Father's Day

I did this Smile Box today! We really enjoyied the meal. Before the meal Sue read a cute story and Gloria had a neat one too, and Ken had a neat reading. Ken Farley said the Blessing and the men got to go first! The Chicken was absolutely delicious!
as was all the many side dishes.After the meal there was a contest. Who had the most children, grand children, etc.
Donna

Father's Day 2010

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Coffee and Donuts

Al & Dolores Mason provided the donuts this morning. There were only 28 there, unless someone came in later, as I didn't stay very long. The Kerr's are home! they came in, and just now saw them both mowing their yards, catch up time, they had someone mow while they were gone but they came home just in time as the yards were starting to need mowing again! We are having Father's Day dinner Sunday in the hall over 42 signed up so far. I will take my camera, and make a smilebox for you.
I got a call from the Berglunds,they got home Thursday, (yesterday) made it home in time to unpack and get situated. Dave had left his passport on his dresser here in the Valley so I sent it to them, I think Monday afternoon, it was waiting at the post office when they went and got their mail! Pretty fast service for our Post Office! He was very happy as the Grandaughter has a dance recital they want to go to on the Canada side this weekend.
I received an email from Mary Lou Benson, she reminded us to get our reservation for the campout at Clermont,Ia. Which we did. We will be in spot 18...for those going you'll know where to stay away from lol! It sounds like fun again this year with our nightly get-to-gethers for dinner, some fun excursions, and Mary Lou ordered t shirts with a special design. Tom Benson will cook a whole hog on Friday night I think that would be the 12th, not sure, anyway also hope to have the omelets in a bag
on Sat. possibly.Mary Lou talked to Roger and Darlene andrews Sunday at Church. She has begun Chemo so everyone say a prayer that everything goes well for her!
I talked to Hazel Bocock recently. She said it rains every day there. They took a trip to Canton and on the way home got into tornado warnings, hail damaged their car. Then another trip to Amarillo, and another tornado warnings with hail damaged the car, then on another trip, around Edder OK another bad storm and golf ball size hail, she said they pulled around a gas station and got under an awning but still got some more damage!! She said she wasn't going to get the car fixed until the weather straightens out.
Gary and Jan Philipps said there's been rain darn near every day there too. And heard on the news last night of 62 tornados in MN and IA last night, 2 killed in MN.
Yikes the weather better straighten out or this ole gal will stay right down here lol
Thank goodness there is a shelter at Skip-away Campground!
I got another email from Marge Reishus, she and Ann Johnson and Shirley Stensrud met Dorothy Borah in Brookings, S.D. to celebrate an early Birthday for Dorothy. Also Ann and Marge spent a couple days at Stenruds this past week and had dinner at Bennigans, celebrating Don & Shirleys Anniversary I guess the weather wasn't to great but they had a good time
It has been hot here the humidity seems so much higher this Summer. The evenings and mornings still gorgous though.
Keep those emails coming, I will have something more to write about!!

News From some Rio friends

A picture of Peg and Wayne Haylan's 60th Anniversary. They had a dinner party and 58 attended. There were quite a few Rio Valley people there!
I got an email from Jacque Anderson. She attended her Grandsons Graduation in Iowa and has moved to Nixa, MO. She said she moved from a big house to a small one, and will be having a garage sale! Jacque said she slipped, cleaning the fish tank and her arm required 11 stitches. Her Granson is getting married on Nov. 6th so she will be late getting to the Valley this coming Fall. Her Daughter had surgery and is doing well, her Daughter was delighted with getting a card from all of us down here.
I got another email from Irene Quail, they just got back from St. Maarten along with her Brother and his wife. She said the beaches are beautiful white sand and clear blue water. Also that many women go around with no tops on, some of which don't look so good!!Groceries are high, like bread is $4.14. Irene's High school Class is having a 70th Birthday Party this coming Sat. night and then they will leave to come home here on Sunday.They're going to have her son Curt, Susan, and Great Grandson Aydan visiting here. Cheyenne and Irene are going to DC on July 5th and said they were going to Laughlin again on the 16th of July.
I will write more Friday!

Friday Donuts

We had a fun night last night , over 40 there. We brought finger food and played games after.Ken & Sue Barnhart brought 12 different wooden animal and bird cutouts. A squirrel, duck, tern, swan etc. Each one had a caption. but we had to put the caption with the animal. That was hard. 12 of us got to receive one, the ones who got the most right!
There were a couple people on the board this morning, one of them was Ken Costly, gall bladder surgery, and Dick DeKoning, tests after his surgery. also Bud Mauser is in a nursing home now. I got an email from Diane Gibson that Bruce has breast cancer and is seeing a oncologist about radiation etc. He had a lump removed. Aloyce was saying that her brother Buzz Roberts had a shoulder replacement and is so encouraged by the results he is going to have the other one done. We also got a picture of him for our Veterans board!
Happy Anniversary to Don and Jo Solberg on the 4th, Lavern and Yvonne Shurman, June 8th! Also Gary and Jan Philipps on the 14th, Ken and Bana Southworth.
Birthdays I know of, Darlene Cook, Ann Thorpe, and me.
I got an email from Jo Brennamen, former resident, she said she really enjoyed the Smilebox I did of Ken and Banas Anniversary. I put the song Ken sent me that means so much to them with their picture for the background music on the Smilebox I remember we were over to Southworths and Ken sang that song to Bana for their 50th anniversary six years ago, it was really lovely. Jo said she really enjoys the blog and hearing about all of us,even though they can't come down any more, and that she and Rex loved coming here every Winter.
Well that's about it for now, I will write more as news comes in from you all!!!!!!!!!!!!!????????

June 9th

Hi,
Well, a few people responded with some news as to what they have been up to this Summer. I heard from the Eshelmans, now living in a townhouse in Burlington, Ia.
Ken just celebrated his 85th Birthday June 3rd! They attended a wedding for their Grand daughter April 25th, just North of St.Louis,MO.
She said they've had lots of rain in the Burlington area and the fields look like ponds and too late to replant the corn.That's too bad.
I also heard from Tom and Rojean Anderson,they went to Nebraska for a Grandsons graduation and also a Grandaughters graduation. On the way home met with the Rusers for lunch in Osceola,IA and also stopped by Amos's for a visit. She said at each stop they had what they considered the "best" tenderloin! And said they couldn
t decide which were the best! Oh, I could go for one of those!
The Benson's went fishing in MN and caught 200 fish...Wow! They stopped by and visited with the Philipps.Also they had just had company from Colorado, Tom's Son and family.
On the 7th we had some very big storms here. It was so weird as they would be going from East to West then turn and come back from West to East. There was a couple mobiles in a Colonia North of Donna that were distroyed by high winds or tornados.
Also pea size up to golf ball size hail some places. We got alot of wind and rain, fierce lightening and tremendous thunder here. Yes....I was scared!!!We could find no damage around here thank God.
Well, I will write more Friday! Keep sending me news so I have something to write about LOL

Ken & Banas Anniversary

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