SPE Golf Tournament

So Blake played on the Anadarko team for the

SPE (Society of Petroleum Engineers)

Golf Tournament in Midland. 

These boys were a riot on the course 

and although they didn't win their flight, 

they without a doubt had more fun than anybody else there, 

which is what life is all about anyway, right?! 

Marco, and the team Eric, Ben, Dan and Blake 

Dan's Winnie the Pooh ball he insisted I photograph 

A typical hole for these boys

Eric checking Ben's form and
Dan supervising 

He didn't really hit the ball
but they just thought this was a great photo! 

Team Anadarko 

 These boys celebrated EVERYTHING yesterday; 

drives into the woods, 

whiffed balls, 

divots in the ground, 

missed putts, 

I mean everything. 

Here they are celebrating no telling what........

They ended up finishing 4 under 

which wasn't bad considering 

Eric spent more time playing baseball with his driver and ball, 

Blake broke his driver, 

Ben and Dan decided they would take up croquet on the tee boxes.  

I am telling y'all they were a riot

but some days you just need to twist off with friends! 

Sweet Blake did not go home empty handed, 

as he was awarded the 

Most Outstanding SPE Student Member at Texas Tech 

at the tournament.  

They gave him a beautiful mahogany clock 

that he can put on his desk for years to come.  

He is very proud of it, 

as he should be! 

Blake with his award 

We are planning to spend this weekend relaxing

and hanging around the house. 

Next week is the final week of school before finals begin......

Hope everyone has a good weekend. 

cmg

Bible in a Year

Blake and I challenged each other last April 16 

to reading the complete Bible, 

cover to cover, 

in 1 year. 

Well folks on April 16, 2012

we reached our goal.  

It was so much fun 

and extremely interesting.  

For those of you who have never read the entire Bible, 

you should add it to your bucket list immediately.  

I obviously grew up reading the Bible

but I am pretty certain there are many verses that get skipped over. 

Now I'm not going to lie and say that the entire read 

was fabulous and not boring

because there were definitely some chapters that were uneventful. 

However, 

they still have significance and need to be read, 

at least once.  

As a remembrance of our fun challenge 

my sweet husband got me my very own Bible with my new name!! 

What a wonderful reminder this present will be always. 

Weekend Recap

This past weekend I headed home to Shreveport for a friend's wedding. 

It was so much fun to see everyone and catch up

and just nice to be home!

Rebecca and Murphy came over from Tupelo

and many high school friends came in from all over

so it was great to catch up and see everybody. 

Sweet little Murphy

has gotten so big and is so much fun! 

I crammed a lot of stuff into 1 trip

but living so far away I don't get back near enough!  

We started the weekend off with the Catholic wedding Friday night at St. Johns

followed by a beautiful reception at the Barnwell Center. 

The weather did not cooperate at all 

but thank goodness for tents!! 

The flowers were breath taking, 

the food delicious, 

the bride stunning! 

the beautiful bride

On Saturday, 

we headed over to East Ridge Country Club 

for the Hindu wedding which began at 4pm. 

Highschool friends

Mr Lindley

Bridesmaids

Elizabeth walking down the aisle

the actual ceremony 

It was extremely beautiful and very interesting! 

Elizabeth, again, looked stunning

and the bridesmaid dresses/sarees were gorgeous. 

It was so much fun to see old friends

and experience such a neat and old ceremony! 

Virginia was in town for the wedding 

and brought her 2 little girls with her

one of which was born in February and I haven't ever met 

and the other who turned 2 on Sunday!   

 They are dolls! 

Me and Virginia 

Sweet Marion Cass (2 years old)

Baby Kate (2 months old) 

Sunday afternoon the family headed out to Barksdale for the airshow.  

It was a beautiful day and so much fun taking Murphy.  

Oh to view things from the perspective of a child! 

He thought the planes were the coolest thing. 

Watching the airplanes with Aunt Kitty 

Since crawfish aren't really an option in West Texas

we headed to Shane's for supper Sunday evening.  

Delicious 

Murphy signing for more

I thoroughly enjoyed my time at home. 

However, I am very glad to be back in my own bed 

and with my sweet little family. 

Until next time Shreveport....

Bella

This is Bella,

my parents sweet little kitty.

Poor little Bella was hit by a car on Saturday.

Luckily she survived

but not without some harm :(

Gilbo found her Sunday morning

bleeding and scared in my old bedroom.

He yelled for Milly to come and see.

They immediately loaded her up

and headed to the emergency clinic.

They kept her overnight until my parents vet

opened on Monday morning.

During her brief stay at the emergency clinic

she underwent some surgery to help

attach her mouth back.

Bless her heart,

the jaw skin became "unattached" from the jaw

so they had to do a surgery

and everyone is praying that the skin takes.

If it does not they will have to do a graft.

She can not go home until she begins to eat

but with the mouth injury she isn't interested

(can you blame her!!)

So she is still hooked up to an IV

until she eats something.

They then realized that her right front paw is numb,

nerve damage.

They gave her a cortisone shot

but are not optimistic about the nerve healing itself.

On Monday morning,

Doctor Dave confirmed what everyone thought,

sweet Bella was hit by a car.

Unfortunately,

he agrees that he does not believe that the nerve will heal itself in the shoulder

meaning Bella the 4 legged cat

will soon be Bella the 3 legged cat,

or "the tripod".

They say animals adapt well to amputations

but soon Gilbo and Milly will be able to confirm that.

My poor parents,

didn't even ask for this cat.

She found them

and she is now depending on them

and is so thankful for them more than ever.

Most would give up on her

but not the Murphy's.

We will try and save any animal.

Please be careful while driving.

I am hopeful that whoever hit Bella

did it accidentally and didn't realize they had hit something

or else they would have stopped.