Hondo

Since I had a little free time and Coy was gone to his annual conference, I drove out to Hondo to see Sarah, Nelson and the kiddos.  On Tuesday night, we drove into San Antonio to meet Bryan and Stephanie for supper.  We ate Mexican food and the kids were fascinated by the Davy Crockett mannequin that played the fiddle.  On Wednesday, we just hung around the house and the kids entertained us.  It's tiring chasing two toddlers around all day.  Since I didn't take any pictures, I stole this one from Sarah's blog.  I was also sent home with homemade pickles and pickled okra.  Yum!

Just a funny story

I was in Target a few days ago and making small talk with the cashier as I was checking out.  I had an Aggie shirt on and she said that it looked familiar because she had one like it.  She then went on to say that her daughter was a sophomore at A&M and asked me if I had a son or daughter that went to A&M.  Umm.....WHAT???  I know I just turned 27 and don't think I look old enough to have a kid in college.  I think she was shocked when I said "No, I graduated 4 years ago".

Mix it up!

After being married for a year, we still have some wedding presents that we haven't used.  I was excited to get a stand mixer, but hadn't used it yet.  I finally pulled it out and made a 7UP cake.  I am in love!  I see lots of baked goods in our future!

Birthday Weekend

On Friday night, we went to the Old Settler's Reunion.  When we got there, the fiddling contest was going on.  I told Coy that I didn't want a birthday cake as long as I got a funnel cake while we were there.  That is the one food I have to have when I go to a carnival.

 Here's all of the fried goodness.  I didn't think you could mess up a funnel cake, but it ended up being burnt on the bottom and kinda hard.  Oh well, I ate half of it.  (I probably didn't need to eat the whole thing anyways.)

 On Saturday night, we ate at Texas de Brazil.  It's a Brazilian steakhouse where gauchos come to your table and serve the different cuts of meat.  I was so stuffed by the time we left!  The fried bananas were also pretty yummy!

I'm actually excited to be getting closer to 30!  I know some people dread it, but I feel like that's when everything exciting will start happening!  I'll be done with school and we can start having babies!

I survived Neuro!

I finished my summer class today.  I'm glad to have neuroanatomy behind me.  While it was interesting, some stuff was just over my head.  Now, I have two weeks off until the Fall semester starts.  I'm looking forward to relaxing and maybe finishing a few crafty projects.

It's a weird feeling talking to my teacher friends and seeing everybody post on Facebook about setting up their classrooms and starting school.  While I'll miss some of the kiddos, I can't say that I will miss spending hours setting up a classroom and all of the staff development!

I'm on Week 5 of the Couch to 5K program.  It's getting easier everytime.  It doesn't sound like much, but this chubby girl can now run 5 minutes at a time.  Hey, that's more than when I started.  I've also been going to a workout class at the church.  It feels good to be getting back in shape.

Gran-Gran

Harold Gene Renfro (1925 - 2011)

Harold Gene Renfro, a gentle and loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Thursday, July 28, 20ll. Funeral: 10 a.m. Monday at Blessing Funeral Home, Mansfield. Visitation: 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Harold was born Feb. 10, 1925, in Lillian to George and Elva Renfro. He married the love of his life, Doris Clynch, on Dec. 7, 1944. They were married for 66 years and were extremely devoted to each other. His family was his whole life and he took tremendous pride in his large and loving family. He was always there for all of us and saw each member as a "diamond in the rough" that, with love and attention, would shine brighter and brighter. There was never a time that he lost faith in each of our abilities to do better and always encouraged us to be decent and caring human beings. We are all so blessed to have had him in our lives. Harold was a veteran of World War II, having served in the Marianas Islands. He was on a war ship headed to participate in the U.S. invasion of the mainland of Japan when the atomic bombs were dropped. He always credited the dropping of the atomic bombs with possibly saving his life. Later, he was a member of the 49th Armored Division of the Texas National Guard. Harold retired from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and was also an independent poultry and egg producer for many years. He was preceded in death by his parents; beloved granddaughter, Kristy Nall; and son-in-law, Douglas Nall. Survivors: Left to cherish his memories are his wife, Doris; children, Carol Cronkrite and husband, Jack, Lynn Nall, Terry Renfro and wife, Mary, Tim Renfro and wife, Vanessa; nine grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; brother, Maurice Renfro; sister, Ysleta Hall; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.