Levi and Football - Fellowship Church - and A Slumber Party with Summer! My Saturday...

I drove over to Arlington this morning to watch my 11 year old grandson play football.

Levi! Jesse, Jr's youngest son.

I don't think there is a better age to enjoy children than when they are 11!

Actually, I have enjoyed Levi at EVERY age!

When he was little - like 3 or 4 - Louis Dean and I took him to a little playground at Hulen Mall and he had us in tears as he acted like a puppy dog. He stayed in character for a long long time!

We still laugh when we talk about it.

He used to say that his mom would get so 'frust-ER-ated' at him!

After the ball game - which his team, the Mustangs WON - Leigh Ann, Levi and I went to lunch at TGI Friday.

Levi is delightful. He's learning states and capitols and I helped him practice.

His mom told me he knows all about weights and balances now but she told me how he makes even that fun. Pounds he understands and abbreviations he knows. The cutest thing is that instead of something being 8 pounds - he says, "Yeah, that's about 8 'libs!'

That's how he pronounces the abbreviation 'lbs!'

We call these sayings of his 'Levi-ism's!'  

   Leigh Ann ordered these amazing Crispy Green Bean Fries!

They are breaded and served with Cucumber-Wasabi Ranch.

Delicious!

We sat long at the table talking and I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of our time together.

Thank you, Leigh Ann, for the lunch and conversation!

After lunch they were off to get Levi's hair cut and Leigh Ann posted these photos for me to share.

He is adorable! His main interests are football and wrestling. Levi is one of the most charming people I have ever met!

I went to Lowe's on my way home and filled my trunk completely up with reduced for quick sale bedding plants.

All this for $50!

Louis Dean was Johnny on the Spot and unloaded them for me and had them planted within the hour!

He and I had a nice afternoon together.

After the planting and watering was done, I grabbed a pillow off the porch bench and threw myself on the grass under the pecan tree in the front yard. I gazed up into the canopy searching for pecans and found none. NONE! The squirrels took what few the tree produced this year and that's that for our pecan crop. We have had quite a few good years in a row so I guess this was to be expected.

Since we will not be in church tomorrow, we attended the 5:00 service at Fellowship Church in Grapevine. It has been 3 or 4 years since we have been to church here and it was as awesome as it ever was.

It just felt good to be back there!

They just started a new series tonight called 'A Piece of Cake!'

The music is loud but Louis Dean seemed to handle it pretty well.

We were members here for a number of years.

After we got home, I packed up my bag and hugged Louis Dean goodbye and drove over to Rowlett to have a sleep over at Summer's!

This is her cozy bedroom and we got all settled in for the night.

Summer is especially proud of the new quilt she got in last week's auction at the Whitfield Family Reunion. It is a treasure made by our cousin, Pam, and will be loved and cherished by Summer. She said she feels like she is wrapped in her family's love with this quilt over her.

I brought our needlework with me tonight.

This is what Summer is working on.

My friend, Arlene at Nanaland, gifted me the pattern and I made up the kit for her.

She saw this and wanted to stitch it up for me so I thought that was a Win! WIN!!

Thank you, Arlene, for blessing BOTH of us!

I fully intend to finish this embellished cross stitch in time to hang it up for Christmas this year.

This has been a good Saturday - full of love and family and projects.

My blogging spot tonight!

I have my laptop, my wine and a container of Butter Cheerios Sabrina made.

Stove top method: Melt ¼ cup butter in a 10-inch skillet. Stir in 4 cups Cheerios; cook and stir 2 to 3 minutes or until cereal is well coated. Sprinkle with salt. Microwave method: In large microwavable bowl, microwave butter uncovered on High about 45 seconds or until melted.

These are seriously GOOD!!!

Summer and I have had a lovely evening together.

I think we both needed this time to talk and listen to one another.

I continue to praise God for taking care of her and Sabrina and Rayne during Hurricanes Irma and Maria as well as tropical storm Jose. They are all doing well. Summer is coming to terms with her recent diagnosis and doing the best she can to educate herself as to what will help her.

Thank you for all the advice and concerns.

We are on a research adventure trying to gleam as much information as we can concerning Fibromyalgia.

But for tonight - we have enjoyed our Mother/Daughter time!