4th of July Parade

Here are some photos of Jerry DesRoche's Fire Engine in the Danville 4th of July Parade.
Jeanne

Cathy's daughter Darcy

Darcy Vallery (daughter of Cathy Hargis Vallery, granddaughter of Carolyn DesRoches Hargis) is a Senior at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. She will graduate in December of this year with a Bachelors of Arts in English and a minor in Spanish with a concentration in Linguistics. She has two jobs, one is a work study job at the University's gym and the other is a cashier at a local grocery store. These jobs are, of course, only until she graduates, because when that happens, she is looking at several job opportunities. One of which is translating (Spanish to English) for the Lafayette Police Department. She is also toying around with the idea of teaching high school level English, Creative Writing, or Spanish classes. She is even starting to consider putting her argumentative skills to use by attending Law school after graduation, but, as mentioned earlier, she has several options with her degree, but hasn't really decided yet on which activity to pursue.

Darcy also plays the bass guitar (and a little bit of acoustic guitar) and is tentatively in a few bands. Nothing has been officially recorded yet, but updates will be made and the family will definitely be informed when this big step happens!

Although she lives in Lafayette, she visits New Orleans every so often to visit her friends and family. It's about a two and a half hour drive from Lafayette, but it's very routine and familiar for Darcy. However, she expects to stay in Lafayette after her graduation. She thoroughly enjoys her schoolwork, but predicts to be very busy with class and two jobs during her last semester, but after that, she hopes to have more free time to devote to music and other leisure activities.

Cathy's update

I am happy to let you know that Rachel fiance' surgery was a week ago today. They removed a piece of cancer the size of a walnut. Then took tissue from his arm to fill the void from where the cancer was removed. As the days passed, they removed
tubes, wires, etc. He was discharged yesterday;)It's a miracle. He is returning to River Ridge/home this weekend. He has to go back for future testing to make sure everything is okay but so far so good. Thanks for praying and caring. God must have big plans for him.

love,

cathy

Westbank Allstar Championship Tournament

Back in June we had an exciting summer evening as Brennan Des Roches (Brett's son) helped lead his team to winning the Westbank AllStar Championship! He pitched the first two innings, gave his arm a rest and then pitched the last two innings striking out about 5-6 batters!! They won the the final game 8-4.



Brennan pitching



Accepting his trophy!

Family Prayers

I got an e-mail from Cathy(Hargis-Vallery) yesterday to relay message that she will soon be sending pictures and family updates. Her daughter Rachel is working and taking an online class for vet school, however, yesterday her fiance' was having an 11 hour surgery for oral cancer, starting at 7AM, she will be sending updates on his recovery. Please keep them in your prayers.

Love,
Laurie & Cathy