DOGWOOD ACRES, 02/09/09, ELANE CRUM
Hello friends. I think life is about as normal as it gets now that the ice has melted. When we got to church Wednesday night, the shaded parking lot was pretty much solid ice so Rick let me out as close to the door as possible. By Sunday, the ice had been replaced by mud but that is a little easier to deal with.
Pastor Neal and LeaAnn took a little anniversary trip over the weekend; can hardly believe they have been married fifteen years! In their absence, we had guest speakers Sunday morning and Sunday night, although I guess we cannot call Dwight Wilson and Randy Dalton guests since they attend Sandy Church on a regular basis. They did a good job and we do appreciate them and their families.
Before church on Sunday morning, I fried a platter full of Walleye to take for our monthly fellowship dinner. The tables were laden with lots of good food, chicken and noodles, venison meatballs, deer steak with gravy, chocolate pie and strawberry shortcake, just to name a few. Church dinners are always good, but also a special time for the old folks to visit and the little ones to chase one another up and down the halls. We are blessed at Sandy with a lot of young couples with babies and toddlers.
There was also fried fish and hush puppies at Bill and Christie’s Sunday afternoon. Uncle Bill and Aunt Roma, Justin, Kasie, Jim and Melissa helped eat some of Sean’s catch from last year. They also helped Uncle Bill celebrate his 83rd birthday.
Jim, Dawn, Kasie & Justin went trekking in the woods Saturday and found our family’s old deer stands. Dawn took a picture of Jim way up in Dad’s old tree. I would never go deer hunting if I had to climb a tree, especially that one!
They took some good pictures that Dawn put on her Facebook page. That is such a fun way to share pictures and keep up with friends and family. We also enjoy keeping track of Trent and his life in Myrtle Beach via Facebook. He seems to have been bitten by the camera and video bug and adds new pictures and videos several times a week.
I got an email from JoAnn Rice; it sounds like she and her mom are truly enjoying life in Michigan with the family. Henrietta enjoys all the attention and love she gets from the kids, grandkids and great-great grandkids! Son, Larry, came down on Thursday to have lunch with them and watch the dual qualifying races for the Daytona 500. On Sunday, they all went to Jackson, Michigan, to be with a group of friends for a Daytona 500 party. You gotta have food at a gathering like that and JoAnn took her famous Jalapeno Poppers.
Harold and Juanita Menzies had quite an adventure on Monday afternoon when the ice storm was getting underway. They had been to Ava and almost back to Nixa when they hit a slick spot and went off the road. Although their car was totaled, Thank God, they were not hurt. They called their son, Doug, but he could not get to them because of all the slide-offs. They waited patiently and were finally rescued by the Christian County Sheriff who took them to Doug waiting at McDonald’s.
I was surprised to get a call from my cousin, Leta Gail (Meier), who lives at Granby. She had met a woman at her church who said she knew me about forty years ago. It was Shari Cook who had lived in Taneyville several years. She was very active in the Apostolic Church and got acquainted with many of our relatives and friends here. I pulled out my old photo album and found pictures taken when we were at youth camp in Baxter Springs, Kansas. That was ever so long ago!
Rick and I went to watch Erin play basketball at Plainview Thursday night. Taneyville was their guest opponent and there was some good ball playing by all teams. Three games were played, starting first with third, fourth & fifth, then fifth & sixth, and last the Jr. Hi Boys.
While Ashton and Erin were at our house this weekend, they helped me load up our male cats and we went to the Tomcat Roundup at the Kirbyville Veterinary Clinic. We had fun with it, probably more fun than the tomcats did. After being locked up all day and having their manhood taken away, the cats were glad to get home. There is still a lot of fussing and fur flying out on the deck; I sure hope they settle down soon and learn to treat one another with respect. Bye for now.
Hello friends. I think life is about as normal as it gets now that the ice has melted. When we got to church Wednesday night, the shaded parking lot was pretty much solid ice so Rick let me out as close to the door as possible. By Sunday, the ice had been replaced by mud but that is a little easier to deal with.
Pastor Neal and LeaAnn took a little anniversary trip over the weekend; can hardly believe they have been married fifteen years! In their absence, we had guest speakers Sunday morning and Sunday night, although I guess we cannot call Dwight Wilson and Randy Dalton guests since they attend Sandy Church on a regular basis. They did a good job and we do appreciate them and their families.
Before church on Sunday morning, I fried a platter full of Walleye to take for our monthly fellowship dinner. The tables were laden with lots of good food, chicken and noodles, venison meatballs, deer steak with gravy, chocolate pie and strawberry shortcake, just to name a few. Church dinners are always good, but also a special time for the old folks to visit and the little ones to chase one another up and down the halls. We are blessed at Sandy with a lot of young couples with babies and toddlers.
There was also fried fish and hush puppies at Bill and Christie’s Sunday afternoon. Uncle Bill and Aunt Roma, Justin, Kasie, Jim and Melissa helped eat some of Sean’s catch from last year. They also helped Uncle Bill celebrate his 83rd birthday.
Jim, Dawn, Kasie & Justin went trekking in the woods Saturday and found our family’s old deer stands. Dawn took a picture of Jim way up in Dad’s old tree. I would never go deer hunting if I had to climb a tree, especially that one!
They took some good pictures that Dawn put on her Facebook page. That is such a fun way to share pictures and keep up with friends and family. We also enjoy keeping track of Trent and his life in Myrtle Beach via Facebook. He seems to have been bitten by the camera and video bug and adds new pictures and videos several times a week.
I got an email from JoAnn Rice; it sounds like she and her mom are truly enjoying life in Michigan with the family. Henrietta enjoys all the attention and love she gets from the kids, grandkids and great-great grandkids! Son, Larry, came down on Thursday to have lunch with them and watch the dual qualifying races for the Daytona 500. On Sunday, they all went to Jackson, Michigan, to be with a group of friends for a Daytona 500 party. You gotta have food at a gathering like that and JoAnn took her famous Jalapeno Poppers.
Harold and Juanita Menzies had quite an adventure on Monday afternoon when the ice storm was getting underway. They had been to Ava and almost back to Nixa when they hit a slick spot and went off the road. Although their car was totaled, Thank God, they were not hurt. They called their son, Doug, but he could not get to them because of all the slide-offs. They waited patiently and were finally rescued by the Christian County Sheriff who took them to Doug waiting at McDonald’s.
I was surprised to get a call from my cousin, Leta Gail (Meier), who lives at Granby. She had met a woman at her church who said she knew me about forty years ago. It was Shari Cook who had lived in Taneyville several years. She was very active in the Apostolic Church and got acquainted with many of our relatives and friends here. I pulled out my old photo album and found pictures taken when we were at youth camp in Baxter Springs, Kansas. That was ever so long ago!
Rick and I went to watch Erin play basketball at Plainview Thursday night. Taneyville was their guest opponent and there was some good ball playing by all teams. Three games were played, starting first with third, fourth & fifth, then fifth & sixth, and last the Jr. Hi Boys.
While Ashton and Erin were at our house this weekend, they helped me load up our male cats and we went to the Tomcat Roundup at the Kirbyville Veterinary Clinic. We had fun with it, probably more fun than the tomcats did. After being locked up all day and having their manhood taken away, the cats were glad to get home. There is still a lot of fussing and fur flying out on the deck; I sure hope they settle down soon and learn to treat one another with respect. Bye for now.
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