Purple Heart recipients honored at the Armed Forces Bowl

Could Goff be a Cowboy?

I was in the Air Force, so I was pulling for the AFA in the Armed Forces Bowl, but they were beat by Jared Goff and the Cal Golden Bears.  Goff threw for over 400 yards and 6TDs. 

F-35 Fly over

At the start of the Armed Forces Bowl in Ft. Worth

First Responders honored at the Heart of Dallas Bowl

HOD Bowl

Washington coach Chris Peterson accepts the Heart of Dallas bowl trophy after his team beat Southern Miss 44-31.  A full gallery from the game is at Terrell Photo

Huskies fans in Dallas

Today was the Heart of Dallas bowl that featured the Washington Huskies vs Southern Miss Golden Eagles.  The Huskies won 44-31.  

Merry Christmas

Ten Pipers Piping

Twelve Days of Christmas at the Dallas Arboretum.  

along with 6 gold ring, 4 partridges, 9 drummers and an old maid milking.  Merry Christmas

Last day of work before Christmas

Mural looks finished.

The real deal will be here soon

Work continues

Pouring the concrete for the parking at the new Terrell police station.

Christmas colors

Overcast Sunday morning at the lake

Dallas Marathon morning at White Rock Lake. 

White Rock Lake spillway

Rainy Saturday

The weather for the Terrell Christmas parade was prefect.  By the time I made it over to Forney to take pictures of the Forney Fire vs Forney Public Works flag football game it was pouring.  I stayed long enough to get wet.  I'm sure they all had fun playing in the rain though. 

Everyone loves a parade

Love the purple

Freshmen basketball

JFK Holiday concert

And the walls....

On your mark

The start of the San Antonio Rock n Roll Marathon and 1/2 Marathon.  I ran the 1/2. 

Lady Tigers soccer

Lady Tiger soccer coach Lantrip provides instruction during the first week of soccer practice. 

#TBT 2007

From a local Christmas Tree farm in 2007.  The temperature on Dec 3rd was 81F.

From one season to the next

Basketball in full swing.  Terrell beat Seagoville last night. 

Drying out

The rain has stopped, now just need some sunshine.

Game Day

Happy Thanksgiving

This morning was the Dallas YMCA Turkey Trot.  Just a small run with about 25,000 people. 

Slow week

I'm ready for Thanksgiving

A little TLC

The old Southland Athletic Manufacturing building looks to be in pretty bad shape.  

Football overload

Friday and Saturday nights were both exciting nights of football.  

Friday, Terrell hosted a playoff game between Pottsboro and White Oak.  

Saturday, Terrell played at Allen Eagle Stadium against Lovejoy.

Terrell won 28-27 in overtime and White Oak won 24-9

Terrell's Zakabarium Porter makes a jumping catch for a TD fort he Terrell Tigers vs Lovejoy in their 5A Area round game.  Terrell won 28-27 in overtime. 

Pottsboro High Schools Matthew Poe makes a difficult catch Friday night vs White Oak in the 3A Area playoffs in Terrell, TX.

I see a baby

First Baptist windows

Red Rock Canyon NV climbers

Vacation

After not missing a day since 2010 I took a break.  I flew out to Las Vegas for the Rock n Roll Half Marathon.  

Game Day

Saturday night ride along

It's been a while since my last TPD ride along, probably a few years.  So Saturday night, I took another one. Since I had been on a ride along before, I was familiar with the dos and don’ts.  Basically it’s stay in the car, and do what you’re told by the officer.  From inside the car I can listen to the officer talk through the dash cam mike.

Our first call was to Wal-Mart.  Two juveniles were eating food from the deli department and throwing away the trash in the aisles. Their parents were called and Wal-Mart didn’t want to press charges.  The officer waited for the parents  pick them up and we were clear. 

A little bit later a call came over the radio about two small kids found on 34. A car had been stolen from the Forney Chilis restaurant with 2 kids inside.  The officers responsible for that area were already responding so we continued on patrol.  This story was on the news Saturday night and Sunday. 

Our next stop was a traffic violation.  Turns out the driver had outstanding warrants from Terrell.  He was arrested and transported to the city jail.

We made a swing through Terrell Crossing and Racetrac, checking behind the store to make sure nobody was lingering around.  All quiet so far.  A good Saturday night.  The next hour or so was spent on traffic stops and security checks.  We patrolled the streets; checking alleyways, vacant houses and empty lots.  There were kids hanging out in a city park on the north side after hours.  They said they didn’t know they were in a park. 

We cleared that and went back to patrolling.  As we made our way up to Moore Ave, a call came in about a loud party.  It wasn’t in our area, but we responded as a second unit. Most of the crowd was leaving by the time we got there.   It was a huge party, with about 100 people in one house.  The person that called the police, said the party just got out of hand and wanted everyone to go home.     Everyone was peaceful and left pretty quick, so not much of an issue there.  We left that location and got a call of an alarm at Brookshires.  Checked it out and it was secure. 

It was after midnight and Ben Gill Park was closed so we drove through there.  The officer notice a light flash on and off in the parking lot by the pavilion.   We drove over to that lot and found a parked car.  The car had three people in it who they said they didn’t know the park was closed.   I was still in the car, but could hear the conversations from the dash cam.  I was able to listen to all of the stops tonight except the Wal-Mart call.   

As we were driving out of the park, the officer noticed a truck had pulled in.  By now, it’s well past park closing time.  Two juveniles were in the truck, and they also claimed they didn’t know the park was closed.  The parents were called and we waited until they came to pick them up. 

It was now 1AM and time for me to finish the ride along.  The officer had paperwork to complete, and I've already seen the inside of the ‘big as a breadbox’ station.  As we were riding back to the station, I thought about how it wasn’t an easy or slow night, it was a productive night.  Even on the easy or slow nights, people are depending on the police to protect them, their family and property.  All in all, I would say Saturday night was a pretty successful night. 

Just one more

Senior pictures

Yesterday was part 2 Senior pictures with Jordan.

Just a touchdown

Tigers win District with hard earned win over Poteet

Terrell finished district play 7-0 to win their first district championship since 1997.  Playoffs start Thursday night. 

Tigers senior night

TBT tomorrow is senior day

From August 2012