Texas..8/26 thru 8/31 2009

Great and wonderful visit to Texas to see Ty & Kara, Mikayla, Lucas and baby James!

This is the first time I have come and had Mikayla not be shy for a while..'Hi Nana!' and my favorite phrase of hers, "How come my daddy calls you mommy?"

Lucas turned 2 on Aug. 28th (the same day as his Uncle Colin). He is putting together 4 or 5 word sentences. His favorites are, "I Stuck", "Bye, See Ya", "I climbing"..which he does..a lot.


James is a perfect gerber baby. Beautiful brown eyes and a calm, charming, sweet demeanor.


Ty and I installed a new kitchen sink (the old one drove everyone except Kara crazy) and then we spent almost 8 hours putting a new play structure together. Finished in the dark...

There is nothing more satisfying then seeing my own children grow up to be wonderful people...

Chase Goes on a Trail Ride..Linear Trail

I am NOT going in the water..you can't MAKE me!

This trail thing isn't so bad...

July 4th 2009

Len and the new family on the street
Riggs Rd Annual 4th of July Parade and picnic...




Cute Car! This boy loves this dog..




Decorated tractors..Lori, Roy and Popper

James Tyrel Looney looks like his daddy!

Cool article about Ty

Bank of Texas' The Private Bank Appoints Ty Looney to Vice President and Client Advisor
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BY Cristie Escochea
May 21, 2009
DALLAS/FT. WORTH (May 21, 2009) Norm Bagwell, Chairman and CEO, Bank of Texas, N.A., and Alan Miller, President, Bank of Texas The Private Bank, jointly announce the appointment of Ty Looney as Vice President and Client Advisor for Bank of Texas The Private Bank.


Looney will join the Tarrant County team as a Client Advisor and focus on wealth advisory and investment management services for high net worth clients. “Ty’s knowledge in the wealth management segment and his experience will help us continue to grow successfully in the Tarrant County market,” said Miller. “We are pleased to have him on our team.”


Looney has spent the last six years at Bank of America, in which he rose from a Small Business Specialist to Personal Banker and then to Premier Client Manager. As a Premier Client Manager, he built a $100 million client portfolio. Looney earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from Azusa Pacific University in Azusa, California and is Series 6 and 63 Licensed.


Bank of Texas, N.A. has assets exceeding $4.2 billion, and is a subsidiary of BOK Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: BOKF), a $23 billion holding company based in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Bank of Texas offers a broad range of services including middle market and commercial banking, energy and real estate lending, international banking, treasury management, trust and investment services, and private banking. Bank of Texas also offers a complete array of consumer products and mortgage banking services, including money market accounts, IRAs and Certificates of Deposit. Bank of Texas has 10 Tarrant County and nearly 50 statewide locations that include our Dallas and Houston markets. www.bankoftexas.com.
http://www.mybusinesspress.com/display.php?id=110

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY..LOVE YOU DAD!

June 21st, 2009 Age: 72..Don't you wish you could look this good?

June Flowers..and a poem

Woman

she wanted to be a blade
of grass amid the fields
but he wouldn't agree
to be the dandelion

she wanted to be a robin singing
through the leaves
but he refused to be
her tree

she spun herself into a web
and looking for a place to rest
turned to him
but he stood straight
declining to be her corner

she tried to be a book
but he wouldn't read

she turned herself into a bulb
but he wouldn't let her grow

she decided to become a
a woman
and though he still refused
to be a man
she decided it was all
right