"2008 CHRISTMAS FAMILY TREE"

You have all heard of a Family Christmas Tree, well, this is my Christmas Family Tree, and it goes like this:-----FIRST MY OLDEST CHILD, THAT'S ROYCE, WHAT'S INSIDE HIS MIND---ALWAYS TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS IN LIFE'S DAILY GRIND---MY DAUGHTER-IN-LAW BELINDA WITH LOVE SO THICK IT SMOTHERS---NEVER EVER SATISFIED UNLESS SHE'S HELPING OTHERS---SOME THINK BRYAN IS A MYSTERYAND YET HE TOOK A STAND---FOLLOWING IN HIS DAD'S TRACKS, HE BECAME A BUSINESS MAN---AND THEN THERE'S MANDY JEAN, SWEET AND BEAUTIFUL AND KIND---SHE GOT HER DEGREE AT W.T. IN HAVING BABY'S 3 AT A TIME---AND SPEAKING OF THOSE TRIPLETS, THEY ARE JUST A BUNCH OF FUN---GOING THROUGH EARLY STAGES OF LIFE KEEPING EVERYONE ON THE RUN---AND KATHY MY LITTLE KATHY, ALWAYS DADDY'S LITTLE GIRL---HER LOVE AFFAIRS AND RELATIONSHIPS HAVE BEEN AROUND THE WORLD---ANGELA, SHE IS STRONG WILLED, A MIND PRETTY MUCH HER OWN---WHEN SHE'S NOT TAKING CARE OF JOSH, YOU'LL FIND HER ON THE PHONE---AND GARY HE IS A DANDY, ALWAYS TRIM AND NEAT---USUALLY OUT IN THE KITCHEN, MAKING SOMETHING SWEET---AND JOSHUA ALAN SANDERS, NOW THERE'S A REAL HUM-DINGER---ALWAYS THINKING OF WAYS TO KEEP MOM WRAPPED AROUND HIS FINGER---AND THEN THERE'S JERRY GAMBLE, WORKS HARD AND ALWAYS CARING---HE KNOWS HOW TO RELIEVE THE STRESS WITH A DIP OF COPENHAGEN---AND THEN IT'S PRETTY LITTLE KENDRA, NOT AN OUNCE OF GREED---THE ONLY THING SHE DOESN'T WANT IS ANOTHER MOUTH TO FEED---AND KAYLEIGH FAITH MY KAKIE BEAR, A GENUINE FIRST CLASS CUTIE---SHE GOT MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE WHEN GOD HANDED OUT THE BEAUTY---AND WE MUST NOT FORGET SWEET LITTLE AEVARAYE---LOADED WITH A MILLION SURPRISES, SHE HAS A NEW ONE EVERYDAY---AND PRECIOUS SARA JO, HASN'T BEEN AROUND TOO LONG--PROBABLY THE BEST THING ABOUT HER, SHE NEVER DOES ANYTHING WRONG---AND FINALLY THERE'S WANDA JO, NANNY IS HER NAME---SWEET THE DAY I MARRIED HER AND TODAY SHE'S STILL THE SAME---AND NANNY AND I TOGETHER-WELL-WE STARTED IT ALL---AND FOR OVER 50 YEARS NOW, IT'S BEEN A HECK OF A BALL-----:This is TWO TEXAS PAW PAW, signing off.-

"CHRISTMAS 2008"

IT'S CHRISTMAS TIME ONCE AGAIN HERE IN OLD PAMPA TOWN---A SEASON WE ALL CELEBRATE AND FAMILIES COME AROUND---CHRISTMAS LIGHTS OF RED AND GREEN AND WE WATCH AS THE OLD YEAR ENDS---REMEMBERING JUST HOW BLESSED WE ARE AND THANKFUL FOR OUR FRIENDS---BUT LET US NOT FORGET AS THE WISE MEN WOULD ALL SAY---JESUS CHRIST IN A MANGER, BORN ON CHRISTMAS DAY---WHEN HE CAME TO LIFE IN THAT STABLE, PERHAPS SNOW WAS STARTING TO FALL--AND WE KNOW FROM THAT VERY MOMENT, THIS WAS THE GREATEST GIFT OF ALL---SO RING OUT THE SILVER BELLS AND SPREAD THE MISTLETOE---RING A LING WHILE CHILDREN SING, LET EVERY HEART BE AGLOW---SO TELL YOUR FAMILY YOU LOVE THEM, TELL THE OLD ONES AND YOUNG ONES TOO---FOR THIS IS MY MESSAGE TO MY FAMILY, LOVE AND MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OF YOU-----:This is TWO TEXAS PAW PAW, signing off.-