Puppy Dog Blue

On January 10, 2009 my Dad was honored with a lifetime achievement award by the North Texas Golf Course Superintendents Association. Good times and a huge congratulations to Dad for being honored by his peers.

Mom, Sweet Sweet and Ryan:

Blake, Darius, Marilea and Saralyn:

Sweet Sweet is excited about the butter:

Terry Joe and Ryan enjoying a cocktail:

The man of the evening:

Terry Joe and Ryan:

Sweet Sweet and Mom:

Blake and Marilea:

Saralyn and Darius:

TJ and Ryan, cuddling:

Mom and Dad:

PDB and Sweet Sweet:

Dad accepting his award:

Dad giving his acceptance speech:

A very special honor:

It’s a little late, but better than never. We (and I mean myself and a large number of friends) took our yearly trip to Four-Winds Steakhouse.

Sweet Sweet and Ashley F.

Sweet Sweet and L. Jones

The gang:

So I went “hunting” during the weekend of the New Year’s Eve holiday and since I don’t have a permit, I took my camera.

This was the view down from my tree stand:

This is me:

This is to the right and you can see a feeder:

Another look down:

Straight ahead:

Me, with a steely gaze:

Not a lot of room up there:

To the left:

Looking up:

Looking to the horizon:

Lots and lots of Christmas Celebrations. All of the photos can be found here. Up first, is . . .

Christmas with Randy -

Rocky and Elam:

Digging in:

Randy, Elam and Rocky:

Christmas with PDB’s Family -

Settling in with Blake and Ryan:

Me and Sweet Sweet:

Lots of presents

Sweet Sweet, Mia, TJ and Saralyn:

A whirly-gig:

Blake, Thea, Grace, Marilea, Hogan, Mom and Dad:

Sweet Sweet, TJ (Mia is hidden), Darius, Jenson, and Saralyn:

Me and Sweet Sweet:

Christmas with Justin, Ashley and Ann -

Ashley, Ann, Elam (the star of the show), Brady and Justin:

Elam:

Presents:

Sweet Sweet and Justin:

Ann and Brady:

Bella keeping an eye on Elam:

Completely surprised: