Our Little Cheerleader

This football season Juliana is doing drill team and loving it. Well Bella is also loving it and does the drill dance right along with her at practice, it's hilarious!

The picture below is a picture of her in a belated birthday present...her cheerleader/drill team uniform. She wore it to school this day and wouldn't take it off.

ENJOY!

Four Eyes

Well my big baby is now wearing glasses. 4th grade and 9 years old and she has to wear glasses to read the chalkboard and things far away. I figured since I am blind as a bat it would happen eventually, but she looks so grown up with her glasses on. BOOHOO! She's loving the glasses however and wants to clean them constantly. LOL!

So now I can call her 4 eyes. :-)


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With Death Comes Life

Last week we went to louisiana for the funeral of my paternal grandfather and although aspects of it were very sad, the kids still managed to take advantage of the time over there to play and get to know their cousins. Bottom line they had a great time.

Here are some pictures from the evening after the funeral:

Bella Riding on the tractor with her dad:

Juliana driving the tractor on her own, boy are we in trouble when she starts driving for real:

Here is a picture of all the Great Grandkids, Bella was NOT happy about taking ANOTHER picture:

Life As We Know It

This post is a tribute to my paternal Grandfather who passed away last week:

Harold Hardwick, Sr.
Born: April 14, 1922
Died: August 02, 2008

Services for Mr. Harold Leonard Hardwick, Sr., of Marksville will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, August 7, 2008 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Marksville with Father Rusty Rabalais officiating. Entombment will be in the St. Joseph Mausoleum #2 in Marksville. Arrangements are under the direction of Hixson Brothers Funeral Home of Marksville. Pallbearers for the service will be Michael Hardwick, Walter Ugalde, Cary Howard, Jerry Armond, James Bernard, and David Kniffen. Honorary ballbearers are Kirt Smith and Robert Hardwick.

Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. Wednesday, August 6, 2008 in the chapel of Hixson Brothers of Marksville with a Christian Wake Service to be held as 6:30 in the chapel.

Mr. Hardwick, age 86, a native of Fort Scott, Kansas and resident of Marksville passed away at the V. A. Medical Center Nursing Home in Alexandria on Saturday, August 2, 2008. He was preceded in death by his parents, Montie and Helen Hardwick, sister, Louise Meyer, and brothers, Donald and John Hardwick.Mr. Hardwick was an accomplished musician, a retired Avoyelles Parish Educator, Master Sergeant WWII Army Air Force Veteran, member of the Eighth Air Force 452nd Bomb Group with 29 missions over European Theatre, flying member of the B-17, member of the American Legion Post 130, American Legion 40 & 8, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disabled American Veterans, St. Joseph Choir, Chamber of Commerce, and Knights of Columbus.He served his community unselfishly in many capacities such as Marksville Town Councilman for 8 years as Mayor Pro-Tem and Police Commissioner. We take leave of Mr. Hardwick, a credit to his community, but most of all, a loving family man dedicated to the principles by which he lived – loyalty, challenge, and courage.