Honoring Papa

A few weeks ago we had the great honoring of travelling to Lubbock, TX for my grandfather (Papa)'s 90th birthday celebration. My aunt and uncles and cousins and a hundreds of other friends and family came for a special party at the Embassy Suites to honor Papa. As always, it was great to have everyone together. We took a moment while we were there for our branch of the tree "The Bill Moores" to take a picture for mom and dad's Christmas card. It took a lot shots to get everyone looking in the same direction, not crying, without pacifiers, etc. and that was just MY boys! :-)

Here's what greeted us on the entrance of the hotel....

In the party room was a collection of photos of Papa through the years...

Here's Papa with Jonathan and Jeremy. The hats are from the "Moore Cup" game when McMurry University in Abilene (where my grandfather is in the Hall of Fame for coaching) plays Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene (where my grandfather is in the Hall of Fame for playing). The winner of the game is awarded The Moore Cup. Isn't that cool! Michael took Papa a sharpie to have him autograph the boys' caps, which started a trend. I think he had to autograph nearly all of the caps that were given out!

Here's Papa with Jeffrey and Josiah.

I have so many wonderful memories with Papa, I'm thrilled that my boys have some as well. It was such a pleasure to honor Papa!

And while we were there, Jackson got his first opportunity to stay at a Doggie Day Care. Since we couldn't have him in the hotel rooms, we booked a stay for him at the Tipton Pet Hotel (sounds upity doesn't it!...it WAS!) for a "Play day". He stayed in the car on the evenings before and after because we didn't want to have to wait until the doggie hotel opened on Sunday to be able to leave for home. We were very pleasantly surprised at the Pet Hotel. Very clean, not at all stinky, even nice artwork in the lobby! Michael and dad even threw around the idea of starting one in College Station, until they saw that someone beat them to it. Jackson, previously has had less than stellar memories of boarding situations, got a great report from the staff. "He played very well today" Seriously, that's what they said. Yeah, he plays well with others! I'm so proud! We were worried since he's homeschooled and therefore, unsocialized! Way to rise to the occasion, Jackson! :-)