Family

My Grand Generation

Bill Rogers
I only knew my grandpa after he was forced to slow down from heart problems. He made things out of wood for the flower shop. Bird houses and yard decorations are what I remember most. Our yard was always decorated come Halloween and Christmas with his creations. He was the first person I saw put salt on his cantelope, a habit I have kept all my life. I have seen pictures of him and Ronald on motorcycles and I'm told they drove all the way down to the Darian Gap in Panama. He was the youngest of nine, I think. Aunt Bobby told me that a couple of his older brothers were in Bonnie and Clyde's gang. They would rob banks in Dallas and drive up north to a safehouse in Denton. One of these safehouses was either my great-grandparent's house or the house of one of these older brothers. On that point it wasn't clear.
Doris Rogers
My grandma was an artist, euntrepeneur, and a community fixture in Little Elm. She was always very generous. I had a garder every homecoming and Valorie a mum. I never remember us paying for them. When Grandpa passed she used some of the money to send me on my first mission trip to Panama. She always represented a focal point for all our family gatherings her whole life.
Bobby White
My Great Aunt Bobby, a jack of all trades. She is the younger sister of Doris. She's a florist, an Texas Master Gardener, raised animals, has been a real estate agent, and probably much more. She's a very active woman and I admire her energy. She's a great hostess. She keeps a lot of collectables and pretties that make a parent nervous when kids are around. Still, we split our Rogers family gatherings between her and Brad.
Jimmy McDonald
I remember going to the nursing home with Mom and Melissa when we were little and visiting him near the end of his life. Melissa and I, having seen a Life Alert commercial on TV, laid on the ground in the hallway yelling "help! I've fallen and I can't get up!" We played with puzzles in his room. Unfortunatly I don't remember much past that. He had an aortic aneurysm that seems to be genetic. I need to remember to get that checked sometime.
Betty McDonald
My MeeMaw might out live us all. She had sucha small house that we were somehow able to fit our big McDonald-side of the family into. When we didn't fit it spilled into the fairly spacious back yard. Though we met there for many holidays, it's the Easters that I remember the most. Throwing or kicking a ball.
Reuben Ekberg
As a boy who had lost both of his grandfather's young, Reuben became a sort of surrogate grandfather when I started attending all the Ekberg family events. He was certainly the patriarch of the family and was a great example of how men should act in their advanced age. He worked in the navy as a young man on electronics, maybe having something to do with radar, my memory is a little fuzzy on that. He had the heart of a preacher. Always had Jesus on his lips. He hand dug a well at 60 years old. It collapsed and he did it again. I'm told he was a very stern father and maybe you could see an outline of what that used to be, but he had clearly mellowed out as a grandfather. He was proud of his Swedish roots, but also had fully embraced being a Texan. This is the same for the whole Ekberg clan. It's a model a lot of immigrant family's could follow.
Donna Ekberg

My Predecessors

Billy Rogers
Dena Rogers
Scott Ekberg
Julia Ekberg
Allen Rogers
Lisa Rogers
Brad Rogers
Kimberly Rogers
Ronald Rogers
Gary McDonald
Lori McDonald
Rick McDonald
Shelly McDonald
Brenda McDonald

My Contemporary Generation

Melanee Fabri
Jason Fabri
Melissa Rogers
Diane Ekberg
Erin Guzman
Michael McDonald
Courtney Alida Ellis
Michael McDonald
Brian McDonald
Saige McDonald
Ginger McDonald
Ian McDonald
Dillon McDonald
Hayden Rogers
Kate Rogers
Kennedy Rogers
Randy Rogers
Aubree Rogers

My Bride

Valorie Rogers
My childhood sweetheart.

My Progeney

Lucy Kay Marie Rogers
Moses Alexander Rogers
Magdalena Pearl Rogers
William Glen Rogers
Cecilia May Rogers
Asa James Rogers

Nephews and Nieces

Ryan J Bentley
Nathan Fabbri
A'tianna Rogers
Ariella Rogers
Corrin Hill
Ellianna Jaurez