Happy Veterans Day

There is a church in LR that puts out flags for all patriotic holidays. I love it.A special thanks to all our veterans!

Semicolonblog has some poems and history about the day.

The Pioneer Woman!

The Pioneer Woman came to Little Rock this evening. Kaitlin had class, Money was at work, so Marisa and I jumped in the car to get her cookbook signed. We had a delightful time!
Marisa and I got to Walmart at 5:15 for a 6:00 signing. There were about 25 folks ahead of us and the line behind was down the length of the store.



Kary and her husband were just behind us. Kary did something very cool. She brought Ree a cookbook. I can't remember if the cookbook was from her school or church. When she gave it to Ree, Ree just thanked her and told her she loved getting cookbooks.Here were the ladies in front of us, I am sorry to say, I didn't get their names.
September stopped by to chat a minute.
So did Holly
We saw Desi, Cathy and Mara. Desi is the one that told me that Ree was going to do the book signing. Thanks Desi!
Here is the life of the party or the line. Ann on the left and her BFF Linda. They kept us all laughing as we waited. My favorite line from Ann was that she would love to invite The Pioneer Woman over for supper but she can't because Ann's family thinks all of The Pioneer Woman's recipes are hers!

Linda was going to have her book signed to 'the best stalker'. She said that her husband said that she stalks The Pioneer Woman. In the line as we talked about The Pioneer Woman we talked about blogs. Marisa told our new friends that I had a blog and what the name was. Ann began referring to me as Bubs. She asked what the relationship was between Marisa and me. When Marisa told her that she was engaged to my son, she began referring to Marisa as Daughter in Law. Marisa took lots of pictures of them.

The Pioneer Woman's husband The Marlboro Man was also there. Lots of women swooned when they saw him. Here is Kary getting her books signed by him.
Ann had him sign her book- to my favorite cowgirl. The Marlboro Man asked Ann if she had ever been on a horse, she didn't even lie, she told him straight up, No, then just laughed her infectious laugh.
Marisa had him sign her book too.
Here we are with the woman of the hour. As you can see Kaitlin made it to Walmart from her class. Money is taking the picture, he met us here after work. As she was signing our books, I got the feeling we were the only folks there. She asked if Kaitlin was my daughter and when we said yes, she said that she could tell. I told her Marisa was soon to be married to my son and this was her first cookbook. She added a special message in her book. How fun was that. What a genuine person she is.
Kary with Ree

Ann and Linda with Ree.I was really pleased to see so many folks there tonight. We got back to our car at 7:15 after a laughing good time.

ESPNU tonight

My family is going to the a local football game tonight. It on ESPNU. Here are their signs.
Kaitlin was so excited she couldn't stand still.
A rare still moment
Michael Dyer verbally committed to AUBURN today. John wants to thank him!

Way to go Rodney Scott

If you watched the AUBURN game on Saturday you may have seen the helmet to helmet hit that left Zac Etheridge non responsive on the field. He was carried off on a body board. He gave a very weak thumbs up as he was carried off.

One of the neat things that happened after 'The Hit' was Rodney Scott, the Ole Miss player, that ended up under Zac, didn't move. His decision to stay still is one to the reasons that Zac is walking around today.

We hear so much about unsportsmen like conduct in college football that I wanted to give a shout out for a job well done. Rodney Scott, I've never met you but I plan to follow your career and I am praying for God's blessing on it.

Art Show

Kaitlin got two photos in Mustard Tree Art . Her photos are on page 2 and 7 in the gallery-Jesus is Light. How exciting. Our friends Dan, Bri, and Grant also got work in.

Aim High

Something for us to strive for

I wasn't taking pictures and driving, I promise

We have had the rainiest October/fall since about forever or maybe the 1800's. Here are some pictures Kaitlin took as we drove home from church one Sunday. This is to remind me that we did see the sun a few times this past month and to let you see the beauty that I am privileged to see as I drive home.








The path home is always a welcome sight.It was not a brilliant fall with fantastic color. I see most pretty leaves on the ground as they have been blown down by the wind and rain but I have enjoyed it none the less and say Hello November!