Found these old pics of Ron...

...And thought I would share them! Of course they loaded backwards to what I wanted them to load! So we'll start with the school picture first:

Not sure how old he was in this picture, but I'm guessing around 9 or 10. Can remember some of the boys looking a little like this at this age. Kirk's boy, Bostin, reminds me of this look, too.



These next two pics were probably taken at the place in Leavenworth Kansas where they lived for several years. They moved back to Kansas City for Ron to go to Northeast high school like his sister and brother did. Funny thing about this fact...My Mom and sisters all graduated from that same school, too. But by the time I was ready for high school they had built Van Horn high school. Even though my parents had not moved I was in the Van Horn district.
New suit?? And are those his Gym shoes, shirt and shots??
This picture was taken when Ron played in his first recital. I think his Mom made his 'tuxedo'. She was good at doing things like that! I think he was 4 or 5 here. Standing on their back steps. Kinda interesting to see her shadow on the steps and ground in front of him.
Been wanting to put these up for some time. Tried once and couldn't get the pictures to load. Kinda figured out what I must be doing wrong, so this time I got them to appear!
Hope you enjoy this trip down memory lane. I have lots more pics like this.

Lets try this, again!

I just spent the past 1/2 hour catching up on everyone's blog. So many of you post to facebook, too, that it seemed that was all everyone was doing for a while. You can say a lot more on a blog, sometimes, so I am glad to see so many new postings. Now I am the one who needs to get back into the habit!
It seems like we are always busy, but when I think back on it...I am not really sure what we were so busy DOING! Just living life I guess!
We have a nice garden out this year. Tomatoes, sweet peppers, and a few green beans. Ron has a little more time to devote to gardening, now, so he has been tilling and weeding etc. We may actually have a LOT less weeds and more produce in the garden this year.
We took advantage of a city wide garage sale in Eldon the last of April and, together with Kirk and Stacy, her mom Debbie, Kris and Karl and Cory, actually made a little money while we got rid of some of the clutter in our house. Trying to get ready, now, for a City-wide sale in Smithton the last Saturday of the month. Same cast of characters, except for Debbie, I think.
Have not heard a great deal from Keith, but know that they were busy with end-of school projects and competitions. Keith has had a job most of this year, but it may have 'run out' now. Need to call and ask him how things are going.
Kevin and Cory have put in a garden, too. I think last year was the first time they had tried it. They still are learning...but they are having fun doing it!
Kris and Karl are enjoying the fact that Karl was finally able to get a job! He is managing a doughnut shop. Not his first choice for a job, but at least he has one! Knowing Karl, he will learn some things from this job to take to the next one, and he will share some of the things he has learned in other places to make this job better than it was to begin with!!
Kirk and Stacy stay busy, too. They get to have Bostin fairly often, now, and enjoy having the two kids together as much as they can. Stacy has been back in school since last August and will be finished with this phase of her ongoing training by this August. She is learning more about giving radiation treatments, etc. for cancer patients. She loves learning and advancing in her career.
Big news! Chris and Karen and family will leave Oregon to move back to Missouri by the end of this month. Sears has advanced him into a new job and he can live anywhere as he will be traveling to train people for the job he has been doing [there is more, but I am not sure what all he does do!] They thought it was a great opportunity to move back to be closer to family.
I left the end of May with 2 of my sisters for a trip to Michigan to see another of our sisters. Had a good and restful time spent a little over a week there. Wish our other sis could have gone, too. Her husband is an invalid, though, and she can not leave but for a few hours. I am the youngest of 6 girls, and the one that was closest to me was 12 years older. [She died a year before Mama did.] So all of sisters were in their teens when I was born.[I was a surprise!] The oldest will be 85 in October, the next will be 84 in November, the next was 81 in May, and the one who could not go on this trip was 79 in March. We had a great time! but if we did something one day, we had to 'rest' the next day! LOL! Still, we got a lot of 'visiting', stitching,reading and resting done while we were doing it! Oh, forgot cooking in that list, too.
Well, we'll see how good I am going to be about keeping the blogging up. Hope to post some pictures, too!

Whats up? with you??

I can't believe it has been so long since I posted. I used to check several blogs every day and write more frequently on mine, too. Now I spend more time on facebook it seems; but I still love the blogs! It seems like you can say so much more here!! Hopefully I can get back into the habit of posting here more frequently.

Ron had a funny thing happen a couple of weeks ago. He got a phone call from the plant where he used to work. It seems that they were going through some changes in personell, and re-defining some jobs because they had some people retiring. Upshot of it was that they did not have anyone to do the job he used to do...and would he please consider coming back for a few weeks???
He is working on a 'contract' basis until they hire someone for the job. He is supposed to be done with it by the 2nd week of April. I guess we'll see how that works out. I know that they have posted the job in the paper and other places. He comes home tired...and heads for bed early..again! But, I know he was kind of 'proud[?]' to be asked to come back and help out.

Life, otherwise, is about the same around here. Some days are lazy...and some days are full! Hope you all are having good days!

Ron's Retirement Party

Ron finally decided to retire this year! He had waited two extra years for me to be eligible for Medicare, so I could be fully covered by insurance. Besides that...I don't think he was quite ready to retire! You can tell by the dates on the pics that this was early August when he retired.He was not expecting Keith to be able to come---so this was a good surprise for him!! Glad you could make it, Son!
Here, Kristopher, Stacy, Kirk, Keith, and Kevin are dressed out in their favorite baseball t-shirts for the party!A baseball 'theme' was used for the decorations. Everyone knows that Ron is a SPORTS FAN! Here he is enjoying the kind of food you would find at the ball park. Nachos, Hamburgers, Hot dogs/Brats, and peanuts and Cracker Jacks. There was soda [or beer if you wanted it] to drink; and for dessert they had frozen malts! There were baseball bats and ballons and gloves on the tables for decoration!
The lady behind Ron is Debbie Lamb. Her husband, Steve, is sitting across from her (you can see his hands) They are Chris Lambs' Mom and Dad. Steve also works at PC. His Dad, Frank, was Ron's boss in the early 70's.Don't expect you to know these people, but I wanted you to see the 'poster' on the wall. They used a photo of Ron from the 70's to make this baseball card type poster! His kids were loving reminicing over his clothes and hair and GLASSES! [The ladies in the pic work in the offices.]

Here, the Plant Manager is giving Ron one of the many 'gag' gifts that were presented. Ron had a few to give back, too. [The man in the white cap was Ron's boss for many years---until HE retired earlier in the year!] One of the nicest gifts they gave him was an authentic numbered picture of George Brett and the "Pine Tar Bat" that George Brett had autographed. It is very nicely framed with a certificate of 'authenticity'.

I must say that Ron has adapted well to being retired. We have been busy with several things and I don't think he misses having to get up and go to work everyday. He misses a lot of the people...but has been back a few times to 'go to lunch' with some of them.

Maggy's 4th Birthday Party-- at Truman Dam

Maggy's birthday is on the 21st, so her party was the weekend before that. Here is a picture with her Grandma Evans. They were discussing all of the 'princess' stuff that was on this cute gift bag.

Here she is with her Memaw [Cory]. She is ready to go down to the lake and "swim"!

Opening her presents. I am not sure who some of the kids were that came. Some of the people Danielle works with, and some of her friends, came with their kids.

Waiting to see if Momma can get her candles to light so we can sing Happy Birthday! The wind was really strong!!

Danielle is really trying to get the candles to light and stay lit long enough for Maggy to blow them all out.[ Important when you are four to do all of the traditional things!] I think she had a great time. She said,"Thanks Guys! for coming to my birthday party!"

Whenever she wants to say something to a group of people, she calls us ALL 'Guys'.

What a girl! We love our great-grand- daughter !!!

5th of July--Barbecue at Nana and Papaws

I'm SO behind on posting pics! Here are some from July 5th when Kirk and Stacy, Bostin and Emily came for a belated 4th of July celebration with us. [Kristopher was there all weekend!]
Stacy is helping Bostin choose what he wants on his plate. We had typical fare--hamburgers and hot dogs and all the other 'stuff' that goes with them!Emily has already cleaned up her plate and is waiting for MORE hot dogs. Bostin is peeking over the top of the chip bags that were on the table.Tried to get a good pic of Emily's hairdo. Stacy had frenchbraided a crown around her head. Surprisingly, Emily sits pretty still for Stacy to do this. She likes the result---no hair in her eyes, or down on her neck!
You can see in her 'part' that she was out in the sun and got a little pink!Pretty typical view of Kristopher and Ron! Buddie loves to be on someones lap, and if Kristopher is here---he is the lucky one to provide the lap! I don't think it bothers him much.If you click on this and make it bigger, you can see that Bostin is sitting on the couch watching TV. He also had a DS he was playing games on, too. No telling what pictures I'll find to post next. We'll just have to see!!!

Emily at Two

Such a little giggle box!

Drinking from a regular glass, and not spilling
She thinks she is really playing this game. Loves to 'drive' that vehicle!
This was the night before Emily's 2nd birthday.
We met at Bobbio's in Tipton for pizza buffet. I felt privileged to have her sit on my lap, usually she goes to Papaw and not me so much. She is a loving little girl, very bright, and VERY BUSY!!!