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Sunday, December 2, 2007

Thanksgiving 2007!!

This year the Texas Links went to Oklahoma for Thanksgiving. Now that J.B. and Simone have room for everyone, they won the prize and we held it at their new house. We had all of the traditional foods--but some with a twist to old recipes. All of the food tasted great. It was fun for us to be able to spend time with everyone and we missed those that weren't able to be there. Greyson, Caden, Brynna and Maggie had a great time with their cousins (as always). We are grateful for everything that we have and for all of our family and friends. Hope you had a great Thanksgiving!!

Monday, November 12, 2007

"COUNT DORCULA"

A short story by Caden Link
Caden and Gatlin went trick-or-treating. Caden was a polite, helping boy. He told the truth, too. Gatlin was just the same. Caden was good at math, and Gatlin was good at science. They thought they were done, until.........Creeeeek, Bam, Pow, Boom! A house was wooden, lightning, and the door opened by it's self. Gatlin fainted. Caden said, "Do you think it's Santa?" "Why would you think that?!" asked Gatlin. "Oh fine! Easter Bunny?!" asked Caden. Gatlin gave Caden a disappointed face. "O.K. It's haunted" said Caden. "Ya think?!" said Gatlin.
The boys slowly creeped into the house. "Trick-or-Treat," said Caden. "Shut it," whispered Gatlin. "Do you smell something?" asked Gatlin. "I think it's a burnt part." "Oh, good! I thought that was me," said Caden. "Can I eat my--" "NO!" said Gatlin. And...Pow, Bam, Boom!!! Lightning went again. A tall, skinny vampire came. "I would love to--eat my candy," interupted Caden. "Well, I was going to say 'suck your blood', but, O.K." said the vampire. "Wait," said Gatlin. "Aren't vampires allergic to garlic?" "I blew the bathroom up today," said Caden. "Good for you. Now--why are you my friend again?" asked Gatlin. "Because I'm nice," said Caden. "Rigggghhht," said Gatlin.
"Let's give him some candy, and run up-stairs," suggested Gatlin. "No," said Caden. "I have a better idea. I love candy," said Caden. "Let's just go with my plan," said Gatlin. They went up-stairs, preparing the candy with garlic. Caden didn't get the plan, so he, ummmmmm, oh yeah. He got and apple pie, and said, "Enjoy", and stuffed the pie into the vampire's face. "Oh, I'm so sorry sir. Let me get a napkin." Caden came back with thick napkins. Caden tried to wipe it off, but the vampire's teeth sank through.
Caden went up-stairs to warn Gatlin, but all that came out was, "Yayyyauah", and a little 'poof'. "Disgusting", said Gatlin. "Let's put some garlic in. Hand me the--where's the garlic?" asked Gatlin. "I ate it," said Caden. Caden thought for a minute. "Wait," said Caden. "If you max the time with decimals, you get 10:00, which is the time we got the garlic-bread." "Where did that come from," asked Gatlin. "There never was a problem that didn't involve math," said Caden. "That explains a whole lot," said Gatlin. "Let's get the garlic bread." "Hurry up," screamed the vampire. He lost his mind. The vampire stood up, turned gray, and it's veins were popping out. It was coming up. It opened the door! They stuffed the candy into it's mouth. "Don't you dare scream," said Gatlin. "O.K." said Caden. And...they were safe!!
--THE END

Magdalene--Maggie Mae

Little Miss Sass is actually what we should call her. Lately, she's been "testing her limits" or should I say "her mom and dad's limits"--Just a little here and there. She's really decided that she has an opinion on every single thing and that it's her way or the highway. I guess we can just call her "Miss Independent". No more holding her hand while walking down the sidewalk, or helping her into her stroller. She'll do it "by self". "By self" is just one of the funny little things she says. "Or not" is big in her vocabulary, too. If you ask her if she wants a snack or not, if she doesn't, she'll say "Or not". She's just so funny. Conversations are never dull and always cute.

Brynna-Bel

My heaven's--getting older every second. She's no longer a little girl. She has turned into, simply, a girl. Not little, but not too big either. We are young enough to still love Barbie--but old enough to really care what Barbie is wearing. A good thing, right?
Bel is in the 1st grade now, and love's to read. She really loves school too. She loves her teachers and her friends. Can you say Social Butterfly? Talk-talk-talk-talk. She's never been considered shy. Everyone is her best-friend, you know, even if it's the first time you've ever talked to her. I love that quality about her. She is a friend to everyone. What a good and sweet girl she is.

Caden--C Dog

I just love my little Caden. He is THE sweetest and nicest kid around--and did I mention handsome. He's now in the 5th grade--the year when things get a bit more hectic. He has more work and he's expected to be organized enough to get it all in one day, do it over the next week and then turn it in. We're still workin' on that one. Organization is not a strong point for us. He changes classes too, which is new to him. I tell you what--he absolutley LOVES science. Almost every day he comes home telling me of the experiment that they did in science lab or goes on and on about protons and neutrons and electrons. I have a hard time following because he goes into every single little detail--and he remembers every-single-detail. What a smarty-pants. He's really discovering how funny his personality is lately, too. He now know's he's funny and that he's got the gift of gab. He takes after his dad.

Greyson--G Money

You'd think I was giving this kid steroids at the rate he's growing. He's only 15, but people ask if he's 17. He's very tall for his age. He might think he acts like he's 17--but we know better. Maturity-?-it's comin' along. We'll just say we're working on it. No, really-all kidding aside--he's a really good young man. He's at the age when typical teenage angst sets in. And..we have our fair share of it. But, all in all, I think he really tries to keep a cool head when he thinks we've asked him to take out the trash one too many times. He's just at an age when we can really count on his help. He is a great helper to me. He even folds laundry (don't tell his friends).
Greyson is doing really, really well in school so far this year. He's got and extra load-basically doing two years of school in only one. We thought he'd really have to bust it and be doing work constantly to keep up. But..he hardly has any homework and he's making all A's. He has a 100% in Geometry!? I asked him if he just has never missed any question ever on anything to get that average. He replied by saying, "No--I've missed stuff, but I got a 120% on a project". Whatever--wouldn't it be great to be that smart?

LATELY WITH THE LINKS

Sunday, December 2, 2007

Thanksgiving 2007!!

Monday, November 12, 2007

"COUNT DORCULA"

Monday, November 5, 2007

Happy Halloween!!

Magdalene--Maggie Mae

Brynna-Bel

Caden--C Dog

Greyson--G Money

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