Our Times News Archive

2008

Supervisor 12/30/08
By Robert McWilliams
Time for another update for the family website I suppose. I don't write in very often and I apologize for that, but anyway...
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Autumn Helps 12/30/08
By Susie Devries
Autumn helped make Christmas cookies this year. She was so helpful. One cookie she cut out twice, just to make sure.
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Film Developed 12/30/08
By Blanche Glaeser
I got another roll of film developed. These pictures were taken during November and December.
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Christmas 12/29/08
By Susie Devries
Our Christmas was H-U-G-E this year, no doubt about it. There must have been at least 100 gifts under the tree. I bought 2 pages of TO/FROM stickers with 48 stickers on each. That equals 96. I have 3 left!
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Daryl's 5th Wheel 12/28/08
By Barbara Lawrence
Here are two pictures of both sides of the 5th wheel Daryl will be living in for the next two or three months - or more. Daryl was putting air in the tires in the one picture. Daryl was lucky enough to be able to use one of Jan's cousin's 5th wheel trailer, which is nice.
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New Job 12/25/08
By Daryl Lawrence
I worked 9 days straight, up until Tuesday night when I got to come home. I am working almost 4 hours away in "Franklin, Texas". It's over by Waco, you probably heard of it. It is a 7 days a week, 12 hours a day job, building the turbine for an electric generating plant, "clean coal technology fired plant".
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Continuing Snow 12/25/08
By John Schmit
I put the Special Event Cam on so you can watch our snow level come and go.
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Merry Christmas 12/24/08
By Ryan, Wendy & Madelyn Gannon
Just wishing you a very Merry Christmas.
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A Good Day 12/23/08
By Susie Devries
Today is a good day! The weather is miserable, cold, dreary, wet, just plain yucky! BUT ~~ the good part is I got a call this morning from a very good friend of ours, Mike.
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Driving Snow 12/23/08
By John Schmit
The last couple of days we've had a bit of snow. A little more than we are used to. I took some pictures with my cell phone to try to capture some of the images of the night.
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R & A News 12/22/08
By By Ryan Simmons (and a little of Aaron)
Ryan & Aaron News
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Vacation Week 12/20/08
By John Schmit
It's time to go back to work but having been off this last week couldn't have been better. The Vegas trip was great and getting out before the snow there was icing on the cake. Not having to drive during and right after the snow storm here was also a blessing. I was able to stay home and get projects worked on.
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Grandma & Grandpa News 12/20/08
By Barbara & Roger Schmit
Grandma & Grandpa News
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Home 12/18/08
By Cliff Chamberlin
Got home just fine. A very interesting drive. Left Denver to dry bare roads and sunshine and it stayed that way all the way to North Platte Nebraska.
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Snow Fun! 12/18/08
By Cheryl Schmit
Pictures are of an Articulated bus in front of our building trying to take out a light pole. Ripped open his side. He’s been there for over an hour now tying up traffic. Snowing pretty good here, was worse than at home.
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R & A News 12/17/08
By Ryan & Aaron Simmons
Ryan & Aaron News
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Damn Cold! 12/15/08
By Cliff Chamberlin
Damn cold is colder than brrrrr cold. It's -8 right now on the gauge and -25 wind chill with clear skies. We have a 12 mph wind out of the North. Supposed to get up to +8 today, a biggie.
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Grandma & Grandpa News 12/12/08
By Roger & Barbara Schmit
Here's all of the news for this week.
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Moon 12/12/08
By Barbara Lawrence
I took these pictures about 1/2 hour apart to see the full moon as it was coming up. The one had a little bit of clouds over the top of it. I'm also sending a picture of our cute little "girl" - she had to be right by me to see what I was doing, so I took her picture. The reason I took these pictures this month is because the moon is the closest to the earth this month than it will be all year.
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R & A News 12/12/08
By Ryan & Aaron Simmons
Episode VII - WINTER STRIKES BACK
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Autumn and Christmas 12/08/08
By Susie Devries
Autumn wanted to 'help' when raking the leaves. Also we put up our tree, it's a Leyland Cypress that we went and cut Dec 6. We have a new Christmas decoration for the house too, a miniature nativity scene. Have to have it up high though because the pieces are small and I know little fingers would think they are perfect to play with.
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Poopy 12/05/08
By Erin Lawrence
Braden and Ian were in bed tonight. I listened at their door to see if they were asleep, or at least being quiet. This is what I heard (in hushed voices):
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Doug & Joni Visit 11/29/08
By Barbara Lawrence
Doug & Joni arrived in Mt. Vernon about 2:30 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day and just left at 1:30 p.m. today (Sat.). Not a very long stay but fun to have them here. Jan's parents had the Thanksgiving dinner at their house and we had more than our fill of food which was all VERY delicious.
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Thanksgiving Feast 11/29/08
By Cheryl Schmit
We had a traditional Thanksgiving meal this year. John made the pumpkin pies the night before. We took our annual tree picture in the morning. Later, Allen and his roommate, Lance arrived and the guys helped finish preparing the food. Everyone enjoyed the meal and dessert.
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Alexxis 11/27/08
By Lisa Lawrence
Hope you all have a very Happy Thanksgiving.
Here are a few new pictures of Alexxis. She was a Tulip Fairy on Halloween. Her Aunt and I took her trick or treatin' to four houses. She had a blast! She now can say candy, along with lots of other things. She says, hi, bye, hey, teeth, two, bug, choo choo, NO (all the time) shoe, nose, belly, ear, eye, I could go on all night. You get the gist though right? She is getting so big. Getting into EVERYTHING of coarse. I just can't wait til she puts all the words together.
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Secretary of the Army & Artie 11/25/08
By Artie Cardona
Here is some pictures of me and the Secretary of the Army.
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Lunch Pal 11/24/08
By Barbara Lawrence
I had a super fun day today.... First of all, as I'm sure I've told you before, I'm a lunch pal for a third grade girl, Brittany, and today the school had a luncheon for all the third grade and the lunch pals. It was in our Methodist Church Activity Center and was really neat.
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Gas Prices 11/23/08
By Cliff Chamberlin
We were in town last eve for dinner. I saw gas dropped to $1.65/9, YEA !
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Our Fun Weekend!! 11/09/08
By Susie Devries
Our weekend has been a fun filled busy one. Jasmine came to spend the weekend with us and we have had such a good time. Friday night she got to stay up a little later than is normal and once in bed, she was out like a light.
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Halloween 11/03/08
By Susie Devries
Autumn was a bumble bee this year. She took her 'job' very serious and had so much fun. The other little girl in the pictures is Madison. Madison is 1 year older than Autumn and lives next door to us. They are great pals. After the little girls were done with Trick or Treat, Tracy, Madison's Mom, and I sat out on the front porch and the little girls handed out candy. They loved it!
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November Flowers 11/02/08
By John & Cheryl Schmit
Just thought we'd capture some pictures of these last flowers of the year. These late bloomers add so much to the cold grey days of fall.
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Chloe and Kylie 10/31/08
By Susie Devries
Michael and Nancy stopped by today with Chloe, Michael Jr and Kylie. I got a couple pictures of the girls. Michael Jr was screaming his head off and not in a mood for pictures.
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Welcome William 10/30/08
By John Schmit
I'd like to welcome William Foster as a contributor to our growing Picture pages. William recently went to an air show and took lots of great pictures he made into two musical slide shows. The children in the air show pictures are Jasmine and Casey (a friends son) and then Jasmine & Casey's sister, Caitlin. William also made a wonderful tribute to our military. Enjoy William's videos by checking out his listing at the bottom of our Picture page.

 
Spuds 10/29/08
By Cliff Chamberlin
Candy and I just got done digging the last of the potatoes. Had three 20ft rows left in the ground. They were Kennebucks, a white baker spud.
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Ducks, Pheasants and Good Scotch 10/25/08
By Cliff Chamberlin
Today was opening day for ducks and pheasants for our state. My 30 year hunting partner from Denver, Rick Goodman, rode to Kearney yesterday with Candy and I on Candy's trip home from working a week. Rick and I were out of bed at 4am and down to the backwaters of the lake for ducks.
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Madelyn Gannon 10/20/08
By Blanche Glaeser
My Granddaughter in Tennessee sent me more pictures of her adopted baby, Madelyn. She send a nice card and I wanted to share these pictures.
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Ally 10/15/08
By Erin Lawrence
Here is Ally's 5th grade picture.She looked so pretty that day! I wish the photographer took more time and captured a real smile, but still a lovely photo.
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Ian 10/13/08
By Erin Lawrence
My most favorite picture! I will be sending out Ally's school picture and already sent out Braden's, but this little boy looks like me- the only out of the three- and this picture embodies all of his innocence, intelligence, and solace. I love most all of my kids' pictures, but this one just strikes me. Just thought I'd share.
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Garden and Beer Keg 10/10/08
By Cliff Chamberlin
Mom and I went up to the garden after lunch and picked a bunch. One row (last row) of Yukon gold spuds filled a 5 gallon bucket. Still have 3 - 20ft rows of Kennibuck spuds (white bakers) to dig in early Nov. Picked a chuck full plastic grocery sack, to the brim, of beets.
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Bird Lovers 10/10/08
By Susie Devries
I have a subscription to Birds & Blooms, which is a wonderful magazine. I get a monthly newsletter and in this months online newsletter were some recipes for our feathered friends. I can bet I'm not the only 'bird lover' among us so I copied them for you also.
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Autumn 10/08/08
By Susie Devries
Autumn was so funny yesterday. She has become fascinated with flies. They are coming in as usual, they do every year. Some are in a semi dead state and easily caught. Autumn loves this. She catches one, it crawls on her arm. She says Look Gramma, it's walking on me, can I pet it? I said sure but be gentle. She said "OK, I will be gentle----OOPS, one of it's legs fell off, I will stuck it back on!" I laughed till my sides hurt.
 
Visiting Jack 10/02/08
By Barbara Lawrence
I arrived at Jack's apartment before noon on his birthday (10/01/08) and got home tonight at 5:45. Jack has a new twin hide-a-bed so I stayed all nite and it wasn't too bad. I was getting Jack's bills in order so he could either pay them on-line or they would be auto-pay.
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August Pictures 10/01/08
By Blanche Glaeser
The film has come back from the developers and the pictures are scanned in. I've been pretty busy with church activities, meeting with friends and taking care of Misty. Also have been trying to keep up the condo. These latest pictures include some of the activities of this last August.
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September Project 09/30/08
By John & Cheryl Schmit
Over the last couple of months we have been gradually upgrading and reorganizing our home office areas in the house. Some of this was initiated by the need to replace our aging computers and a desire to get more use out of our loft area that we use as a library.
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Steam Engine #3985 09/22/08
By Cliff Chamberlin
I chased this steam engine today as it was Eastbound past our place. The first picture is her going by the crossing 5 miles South of our house. She was doing track speed of 69 mph.
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Lunch Pals 09/22/08
By Barbara Lawrence
We have a program at our school called Lunch Pals. Volunteers sign up to have lunch with a student from the 3rd grade and that student is usually a child that needs special attention, for one reason or another.
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Honey Bees 09/21/08
By Susie Devries
I guess I have a lot to learn about Honey Bees. I filled the hummingbird feeders today, tonight one is completely empty! I am absolutely amazed at this. Never before have I had honey bees at my hummingbird feeders like this. They would come, but never drain the feeder so quick or even at all!
 
Bees 09/21/08
By Susie Devries
I filled my hummingbird feeders Friday, then took pictures of the bees. Today I looked out and was amazed to see the feeders were empty. So today I made extra. I've filled the two feeders and no sooner did I get them up and the bees were all over them! Pretty amazing.
 
Honey Bees 09/19/08
By Susie Devries
I think the honey bees like my hummingbird feeders more than my hummingbirds do. I put out fresh nectar today, had to shake the bees off the feeders. When I went back out, they were waiting for me and were quite happy with a fresh feed.
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Frost 09/15/08
By Cliff Chamberlin
We have frost out there this morning and the thermometer says 32 degrees right on. Safe frost date is about Oct 8th, so were about 3 weeks early. Have no idea yet, if it got to my garden, as it's up on the hill.
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Ike 09/14/08
By Susie Devries
Ike came and went, gas prices soared and all that really happened was a bit of rain and some wind last night. Gustov gave us two solid days of nothing but rain, rain and more rain. We did get a little bit of rain this time, but mostly we got wind.
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Gas Prices 09/12/08
By Susie Devries
Not only is Ike coming, but gas prices have also increased like mad. My son called me from the wrecker service he works at. One of the drivers filled up his wrecker, drove it over to the International Plant, 15 minutes later, drove it back to the lot, passing the station he had filled up at. In that time period, gas prices had increased .50 cents a gallon!!
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Hurricane Ike 09/11/08
By Daryl Lawrence
Thought I'd give you the latest update from here in north east Texas, and what you might see on TV about Hurricane Ike coming at us. As everyone knows, once a hurricane hits land, the winds diminish WAY down, so they say by the time it gets up here, we may see winds in the 35 to 45 mph range, with 3 - 5 inches of rain forecast for Saturday.
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Visiting Jack 09/8/08
By Barbara Lawrence
Daryl, Jan & I went to visit Jack in his new digs in Allen TX (north end of the Dallas area) so we were Jack's first visitors other than his daughter Sherri. Jack moved to a retirement home and it is very nice and new.
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Andrew's Surgery 09/3/08
By Tricia Miller
Well, on Tuesday we took Andrew to the doctor.. he had been sick for the last few days and we thought he might have food poisoning... it turns out that he actually had appendicitis.
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Ariel House Photo 08/31/08
By Cliff Chamberlin
This is a new ariel photo of our house. About every 5 years some company from St. Joseph, MO flies over in their Cessna 172 and takes pictures of everybodies house (unknown to the owner).
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Summer Afternoon 08/30/08
By John Schmit
A couple of weeks ago Cheryl and I visited our friends living on Lake Tapps. We had a great time taking lots of pictures and enjoying the warm summer day. Here is a short video of our relaxing afternoon.
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Operation Is Over 08/30/08
By Frank Bingham
My surgery went well yesterday -- I survived. Actually the surgery was longer than expected as the surgeon told Carol that I had the worst case of Achalisa that he has seen.
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Cutting Wood 08/28/08
By Susie Devries
Williams landlord cut some trees down at their house and William brought me a bunch of maple branches. He and Scooter cut them up for me. They are going to bring more as the land lord trims up a few more trees. The other picture is Autumn after a day out with Grandma. Poor little thing was tuckered out to say the least. She looked so comfy on the floor!! .
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ATI Open House 08/24/08
By Susie Devries
There was an 'open house' at Central Flying Service for ATI employees and family members. We got to go out and be 'touchy feely' with the new Boeing 767. It was great fun.
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Update 08/23/08
By Robert McWilliams
Well I'm sitting here at work tonight (still working for the wrecker service) 8 years in January, anyway, I've been at work since 6:50am on the 22nd and am working till 7am on the 23rd.
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Sage 08/22/08
By Barbara Lawrence
When I lived in Oxnard CA I had a HUGE plant that was called Mexican Sage that spread out about 4-5 feet. I tried to get the same plant down here but they never heard of it so I bought a TX Sage plant. The Mexican Sage had tall purple spears coming out of the whole plant but this TX Sage is a lot different - see picture. With all the rain we've had this year, this plant just keeps flowering.
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Home in Palm Springs 08/21/08
By Frank & Carol Bingham
Carol and I arrived home last night about 8 P.M. without any road problems at all. The desert is as bleak and hot as when we left -- no big change there.
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Angels & Tattoo 08/19/08
By Andrew Duron
Sorry I'm late to write you back, I forgot my ID to get in and I kept forgetting to ask mom for help.
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Leaving Bellingham Tomorrow 08/18/08
By Frank & Carol Bingham
Our vacation is about over, we have had a wonderful time and will be sad to leave here. It has been like coming home again after being away with all the old places we went, people we know and such.
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New Plane for ATI 08/17/08
By Susie Devries
Here are some pictures of the Boeing 767-200 that ATI bought recently. It is currently 'living' at Central Flying Service here in Little Rock, but it's permanent home will be Toledo, Ohio.
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Snake 08/17/08
By Barbara Lawrence
If you want excitement, live around Barbara Lawrence. When I got home from church this afternoon, Bella wouldn't come out from behind the north glider chair in my "front room". I looked back there and could see something strange so I went to get my grabber/reacher, pulled the chair out and a baby snake went under my bookcase.
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Garden Photos 08/17/08
By Cliff Chamberlin
Here are three pictures that I took yesterday (8/16) while we picking corn. It was foggy outside, so no bright sunshine. My garden is 20ft x 200ft and has piped water all along the upper side.
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Friday 08/15/08
By Frank & Carol Bingham
Carol and I have had a good few days since getting here to Bellingham. I was not feeling all together great for one of the days but better the next.
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ONE WHOPPING TOMATO!! 08/12/08
By Susie Devries
I may need help when it comes to canning this tomato. Home grown, all organic!!
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Back In The USA 08/11/08
By Frank & Carol Bingham
Carol and I left Bowser this morning heading back to Bellingham via the Duke Point Ferry. Our departure was a relief and created a small celebration by Ralph and Susan who did a wonderful job of keeping us under control for the entire weekend Plus-- which in our case can be a JOB.
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Kitty & Autumn's New Bed 08/11/08
By Susie Devries
This black kitty is sleeping in Autumn's car seat on the front porch. I've named her Bobtail. I'm pretty certain she belongs to someone but she is here at my house more than she is any place else!
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More Corn 08/10/08
By Cliff Chamberlin
It's 64 now and foggy, heading for 77 today and a nice South breeze. It got to 71 yesterday and I never closed up. That was a real treat, open windows and boiling corn all afternoon. There is a lot of fog, but not tight to the ground, so you can see where your driving.
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Saturday Afternoon 08/09/08
By Frank & Carol Bingham
It is Saturday afternoon right now and the weather is changing rapidly. This morning was clear and beautiful but the weather people said that a light storm would move in by the afternoon. They were right. It has become windy and rain is falling very lightly.
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Birthday 08/08/08
By Dean Lawrence
Yes, I did have a great day! Two of them. The birthday party on the 27th of July had over 250 people come and wish me well.
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Bowser 08/08/08
By Frank & Carol Bingham
Slim and I left Bellingham yesterday (Thursday) in the morning heading for Vancouver Island and on to Bowser. We crossed the border and went to the ferry terminal in Vancouver to board the ferry to "Duke Point" on the island. The trip takes a bit over two hours and was most enjoyable.
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July Pics 08/05/08
By Lisa Lawrence
Here are some new pictures of the kids from this past month. Papa taught them how to shoot the big guns! We went to visit some friends who moved out from Ca. to the Fort Worth area this past weekend and went to Eagle Mountain Lake. The kids had a blast. Even Lexi loves the water. We had a small birthday party for Drew while we were there also.
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Moving Day 08/04/08
By Susie Devries
William and Christina have rented a nice 3-4 bedroom house in Sherwood. It's only about 4 miles from us. Today is moving day, along with the rest of the week.
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Sunday Night 08/03/08
By Frank & Carol Bingham
Just a short note to tell all of you that Carol and I are still in Washington and having a great time. I spent a lot of this weekend fixing things here at Ann's house that she could not do or had no idea of how to do.
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2008 Seafair - Blue Angels 08/02/08
By John & Cheryl Schmit
What a great time we had watching the Blue Angels. On Friday, August 1st, they put on the final practice before the weekend festivities of Seafair. This year we planned ahead and it payed off.
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Bellingham - Thursday 07/31/08
By Frank & Carol Bingham
Carol and I have been having a really great time for the past two days. I wish that I could say we have been doing things that are simply not available in Palm Springs but such is not the case.
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Trip To Omaha 07/30/08
By Susie Devries
Our trip to Omaha was pretty much uneventful until we got there. OH MAN, what a change!! We have not been to Omaha in about 20 years. It's grown like nobody's business.
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Earthquake!! 07/29/08
By Tricia Miller
Today an 5.4 earthquake struck the Chino Hills area, which is only a few miles from Wes' work in Chino and only a few more miles to my work in Rancho Cucamonga ( about 45 miles from LA) . Everyone here is ok and there was no damage (that we can tell anyhow) except for a few rattled nerves. Interestingly this earthquake was supposedly felt all the way to San Diego and Vegas. Just wanted to let everyone know that the Miller's are well.
 
Wedding 07/28/08
By Barbara Lawrence
Doug just called me a little while ago to let me know that he and Joni got married this past Saturday (July 26) morning so she's finally "Mrs. Lawrence".
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Monday -- Still In Bellingham 07/28/08
By Frank & Carol Bingham
It is Monday afternoon and we just got home from a day of renewing our experiences in Bellingham. Yesterday we bummed around all day seeing people we know here and visiting some of our favorite stores.
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Arrived in Bellingham 07/26/08
By Frank & Carol Bingham
Carol and I arrived in Bellingham a few minutes ago and got our stuff inside. Of course I needed to try the Computer connection through the wireless set up that is here.
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Yreka -- First Night 07/25/08
By Frank Bingham
Well Slim and I are ON THE ROAD......... We got up and out of the house at 4:30 this morning to avoid traffic between us and the open road that lies beyond the San Fernando valley.
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Final Trip & Test 07/24/08
By Frank Bingham
I saw the doctor today for the final "Down the Throat" test sequence. He said it would not be much fun and he was certainly correct. The test took a long time, as painful and largely completely disgusting.
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Garden 07/23/08
By Dean Lawrence
Thought I'd send you photo's of our garden. It's really monstrous by your standards, so, don't get jealous. There are two tomato plants both six foot now.
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Korea 07/23/08
By Artie Cardona
I'm here in Korea, still in-processing my new unit for the second week. It is my first deployment to Korea, but compared to all of the other NCO's over here, I have a lot more knowledge in my job than most of the guys over here.
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Roland Update 07/22/08
By Cliff Chamberlin
I just got off the phone with Roland at 2p Monday. He is hanging in there and has good news and ringing in ear for bad news.
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Road Trip 07/22/08
By Susie Devries
Bill and I are leaving on a road trip Wednesday evening. We are going to be going to Omaha for a memorial service for his brother.
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Vacation 07/22/08
By Roger Schmit
Over the week-end Scott, Tina and the girls came up for a visit. Thursday was zoo day and swimming at the pool. On Friday Scott and I went golfing and the girls went for a Gator ride.
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Seen The Doctor 07/21/08
By Frank Bingham
I visited with the surgeon who will preform the surgery on me related to my throat problem. He explained that I have a very rare disease probably caused by some kind of virus.
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Road Trip 07/20/08
By Frank & Carol Bingham
Carol and I are going to go on a "Road Trip" as we have not been on one for a while and need to escape the desert for a few weeks. I believe we will leave on the 22nd or 23rd and be gone until we get home or it is time for my throat surgery.
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Tomatoes, Peppers, & Katie 07/18/08
By Susie Devries
We may not be getting a 'bumper crop' of fresh tomatoes, but the ones we have been getting are so so good. Nothing beats home grown fresh.
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Madelyn 07/11/08
By Wendy Gannon
Sorry, it's been a while since I've written. We have been extremely busy with trying to get our house built and moving, and with Maddie. We finally got moved a few weeks agao. Maddie is getting so big now. She is almost 5 months old. Here are some of Maddie's 3 month pictures.
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Front Door Flowers 07/09/08
By Barbara Lawrence
I thought you might enjoy seeing a picture of the flowers I now have at my front door. I wanted some color out there so I chose Vinca for the bottom plant and Moss Rose for the hanging plant.
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2008 Vacation 07/07/08
By Ryan & Aaron Simmons
We had a great time on our vacation last week. We did a lot of fun things together. On Sunday you helped us unpack, we had ice cream and brownies for dessert, and Grandma slept with Ryan (poor you). Our favorite thing was seeing you and Grandma.
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FIRST Tractor for this City Boy 07/06/08
By Daryl Lawrence
Here's the latest here, my brother in law sold me his Oliver tractor this weekend, been looking for one for a while now to take care of the shredding and driveway work needed here.
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Lexi 07/05/08
By Barbara Lawrence
I drove to Lisa's house Thursday afternoon because we were all going to the fireworks that evening. Patti had come in the previous Sat. and is going home tomorrow (to CA) so she and I spent the afternoon "catching up" on the family.
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This Weekend 06/29/08
By Susie Devries
Our wonderful family reunion/birthday party had a very sad ending at 10:30 this morning. Bill got a call from his sister, Laura, in Omaha, NE. Bill's younger brother, David, died last night.
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My Kids 06/27/08
By Susie Devries
After a very long trip from Nebraska to Arkansas, William and family finally got here at Midnite!! I was asleep on the couch until I heard William come in and say "Where is my Momma?"
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Autumn and My Flowers 06/25/08
By Susie Devries
A couple years ago I sent pictures of my Angel Trumpet Flower. It was a big plant with beautiful huge trumpet flowers. I loved that plant. I ordered one this year from a catalog. The plant is growing but not much and now it's got a bud. The flower, when it opens will be bigger than the plant itself.
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Time Is Moving Fast 06/24/08
By Susie Devries
In just two days my son, William & his family will be arriving here in Little Rock. I am so excited I think I'll split open if I smile too much. The really neat thing is when they get here, they will have a 24 foot U-Haul with all their stuff because they are moving here to Little Rock. Oh man, I can hardly wait!!
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Lexi's Birthday 06/22/08
By Barbara Lawrence
As you probably know, we all went to Lexi's 1st birthday party yesterday. I had a few different pictures than Daryl had so will send you three. I ended up staying all night and slept on the Aero air twin bed I let Lisa use. It is elevated so I could get up off of it so I didn't have too bad of a night.
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Garden Additions 06/21/08
By John Schmit
Another busy weekend as Cheryl and I got our regular shopping chores done, then went looking for garden plants. We visited a very nice nursery where we found a beautiful coral rose. We then went to an out of the way rhodie garden that had the exact plant we were looking for. Called "Horizon Garnet", the rhodie has deep red flowers and will be a great addition to our front garden.
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Visiting With Jack 06/19/08
By Barbara Lawrence
I drove to McKinney (north of Dallas and close to 100 miles from here) yesterday to see Jack while he was visiting Sherri (his daughter) and her husband Hans. Jack flew to Dallas instead of driving so he is up there without a car and was glad that we could "run around" while I was there.
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Red Bull X Fighters & Priefert Mfg. 06/18/08
By Daryl Lawrence
Here is a letter that Jeff (VP Marketing) sent out to all people in the company:
This past weekend the Red Bull X Fighters teamed up with Priefert Mfg. to make their first US appearance this year. In case you don’t follow the X Games, the Red Bull X Fighters are the guys that do back flips and other extreme stunts on motorcycles.
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Autumn and Her Beans 06/16/08
By Susie Devries
This is the first pickins of beans. Autumn was thrilled with her 4 beans. First she showed them to me, then she held them up and said CHEESE and then she thought she'd take a bite!
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Kylie McWilliams 06/16/08
By Susie Devries
Here is a picture of our newest Grand Baby Kylie McWilliams, 8 pounds 2 ounces, 18 inches long. Born May 28, 2008
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Saturday Fun 06/14/08
By John & Cheryl Schmit
What a great day to spend together. We began the day by working in the north garden. Yep, re-arranging a few of the plants so that we'd get better coverage.
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Tongue Cancer 06/14/08
By Barbara Lawrence
Cliff just called and said he talked to Roland (Postlewait, our cousin) in Reno and that Roland found out he has cancer that's on the back of his tongue. The tumor is now about the size of a ping pong ball.
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Blinds 06/07/08
By Cheryl Schmit
We finally put up vertical blinds in the livingroom. We didn't before because of the cats, but now that they're no longer with us, it was time. It was a good weekend project.
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Got Home! 06/05/08
By Cliff Chamberlin
Got home today at 4:45pm. Drove in steady light/mod rain from Denver to Ft Morgan. Then off and on same stuff to Julesberg (CO). Then dry for 65 miles. Craig called on the cell phone and asked if were at N Platte yet? No, we're just coming to Sutherland, 35 miles West. He said pull off interstate and wait 15-30 minutes.
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Tornado 06/05/08
By Barbara Lawrence
This picture is from my brother Cliff who lives in Kearney Nebraska, of the tornado that hit there last Thursday evening. This tornado hit more on the northeast side of town and both Craig and Cliff live on the west side of town so they just got the after affects of the wind and rain.
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New Job! 06/03/08
By Susie Devries
Good News from Little Rock. Bill has been looking for a job for quite sometime now. This business of poppin' rivets all day is getting old. I guess it would, he's been doing it ever since he retired from the Air Force in 1996.
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Sandy 05/30/08
By Barbara Lawrence
I started to go out my front door and saw Sandy laying on her back out in the yard with her legs up in the air as if she was "sunbathing". I took the picture from inside my front door is why it is so far away but I knew the minute she heard my door, she would get up.
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Have Power Now 05/29/08
By Cliff Chamberlin
Just as I was getting home from Craig and Tammy's with my emergency water bottles full, the power came back on. About 4 1/2 hrs without. I went over to my pond and it is running out the overflow pipe. So my pond is offically full. The overflow pipe is a 15" galv culvert. My gauge said 2.35" of rain in 45 mins. at the time of the tornado. Two or more ?? tornadoes in Kearney, mostly effecting the East side. Will go to work tomorrow morn and see what they need help with. That's all tonight.
 
New Grand Baby 05/28/08
By Bill & Susie Devries
Bill and I have a brand new Grand Baby Girl. Kylie Eleanor McWilliams was born at 11:04 May 28, 2008 weighing 8 pounds 2 ounces, 18 inches long. Dark hair and eyes. I've not seen her yet, and have no pictures, but will send some as soon as I get them!!
 
Seattle Center Activities 05/26/08
By John & Cheryl Schmit
Monday we went to the Pacific Science Center specifically to see a presentation by NASA Ambassador, Greg Donohue about the recent landing of the Phoenix Spacecraft. Upon arriving at the Seattle Center we discovered the annual Folklife Festival in full swing.
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The Mohrbachers 05/25/08
By John Schmit
I would like to introduce new family members to our website, Dan and Margaret Mohrbacher. Margaret is Cliff Chamberlin's daughter. The Mohrbachers have had a website of thier own for several years and there are very many wonderful pictures there. Click on the new link to the left to visit the website.

 
Phoenix Spacecraft Lands 05/25/08
By John Schmit
It was an exciting time at the Museum of Flight at Boeing Field this afternoon. Cheryl and I decided to join other space enthusiasts at the museum for a live television feed of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's activities as the spacecraft landed.
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Wild Roses 05/25/08
By Barbara Lawrence
I stopped in three different places today on the way home from church to take pictures of wild roses. We have lots of them in our yard but in order to get pictures of them en masse, I have to get in the weeds to take them. This is the best picture I took today but these roses line the fences all along our country road and are in full bloom now.
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Autumn and Her Dragonfly 05/25/08
By Susie Devries
Here are some pictures we took of Autumn and a dragonfly yesterday. It had gotten stuck in the grill of the truck but we managed to get it out. It was injured and dying so Autumn got the rare chance to see it up close and personal. She gave it 'kisses' to make it feel better.
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Yard Color 05/25/08
By Cheryl Schmit
The Rhodies in back are in full bloom. There are lots of bees there. The Catalpa tree is running late due to the cool weather. The ferns have lots of new frawns and the Hostas are filling out nicely. Our new Rhodies in front are just thinking about blooming.
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Lexi 05/24/08
By Lisa Lawrence
Here are new pictures of Lexi! She started a new daycare this last week and it is taking some getting used to, on top of that she is getting in her eye teeth right now and has been a little cranky! She loves going to play at the daycare though, she doesn't even say goodbye to me.
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Priefert Commercials 05/22/08
By Daryl Lawrence
These first 5 commercials are the ones that will be airing on RFD TV along with all our dealers country wide on their in store TV kiosks. They will also air on the PBR finals in Las Vegas at the end of the year, and will be posted on You Tube and My Space under Priefert, is what they say. This is the marketing roll-out of our 2008 campaign of Financing for our equipment we sell around the world. They teamed up with "Sheffield financial" company, who will finance up to $40,000 at a time of our products. As they start this, it will be 6 months same as cash. I didn't realize when they asked me to go along with doing these commercials, that I was going to be the "star" of them!? They sure turned out funny and also do the job of what they are looking to accomplish. Jeff was also talking about submitting them to America's funniest videos and such... yeah right. They may also be on Xtreme sports next month on ABC, we will see if that comes about though, I'll let you know when they film it next month. I wear the red tie and announce! Enjoy, Daryl
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Artie and Heidi Cardona Wedding 05/22/08
By Heidi Cardona
April 26th, 2008 was a beautiful sunny day for a wonderful wedding between Artie and I. When we met we knew that we were meant to be together and we complimented each other very well.
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Sunday Drive 05/19/08
By John Schmit
Cheryl and I took a nice Sunday drive yesterday. Our plan was to drive to Yakima, Washington and check out the "Gateway To Washington Wine Country". The weather was perfect for the ride, sunny and warm. We were however, disappointed with the run down appearance of Yakima. We chose to drive 'the back way', Highway 12, back through the Cascade Mountains.
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Pot Garden 05/18/08
By John & Cheryl Schmit
We thought you'd like to see a few pictures of our pot garden. We are trying something different this year and have our veggies in a group of large pots. We have a variety of tomato plants, strawberries and bell pepper plants started. Soon (now that the weather has warmed), we will add onions and radishes.
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Yard Work 05/12/08
By Barbara Lawrence
Daryl took out most of the bushes yesterday on the east side of the cottage. He used the tractor with the shredder to take out all the shrubbery. The second picture was after the bushes were gone. I'm including a picture of Lisa with Lexi on the tractor before Lisa started shredding in the pasture. The other picture was Lexi watching Sandy as she was also trying to figure out how to get off the sidewalk to sit in "her" rocker (Jan's doll rocker). Lexi was approaching 10-1/2 months old in these two pictures.
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Garden 05/08/08
By Susie Devries
Here are some pictures of my 'garden'. The bushy tomato is now wrapped in green mesh, that I 'stole' from Lowe's. It's actually the mesh that encased the Boston Ferns. They were going to throw it away any how, so I asked the gal if I could 'steal' some and she said sure. It serves as a support for the plant and also a deterrent from 'critters'.
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Snake 05/06/08
By Barbara Lawrence
I was leaving here yesterday about noon and as I was pulling out of the carport, I could see a long snake coming out of the stream. I could see that it's trajectory would be across our road so I waited until it got in the road, I run over it with my car and then left to go to town.
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Patio 05/03/08
By Barbara Lawrence
I bought new cushions and umbrella to match yesterday for my patio chair set - not the colors I wanted but took what I could get.  Daryl put in more pink pavers this morning so now the patio is finished.  It is too windy today so no way to put the umbrella up but we did try it.  It is an 8' umbrella and fits just right over both the chairs but I can't reach the tilting buttons so guess I won't be using that option, at least when I'm by myself.  It sure is a pain being so "short" - I can't reach anything I want to.  I bought some spray paint to use on an old pot I had but it's too windy to do that.  I will go find a plant to put in it once I get the pot painted.
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Pick 05/03/08
By John Schmit
Yesterday I picked my Summer work. I'll be changing days off to Friday & Saturday at the end of May when the new schedule starts. I'll still be working nights but was able to pick up some overtime to add to the paycheck. Looks like a good Summer after all.
 
Baseball 05/01/08
By Wes Miller
Andrew and I went to a "Father and Son" night at Angels stadium last Friday night, it was his first time attending a pro ball game. The Angels played the Seattle Mariners and the Angels won...naturally of course :)

 
My Adventures 04/28/08
By Flat Stanley
You can now click my name in the menu on the left and read all about my recent adventures. I want to thank Roger Schmit for compiling and producing this fine book. It was great fun to visit with so many family members. Thanks to all who made my adventures possible.

 
Ian 04/28/08
By Erin Lawrence
Chris and I woke up at about 4 a.m., got ready and put everything in the car. At the last minute we got Ian and wrapped him up in his blanket. He was already dressed in sweats and was ready to go. He stayed awake the entire way to San Luis Obispo.
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Hen Turkey 04/27/08
By Cliff Chamberlin
I took several pictures of this hen turkey in my front yard this evening about 7pm.    She wandered up from the back meadow and I stood real still and took these thru the picture window (good pun!).     A couple hours earlier, there were three hens together in the rear meadow.
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Finished Yard 04/26/08
By Barbara Lawrence
Doug sent me these pictures this afternoon of his finished front and side yard as well as the pool area. The pictures where the love seat and the four chairs are on both sides of the front door of the house, looks out on the pool.
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Patio 04/26/08
By Barbara Lawrence
Yesterday Daryl and I thought he would put a border around the new patio of the 12" squares (left over from before) but after getting the chair set put together, he is going to go get 5 more of the pink blocks.  This set is bigger than it looked at the store and takes up more room than we had thought.
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Lexi 04/23/08
By Barbara Lawrence
I had put my laundry in the washer and left through the laundry room door.  I was getting ready to go out of the porch and I heard the dog door so I hurried and snapped the picture with my cell phone of Lexi coming through the dog door.  Lisa realized what Lexi was doing and pulled her back through before she could get on the porch.  Lexi is on a constant move.........
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Ian, Braden, Ally 04/23/08
By Erin Lawrence
We preregistered Ian today at French Hospital. They took blood. He sat so still on Chris' lap through the whole thing. When she put in the needle he had a whining whimper that lasted until she took it out. That was it! When they put the cotton ball and the non sticky tape around his arm is when he freaked out and started crying. He had to pee in a cup also.
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My Friend 04/22/08
By Susie Devries
My friend, Mike, is in the Arkansas National Guard and is in Kuwait currently.  His wife is also there along with another one of my friend's Jeanette.  All are from LR.  Mike is building a MY SPACE page and I thought you might like to post it on the web site for family members to look at.  Here it is:
www.myspace.com/Arkansas25Bravo
 
Ian - Hernia 04/22/08
By Erin Lawrence
We met with the surgeon today and really liked him. He said it's pretty much a routine surgery. He looked at Ian's and said "it's a doosie"!  When the hernia is 'out' all the way, the left side of his scrotum hangs over 2 inches long. Surgery is scheduled for this Thursday at 7 a.m.
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Last Visit Day 04/19/08
By John & Cheryl Schmit
It was a nice, quiet last day on Nana's visit. There were occasional snow showers and dramatic clouds to watch. Saturday is bread making day so the house smelled great! We made a quick run to the store but stayed in the rest of the day. We all had a wonderful time this last week.
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Friday's Shopping 04/18/08
By Barbara Lawrence
I needed to look for some shoes, so we decided today was shopping day. We knew when we left this morning there was a chance of snow, so we decided to go to North Bend first. On the way we stopped at Snoqualmie Falls for pictures. I found two pair of sandles at North Bend before leaving for the Auburn Super Mall. Lunch at Johnny Rocket's and a quick trip through the mall left us wanting more. We ended up at the South Center Mall where I found the perfect pair of shoes at Macy's! We left there for a delicious dinner at Azteca Mexican restaurant.
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Thursday's Concert 04/17/08
By Barbara Lawrence
The evening started off great! John dropped Cheryl and I off at the Paramount Theater in downtown Seattle. (Built in 1928.) The music was loud but fantastic for the sold out audience. It was an opening night for the Celtic Women. The four women singers and female violinist performed for two and 1/2 hours. Our seats were dead center, about 100 stairs up, three flights. What a view!
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Wednesday Tulips 04/16/08
By John & Cheryl Schmit
It was a colorful day on Wednesday as we went to the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival. Field after field of brilliant colors of daffodills and tulips. We wandered back and forth among the fields of flowers in this area about 60 miles north of Seattle. After some heavy picture taking, we stopped and had some refreshing ice cream. On the way home we visited one of our favorite resturants for dinner. A very colorful day indeed!
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CoolWhip 04/16/08
By Lisa Lawrence
Papa gave Lexi the cool whip bucket..... She enjoyed it very much! Alexxis is full on walking now and her second tooth has broke through.
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Tuesday Sightseeing 04/15/08
By John & Cheryl Schmit
Tuesday we went to the Pike Place Market in downtown Seattle. We had a great time watching them throw the fish. We had lunch there at the Pike Brewery. Then we were off to the Argosy Locks Cruise. There were only four passengers including the three of us. The very personalized tour as we went through the locks between Lake Union and Puget Sound was great! We celebrated the day having dinner at the Olive Garden on the way home.
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Monday Sightseeing 04/14/08
By John & Cheryl Schmit
Monday was our first chance to get out and see the area. Nana asked to revisit the Bellevue Botanical Gardens. Rain showers in the area and flowers not in bloom yet kept that short. We had lunch at an authentic English resturant that had great fish and chips. Then we visited the Issaquah Fish Hatchery in the afternoon. Allen joined us for dinner and he Bar-B-Q'd hamburgers for us all.
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April Pictures 04/10/08
By Lisa Lawrence
Ok, here are new pics of Alexxis-Rae and the boys! She is walking pretty good unless she gets excited or just doesn't want to. Boy, does she have more attitude and temper these days also! Frani and I painted her fingers the other day for the first time. I have been waiting for her to be old enough since before she was born! That day finally came. They are so pretty. She sat there pretty good too.
We all had a great time this past weekend with the family in Laughlin and Vegas. We did the pool, arcade, dinner, and baby shower stuff. It is always hard to say good bye though. But have to say I am glad to be home!
Hope everyone is doing well... Love, Lisa
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The Unorthodox Gardner 04/08/08
By Susie Devries
Here are some pictures taken today of my latest gardening adventures.
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Home Improvement 04/05/08
By Barbara Lawrence
Here is a picture of Doug's new pool once he finally got the fence finished around it - no pool without a fence and the City gave him the okay on the whole project just last week.
Daryl had two loads of red rock/dirt delivered this morning to fill in all the "pot holes" in our driveway.
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Joey's Memorial 04/02/08
By Barbara Lawrence
Even though this was a sad occasion, I am sending some pictures I took yesterday (4/1/08) at Joey's Memorial service at their Methodist Church.
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Update 03/31/08
By Heidi Schmit
Well I finished up another semester of classes and received a B in both, not to bad. I start my next semester today Monday 31st, I'll be taking Micro-economics and Computer 140 which is a basic computer course.
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More Snow 03/30/08
By John Schmit
I guess I won't be cutting the grass this weekend. A late March snow dropped about 1/2 an inch last night. The roads have stayed clean for the most part. The trees and flowers look so sad under the snow and ice. It's supposed to warm up and be sunny over the next few days.
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Banquet 03/29/08
By Barbara Lawrence
Our Chamber had our banquet tonight and I am one of the Ambassadors which I've been since I moved here. Tonight I was given the 2007 Ambassador of the Year Award which I also got for 2003. I "work" (volunteer) more at the Chamber than any of the other Ambassadors but I do it because I like it.
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It Snowed! 03/28/08
By Cheryl Schmit
Wednesday night we got snow. Thursday when I left for work it had partly melted. Here's a pic from my phone camera of the grass in front of the house. Today we watched it snow at work, but it didn't stick.
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Lexi In March 03/28/08
By Lisa Lawrence
Thought you would all enjoy the new pictures of Alexxis. On Easter she got an Easter basket from Granny and Papa that had plastic eggs filled with things so she could shake them.
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Lexi's Swing 03/22/08
By Barbara Lawrence
I bought Lexi a new swing last week for the tree outside so today was the first time she was in it. It will be so much better when the tree gets leafed out which it's in the process of doing now. Daryl came out long enough to hook it to the limb, pushed Lexi and then she drug in her breath and laughed out loud - she loved the swing and laughed each time we pushed her. She was also in her walker outside but didn't like her feet in the grass - her expressions were sooooooo cute. Lexi was 9 months old this past Thursday. Lexi came home from CA with her one bottom tooth all the way through and it's so tiny and cute.
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Schmit/Cardona Wedding 03/18/08
By Heidi Schmit & Artie Cardona
For those who have not heard yet, there is going to be a wedding in the family. Artie and I are going to be married on April 26th, 2008 at the Florida Botanical Gardens at noon. It is going to be a small but joyous occasion and we will definitely be sharing our photos with you all.
Heidi & Artie

Las Vegas Trip March 2008 03/15/08
By John Schmit
It was a tough week. Emotions ran high and there was plenty to do. I was very glad I got the time from work. Mom was glad I was there.
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Travel & Pictures Updated 03/14/08
By Flat Stanley
I finally caught up with myself and updated my pages. Check out the traveling around Nevada and Arizona.
 
Garden Time In Arkansas 03/12/08
By Susie Devries
It's garden time in Arkansas again and I am a happy camper. I've planted 4 tomato plants, 6 green pepper plants, rosemary, & mint. Today I will be planting basil that I've raised from seed, some parsley, cilantro, shallots, asparagus and some other herbs that I have seeds for.
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New Job 03/07/08
By Barbara Lawrence
I have a new job starting Mon. It will be two days a week - Mon. & Thu. - from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
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Airplanes 03/03/08
By Susie Devries
This weekend we were able to be up close and personal with some vintage air craft. On display at the North Little Rock Airport were a B-17, B-24 and a B-25. You could ride in one of them for 425.00 a person. That was a bit too expensive for our budget so we just walked around them and looked. Bill took pictures. It was a small show, but so very close we couldn't help but go, the airport is about 2 miles away.
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First Flowers 03/03/08
By John Schmit
We've had some nice, spring time weather the last two weeks and the plants are ready to go. Last week I took a few pictures of the first blooms along with our indoor plant. We also planted some seedlings for our vegetable garden and they are beginning to sprout.
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Madelyn 02/29/08
By Wendy Gannon
I jus t wanted to say hello and send a few pictures of Madelyn. She is doing so good, and growing very fast.
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Pool On Billboard 02/28/08
By Doug Lawrence
Check this out. They liked our pool so much they put it on a local Billboard on hwy 231 coming into town.
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Jumpy Millard In Hospital 02/26/08
By Blanche Glaeser
Yesterday morning, after being up all night, I call the parmedics to take Jumpy to Spring Valley Medical Center. He has a very weak heart and he needed to be stabilized. It has been very difficult and he most likely will not be returning home. Jumpy is 94 years old.
 
Out Of The Mouth's Of Babes 02/24/08
By Susie Devries
Friday night I kept my grand daughter Autumn over night. She had been invited to a birthday party on Saturday and I was taking her. Mom has the flu, dad has an infected wisdom tooth.
So as the evening progresses, Autumn does like every other toddler and goes faster and faster as she gets more tired. She had been laying on the couch beside me but got up and I told her she needed to sit and be very still for a while. She sat down, looked at me and said 'but I'm just a child!' I was so surprised and found that to be so cute. She did give up and go to sleep in the crib and slept all night but oh man was she funny the night before.
 
Camellia 02/19/08
By Susie Devries
Here are a couple pictures I took of my Camellia out front. These are the first two buds to open and the plant is loaded with more. Can't wait for them to open. They are so pretty!!
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Presidential Library 02/18/08
By Susie Devries
Today was President's Day and Bill had the day off. Here in Little Rock is the Clinton Library. Today only was free admission. Highlight of going was a replica of the White House! It was fantastic to say the least. We waited in line with many other people for about a half hour to get to see this thing up close and personal.
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Ralph The Cat 02/13/08
By Susie Devries
We had the fireplace going tonight and Ralph the Cat discovered it was nice and warm on the hearth rug. He's quite comfy, don't you think?
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Ugh! Snow 02/12/08
By Roger Schmit
Here are a couple of pictures that I received from Matt. This is the reason that Barb and I are down here. The pictures were taken following another big snowstorm that closed the schools. That snow measured 20 inches.
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Mrs. Gregoreks Class 02/08/08
By Tricia Miller
Veteran AccuWeather forecaster, Ken Clark visited Andrews class and filed this report in his blog.
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Kitt Peak National Observatory 02/05/08
By Roger Schmit
On Friday afternoon we took a ride to Kitt Peak. Kitt Peak is located in the Sonoran Desert on the Tohono O'odham Reservation about 65 miles north and west of Green Valley. From bottom to top the road is about 10 miles and rises to 6,880 feet above sea level.
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Mardi Gras 02/02/08
By Lisa Lawrence
Alexxis went to Mardi Gras in Jefferson TX today with her Papa and Granny. They bought her this CUTE outfit. When I got home from work tonight I just HAD to take more pictures. Thought you would all enjoy them. She is SO big! She had a great time and even brought home some colorful beads. The other picture is from last night, we were fitting Lex for her brand new BIG GIRL car seat!
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Tree Planting 02/02/08
By John Schmit
We had three trees delivered and planted yesterday to replace those that died this last year. One that lived we moved to our south side yard. All the trees are Cleveland Select Flowering Pear. Being a narrow, upright tree they are good along the street and in narrow places.
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Update 02/01/08
By Lisa Lawrence
Lexi and I are doing good... I started working this past week at Home Depot as a cashier. I really like it! Great benefits even at part time.
Lexi is teething, she has a runny nose and bad diaper rash again. She started daycare this week also and seems to really enjoy it. She doesn't even think twice when I drop her off. Lexi ate scrambled eggs this morning with her banana. She also walked all around the coffee table today.
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Green Valley 02/01/08
By Roger Schmit
Green Valley is a retirement community located about 20 miles south of Tucson, Arizona and about 35 miles north of Nogales, Sonora, Mexico on Interstate 19. The traditional boundaries for this unincorporated area, founded in 1964, are Duval Mine Road on the north, Canoa Ranch on the south, the copper mine to the west and the Santa Cruz River to the east.
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Snow At Train Station 01/28/08
By Cheryl Schmit
We had a light dusting of snow this morning. It was just enough to make driving a bit difficult where the roads were not prepared. This is blurry, but you get the idea.
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Sleepy Head 01/23/08
By Lisa Lawrence
These pictures are too cute, I had to pass them on. They are all from tonight. Alexxis was just a little tired at dinner time. Love, Lisa
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Lexi 01/21/08
By Barbara Lawrence
Thought you might enjoy the latest pictures of Lexi. The one of her in the high chair is her playing with an ice cube. One night when she wanted out of the high chair, I gave her an ice cube and she is so cute playing with it. Once it starts melting and she gets it to her mouth, we take it away from her so she won't choke on it. This is the sweetest happy baby, is good and is so cute. When she sees Lisa with the camera, she usually smiles as I guess she likes the camera. Friday she pulled herself up to the coffee table (which she has done for awhile) and walked three steps around it trying to get to the other side. She was 7 months old yesterday.
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Lexi

 
Madelyn Ryne Gannon 01/18/08
By Wendy Gannon
As you know we are adopting. We were matched December 20th with a birth mother who is having a baby girl. She is due February 1st. We are so excited! We have been shopping for her and trying to get ready. We will have to go to Virginia for two weeks when she is born. Then we can bring her home. Her name is going to be Madelyn Ryne. We can't wait!
 
Green Valley Library 01/17/08
By Roger Schmit
Now that we're in Green Valley, our access to the Internet is limited. I take the daily picture with my digital camera and transfer it through my laptop to a thumb drive. We then walk over to the local library (it's about a 10 minute walk) where I get an hour of computer time. This is enough to transfer the picture and check both the website and our email and maybe have a little time left over to harass Heidi about the Seahawks. More about Green Valley to come. Click here to see the picture.
 
Lexi 01/12/08
By Lisa Lawrence
The first picture is of Lexi "pitching a fit" when Lisa emphatically told her "NO" when she was trying to clean out the bookcase in the hall. There's also a picture of Lexi helping Jan clean out the dishwasher this morning. We were looking at pictures that were taken of Lexi before she left CA (on 12/23/07) and noticed how much she has changed since then. She will be 7 months old on the 20th of this month. Click here to enjoy these pictures.
 
Spring Work Pick 01/11/08
By John Schmit
Starting in February, I'll be off on Sundays & Mondays. The pick for Spring work was today and I had enough seniority to reach some goals, a day with Cheryl and earlier hours (off before 10pm). Next I'll try for a little overtime.
 
Lake Fork 01/10/08
By Lisa Lawrence
Nana and I went for a ride today and ended up at Lake Fork, which is a HUGE lake outside of Mineola, TX.. Lexi stayed sleeping so we just jumped out for a few quick pictures. Here is a picture of Nana and I and one of the lake. Click here to enjoy these pictures.
 
Pickles and Pansies 01/07/08
By Susie Devries
It may not be spring in Arkansas but it sure feels like it today! Highs in the 70's for the next couple days. I have taken down the outdoor Christmas lights and planted some new Pansy plants in my tri-tier flower pot. There are some left over Petunias in there too. Click here for the rest of the story and pictures.
 
Update 01/05/08
By Roger Schmit
All is going well in Green Valley. The temps have been mid 50's to low 70's. Sure is a lot better than I'm used to. We haven't been golfing yet but hope to get out next week. We're going up to Tucson today to get some tickets for a couple of spring training baseball games. And of course I have to watch the Seahawks game, just for Heidi.