The weekend of Oct. 12 we celebrated my 10 year high school reunion in Katy, TX. Since I was the class president my name was still on the class savings account and folks started asking back in the Spring if we’d have a reunion. With the help of a reunion committee (folks I recruited from our class) and GradsReunite, we organized a Saturday of fun to celebrate 10 years! It’s crazy how time flies. We started the day with a family picnic at Smith Ranch. We wrangled our kids and tried to catch up between hamburgers & hot dog bites, the trailer ride around the petting zoo, a bounce house, playground, etc… We fed goats, sheep, ducks, pigs, donkeys, horses, geese, llamas(!!), etc…

It was so cool to see old classmates with spouses and children now. It was so hot and muggy while we were there. Everyone was trying to do the “hug but don’t touch” hug – hah. Poor Brady was soaked by the time we left.  His little curls were wet and he was going off a very short morning nap.  As most know, we have a very “gentle giant” golden retriever, George. He and Brady get along great, but for some reason, Brady is frightened by most other dogs (especially small black dogs) and pretty much most other animals besides squirrels and ducks. Probably because George is more human than dog. So… the petting zoo wasn’t as pleasurable as I’d hoped. I was really excited, but oh well. We’ll keep introducing him to animals, because he WILL learn to like them ;).

Saturday evening the adults got dressed up and headed to The Houston Texans Grille in City Centre in Houston. It was a good turn out – around 85 folks (our graduating class was 660 people – you’d be surprised how many live out of state now). We mingled over drinks and (good) food. There was a huge outdoor patio with comfy furniture and various sports on the TVs so the guys were happy. We watched a slideshow of old (scanned in film) photos from our glory days as I MC’d the event (didn’t realize that until I arrived- hah). It’s so funny/weird looking back on our adolescents. It feels like it was just yesterday, but simultaneously light years ago. I enjoy seeing the path that each of us have taken the past 10 years.  Man, it was great being a kid. I loved high school, but I’m blessed with the life I’m living now.

Below are some photos from the family picnic… and if you scroll even further down you’ll find some sweet photos from high school. 😉

 

 

 

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Photos from High School Glory Days – hah.