Trey and Michael dressed alike for Easter Sunday, shoes and all!! Trey is crazy about this little boy and his sister!

This is Trey with his fiance, Lisette, and Trey's soon-to-be stepchildren...my grandchildren!! Aubrey is four and Michael will be two at the end of July. They were over here yesterday for dinner and the kids LOVE their new Aunt Gretchen and Uncle Peter! They are precious children, and we are blessed to have them in our family!

This is Mom and Daddy at the assisted living home yesterday. Gretchen and I went and spent a little time with them in the afternoon. Mom goes there every day for at least 3 hours; many days longer and keeps him company watching their favorite shows and sports together. Last week when I went over there, Mom, Dad, and I sang songs and hymns with all the residents as a woman named Jan played the piano. Daddy still has good days and not-so-good days, but he is very friendly with everyone there and they love him. Mom and Daddy hug a lot! Mom's shirt is poofed out in this picture, making her look fat, but she isn't at all!!

Snow in Texas!

Well we might not have a white Christmas, but we had a white December 10th. Check out the heavy snowfall we had in League City. Sidney and Richie had a great time pelting each other with snowballs. What a nice treat!

Happy Thanksgiving

We wanted to wish everyone a safe and happy Thanksgiving. We hope you all eat too much and laugh too much! Enjoy your family even though they may get on your nerves at times. We are so blessed to have such a wonderful family and even though we are spread far and wide. I am thankful to have each of you as a family member!

Please blog your Thanksgiving photos!

Now some of my family photos.....We finally confirmed Sidney this past Sunday. Her original confirmation date was the Sunday that Ike hit. Everything was beautiful, Sidney was wonderful and she did a great job. She had picked her bible verse before the storm hit and it really holds a great meaning for all of us now...Philippians 4:13 "I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me." She sang "Day by Day" and there was not a dry eye in the whole place, well at least not in the first two pews!

Enjoy your holiday,

Love,

Alice

Galveston Update

I am sorry I have not blogged latetly to update everyone on how we and Galveston are doing, but internet is a precious commodity these days. We are staying in our RV in my very best friend's driveway in Alvin. We are doing fine adjusting to a new schedule, new school and a different life. We are cleaning out and up our house a little at a time. We could spend a thousand hours and we would still have much to do, so we have decided not to kill ourselves and get it done when it gets done. We would like to move our RV to our house as soon as we install a plug and sewer line to supply it. Sidney has started school at Bay Area Christian, where Richie is going. She has adjusted well and is really enjoying her new friends, she is not in any hurry to return to her old school. I started back to school this past Friday and the kids are returning on Tuesday. My school was not damaged, in fact on my board it still had Wednesday, September 10th. as the date. It was like stepping back in time when everything was safe and sound again.
Galveston is a mess and it will take years to get back to normal, but I have all the faith in the world that it will be back. Here are few pictures, they don't really show how truly terrible things look in real life, but they will give you an idea.
We have learned an important lesson from this disaster, and that is how important family and friends are and how unimportant material things are. As I sat in church today, my entire family sitting in line on our pew, I felt blessed and thankful that all I lost were things.
We would love to see you all soon,
Love the Prets

The Bard's Hometown

Hello, everyone. I am not sure if those of you in Galveston are even finding time or availability to check this, but I hope you are all doing well. We think of all of you often.





This past weekend, Benny, Ariell and Pelagia went to Shakespeare's hometown of Stratford-upon-Avon. We had a lovely time. It is very touristy. Shocking, I know! But there are lots of buildings surviving from 15th and 16th century. They are beautiful. On a whole, we prefer Banbury (and Banbury has buildings from that period too, but not nearly in the quantities!), but we were very glad we went. Besides, just the train ride there, though only about 45 minutes, was well worth the trip.

Oh, and the last photo was taken in front of the house that Shakespeare was born in.

Much Love,


Ariell