Hogzilla?

In this photo released by Melynne Stone, Jamison Stone, 11, poses with a wild pig he killed near Delta, Ala., May 3, 2007. Stone's father says the hog weighed a staggering 1,051 pounds and measured 9-feet-4 from the tip of its snout to the base of its tail. If claims of the animal's size are true, it would be larger than ``Hogzilla,'' the huge hog killed in Georgia in 2004. (Melynne Stone/AP Photo)

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Talk on the Internet is that the picture is fake. But I saw the kid on the news tonight with his dad and they had the skull with them. It was twice the size of the normal skull next to it. They got over 800lbs of sausage from it! Daddy use to raise sows but I don't remember them getting that big.

Memorial Day 2007

Remember what this holiday is really about.

Memorial Weekend at MiMi & PaPa's House

Well, we are away for the weekend visiting Mimi & Papa. We went to Uncle D's house tonight to see the new baby, Lipton T. We're just spending a relaxing weekend doing alot of nothing. Andy did help Papa change a few light bulbs.

Andy at Bat

Strike one. Ball one. Swing and a hit! Right to the second baseman who threw him out at first. I know it's bad cell phone video, but it's all I got. I'm sure you can hear Lynne screaming in the background. We played Brock Thursday night in Burleson and Friday night in Mansfield. We lost both games so our season is over. But Brock is last years State Champions.

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Prom 2007

This is Connie and Andy outside Connie's house. They were already tired of taking pictures at this time and so this was an endurance for them as they made their way to the car.
In the group of 10 that Andy and Connie went with, these are the girls. Don't they look gorgeous?
The guys were looking down at me because I was on the floor. Then they decided to lean back just as I took the picture.
This is the big group picture. Starting at the left: Andy, Connie, Garrett, Karla, Blake, Courtney, Dan, Jodie, Robbie, and Erin.

This was a picture that had to be taken. Jodie and Andy are so much like a brother and sister and we had to get a picture of the two of them. They have been best buds since the 1st grade so we couldn't resist.

Prom was not what they expected but I think that dinner at Saltgrass Steak House was a high point. They have all said that they hope next year's is better. I think the guys would have preferred to stay home and watch movies. They all looked handsome and beautiful dressed up.

Bi-District Baseball Playoffs

We went to Waco Friday night for the first game of the Bi-District play offs against the McGregor Bulldogs. That's Andy, second on the left. He scored twice during the game. There was a small mishap though. Yeager, one of Andy's friends, was stealing second and slid head first into the shortstops knee. He lay on the ground awhile and then got up and jogged off the field. His arm did not look right. Once in the dugout he complained of chest pains and kept passing out. They called the ambulance to come get him.












It's a bad picture but you can see him on the stretcher being wheeled to the ambulance. He had separated his shoulder and has a bruise covering his entire chest. He was at game 2 the next day.
We won the first game 12-9 and got home about 1am. Game 2 was at 10am the next morning.
That's Andy on third getting ready to go home. This was a close game, but we ended up winning 2-1.
The team mobbed our pitcher. He pitched the entire game and got 8 strike outs. And he's a freshman. Next weekend we will go to the regional playoffs.

Lynne's Field Trip

The 6th grade took a field trip to the Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas to view the Body Worlds exhibit. Lynne said she thought it would be gross, but turned out to be really cool. I think she had too much fun though. That's her below dissecting a pig heart. I don't like the evil grin on her face. I have hidden all the knives in the house.

Firey Finale to the Antique Alley

As they rest of the family was closing up the old house from Antique Alley, I heard sirens in the distance. It seems the gas compressors at the pump station caught fire. The Maypearl Volunteer Fire Department responded an let it burn out. They closed 916 to traffic, but luckily there was no explosion.

The building burned pretty good, but it can all be repaired.

Last JV Game of the Season

We finished the JV season in Maypearl Saturday. The Palmer Bulldogs came to play ball with us. Here is Andys first t bat. He got a single.

Nick the Quick pitched the game.

Andy got a double his second at bat.

Here he is playing third base. No more JV games for us.

My Older Sisters Weapon of Choice

Do you recognize this AC? When we were kids growing up I had to play with my older sister (there were no other kids close by). I was playing with this in the yard one day when she came along and gave it a shove. She almost took my thumb off. Of course, all my childhood injuries were her fault. Little Sister drug this out to try to sell at Antique Alley this weekend. It didn't sell.

Easter Cold Snap

Lynne and I went to the old house Thursday night to mow and do a little clean up. The Old Blush rose was blooming nicely.
There was one Iris blooming and all the rest were on the verge of coming out.
And then... Saturday morning it started snowing before 9 o'clock in the morning and snowed all day long. It melted as soon as it hit the warm ground, but stayed for awhile on the grass, trees, and roofs.
It was really pretty. Down between Hillsboro and Waco they had over four inches of the white stuff. I don't think we had that much.

What's Growing In My Front Yard

These are pictures of things I found growing in my front yard. I don't know what the blue flowers are but there are clumps of them all over the yard.

I believe this purple one is Vetch.

And this is a Wine Cup.

Another that I don't know the name of. They are very small though. There were some smaller pink and red ones that I couldn't get a picture of.

And of course these are the Blue Bonnets. The hillside is covered with them and the photos don't do them justice.

And finally, here is a Wiener dog in her natural habitat; a field of flowers.

Mediterranean Tour

It was foggy as we started our tour and headed out for the day.
Our first stop was Athens and the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center.
This cool sculpture was made out of old truck parts.
This guy didn't seem to mind everyone staring at him.
We need an aquarium like this at home!
Never miss an opportunity to play Pooh-sticks.
We stopped next in Corsicana (named after the island of Corsica). We stopped at the frontier village and toured the log cabins and displays. There were some unsavory characters there. We then drove thru Italy on the final leg of the journey and then ate supper in Waxahachie before heading home.

Saturday- Part One- The Baseball Game

The Maypearl varsity baseball team was in Glen Rose for a tournament this week. We went Saturday morning to watch the final game. Drove all the way to Glen Rose to watch Maypearl play Venus. That's Andy playing center field.

Here he is on deck waiting to bat.

Getting the signs from the coach.

And striking out. Just kidding. It was a sacrifice fly to right field. He did get an RBI out of it. Not long after this the mercy rule went into effect and they called the game. Maypearl won 12-0.