Forever Friends Slumber Party 12/15/12

Forever Friends of Branson, MO

We have a wonderful prayer and fellowship group. No one should be without friends. That's what we are all about being true friends. If you are in the Branson/Springfield, Missouri area and want to learn more about Forever Friends send me a message.

Our Forever Friends group enjoyed an afternoon, evening, all nighter, Sunday morning fellowship and worship time together at the home of our host, Barbara F.  

We had lots of food, fun & fellowship.

We laughed, cried, hugged, teased, prayed and loved on each other.

Fellow-shipping and working - making all the wonderful goodies to enjoy!

You never know what someone is carrying in their back pocket.  All we can say is she was prepared!

Friends being friends!

Sites around our hosts home!

Calling out to Barb to get her ticket!  You had to be there to really know what was happening!

Eating, laughing, and eating some more.  Thanks Anita for the delicious soup and all the gals for their many contributions!

22 of us enjoying each others company, sharing gifts and laughing ~ so fun to do with friends!

The All-nighters learning how to play Nertz!  We played Nertz from just after midnight till 4 a.m.!  Can you say giggles, loud women, opening and closing the window (didn't want the neighbors to call the cops on us) and just having fun!!!

We also had a sharing time, by candlelight sharing the many blessings of the Lord (sorry no pictures).  Thanks Tara for leading us in this special time.

Thank you to everyone who came and celebrated our friendships together. 

And special thanks to all our hubby's and significant others for the girl time.  It was wonderful!

Celebrating 37 Years of Marriage!

We celebrated 37 years of marriage on 12/20/12!

We went to one of our favorite shows here in Branson

Grand Jubilee at Grand Country

The Emcees ~ Jim Dandy (aka Jamie Haage) & Michael Patrick

New South ~ Jason, Trey, David & Marc

The Grand Band

Many faces of Michael Patrick ~ top left and top right ~~ playing the piano, reading the Christmas Story, bottom two shots - candid emcee shots

Jackie Brown

The many faces showcasing the many talents of Jamie Haage

Elvis or Trey ~ not quite sure.

New South doing the YMCA and Jackson 5

We had a lot of fun and enjoy interacting with so many of the cast.

Special thanks to Mike Patrick & Jamie Hagee for making our evening extra special!

Wow Is All I Can Say

Yesterday we spent most of the day in Springfield, MO at

Randy Light's Prosthetics

So I could get my artificial eye tweaked.

After about 10 minutes of looking, checking, thinking and looking some more, Randy decided he just didn't like how my eye was looking (the new one made on 10/31/12).

So more tweaking was done and Randy said, see you at 1:30 p.m. - making you a new eye!

And all I can say is WOW!!!

Taken 12/1 - notice how droopy the left eye lid is.  This eye was made on 10/31/12.

See how open the eye lid is?  New Eye made on 12/19/12.

I can't believe how close the lids are matched now.

WOW!!  Is all I can say.  Thank you Randy for making me feel beautiful!!

What do you think?

Christmas at Silver Dollar City

Yesterday the weather was clear, crisp and cool so we decided to head over to Silver Dollar City for couple of hours and enjoy the Christmas scenery.  We had lots of fun ~ hope you enjoy spending the day with us and the sites all around.

First Stop ~ Dicken's A Christmas Story

So hard to get a picture of the two of us - but you get the idea - we were enjoying ourselves.

This was on the head of the gal in front ~ definitely a distraction :)

The cast...love the costuming.

A look at Christmas Past.

Ron's favorite - The Ghost of Christmas present.

Celebrating the joys of Christmas.

And then we were off to ~ listen to Tracy Heaston; we also like to watch him at Grand Country!

And then it was time for A Wonderful Life

Clarence getting his assignment.

George Bailey & Clarence getting warm after the near drowning.

George learning how much he is loved.

Clarence getting his wings and the cast rejoicing that all is well with the world.

A snapshot of the Christmas trees & homes throughout Silver Dollar City

Merry Christmas!

A Little Something for Baby Alexander

Getting ready for Baby Alexander, grandson #4, grandchild #5

Enjoyed making this blanket for Alexander.

Just realized I didn't get a picture of the blanket all open.

Can't wait to see him snuggled under it.

(PS Baby Alexander is due 1/4/13)

Never a Dull Moment in Our Lives

Life has been crazy and full of different opportunities and then stuff happens. 

Ron walked into the office and calmly said "The Mule Cart just blew up."  I was with a guest who was checking in and just kind of looked at him thinking "oh the starter broke again."  And continued talking to the guest.  After she left, Ron said again "the Mule Cart caught on fire."  And then he told me what happened.  

He pulled into Site 25 to pick up another big collection of leaves that he has been gathering.  And then he saw smoke coming out of the Mule Cart.  He opened the bench to check the engine.  And boom - flames shooting out of the engine.  Ron quickly grabbed a water hose and doused the flames.

This is what was left:

The engine in the aftermath.

Another view of the engine.

Another view.

The back and top.

Another view of the back.

The black lump is Ron's glass case melted into the top of the canopy.

The ? is - are the glasses okay?

Glasses are fine, shirt is a little dirty but the best news is that Ron is okay!

We then towed and pushed the Mule Cart into the garage.  A phone call to our boss, completion of an incident report and back to work. Ron fixed the box trailer to be able to pull it behind the lawn mower so the work can continue.

And through it all we just give thanks to our Lord that no one was hurt, nothing else burned down and we are here to continue with the wonderful life we are blessed with.

Where has the time gone?

Oh my gosh...where has the time gone.  Life seems like it is moving in warp speed and I really need it to slow down.  Really what I need to do is figure out how to do all the fun stuff I like to do and still get my work done...if you know the secret to that let me know.

Last I left off it was Labor Day weekend.  The following weekend we had a horrible thunder/lightening storm.  Here are the pictures:

Early Storm Happenings

And someone, who will remain nameless who would not bring the awning down before the storm hit full board.

And this little guy flew into the rig when I had the door open trying to take pictures.

And After the Storm

This is outside of our rig.

The map for guests who come in after hours :(

And the tree that fell over....the couple in the rig about 15 feet from where it toppled thought it was going to come through their rig..  Fortunately no one was hurt.  One 5th wheel did get a log (branch) through their roof in the bathroom.

And the pool!  Even got some leaves :)