The Texas State Fair and other things

Well, the Texas State Fair is here, and almost gone and it does not look like we will be going. We had some free teacher tickets but, well as Linda and I are getting settled, the money was just not in the budget even for 'free' tickets. As anyone who has ever been to the fair knows, there is NO such thing as a FREE day at the fair! After spending $10 to $25 for parking (CAN THEY DO THAT?????), and you HAVE to have a Blooming Onion! Then everyone is trying to sell something that you Can't live without!

I am working on a Blog page for the school and my classroom. It is coming along pretty well, just have not been able to get the code into my current class page. In the meantime, here is the blog page link: http://tmis-mra.blogspot.com (I think that link will work) and the class page is through the campus web site in the Faculty Contact pages - Mr. A's Math and Science Pages

Well, that is the latest, I will try to put up some recent pictures next time. When Linda was in Tulsa, we received a picture of all of Matthew and Jose's children, together. A very nice portrait of the 5 grand-children together.

God Bless and until next time....

Long Long Ago....

I thought I would put up a few 'oldies but goodies'. Yes, this is the one who is putting all this stuff on this page, J.A. Arroyo and his mother, Shirley. See, real men can wear Pink! This was in 1966 and I would have been a whopping 5 years old!

This is me, again, at My birthday. That girl next to me is a cousin, Terrie but not to be confused with my younger cousin, Terrie Perry :) This was also in 1966 and I would have been turning 5 at this party!

Again, this is me, my little sister, Christina, and mother. I am not sure exactly when this was taken but, assuming Christina is either 1 or 2 in this picture, it would have been 1969 or 1970.

You can tell that I am ready for Texas, I have my hat on my lap. It must be a Cowboy hat! This was taken in 1968, the year my little sister was born. I would have been 7 and she was not born until December (judging from the short sleeves, I would guess that she is not quite here yet!)

Hi Uncle Drew and Uncle Michael!

I hope this video will play embedded in our Blog. The girls, Chloe and Rainee, wish Drew and Michael a good weekend. Well, it only came through as a jpg, not as the video. Sorry bout that. Anyway, Choe and Rainee wanted to wish their uncles a good weekend.
As we were doing our lawn yesterday, we certainly missed having a 16 yr old around! Seriously, we do miss having Drew around and his neices miss him as well.

Happy Second Anniversary, Matthew and Chelsea!

Sunday, October 14th, is Matthew and Chelsea Arroyo's Second Anniversary. Pictured here are a number of photos that I have taken since their wedding, including the birth of their Son, Matthew Jr., and various visits with their daughter, Amiya. They are a beautiful couple and we pray that God continues to bless their marriage and children.
God Bless Matt and Chelsea and we wish you many more years of happiness together!

National Life Chain Sunday

Support for the Unborn
National Life Chain Sunday marks 20th year today with annual march

Washington DC, Oct 7, 2007 / 11:02 am (CNA).- Today marks the annual National Life Chain Sunday, during which pro-life Americans will, for the 20th year, line sidewalks in over 1,300 cities and towns to seek God's forgiveness and His help to end abortion and related evils in our culture. Participants will hold signs that include Abortion Kills Children; Adoption: The Loving Option; Lord, Forgive Us and Our Nation; and Abortion Hurts Women. Royce Dunn, the Director of Life Chain, calls it "a peaceful witness against a violent public enemy that has terrorized and killed probably well over 100 million preborn Americans and Canadians at surgical abortion clinics and through abortifacient birth control.”

Dunn also pointed to the need for educating and motivating more people to defend the children who are in danger of being aborted, "God declared that 'My people are destroyed from lack of knowledge [Hosea 4:6].' That truth is for today, when we the church--the preborns' only hope for an advocate and defender--are disgraced by our casual response to their horror and loss."
Life Chain welcomes everyone who deems human life sacred. Over 13,000 Chains have been built in North America, plus Chains in several other nations. Life Chain is but one step into a serious pro-life commitment. Much intensive follow-up is required to close the death centers, said the organizers of the National Life Chain.

The pictures attached are from the Life Chain that I participated in from St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Keller, TX. From our parish, we estimated that over 200 people attended (there were over 200 that registered, several more slipped in along the long lines!). Hopefully, this is a wonderful sign of what is to come, an end to the slaughter of innocents.

For more information visit: http://www.lifechain.net/

Trinity Meadows Pictures

I cannot begin to say how incredibly blessed these kids make me :) Enjoy these smiles and inquiring minds....

BENEDICT XVI'S PRAYER INTENTIONS FOR OCTOBER

VATICAN CITY, OCT 1, 2007 (VIS) - Pope Benedict's general prayer intention for October is: "That the Christians who are in minority situations may have the strength and courage to live their faith and persevere in bearing witness to it."

His mission intention is: "That Missionary Day may be a propitious occasion for kindling an ever greater missionary awareness in every baptized person."