Grant County Fair 2008

Today is Tuesday the beginning of the Big Fair of Grant County. Everyone waiting with anticipation for the fair parade. Our church has a float, i an anxious to see how it will be placed.

Will post some pictures, even though I could not get very many there was so many people and someone kept jumping in front of me. Maranda was riding on a float with the ball team, Randi Tonys step daughter, was on the float with the cheer leaders. She is a cheerleader this year. Larry Harrington with his old tractors,lots of horses. Mostly it was fair Queens and runner-ups.



Thursday was animal judging. Kiefer was showing his goat. He placed 2nd place, He will get about 200 dollars . Well the fair is over with for this year. We will go Saturday and pick everything up. Next year I will enter some baked goods, I know my will look better than the ones they had this year. I might even win a grand champion ribbon. HA You know I am a good cook. I even get orders for cakes by the sheriff, now isnt that a plus for my baking.
Kiefer's 9th BDay cake

Kelsey's Personal 1st BDay cake and one for everyone else..

Tony and Rochelle's Wedding Cake..

Kiefer will be taking his goat to the district in a few weeks we will see what he gets on that, grand champion maybe.
Next thing will be timberfest. All for now God bless

FAMILY'S BROKEN HEARTS

It was Saturday September 6,2008, about 10:am. I had my day planned out, maraniated chicken in the oven to grill, apricots cooking on the stove to make apricot fried pies.

Maranda, Briauna and myself was going to cook a wonderful meal. I had also restained my old pie safe my grandpa built in the early 1900's' It was emptied and glassware put in dishwasher. I had one load washed. Dishes setting everywhere.

I received a phone call from my brother, Roy, that was devestiating. Jeffery, his son had been in a hunting accident, and he needed me. He kept saying He's gone He's gone. There I was, not even dressed yet, I still had my gown on. I do that sometimes it is more comfortable. My house and my kitchen in total in dis-array. I called Tony to come get the girls he was at the carwash a few blocks away. I got dressed and I headed to Morrilton, I thought I would never get there, They would be at Deniese,s house. Roy kept saying He's gone, he's gone. The worst words any one would want to hear. I told him his big sister was on the way. I just hugged him and held on tight. no words could comfort that hurt for him and Faye, 4 little girls and a wife. Other family members begin coming in. The yard and house was full.

I cannot stand around, so I went in the house to see what I could do to help get things organized that had been brought in. I knew in days to come there would be lots of people to feed. So we cleared the table where the girls had been going through pictures and doing crafts. They also had a tent made with blankets and pillows in the corner.

We fixed coffee, tea and set the food out so anyone who could and wanted to could eat. Emily came to fix her a drink and made the remark "WE HAVE NEVER HAD THIS MANY COKES IN OUR HOUSE".

It was a truly long day. Days of sorrow seem to never end. About 8 p.m. we went to Roys, they came in about 10:00. We set out on the porch until about 1 a.m. maybe even later. No one could sleep. We was back up early, early.

I know the Lord said he would not put more on us than we can bear, so we are looking to him for strength and guidence through this terrible tradegy. He's always there. Our hearts are so heavy.

LOVE AND PRAYERS TO ALL

No Electricity

On tuesday night we were just going to bed when we heard a loud pop. I jumped up, put on my robe and went out on the porch to see if I could see any thing and I couldnt. But we had no electricity, so I knew it was a transformer blew. I got flash light and put by my bed. It rained all night and the wind blew something fierce. We had limbs down and leaves everywhere.
I got a call at 6:30 a.m. and there was no school. I called Tony to tell him and Nancy called to tell me also. The roads was floodes, trees down and some of the schools had no electricity. There was 2 huge trees down by the fire station and by the post office a block from us. There is also 2 huge trees on two houses.

Wednesday morning we made coffee on the grill. It has a burner on it. It was so good,I guess because it was cooked outside. Anything is better cooked outside. Dont you agree?

Coy got our generator going and hooked our freezers and regrigerator up. We also hooked our neighbors freezer to it.

I used lots of candles, which I love candles anyway.
Briauna didnt even mind being in the dark, she dreamed up some projects to work on like frog town mounted on a cardboard, lined with a popsicle stick fence. It is pretty neat. The frog is made out of construction paper and you touch its back and makes it jump.

This is Thursday and we got electric about 2 p.m. today. We was playing dominoes with our our group. and when we returned it was on.

Everybody please keep Pam in your prayers. Goodnight.

September news

Well I had plans for painting this week but the huricane had other ideas. It has rained all day today. Yesterday I got up and done two loads of wash and got a phone call to play dominoes with church group. We planned our lunch which was beans and corn bread, fried potatoes and Coy and I barbequed some ribs. They were so good. we always play about 4 to 5 hours. Mexican Train is the best game to play. We have so much fun these guys, sometimes they dont know what they are doing. Coy thought he was out of dominoes, he said count them up I am out, well he was't, he had two more dominoes. Vernon is always pulling some kind of tricks, putting extra dominoes in his wife's pile or playing two or anything else he can find to do to go out first.

Today we had to go to LIttle Rock, I had a doctor's appointment, I have an awful foot, where I stuck a toothpick in it back in 2004. My toes is crooked and spread out. He said the ligament is damaged and they will continue to get worse unless he puts pins in my toes to straighten them and repair the bone structure that has turned side ways. I have to think about that.

We went by to see Pam and I think she felt a little better today. although she said she did not sleep very well last night. The doctor said he was going to take it one day at a time but she was looking for a long stay in the hospital, the way it looked now.. They gave her some more blood. She has really been thru it,I told her today God had really been good to her even in all her sickness. She has some deadly things happen to her body and she is still here, She said God is not through with me yet. That is so true. KEEP HER IN YOUR PRAYERS.

Bed time, GOOD NIGHT