Thursday, September 10, 2015

"THE PROJECT" Part II

Remember "The Project" blog from July 2014?  Let me refresh your memory....

It looked like this,

The reason for it was this girl.


It quickly became this.



By September, it looked like this.


Many, many steps on many, many weekends followed in October through May.

Getting closer....

 The man I hold most responsible for all of this.
(Take that however you would like, Papa Dale -- LOL!)

THE UNVEILING


The T-shirts Grandma Judy and Papa Dale bought for Aubrey

Washunga Days Car Show -- June 2015

Window sticker reads "Silly Boys, Trucks Are For Girls."

 One of many test drives


This is Aubrey's sweet Facebook post thanking everyone who helped get her 
truck ready in time to take it to the Hot Alma Nights Car Show:

"This time last year I was promised that the truck would be ready by today. It's mostly done but only because my dad, grandpa, Doug and Tyson all gave time up for it. Thank you most of all dad for listening to me complain about wanting it for 2 years and then listening to me complain about it not being done. Thank you grandpa for all the hours you have put into it even when you weren't supposed to. Thank you Doug for fixing it after my dad attempted to fix it and broke it. Thanks you Tyson for letting it be in the shop taking up your space. Last thank you to my mom and grandma for letting them work every weekend and buy new parts every week. (And for the cool shirts grandma) Love you all!"

Driving to Hot Alma Nights Car Show -- August 2015

Parked between her dad and grandpa at Hot Alma Nights
#goals #familytradition


ESU Campus Cruise -- August 2015
Again parked between her dad and grandpa.

 Shining it up!

Driving off into the sunset....


Tuesday, August 18, 2015

TEXAS or bust....



WACO, TEXAS

We had an awesome lunch at the HeitMiller Steakhouse in Waco.  


BUC-EE'S is a huge gas station/convenience store.
It's a destination in itself.



Buc-ee the Beaver


This is the store owned by Joanna Gaines from the show "Fixer Upper" on HGTV.
 

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS

Sea World 


Of course, this was the highlight of Sea World for these two!


The Riverwalk


We ate supper at Casa Rios -- which is right in here somewhere...

We took a boat ride -- that's not us....

Remember the Alamo!


CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS

The girls' first trip to the ocean!


Oops, my finger got in the way....

Someone didn't get the memo.... LOL!

The Lexington was right outside of our hotel in Corpus Christi.

#PowellTexasVacay

On a side note, we had a LOT of laughs --  It definitely changes the meaning of a sentence when you confuse "exotic" and "erotic" and someone might not have heard "aneurysm" correctly.  It was a fantastic family vacation with, hopefully, many memories made for the girls!

Monday, June 22, 2015

BRAVETTE NEWBIE

UDA Camp 


Performing Home Routine

Drill Downs

Trophies and Ribbons
The Bravettes took 2nd on their Home Routine and also won a Superior trophy.  Every girl earned all blues on all the dance routines they learned and performed at camp.  The yellow ribbons are from Drill Downs, which is kind of like Simon Says on steroids.

Freshmen Bravettes (Newbies)

Bravettes and Sponsors

Window Washing Fundraiser
 The Bravettes came straight off four days away at dance camp  
to four days of window washing at businesses all over town.

They work hard for their money!


Not OSHA Approved!!!