours and would not trade this for anything. Lee K. is a sports broadcaster for NBC/Fox out of Amarillo Texas. He too loves this job. His girlfriend of two years just graduated with her masters and is moving to Lubbock Texas to pursue her Doctorate at Texas Tech. Lee K. will miss having Rachel and Abi around daily. Grubb is still drilling wells and Sandy is the Manager of an Oxygen/DME company in Clovis.
As you can read. The youngest of our group, is a Senior in High School now and the oldest is married and expecting a baby. This seems impossible. They are all 18-26. WOW. Where were we when this happened?
I can say this, they have all done so well and we could not be prouder of them and their accomplishments. Way to go "wrangler kids". We love you so much.
She has spent many hours studying and writing papers to reach this goal. 
Meredith shows her talents by making a "graduation hat" for each of us to eat. 
