Christmas 2010

Christmas was a little different this year. For the first time since forever, we were not all together to celebrate Christmas. The 'out of towners' couldn't celebrate before Christmas, and some of the 'in towners' had travel plans for after Christmas, so... we celebrated Christmas on December 26th without two of our clan. Scott had a mission trip to Budapest, and Laura went on a ski trip. We missed them, but we celebrated with everyone here, and even had some special guests. Wayne was adopted as an infant, and has been blessed by finding Nita in 1999. They have enjoyed getting acquainted and she has been gratified to find 3 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren. Nita and her daughter, Wayne's half sister came to have Christmas dinner with us. Our dear friend Molly and her children and one of her grandchildren came for a visit, too. Later in the evening we exchanged gifts, and it was a sweet time together.

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Prince Cousins Luncheon

Prince Cousins

5th Friday for Lunch Club~July 30, 2010

The Prince cousins who live close-by have been

making it a point to get together on 5th Fridays for

lunch. July 30th was no exception, and we

gathered at our home for what was deemed a

"Pioneer Lunch" because we had food that

earlier Princes might have had that they had

taken "from the land." It was just that, because we

served peas that Wayne planted in our garden

this year. We were so pleased to have more of the

7 Prince brothers represented this time. Ivan's

daughter Sue and her husband Gil Hineman came

from Dallas; Virgil Prince's daughter-in-law,

(David's wife) Marilyn Tutwiler; Wayne Prince

(Percy's son) of course was here; Ezra's daughter

Joy and daughter-in-law (Jerry's wife) Jackie Prince

came; Howard's son, Keith Prince was here from

Ruston, La, and Howard's daughter-in-law (Phil's wife)

Nancy Prince came and brought her daughter and

son-in-law, Marty and Kendall. We spent time catching

up on everyone's families, we told family stories, and

we just enjoyed being together.

Nancy Prince-Marilyn Tutwiler

Phil's daughter Marty Prince and Kendall Rogers

Elaine Prince & Jackie Prince

Sue (Prince) & Gil Hineman

Gil Hineman, Keith Prince, Sue Hineman, Joy (Prince) Coble, & Jackie Prince

Joy (Prince) Coble, & Wayne Prince

Ezra, Ivan, Virgil, Joe, Percy, Pappa, Mamma,

John, and Howard~The Princes~1949

We did take a little time during the afternoon

to notice the hummingbirds coming to our feeders.

A summer visit from the Bandera bunch...

In July Larry and Jackie came for a short visit and left

Caitlin and Hunter here to stay for a longer time.

We were so pleased to take all 5 of our grandchildren

to church on Sunday while we had them all together.

(Nanna, Caitlin, Hunter, Laura, Doug, Kaylee, and Pappy)

Rhonda graciously invited the kids to swim and they

had a good time there, cooling in the pool.

Caitlin just flipped over it!

Doug enjoyed jumping and catching the football on the

way to the water, and got pretty good at it.

Of course we had to stop and pose for a picture

of this fine group. I'm only sorry that we failed to

get Rylyn and Jackson in there saying "cheese" with

everyone else, but they were otherwise

occupied at the time!

(Kylan, Me, Caitlin, Doug, and Hunter)

Another attraction at the Mills home was their

birds! Hunter enjoyed fooling around with Bonnie,

and so did Caitlin.

Paxton was our sweet fun babiy visitor this summer!

Laura was about to get some of his sugar, but

Kaylee was really his hero... sharing her

CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM with him!

How good is that?

Special Wedding Decorations

Rhonda had a vision for Paige's wedding that would rival any of the weddings on TV! I was pleased that she let me help accomplish her goal. Paige's wish of disguising the CLC gym into a beautiful venue for a wedding was realized.

I guess from the pictures I included it's obvious

that 2 of my granddaughters were part of the

celebration, or that their dad was proud of how

beautiful they are!

Everyone agreed that it was a beautiful wedding

perfect for a beautiful bride!

On to Bandera from Brazoria...

The kids spent some time together and we were so glad to get to see our Bandera kiddos and their mom and dad.

Summer work had to be done when we got home. There was hay to be cut, raked, and baled.

A Trip to the Gulf Coast...

Early in the summer we made a quick trip to the coast for Wayne, Doug, and Warren to try their luck at catching a big one. Luck was not theirs, but they had fun anyway. We went out for seafood, since we had no fish to cook. On the way back to Janet's we made a side trip to see the huge statue of Stephen F. Austin, Father of Texas. It is an awesome sight, and rightfully located in Brazoria County where he came with the 'old 300' to settle in Texas. We had an enjoyable visit with Warren and Janet. As we headed for Bandera the next day, we couldn't help but notice the beautiful hibiscus in Janet's yard.