Thanksgiving Day

The weather was beautiful, cool and sunny.

We counted our blessings, gave thanks, blessed the food, and ate too much. When we arrived, Scott and Kim's home was full of the wonderful aromas of all of the favorite Thanksgiving foods, and more were added as each cook brought food to overload the table. We enjoyed all of the traditional Thanksgiving staples, turkey, dressing, gravy, broccoli, sweet potatoes, green beans, cranberry sauce, rolls and more---then, oh the wonderful desserts! Fried pies, chocolate pie with meringue, coconut pie, pumpkin roll, Italian cream cake, and Laura made a chocolate/caramel layered ice cream dessert. Thank goodness I could leave any extra desserts with Kim, and their children can eat them instead of me or Wayne feeling the obligation of not wasting such delicious food.

We filled our plates then ate our fill--and ate some more!

Then the younger cooks cleaned up and put away the left-overs, which was another well appreciated gift of having dinner 'across the road' with Scott and Kim, their children, and Kim's family.

Then the men went into the living room, turned on the football game of choice, and promptly took a nap. It was a perfect way to finish a fantastic meal.

Scott had to check chickens, then he saddled the horse for Kaylee to ride. It was an all around good day... I did miss the rest of our family...even though I know they had good Thanksgiving celebrations just as we did. Larry & Jackie, Hunter and Caitlin celebrated with the Woodliffs in Rockwall this year, and Denise and Duane went to Dimebox to celebrate with the Kerstens.

Fall Family Sporting Events

Fall has been an eventful season for football, volleyball and cross country in the Prince family. Larry coached his team to a second district championship, the first back to back district championships for Bandera in 45 years. Again, the Bulldogs had a bye the first game in the playoffs, and when they got into the frey, a victory was not in the cards for them. Their season is one to be proud of, with a series of injuries making it difficult for them, players stepped up to fill in the gaps and they all played with heart. Congratulations to the Bandera Bulldogs!

Coach Prince counsels Zach Young between plays.

A defensive play signal from Coach Prince.

What's going on, ref? Coach Prince asks for an explanation from them.

When John was injured, all of the team, the coach, and Hunter were concerned about him.

A victory was celebrated - Bandera vs Hondo

Saturday morning we went to Kerville to watch Caitlin's team win their volleyball set.

They won all 3 games with ease. See Cait serve the ball?

She's gotten a lot more proficient this season!

Set it up, Caitlin! Way to go!

Hunter was beginning to think the season would be over before his broken foot/surgery was healed enough for him to get onto the field with the Bandera Bulldogs' Freshman team. We did get to see him play after the doctor released him near the end of their season... see #64 in the blue jersey. He is really growing into a big kid, and will be an asset to his team in the future. It was hard on him to be sidelined almost this whole season.

Hang in there, Hunter! Hold him!

Doug's 8th grade team continued their winning tradition all season. They remained undefeated at the end of the season this year, scoring close to 300 points, while only allowing 3 touchdowns to be scored against them all season. Way to go, 8th grade Bulldogs! Garrison Bulldogs Varsity team also had a good season, advancing to the second round in the playoffs. We look forward to seeing these 8th graders in the playoffs when they are Jr./Srs. and playing on the varsity team.

#60 - Doug's ready for action!

Go Dogs!

Kaylee ran for the GHS cross country track team. We are proud of her ability to stay the course and finish the race, even the long, cross country race! It isn't a sport that is easy to photograph, so we'll just leave this post with: we're proud of your efforts in cross country Kaylee!