Darrell & "The Great Ride"

We are in the middle of training! Darrell is preparing to ride from the Rio Grande all the way up to the Red River! Along with Ron Holland, Darrell Crow, Mike Bell, & Hector Hinojosa, Darrell will be riding his bike anwhere from 60-90 miles a day for 9-10 days. The guys are really getting excited and Darrell is pumped about accomplishing this goal! The kids and I are trying to support him in every way from encouraging good eating habits for all of us to understanding why he is on his bike any and every free moment he has. We just figured out today that he has about 12 1/2 weeks to get ready! Keep these guys in your prayers as they prepare for this "Great Ride", they are also raising money for Sri Lanka relief. They want to purchase some bikes for transportation in Sri Lanka as well as try to get some electricity to a certain area that is without. If you are interested in supporting this cause, let us know and Darrell can give you all the details!

(This picture is from the tour de Goatneck ride few of them just did in Cleburne.)

Happy Birthday to our Sweet, Smilin' Cannon!

I have no idea how to make pictures go where I want them...nor do I know how to do those cool picture collages. SO, I'm just going to put a few pics out here and tell you what they are as I can find a place to type it.

"Christmas in July" Birthday Party!

I'm going to try once again to join the living in Blogworld! We just had a blast of a party for Cannon and I can't let this one pass without posting a few pics. This little guy has wanted a Christmas birthday party since December. I was passing it off as just a "tis the season" phase, but every month when I would ask what kind of birthday party he wanted, he was quick to say "Christmas"!

So, I decorated the house with as many of my decorations as I could without looking too much like the Griswalds, and still leaving room for a house full of guests. Our sweet friend Aidan McCall (Colin and Christi's oldest) came over and did the face painting. We had "Pin the Star on the Christmas Tree" and "Pin the Nose on Rudolph"...the kids decorated foam picture frames to put a very special picture in....and we also had Santa Clause!!! The kids couldn't believe that Santa would show up in the Summer time. We took the kids pix with Santa and printed them out for everyone to put in their frames. We were so excited to have some of our friends and family celebrate this great day with us!