Ice Damage!!!

The end of January brought heavy ice to Arkansas, our lake house lost many trees and electricity for 2 weeks. Bob and his dad went down to work and assess the damage. Thank you John for cleaning out the refrigerator! I know that had to be nasty! Bob collected several branches into piles and thanks to many hired hands the property is beginning to shape up. The family is going down this weekend to haul the wood into stacks.




Joplin had a little snow and ice which cancelled schools, so Samantha and her boyfriend Alex made cookies on a day off. They made them from "scratch", without any help from mom. The cookies were TDF, to die for, good job guys, want to open a bakery?

Jordan's 17th Birthday

February 7, 2009 was Jordan's 17th birthday! Jordan's choice for dinner was at Mythos, a Greek restaurant. Jordan brought his girlfriend, Shelby and best friend Gannon. The following night Jordan had the basketball team over for an all nighter! They had a wonderful time, playing games, watching movies, and were extremly good kids, even picked up after themselves.

Austin's 16th Birthday

January 23 was Austin's 16th birthday! He chose to have dinner at J.B. Elephant, which is very yummy Thai food!! Carol dropped his cake off at the restaurant, there was a band playing that night and when they sang Happy Birthday the cake was brought out and he made his birthday wish! Wonder what that was? Carol forgot the camera so we had to reinact the candle blowing at home with everybody, which was done three times before Carol could get it right!! Austin enjoyed his night and played his new Yamaha Keyboard, and synthesizer. So far he has composed three new songs! We also celebrated with his friend Brennan at 609.