Trip to Tolar Tx October 2013

We departed our rally in Boerne Texas today 10/27/2013 and headed north  to Tolar Texas to visit with our Son and his family for a few days. It will be his birthday and our granddaughter will be playing volleyball and cheerleading and then Friday night the Tolar Rattlers will play Rice HS at Rice Texas and our son is the head coach of Tolar High School Rattlers. Sunday night we went and ate at Braum's in Granbury. Monday Lauren had her volleyball games. She really plays good. they won the best 2 out of three games.  she is a setter for the team. After the game we went to eat at Grumps Hamburgers with Jana's parents also. J.R, and Laverne treated us and we appreciated it. It was Mike's birthday, will not tell the age.
On Tuesday we cleaned all the compartments on our coach and some other little chores. Jana fixed us pot roast for dinner. They said that was the only night they get to cook. It was really great. she did two roast one in a Dutch oven in the oven and one in the crockpot, that way Mike has lunches also.
Wednesday Jana took Lauren to Fort Worth for elite basketball practice and George and I stayed home. When Mike got home from practice, he had some plumbing work at the rent house of theirs and then they tried to work on van but were not successful with that. No floor jack. Thursday started out with Jr. High pep rally and then the game was cancelled due to the heavy rains in Rice, Texas. We went to plan B and went to the J.V. game at Tolar. They won big time again. On Friday there was the high school pep rally and then the game in Rice that night. they chartered a bus and it was the best way to go.  It was little over 2 hours one way. We set back and left the driving to someone else. Then Saturday morning we made ready and had to head home.  It was a good week. They are just one very busy family.
We called our grandson, Cody, on way back and to our good fortune the Aggies were not playing until 8 that night. He met us at Cracker Barrel and we had a good visit with him. we made it home about 8:30 Saturday night, which is usually later than we want to be on the road.
Now we will be on the road again this week for Louisiana.

The next few pictures are taken along the way to Tolar.

 We were following Mark & Brenda and Don & LaVerne are following us.

Lauren with all the medals and ribbons from Track

 Here she is with a Basketball medal she won also.

All decorated for Halloween. 

 Someone made this for our son.

A little skunk was up on their patio today.

 Then the guns came out.

 The skunk is hiding under the Bar-B-Q Grill.

 Here it is....

Pat raiding the garden.

 Her pick for the day.

 Volleyball time for Lauren.

 Lauren is number 18.

 They won 2 out of 3 games today.

 Then we stopped at Grumps for a meal.

 Lauren, J.R., LaVerne, Jana, Mike and me. Pat took the picture.

 Jana had a cake for Mike today for his birthday.

 Jana, Mike & Lauren Franklin

 Pat (Grandma)  & Lauren

 Her yard sign.

Our parking spot at our son's in Tolar Texas.

 Their Home

 Lauren doing her cheerleading today.

Jr. High Cheerleaders and Football Boys.

 The pumpkin that Lauren had to paint for cheerleading today.

 All the Cheerleaders from Jr. High school.

 Beautiful sunrise this morning November 1 2013

 Now the Pep Rally for tonight's game.

 The Tolar Rattler's Football boys.

 Mike making his speech this morning.

 Tolar Band.

 Cheerleaders and football players 2013.

 New rugs today.

 Jana doing some chores today at home.

 We went to Garcia's in Tolar for lunch today.

 Here is the bus that we went to Rice TX on to watch the game tonight.

 Rice HS Football Field.

 The Rattlers coming out to play ball.

 First score.

Lauren is the kicking tee retriever for the team.



 Second score.

 Lauren picks up the tee after the kickoff.

 Third score.

 Fourth score.

 Lauren doing her job..

 The last score.

On the way home Saturday we stopped in Bryan TX to have dinner with Cody our Grandson that is going to A&M.

 

Fly Over Kyle Field.

God Bless America.