02-28-2010

Too cute Gracie didn't win a medal at Bible Bowl, but she did manage to sneak out with 6 chocolate chip cookies! I guess that's just how she rolls.

02-27-2010

The winter Olympics ended today with Canada beating USA 3 to 2 in the Ice Hockey to win the gold medal. To make Sarah happy I'm posting a pic of Shaun White with his gold medal.

02-26-2010

I took this group to the Great Southwest Bible Bowl in Duncan OK on Saturday and five out of eight earned medals! It made 15 years of Bible Bowl competitions for me.

02-25-2010

We have had a pair of doves living at our house for several months. They took refuge here during dove season and somehow figured out that we don't have a shotgun.

02-24-2010

Yep, Jenny is showing! Time to get the pants with the stretchy panel!

02-23-2010

Travis make a wonderful Tuesday dinner... Blueberry lemon buttermilk pancakes with homemade blueberry compote and a baked egg prosciutto pesto thingy. It was delish!

02-22-2010

Binski Boy enjoying a bone!

02-21-2010

The odds of a child becoming a member of the Olympic ski team, 1 in 29,000. What happened Travis?

02-20-2010

Travis wearing his new glasses! Sarah wearing her dazzling smile!

02-19-2010

Chloe Comet takes a nap in Granpa's lap while he watches the Olympics on TV... Brodie Miller got silver in the super G!

02-17-2010

Dobby and Chloe, AKA "the weasels", sit in Grammy's lap and watch TV, but sadly not the Olympics...

After almost a week, the snow fort is just barely hanging on.
P.S. Lindsey Vonn won Gold in Downhill today!

02-16-2010

Tuesday (yesterday) was Mardi Gras and we were ready with our King Cake!

02-15-2010

This pic was taken last week when we got so much snow, almost 8" at 3 or 4 in the afternoon and snow fell until midnight. P.S. I'm running so far behind in my posts because of the Winter Olympics, Sean White got Gold tonight!

02-14-2010

My darling wife gave me these socks several years ago, when you only wear them once a year they last forever! Happy Valentines Day everyone!

02-13-2010

My darling wife AKA "The Queen of Novelty Socks", shows off her Valentines Day socks!

02-12-2010

It snowed for 20 hours yesterday, over a foot of snow in one day, a record for Texas. This morning there was snow everywhere but the pine tree next to my office was really covered, this is a close up of one branch, looks like Colorado.

02-11-2010

We got a record snowfall today, somewhere over 7 inches! This is Travis & Max in the snow fort we built... Travis plans to spend the night in the fort to prove he can.

02-10-2010

Susan's Christmas cactus has began to bloom... its only 6 weeks late... but this just proves it was meant to be part of the Smith family... better late than never!

02-09-2010

Tuesday was a nice sunny (but cold) day... this pic proves that cats really are solar powered!

02-08-2010

It rained all night, and the ground was already saturated, so our front yard is a lake this morning.

02-07-2010

The New Orleans Saints came from behind to beat the Indianapolis Colts 31 to 17 in Super Bowl 34. The colts were ahead 10 to 0 at the end of the first quarter. Drew Brees was MVP.

02-06-2010

My truck passed 170,000 miles a couple of days ago... I guess I will have to get a new one some day but I hope this one makes it a few more years cause I really like it!

02-05-2010

After what seemed like a year of cloudy days, the sun returned today!

02-04-2010

Seen in Farmers Branch...A sign of the times.. no pun intended.. OK, maybe I did intend a pun... lets hope it improves soon.

02-03-2010

This is the Hood County courthouse on the square in Granbury.. it was built in1890 and the outside wall are 3 foot thick limestone.

02-02-2010

Too cute 4 year old Canyon Thomison dressed in his WWII aviators outfit! He looks so much like his dad Bob it's scary.

02-01-2010

The first Daffodil of 2010 has come up in our backyard.... this means Spring is just around the corner... or this plant has gone goofy.. not sure which. BTW, I made it 1 month, only 11 to go!
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