Bragg Family South

Beth and Stephen in the trike-a- thon at Beth's preschool... Beth, where's your helmet?? We've had a busy few days. Below is a picture I took while on a field tour of some very old (5-6,000 year old) Indian mound sites in northern Louisiana last weekend: The orange mesh fence was laid out to keep people from running their 4-wheelers up and down the mound. We were able to have this tour because the storms that pounded Mississippi had passed through not even a day beforehand... The biggest event of this last weekend was Kenny's First Communion, of course. Below is a suave lookin ' Kenny with his proud grandparents and Father Philip Reaves , our current pastor: Here's Kenny's entire First Communion class: Much smaller than the big groups we went through as, eh? This will be Father Philip's last group in Monticello--he is being transferred to some parishes in northeastern Arkansas, and we'll be getting a new priest in June. Below, Kenny consumes the...

No, Kenny's not playing around here--that's his set of crutches and a walking inflatable cast (hard to see on his bare foot). Apparently, he was running around in gym class today, and twisted his ankle (it made a "popping" sound, according to Kenny). Hope took him to our doctor, and nothing appeared broken on the x-ray--a bad sprain, I guess. He will not be playing baseball or doing too many other physical activities over the next couple of weeks, but somehow he'll survive... We've actually had a pretty good Easter season, this ankle injury notwithstanding. Below, Beth is lovin' her preschool's Easter egg hunt and party: Here I am trying to direct Stephen to Easter eggs placed in the lawn of our church (he's reaching for one at his feet): Hope organized a Cub Scout meeting with an archeology theme this year. Below, University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff station archeology assistant Mary Farmer tries to show the boys how to throw spears (note the ...