More Family Reunion Pictures

It is our tradition (or my tradition as the resident picture freak) to take family pictures on the last day before everyone leaves. I meant to bring the tripod and get a shot of everyone, but i will have to save that for next year!

Here is my sweet family - my parents always did an amazing job of staying in touch with their brothers and sisters and visiting them as often as possible. I was really appreciative of this - being an only child. I think that is another reason I feel so close to all of my aunts, uncles and cousins!

Uncle Eddie and part of his clan. Cousin Jess belongs here as well, but they had to leave early to get Gray back to college where he plays football - a starter on his team as a freshman! Uncle Eddie and Aunt Jeneane (whose name I still don't know how to spell) owned an automotive store in Brownwood for years. I remember going to visit them at the store and getting a soda and a treat on every stop! Shannie is another cousin I am super close to! (Are you seeing a theme here yet?) She used to take me on her dates when I was about 5! She says she loved to show me off when we would go and visit!

Some more super fun pictures...






Until next year sweet family - I love you!

Family Reunion Fun!

We are so blessed to have an incredibly close family - not geographically close, but close in heart. Therefore we designate one weekend per year to fellowship together. This year was one of the best ever! Our group continues to grow and grow and although we missed Aunt Shirley and her group terribly, we still had an awesome time with gorgeous weather, fabulous food and fun new game for the Saturday Night Showdown!

The girls playing POUNCE a really fast moving card game that is so much fun! I certainly think this will become a new Watson Family Tradition!

Lu and Baby P - I cannot say enough about how good this baby is! I want to clone him!

B and Baby P - he was so happy and would let anyone hold him, play with him, carry him...such a good baby!

My sweet cousin Jess and her crew - I love the way that Jess and I have become closer with age! She has the most amazing kids and I really look to her for advice as I raise 2 boys of my own!

Uncle Clark and his gang! Cousins Mike and David are truly two of the nicest, do-anything-for-you guys I have ever known. I always loved visiting them in Big D as they would take me out on their motorcycles or we would go cruising in their latest corvette.

Erica (w/G) - who is really my 2nd cousin - is more like a sister to me. We have always been SUPER close - I would spend a week with her family every since she was born and could quote every word from "Sleeping Beauty"! Then as she got older she would come and spend a week each summer with me. This continued until she went to college and then we finally lived in the same town for a time! We love her husband and she is the lucky mom of Baby P! I can't even put in to words what she means to me! And even though we don't see each other as often as we would like, we seem to pick up right were we left off each time. We really have a special bond - love you Air!

Me and G

Me and Air

Super Star

It is still a little so soon to tell, but we just may have a super star on our hands! Well, we have always believed that both of our boys are stars, but Lu may be a football stand out - at least in the world of little boy flag football. He scored the first touchdown of the season in his game on Monday night. The team went on to win 2-1 (or 14 - 7 as the boys like to say). He also had an amazing game last night where his team won 5 - 0 (or 35 - 0) and he scored 3 touchdowns! The other team tried to recruit him - even offering him a signing bonus of 2 juice boxes per game and his coach started calling him Adrian Peterson. Needless to say - his head barely fit through the door when we got home and he had a hard time falling asleep as images of footballs danced in his head. We are so excited for his success as it seems to be pouring over into the academic world as well! His teacher has already sent a note home saying he seems more confident and is taking more risks with his peers (both of these were goals we set for him at the beginning of the year). Go #5, go Lu! We are so very proud of you!

The real reason....

The real reason the boys LOVE an Aggie football game is to see - what they can get! Usually this is limited to food, but this week they got smart. Here is the story:) I told them they could each spend $10 and THAT WAS IT! Well, when a pizza and a soda = $10, there is some room for negotiation! And they are masters at negotiation - at least with me! So, when they just wanted "one more treat" I dug out 2 - 5 dollar bills, handed one to each of them and said - this is REALLY it!! Lu quickly realized that 5+5= 10 and together they could get that football they had been eyeing at the souvenir trailer. So, dippin' dots and snow cones became a thing of the past as they made their way to shop!

Now forming.....

Who doesn't love these famous words:

Now forming at the North End of Kyle Field the nationally famous fightin' Texas Aggie Band -- WHOOP!!!!! Even the boys chant along and love to look for the trademark 'T' made at the end of each performance. They are unbelievable and while I doubt the boys will make the football team in Aggieland (although the way they are playing...) I do have dreams about them marching in the band. You know, G was a drummer so why not B and/or Lu??








Then as part of the ongoing military appreciation day we saluted an American Flag as big as the football field. What a moment as we thought of all of those serving in our military as we are living the good life just watching a football game....please, please, please remember them and their families in your prayers. There sacrifices are truly monumental.

A win at home - finally

There was a time - not so long ago - that a win at Kyle Field was a given. Top-ranked teams came to "our house" in fear and we usually beat them. I am pretty sure that at one time we held the record for most wins at home in a row...well, sadly, those days are over. HOWEVER, we did get a win this Saturday. And while it may be our last win of the season and our only win at home - IT WAS A WIN! And once again we were lucky enough to witness it! And just as I said in my previous post: There is something magical about being at Kyle Field. Words do not do it justice, but maybe a some pictures will help!

Fun boys and mom!



The pregame was unbelievable as the fly-over was done by 4 black hawk helicopters in honor of military appreciation day. And then the best part was 4 cadets from West Point arrived on the 50 yard line of Kyle field via parachute! And I mean they arrived EXACTLY on the 50. Very impressive!

A different kind of Hurricane...

We went to watch the fightin' Texas Aggies take on the Miami Hurricanes and the first 14 seconds of the game were very exciting. My throat is still sore from screaming for Mike Goodson and his 62 yard touchdown run. That was about all the cheering we did for the day...

B - who sometimes thinks he is a longhorn and sometimes carries around an OU football, but I believe he is an aggie at heart!

Dippin' Dots - a new tradition at the football games.

G praying that our team can score again. I seriously worry about his blood pressure at these games sometimes. They can be a bit stressful...

I absolutely LOVE Aggie football. The crowd is amazing and the opening video featured is awesome. And then you hear the drummers marching out onto the field playing that song they play and the players run out behind them and you just get the most indescribable feeling...chills and tears and all sorts of emotions run through you because this is Aggie football.