HAPPY BIRTHDAY COOPER! #1

COOPER TURNED ONE ON DECEMBER 11TH - THAT HAPPENED TO BE THE SAME DAY WE PUT THE TREE UP. SO WE HAD A SEPERATE DAY TO CELEBRATE COOPIE!

COOPER AND CALEB ATTACK AMY! NOTHING LIKE A GOOD OLD WRESTLING MATCH.
COOPER SUCKED ON HIS CHOCOLATE CAKE. HE WAS AWESOME TOUCHING THE CAKE AND SMEARING IT ALL OVER.

COOPER IS NOW CRAWLING AND WHEN HE WANTS TO HE STANDS UP AND WALKS WITH THE HIPPO CALEB LENDED HIM. HE'S SUCH A BIG BOY NOW!

AMY AND I DECORATED THE CAKE AND MOM MADE THE CAKES. A GROUP EFFORT.

WE WATCHED "ER" THEN DID THE CAKES. CAN YOU TELL WE WERE WORN OUT?

GRANDADDY WAS HELPING HIM PRACTICE HIS WALK.

THE VERY PROUD OLDER SISTER... AUBREY.

THE OTHER OLDER SISTER... LOLO. MAN I MISS THOSE GIRLS!

I LOVE THIS PICTURE BECAUSE OF MRS. MCCOVEN, AMY AND COOPIE. I THINK THEY LOOK CUTE HOLDING HANDS.

JAIMIE AND CORIE WERE PART OF OUR CELEBRATION. SWEET KANYON DIDN'T COME BUT HE SENT A HUG FOR COOPER.

RICKY AND CALEB WATCHING COOPER OPEN HIS PRESENTS.

NOW I TRY TO HOLD CALEB BACK FROM COOPERS PRESENTS!

COOPER HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE SINGING HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HIM.

CINDY PUTS ON A GREAT PARTY!

PIZZA AND CHOCOLATE CAKE. WHAT ELSE WOULD A BIRTHDAY BOY WANT?

HERE IS A VERY SHORT VIDEO ON THE CELEBRATION. YOU'LL GET THE FEELING YOU WERE THERE!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RICHARD COOPER PRUITT!

SAMPLE CHRISTMAS 2008

WE CELEBRATED CHRISTMAS WITH THE SAMPLE CLAN THE WEEKEND BEFORE CHRISTMAS. THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST OF THREE CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS.

WE HAD AN AWESOME TIME AT THE SAMPLES. WE DECIDED ON A STEAK AND POTATO COOK OUT. STEPHANIE, DEBBIE AND I TOOK CARE OF THE POTATOES AND LARRY, CHRIS AND PATRICK TOOK CARE OF THE STEAKS.
WE SAT AROUD AND SOLVED THE PROBLEMS OF THE WORLD WHILE WE WAITED FOR THE FEAST.

POP POP HELD THE BABIES WHILE PLAYING GAMES ON THE COMPUTER. THEY WERE PERFECTLY HAPPY.

WE OPENED PRESENTS AND ENJOYED HEARING THE OOOHHH'S AND AAAHHH'S.

WE FINALLY GOT A FAMILY PICTURE THIS YEAR. AND EVERYONE LOOKS AWESOME!

PATRICK, STEPH AND BO TOOK TURNS DRIVING THE KIDS AROUND

HERE'S POP POP GETTING THE RUST OFF THE GRILL.

WHILE WE WAITED ON BRENT TO COME HOME FROM HOUSTON, SANTA CAME TO VISIT CALEB AND BELLA. IT WAS AWESOME!

THE LITTLE GREEN MONSTER DANCES AND IS CALLED ROBIE? WEIRD! BUT CALEB LOVES IT.

ASHLEY MUST HAVE MADE 10000 LAPS TO THE YARD TO KEEP THE BOY HAPPY. THANKS AUNT ASHLEY!

BELLA AND CALEB TRYING TO TAKE OFF ON THEIR OWN.

I LOVE THIS PICTURE! HE WAS A HAPPY BOY THAT DAY!

ONE MORE TIME... PEASE! NOTICE NO L LIKE CALEB SAYS IT.

THE CLEAN UP CREW SWEEPING THE DRIVE WAY.

WE HAD A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS! THANKS FAMILY!

I'LL POST THE PEURIFOY & PRUITT CHRISTMAS SOON. I HAVE TO GO MEET CHRIS AND CALEB AT THE PARK WHERE THEY ARE PLAYING DISK GOLF.

DECORATING THE PEURIFOY TREE

THIS YEAR THE PRUITT'S WERE GETTING READY TO MOVE TO ABILENE, TX AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE A TREE. SO THE PEURIFOY'S HAD A TREE DECORATING PARTY. FUN, HUH? IT HAPPENED TO BE ON DEC. 11TH, COOPIES BIRTHDAY. HE TURNED ONE! THE NEXT BLOG WILL BE ABOUT THE PARTY.
CINDY WAS A WONDERFUL HELP. FLUFING THE TREE LIMBS ON OUR FAKE TREE. THE PRUITT'S ALWAYS HAVE A REAL ONE. AUBREY FELT BAD FOR US.

THIS IS CHRIS AND I IN FRONT OF OUR FINISHED TREE. WE STAYED UP TO WRAP PRESENTS AND IT WAS 2 AM BEFORE WE WENT TO BED!

AMY, AUBREY & LOLO WERE WONDERFUL HELP IN PLACING THE ORNAMENTS. NOW CALEB ON THE OTHER HAND WOULD GET A NOT SO VALUABLE DECORATION AND HE WOULD THROW IT ON THE TREE!

MARK CAME OVER AND HELPED THE GIRLS PUT THE NATIVITY SCENE TOGETHER.

HERE I AM DOING MY JOB...HANDING OUT ORNAMENTS. DELEGATING(-:

HERE IS THE PRUITT FAMILY IN FRONT OF OUR FINISHED TREE.

HERE ARE THE CUTE KIDS!

AUNT AMY'S DARLINGS!

DAD WAS HERE TOO THAT NIGHT BUT I GUESS YOU COULD HAVE SEEN HIM REFILLING HIS TACO SOUP BOWL!

WE WERE HAVEING A GREAT TIME UNTIL KATY- OUR BIG DOG - ANNOUNCED IT WAS TIME TO LEAVE BY WALKING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROOM AND THROWING UP!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

GRANDMA STELLA

WELL IT'S CHRISTMAS TIME AND CHRIS & I USUALLY TRY TO MAKE IT TO ALL 3 HOUSEHOLDS. THIS YEAR WAS NO DIFFERENT AND I WILL SHOW PICTURES OF THE "TOUR DE CALEB" ON A LATTER BLOG.

THIS MORNING IS CHRISTMAS MORNING AND I CAN'T STOP THINKING OF GRANDMA STELLA. SHE PASSED AWAY TUESDAY NIGHT AND WE GOT TO SEE HER JUST THAT DAY. SHE HAD BEEN IN AND OUT OF CONSCIOUSNESS FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS AND WE COUGHT HER ON A FEW LUCID MOMENTS AND WE GOT TO TELL HER WE LOVED HER ONE LAST TIME. SHE WASN'T MY GRANDMA, BUT FROM THE MOMENT CHRIS CHOSE ME SHE ADOPTED ME. TOOK ME AND MY FAMILY IN AS HERS.

SHE WAS VERY GENEROUS WITH THE CHURCH AND WITH HER TIME. ONE OF THE FIRST TIMES I GOT TO SPEND TIME WITH HER I DROVE HER TO "CARING AND SHARING" A CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION THAT SHE AND HER HUBBY STAN HELPED OUT FOR DECADES. SHE WAS 80 WHEN I MET HER AND SHE STILL VOLUNTEERED WEEKLY.

GRANDMA STELLA WAS VERY KIND TO AUBREY & LOLO'S, RICKY & CINDY'S KIDS, THEY WOULD RUN OVER AND HUG HER AFTER CHURCH. SHE WOULD HAVE THEM OVER TO FEED THE DUCKS IN THE SPRING AT BUCKNER.

GRANDMA AND AMY HAD A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP. THEY HUNG OUT, PLAYED CARDS AND SOMETIMES INVITED CHRIS AND I TO JOIN THEM. ONE TIME CHRIS AND I WERE LATE TO THE CARD GAME AND AT STELLA'S SUGGESTION THEY STACKED THE DECK IN THEIR FAVOR. THE ONLY PROBLEM WAS THEY GOT ONE CARD OFF AND CHRIS AND I GOT ALL THE GOOD CARDS. SHE GOT SO TICKLED SHE COULDN'T STOP LAUGHING. AND WHAT A GREAT LAUGH SHE HAD!

LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THESE PICTURES. CHRIS, CALEB AND I WENT TO SEE THE GRANDBURY PEURIFOY'S THIS LAST JULY '08 AND HAD A WONDERFUL VISIT. STELLA FOUND A WHOOPIE CUSHION AND SHE AND CALEB HAD AN FUN TIME PLAYING WITH IT. SHE WOULD BLOW IT UP AND LET IT "FART" AND JUST LAUGH AT CALEB'S REACTION.

THIS IS A WONDERFUL PICTURE OF THE TWO. I ACTUALLY HAVE A SHORT VIDEO THAT WOULDN'T LOAD THIS MORNING. STELLA SAID: CALEB YOU BE A GOOD BOY LIKE YOUR DADDY WAS. SHE HAD SOME OTHER SWEET THINGS TO SAY AND IT WAS PRECIOUS.

WHEN CALEB WAS IN THE ROOM STELLA COULDN'T KEEP FROM TALKING TO HIM. THEY WERE GOOD BUDDIES.

LISTEN TO STELLA'S LAUGH. I ALREADY MISS HEARING IT.

HER FUNERAL WILL BE THIS FRIDAY AT 2. SHE WILL BE BURIED WITH STAN, HER HUSBAND OF 56 YEARS. THE FAMILY WILL COME IN AND CELEBRATE HER LIFE. MY FAMILY "THE PRUITT'S" WERE BLESSED BY STELLA.

THANK YOU LORD FOR SENDING ME CHRIS AND BLESSING ME WITH ANOTHER GRANDMA. I LOVED HER AND I WILL MISS HER.

JUNIOR HIGH BASKETBALL

HERE IS A PICTURE CELEBRATING AMBER MOORE, SHE EARNED HER WAY TO THE STATE COMPETITION IN CROSS COUNTRY. ALL OF THESE TEACHERS HAVE THEIR HAIR FIXED LIKE HER.
CHRISPY BROUGHT CALEB TO THE BASKETBALL GAME AT THE JUNIOR HIGH. HE DECIDED TO TAKE HIS CLOTHES OFF.

I HAVE ENJOYED THE LAST MONTH COACHING WITH CHELSEA COMFORT.

THESE IS THE 7TH GRADE "A" TEAM. THEY'RE GREAT!

THESE ARE SOME OF THE GIRLS ON THE 8TH GRADE B TEAM. THEY'VE BEEN A LOT OF FUN.

HERE ARE THE REST OF THE GIRLS ON THE B TEAM AND I THINK THEY ARE CRAZY!

THESE ARE THE GIRLS ON THE 8TH GRADE A TEAM. THEY ARE SO MUCH FUN. I LOOK FOWARD TO SEEING THEM IN HIGH SCHOOL.

VOLLEYBALL PLAY-OFFS NOV 2008

THE FIRST WEEK IN NOVEMBER MY VOLLEYBALL TEAM MADE IT TO THE PLAY-OFFS. THEY HAD WORKED SO HARD TO GET THERE AND HOLLY & KAREN (MY ASSISTANTS) HELPED ME TREMENDOUSLY. I WAS VERY PROUD OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENT.

THIS FIRST PICTURE IS A PICTURE OF CALEB & KATY. THEY ARE RUNNING AROUND IN THE BACK YARD BEING SILLY!
THE FIRST ROUND WE PLAYED DIBOLL ISD. WE WENT TO MCALLISTER'S FOR DINNER AND THEN HEADED TO TATUM.

THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN AFTER WE BEAT DIBOLL. IT WAS AWESOME! LOOK HOW HAPPY THESE GIRLS LOOK.

THE NEXT ROUND WE PLAYED MEXIA ISD, FROM THE WACO AREA. WE FOUGHT AWESOMELY. WE BEAT THEM THE FIRST GAME AND THAT WAS LIKE MESSING WITH A BEE HIVE. THEY GOT PISSED AND BEAT THE FOO FOO OUT OF US. BUT WE DID PUT UP A GREAT FIGHT.

WE WILL LOSE 4 SENIORS, GOOD LEADERS AND HARD WORKERS. IT WILL BE FUN TO HAVE THE SOPH & JRS MOVE UP. BUT I'VE KNOWN THE SENIORS SINCE THEY WERE IN 8TH GRADE.

SOME MOM'S DID A POTATO BAR FOR US.