It’s been a while since I posted. I hope to go back and catch up but for now I’ll post the most recent till a miracle happens and I have tons of free time. lol. We were all together for Easter. I wonder how many more we will have with the girls getting older and soon to be going off on their own. We didn’t color Easter eggs. I felt too guilty with the bird flu and their being a shortage so there were no egg wars sadly. The girls didn’t seem to notice or just didn’t say anything. They can be so sweet that way sometimes. They never want to show if they are disappointed because they know I do try hard. They really turned out to be such good humans. I am very proud of them. And John of course was his usual funny self cracking jokes. And I doubt he missed having to hide all those eggs then try to remember where on earth he put them. One year I found one in the living room 3 months later. I’m sure the housekeepers had a running bet how long it would take me to find it. SO SAD. Here are the pics of the girls haul. I do enjoy making those baskets for them!
William Hules 12.15.1971-12.27.2023
William Hules born December 15, 1971. Son of Katie Hules and James Hules of Pasadena, Ca. William is survived by his father James Hules, children Ashley Hules, James Hules II, Bryce Hules, step daughter Colby, sister Theresa Hules Baisley, Step brother Doug Pierce, and Step sister Diane McKinney. Born in California he spent his early years in Pasadena with his beloved Grandmother and parents. In first grade he moved to Houston where he would spend the rest of his childhood. He enjoyed little league when he was in elementary and moved on to football in middle and High school but above all he was a huge military history buff. He would watch any war movie he could get his hands on and was an avid researcher. His youth was spent climbing trees, playing in the mud, catching snakes and running around the neighborhood. He had a great sense of humor and kept his family laughing, always being the wit and charm of the family.
Upon moving on from high-school he joined the army where he was stationed in Panama during the Noriega days. He met his first wife there and they moved back after his tour to the states to Memphis, TN where he started his college education. He had two children Ashley and James here. He shared a lawn care business with this brother for many years until moving back to Texas after his divorce. Here he met this second wife. Living in Abilene he started another business that was wildly successful and had one last child Bryce. He enjoyed many years in Abilene before making his last move back to his beloved California to be closer to this mother and sister and where he met his last true love Linda. He was in the process of getting his nursing degree and worked with disabled patients when he met his untimely death. But his life during this time was the most settled and happy of all his stages of life. He made the most of this time traveling, shooting and participating in extreme sports. He was happy with his career and ongoing education, helping others and surrounded by friends and most of all, love.
2023 Pony Finals
PonyFinals2023_Final1691851298Katie with her best round ever on her final exhibition at Honor Hills Pony Finals on Orchard Hills Finest Hour aka Munchie. We had the best time ever this year. So many good friends and trainer Laurel Tinney. <3
Parent of the Year Award Pony Finals
I couldn’t be a happier Mom parenting the two most amazing girls. I got this lovely award at the 2022 Pony Finals. I wouldn’t be the Mom I am in this recommendation if I didn’t have the best girls that make me want to be the best I could for them. <3
Sent: Sunday, August 7, 2022 10:11 PM
To: Pony Finals <ponyfinals@usef.org>
Subject: 2022 Outstanding Parent Award Nomination
Thank you so much for your consideration,
1st Day of 6th Grade | Hannah
“I love freaking middle school. The cafeteria is the bomb. They have pizza that isn’t in a square. I was so shook!” H 6th grade
Protected: Letter from the Pandemic
Quarantine 2020 Extreme Slip n Slide
One of Mom’s brilliant ideas to make a slip n slide a little less little kid and a little more extreme. Definitely in the category of “like my Dad’, including the bumps and fails. Lol
Covid-19 Pandemic 2020
Just so I NEVER forget….. April 2, 2020
Gas price a mile from home was $1.89
School closed until at least May 15th.
Self-distancing measures on the rise.
Tape on the floors at grocery stores and others to help distance shoppers (6ft) from each other.
Limited number of people inside stores, therefore, lineups outside the store doors.
Non-essential stores and businesses mandated closed.
Entire cities locked up.
Entire sports seasons cancelled.
Concerts, tours, festivals, entertainment events – cancelled.
Weddings, family celebrations, holiday gatherings – cancelled.
No gatherings of 50 or more, then 10 or more.
Don’t socialize with anyone outside of your home.
Children’s outdoor play parks are closed.
We are to distance from each other.
Shortage of masks, gowns, gloves for our front-line workers.
Shortage of ventilators for the critically ill.
Panic buying sets in and we have no toilet paper, no disinfecting supplies, no paper towel no laundry soap, no hand sanitizer.
Shelves are bare.
Manufacturers, distilleries and other businesses switch their lines to help make visors, masks, hand sanitizer and PPE.
Government closes the border to all non-essential travel.
Fines are established for breaking the rules.
Stadiums and recreation facilities open up for the overflow of Covid-19 patients.
Press conferences daily from the President.
Daily updates on new cases, recoveries, and deaths.
Government incentives to stay home.
Barely anyone on the roads.
People wearing masks and gloves outside.
Essential service workers are terrified to go to work.Medical field workers are afraid to go home to their families.
This is the Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) Pandemic, declared March 11th, 2020.
Why, you ask, do I write this?
One day it will show up in my memory feed, and it will be a yearly reminder that life is precious and not to take the things we dearly love for granted.
We have so much!
Be thankful. Be grateful.
Be kind to each other – love one another – support everyone.
We are all one!
Carowinds! Our First Time -for the win!
Too funny. The girls were like, let’s start slow then move up to the bigger rides. Well that didn’t happen. First ride was the intimidator then off to the largest roller coaster in NC the Fury 325! After that nothing but extreme coasters. At the end of the video is a frontal view of the Fury as if you were the passenger. 🙂
John Pierce – My Crazy Dad
There are a lot of crazy stories about my Dad and at some point I will take the time to write them down but for now I just thought I would post this article. Of course my mother’s version of this story was quite different. LOL
Snow Days!
2017 Family Video
Christmas Morning
Visit with Santa!
Mema Comes for a Early Christmas Visit
Hannah’s School Project
2017 The Perfect Tree
Katie is a Teenager! 13
Hannah Turns 10!
2017 Halloween is HERE!
2017 It’s Pumpkin Carving Day!
2017 Pumpkin Patch
Horsing Around
Hannah’s Photo Shoot
Last Horse Show of the Year
Well it was another great horse show. Both girls did a great job. Hannah got two 6th place ribbons and being all the girls were so much older that was great! Then Katie was the bell of the ball for sure. She walked away with a ton of blues, red and Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champion. She rode two horses Muffin and Peter.
Hannah-isms | After College
Before school yesterday Hannah announced that her and her friend Gillian would be moving to California to become UTube Video stars. They would be having 4 dogs and two other pets, maybe cats. When I said the apartment might get a little stinky she said it would be a 3 bedroom apartment with one room just for the pets. Evidently she isn’t aware of the cost of living in California. XD
New Friend | New School
Katie’s Horse Show
2017 Eclipse!
So funny that Hannah is the exact same age I was when I saw the last eclipse. Of course now we have so much more available to view it. We made a make shift lens for the camera from one of our eclipse glasses. Lily Katie’s friend came over to join us. And everyone got to sneak out of school early. Actually Hannah wasn’t in yet but Lily and Katie got to skip their last class.