10-10-07 at the Rutherford's

Wednesday 10-10-07? I have no idea how this really happened. We can no longer get everyone together for Christmas and we all ended up in Clovis, NM on 10-10-07?


Here is how it happened:


Lee K. called and said he had decided to come to Clovis on Wednesday, his day off. He called back and stated that Rachel and Abi would like to come up from Lubbock and meet him in Clovis.


I called my mom and told that Lee K. would be coming from Amarillo and Rachel and Abi from Lubbock, and invited her to eat dinner with us on Wednesday. I then called Bly and L.K. and they said they would also join us. Bly called back and said that Molly was also coming to town that day from Lubbock and that Larry, Anna and Molly would be joining us for dinner.


Meredith and I discussed grilling burgers at their home so we could all just be casual and visit more with each other than we would be able to in a restaurant. Here is a picture of Heath and Meredith on their patio grilling for all of the Howard family and my mom, Marjorie.





Heath at work.

























L.K. and Grubb discussing the days work.
Grubb is still in his work clothes, he had just driven in from working on a well.
























Can you tell that Rachel had not seen Lee K. for awhile? Here is Lee K. telling his cousin, Molly Bly some story. Molly is in nursing school in Lubbock. How was she able to be home in the middle of the week?


Lee K. and his grandmother Bly
























L.K. and Grubb



























The Rutherford hacienda. Meredith has always loved color and studying at the University of Guadalajara definitely influenced her color choices. I love this kitchen it looks just like Meredith.





















Meredith and Grammie in the kitchen preparing the meal.
















Abi is in the first grade and she is learning to read. She is reading to Papa, Grandmother, Molly, her mom Rachel, and Lee K.
















Another picture of Abi reading to the family.






















Here it is October and Merediths flowers are still really pretty.

Kathy has her Masters Degree

On August 31, 2007 our friend, Kathy Roberts received her Masters Degree. We are so proud of her. She has spent many hours studying and writing papers to reach this goal.





























The graduation ceremony was at 10:00am on Friday morning and that evening her family and friends gathered at a patio party hosted by Debbie and David Hudson. We had so much fun celebrating this accomplishment with Kathy.































Kathy and her graduation cake.


Meredith shows her talents by making a "graduation hat" for each of us to eat.

Larry, Kathy and Tory at the graduation ceremony. Thomas was not able to be here for the ceremony but came in Friday evening for the party.

Kathy with Larry's parents, Jerry and Willie Roberts.

Kathy with her sister, Sheila, Larry and Tory. Sheila came in from Bastrop, Texas to attend the graduation.

Brian Hudson, Ronnie Cole, Tory and Thomas Roberts. It is so much fun to see how the boys are growing up and maturing. Three of these boys are now college graudates and have entered the working world. Brian is a Sophomore at Oklahoma State and it was fun to see him, he isn't home very often.

Thomas, Tory and Ronnie.

























Steve and Debbie Shipley drove over from Littlefield, Texas to join in the celebration. Steve and Debbie were friends of Larry and Kathy when they all lived in Lubbock, Texas in the early 80's.































David Hudson is showing us how to make the Texas Tacos that they prepared for the evening. They were wonderful.

Here are the girls. Shannon Cole, Meredith Rutherford, D'arcy Marlow.

Ardeth, Laticia, Kathy and Sheila posed for a picture.



Ronnie and Shannon
































Grubb sitting on the steps to the hot tub. I guess he was surprised that I was taking his picture.

David, Leon and Larry.

This was funny, here is a picture of Tory and Geoff. They were college roommates for several years. They both graduated in May and Geoff left for Houston to start his career. None of us had seen Geoff for several months. We were so suprised when he walked through the gate but we all had a laugh when we noticed that he and Tory were wearing identical shirts.

Steve and Lenie stop and pose for the camera

Geoff and Amy. We will all be traveling to Houston in January to attend their wedding.

Kathy, we are proud of you.

My sister the grandmother "Jilly"

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

Thomas, Jordan and Blake

My sister's triplets turned 18 this weekend. Here is Thomas, Jordan and Blake all holding their cakes.

Thomas' cake had his picture and a field and stream theme because he is a hunter. Jordan had his picture and a car because he loves vehicles. Blake had his picture and a sports theme for his cake.

My mom, Grubb and I went to Amarillo and attended church with the Bonner family and then to their home for a hamburger cookout. Heather and Micah and their two boys, Mason and Boston were also there. Tiffany and Keaton and their son, Caden also attended. It isn't often that all five of the Bonner children are together. Although Heather and Tiffany and their husbands live in Amarillo, they all have busy schedules.

The "trips" are starting their senior year at Randall High next week. We are looking forward to this year with the boys and looking to the future with them.

Love you "trips", never forget that you are my favorite triplet nephews!!

Aunt Sandy