All Clear!

I had my nine-month checkup at MD Anderson yesterday. They gave me another all-clear. I'm good to go for another six months. Hopefully I'll be on the annual plan after that. Thanks to everyone for your prayers and good wishes.

East Texas Valley

A cold front blows into south Texas...

Driving home yesterday I saw this beautiful cold front overhead and had to stop and take a picture. It's blowing through the Gulf Coast now, bringing snow and freezing temperatures. Guess Ginger and I have to stay in, watch movies, drink wine...

Where have I been?

No excuses! I've just been lazy about posting to my blog.

We spent Thanksgiving at the Fontenot's. As always the food was amazing. Brittany spent the holiday with us; Adrianne & Alison were in Calabash. Football was pretty good. UT beat A&M, Tech beat Baylor and the Cowboys beat (down) the Raiders. The perfect ending was on Monday night when the Saints hammered the Patriots with Drew Brees showing Marsha...uh...Tom Brady who the best QB in the NFL is.

My one regret for November is not being able to attend the San Antonio Marathon. My friend Ed Nagle invited me to volunteer with the Cancer Society. I was just too worn down from travel to make the trip. Some day I'll be back at full strength...

My six-month checkup is two week's away. I'm not at all nervous and I'm really looking forward to seeing my medical team. Dr. Kamat won't be there but everyone else should be. I don't have to do all those invasive tests like before so it should be an easy visit. Don't get me wrong! I don't take my health and good fortune for granted at all. But I'm not going to sit around and whine or worry about what might be. The quote below keeps me focused...

"The remarkable thing about fearing God is that when you fear God you fear nothing else, whereas if you do not fear God you fear everything else."

Happy Holidays!

As you can see by the picture winter has arrived in Frisco...

Third Day In Concert

Ginger and I went to see Third Day Friday night. IT WAS AMAZING! We sat four rows from the stage, dead center. We could have sat in the front row but were concerned about the volume. Before the show I met the band in the meet'n'greet area. We had VIP passes. After the show we hung out with the band back in the meet'n'greet area. Mac Powell (lead singer) was kind enough to take a picture with us.

The highlight of the evening was us adopting a little boy in Rwanda. His name is Jean Marie. We've committed to helping feed him. Hopefully we'll get to write and even meet him some day.

The view from our seats...

Hanging out with Mac...

"THIEF"

(excuse the audio...turn down the volume)

My little Teagan...

Why do I have to laugh when you take pictures?

You're this close to making me mad...

I'm leaving and taking this friggin' monkey with me!

Flag Football, the sequel...

Carter attended big brother's practice too. He didn't run much... actually not at all. The little dude can't walk yet. He did hang with the girls getting hugs, kisses and Gold Fish. Emphasis on Gold Fish! The boy does not miss any meals!

Carter & Grandma Ginger
(nice shades)

Another video of Trent running, actually racing his little buddy Austin. Trent falls but jumps right back up and takes off. It is so fun being a grandpa...

Run Trent, run!

So Trent had his first flag football practice at the Frisco YMCA on Saturday. These kids are so cute. If you tell them to run you better also tell them when to stop.