The World's Most Interesting Cat

Texas Roadhouse

So, I had lunch with the Unabomber.

Open House 2011

The other night the kids had Open House at the school. It is really not my favorite way to spend an evening. Parking is a nightmare, and I've seen the computer lab, library, and music room every year for 5 years. And every year I act like I've never seen it and ask the child leading the tour to show me around. Most of the evening is spent going to one of the children's classrooms while the other child complains and asks, "when are we going to my class?" And of course, Mac wants to catch up with every man, woman, child, and teacher he can find which gums up the whole process. What I actually do enjoy about the evening is getting to see the kids' projects and work. They are always so proud and so am I. I particularly liked this word problem Grey came up with.

You can take the boy out of Alabama, but you can't take Alabama out of the boy.

(Believe me I've tried.)

The Comeback Tour 2011

I am planning my Blog Comeback Tour, and it is going to be fabulous! Ok, it's really going to be more of the same, but since it's been awhile, it will seem fabulous. However at the moment I am in a holding pattern. Just circling the blog waiting for clearance to land and let loose with all those great posts. Hopefully, this will happen soon. My laptop of 5 years, which is like 95 in electronic years, gave it up a month or so ago. A couple of weeks later I got my new laptop. I felt like I was bringing a baby home from the hospital. All I needed was a baby blanket and a little hat to complete the moment. It works great. HOWEVER, getting all my backed up information, (my pictures being the only thing I really care about) onto the new computer has been challenging, to use a nice word. I have all the picture files but no pictures. So, I will be calling the service AGAIN, and waiting on hold AGAIN to see what the latest hangup is. I'm afraid the new computer might have some mechanical colic that will need to be addressed. So, until I can get all my pics and download the new ones from my camera, I probably won't be posting. Cause let's face it, you expect pics, not my random ramblings. In fact, I can't believe you've stuck with me this far in the post. I guess I should say thanks. So, thanks. And stay tuned, 'cause The Davis 4 Comeback Tour 2011 will be coming soon. (There might even be a T-shirt.)

From Your "Gorgeous Granddaughter"

Miss you, Pop

Pop ALWAYS called me his "gorgeous granddaughter".

"Pop"

A.A. Weathers

Aug.23, 1925- Jan. 28, 2011

Family

Hank, Me, Chris


Hank, Me, Banny, Chris

The same 4, a little closer this time

Hank, Christie, Me Mac, Banny, Dad, Sandy, Suzy, Chris

Same crew with our spawn, Parker, Holland, Grey

Banny, Toni Brady, Chris, Mike Brady

The Brady's are friends that we call family.

Alabama Christmas 2010

A couple of days after Christmas we headed over to Fairhope, Al for some Banny and Pop time. We arrived to a dinner of chicken and dumplings and banana pudding. Grey was ready to permanently move in. We had a lot of fun. We arrived on Monday and left on Wednesday so we packed it in. We went to the beach, hung out at The Hangout, bowled a few ugly games of bowling, (We all could have used the bumpers.) and then played some card games at night. We had a great time! Me, Banny, Pop

Great grandparents and the great-grand-hoodlums


My red hair sake

No matter how cold, he always heads to the water.

Beautiful beach. We only found seashells, not a single tarball. Guess we can always get those in Galveston.

There's the Christmas Card for 2010.

If only I had it before Christmas, I could have used it.

Merry Christmas, anyway!

Beach Bum

Loves her Banny

Ping

Pong

Thanks for letting us invade your home!

Same time, next year?

Happy 8th Birthday, Holland!!

December 23rd is always a "Holly-day" here at the Davis Establishment. We celebrate the birthday of our best girl, Holland Layne Davis. It's still hard to believe 8 years ago she came rushing into the world, in Joplin, Mo, 4 weeks early followed shortly by a major snowstorm. Our good friends had to help Mac and Grey get back and forth to the hospital on the icy roads. She started with drama and has not stopped since.
She has got a heart of gold and loves everybody. With the exception of Grey, she forgives freely and gives generously. She has a couple of really close friends and loves to hang out with them. She's eager to please and is very much a rule-follower. She loves to be at home and can play for hours by herself, but preferably with a good friend. She is a music-lover and loves karaoke. She's actually pretty good. I wonder if there are college scholarships for karaoke.hmmm She loves to read, and loves the 2nd grade. Though not a social butterfly, she gets along with everyone. She's my sweet, precious baby girl.

Happy, Happy Birthday Holly-Bear!For her actual birthday, we took her and her good friend, Faith, to Incredible Pizza for the day. Being so close to Christmas, there was hardly anybody there which meant we didn't have to wait in line for anything. (Just like I like it.)

Holland and her best guy, Daddy, and the big 8 balloon.

"Tangled" birthday cake complete with Rapunzel and her hair.

Spinning the prize wheel for her birthday. She won a free round of mini-golf.

All you can, but shouldn't, eat.
(Faith and Holland)

Bumper Cars and all smiles

Ready to race, until the guy started going over all the rules. Holland kind of freaked out thinking she was going to break a rule or do something wrong.

Faith had no such concerns.

She and Grey are of the same philosophy; rules shmules., let's race.

10 and 2.

Allstate would be proud.

GO!

However, I find the drivers that are overly worried get run over by the more relaxed driver. She got T-boned by #51 and broke down in tears. So much for that good driver discount I was counting on when she turns 16.

Sympathy 1st place ribbon.

Ahhhh Yeah! Laser tag. They have improved their laser tag since our last visit. It was a lot of fun. Take a gander at the scores. The Davis motto: Take no prisoners.

1st place TxRanger -Me

2nd place Astro- Grey

3rd place Cool Cat - Mac

4th place Lollipop - Holland

That's right, we took the top spots.

A little dance action.

Mini-golf

Mini-bowling

Of course, there was ice-skating on a plastic rink. This is Houston after all.

A shout out to her birth state and Missouri peeps.

Happy 8th birthday, Holland! You rock!