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Jake Borror & Kim Colbert Wedding-July 3, 2011

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MR. & MRS. JACOB ALAN BORROR

FAMILY OF GROOM....MR. & MRS. JAKE BORROR....JULY 3rd. 2011

On July 1st, 2011 we left for Kentucky for Jake Borror (our grandson) and Kim Colbert Wedding. Travis drove for John and me, we left Friday night after Travis got off work and drove to
St. Louis and stayed all night. On to Kentucky Saturday, July 2nd. Cadiz, KY.
The wedding was on Sunday July 3rd @ Oakland Manor in Hopkinsville, KY @ 6:00 PM.
It was a Beautiful Wedding and we had a wonderful time.

Jake & Kim at Kim's folks home in Cadiz, KY.

The rehearse dinner was at Kim's folks home in Cadiz, Ky. on July 2, 2011.

Night of rehearse.

Cody & Kelsey.

Kelsey playing games.

Great Food!! Great Fun!!

Groom, Best Man and Grooms Men.

Jake's Best Man was a guy he had been in the Army with.

Cody, Shane and one of Jake's friends were grooms men.

The guys got ready at the motel when most of us stayed.

Jake, Cody & Shane

The wedding was outside......very beautiful place!
Called Oakland Manor in Hopkinsville, KY.

John & Cody!

Girls lining up to walk down to where wedding was to take place.
Sydney Borror is the first one in the picture.

Kim Colbert walking with father,

David Colbert

RECEPTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wedding Party!!

Kim Colbert's Parents!!
David & Deborah Colbert

Mr. & Mrs. Jake Borror visting with friends.

Jake & Travis

Kelsey drinking champagne (bottle is really empty)

Yay Cake!!

Mr. & Mrs. Jake Borror Dancing!!
Jake & Kim

Kim Colbert Borror dancing with father.

Kim Borror dancing with Jake

Everyone Singing, Dancing and having a good time!!

CONGRATULATIONS TO JAKE AND KIM!!

It was a beautiful wedding and we had a GREAT TIME!!!!!

Christmas 2010

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BOY!! AM I ever behind on my Blog! It is now February and I am just putting in Christmas.

We went to Lee's Summit, Mo. Christmas Eve to spend with our youngest son and his two daughters, Travis, Tiarnyn & Cecilia. Had Christmas Eve with them and then went back to
Derby, Ks.
Tuesday, Dec. 28th, Kim and her family came in to exchange gifts and our niece,
Shelley and her husband, Kelly came over also.

Kim & John on the left. (Kim my daughter.")
Shelley & Kelly on the right. (Shelley is Janette's daughter.)

John & me with our grandchildren, Cody & Kesley on the right of

Donna and Shane & Sydney on the left of John.

Kim & Shelley are first cousin's, Cody, Shane & Sydney are Shelley's second cousin.

The candle stick's and candle's are what Shelley and Kelly gave me

for Christmas.......and Kelly made the Candle Stick's........Beautiful!!

I LOVE THEM!!

CHRISTMAS EVE WITH TRAVIS!!

Cecilia at Travis' place

Christmas Eve.

Tiarnyn at Travis'

on Christmas Eve.

Tiarnyn is Travis'

daughter.

Travis got the

girls a Wii for

Christmas

FUN TIME!!

Thanksgiving at the Plaza in KC

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We went to The Plaza in KC to watch the lighting on the night of Thanksgiving. We stayed in a motel in KC......3 blocks from the plaza. We had Thanksgiving dinner at the motel with Travis, Tiarnyn and Ceci.
At around 5:30 we walked to the plaza to watch the lighting which didn't happen until 7:00. A little cold.

John said a LOT COLD. FUN!! FUN!!

Some fireworks after

the lighting.

There was a band and music that started

around 5 or 6 before the lighting.

Some guy was

giving out these

glasses that were

red & green with

lights.

Travis and girls

waiting to eat

Thanksgiving Dinner.

This was the pool

at the motel, the

girls went swimming

each night for awhile.

The Lobby!

Looking down from

our room.

This was the rooms...

all open in the middle.

GOOD TIME!!

Our Road Trip to South Dakota w/John's Sisters & Floyd!!

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BOUND FOR SOUTH DAKOTA

Here we are getting ready to leave for our road trip to South Dakota.
Helen, John and I went to Barbara and Floyd's home on Friday, Sept. 24th to spend the night
and headed out for our road trip to South Dakota on Saturday morning, Sept. 25, 2010.

It was a beautiful day and the weather was "GREAT" the intire trip.

Barbara getting everything in place.

We could see the Black Hills at a distance from the highway.

The first 2 towns we came to were Hot Springs and Custer, S. Dakota.
We walked around the town for awhile and headed on to Keystone were

our cabin was, about 4 miles from the town.

Rustic Ridge Cabins is where we stayed for 3 days & 4 nights. Only about 5 miles from Keystone, South Dakota it was a nice place to stay.
Was only about 4 miles to Mt. Rushmore and 11 miles to Crazy
Horse Memorial.
Keystone, Hill City & Custer are about a 20 mile radius from each
other.

MT. RUSHMORE...................................

Our cabin at Keystone was very close to Mt. Rushmore.
The work of this massive carving was accomplished during a time
of great national challenge and hardship......the Great Depression
of the 1930's. Between Oct. 4, 1927 and Oct. 31, 1941, Gutzon

Borglum and 400 workers sculpted the colossal faces of U.S.

presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore

Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln.

Beautiful Country!!

CRAZY HORSE MEMORIAL................

"My lands are where my dead lie buried."

Sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski was born in Boston of Polish descent.

Korczak arrived in the Black Hills on May 3, 1947 to accept the Indian's invitation.

When he started work on the mountain in 1948, he was almost 40 and had only $174.00 left to

his name. He felt Crazy Horse should be built by the interested public and not the taxpayer.
Since his death in 1982, his wife Ruth, working in concert with the Crazy Horse Memorial
Foundation, has directed the work which continues to see exciting

progress being made with each passing year.
Crazy Horse was born on Rapid Creek in the Black Hills of

South Dakota in about 1842. While at Fort Robinson, Nebraska,
under a flag of truce, he was stabbed in the
back by an American soldier and died Sept.6, 1877---age 35(?)

Crazy Horse defended his people and their way of life in the only manner he knew.

This is just one cut out that
was on a gate. Korczak cut each figure
out himself by hand before passing
away.

We took a train ride from Hill City to Keystone. Stayed in Keystone and had lunch, did some shopping.

Black Hills Central Railroad #110.
Originally designed for use on a
logging railroad, the #110 is the

only locomotive of its kind still in

service in the world.

Getting ready to catch the train
back from Keystone to Hill City.

After our 1880 train ride we stopped by a winery on our way back to the cabin and after everyone did some wine tasting everyone set to rest.

8 miles south of Rapid City on Highway 16 we came to this place
called BEAR COUNTRY U.S.A. It is a drive through wildlife park.
The animals roam free in 250 acres of natural Black Hills habitat.
Bear Country U.S.A. is home to over 25 species.
This is just a few of the pictures I took.

This place was AWESOME!!

American Black Bear.

Big Horn Sheep

Elk and Reindeer!

On to Rapid City after stopping at Bear Country. We were hopping to take a trolley ride of Rapid City so we went to the dinosaur park to catch a trolley for a tour of Rapid City. Labor Day week
end was the last time for tours for the season.

So we had to check Rapid City out ourselves.

This building was in Rapid City.
Called Prairie Edge features the
world's foremost collection of
authentic Plains Indian art, crafts
and culture.

On each corner in Rapid City there is a statue of some kind.
Called "The City of Presidents"

The Horse was in Hill City, South Dakota
made out of all kinds of metal object's.
See the spoon on his nose.

On Thursday morning, Sept. 30th, we checked out of the cabin
and headed for the Badlands on our way up to Interstate 90.

We took the Scenic Byway off of 90 onto 240.

Our last stop in South Dakota was in Mitchell, S. Dakota.
This is where the World's Only Corn Palace is.
Made of thousands of bushels of corn, grain and grasses.

It is redecorated each year with a new theme.

We stayed our last night in Sioux City, Iowa........made it back to Cottonwood Falls where Barbara and Floyd live to return the van before 5 pm on Friday, October 1st.

It was an AWESOME trip and a true BLESSING.

THE BLACK HILLS OF SOUTH DAKOTA...............

We hope everyone will be able to go here some day.

Celebrating Kim's 45th Birthday!

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On Sunday, Sept. 12th, we celebrated Kim's 45th birthday with lunch at Applebee's and cake,
ice cream and strewberries. Kim's birthday was Sept. 10th.
Kim and Sydney came to Derby and met Shelley, Kelly, John and myself for lunch and then for cake and ice cream.

FOOD!! FUN!!

Kim blowing out

the candles.

From left, Kim, Donna, Sydney & Shelley.

HAPPY 45th BIRTHDAY KIM!!

Celebrating Barbara's Birthday!!

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We went to Cottonwood Falls on Sept. 11th to celebrate Barbara's birthday and plan for our trip to South Dakota. Barbara's birthday wasn't until Monday, Sept. 13th but we had to leave for Texas again for a doctor
appointment for John. It was a great day and we all went to Grand Central Hotel for lunch in Cottonwood Falls.

FUN! FUN! FUN!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BARBARA!!

Uncle Gene's 80th Birthday Party!!

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On Friday, September 3rd we went to my aunt's home in Wichita to celebrate my mothers youngest brothers birthday. His name is Clayton Eugene Haag, "Uncle Gene to me". He is turning 80 years young this coming Wednesday, September 8th. My aunt and uncle from Gardendale, Texas also came to help celebrate and many, many cousins I hadn't seen for a long time.

It was so good to see everyone.

IT WAS A GREAT TIME! HE IS A GREAT GUY!

Happy, Happy Birthday Uncle Gene!!
(Q)Where are the candles Barbara?

(A)Didn't want to melt the cake.

Uncle Gene

with sons,

Clayton & Mike.

Not sure about this picture,

if they are just getting old or

a little senile.
Aunt Barbara (right)

Uncle Gene (middle)

Aunt Mona (left)

Kelly, Shelley, JD, Katelynn & Toby

My mother's oldest brothers, (Glenn)

son (Joe) and his family.

Toby enjoyed the cake & ice cream.

Aunt Barbara and Husband, Al.

My Aunt Mona & Uncle Bill

from Grandendale, Texas.

Aunt Barbara with

her son Jason.

Toby loved the cake & ice cream.

Thanks Aunt Barbara for

giving Uncle Gene a "GREAT"

80th Birthday Party!!

LOTS OF FUN!! GOOD TIME!!

John's 75th Birthday/August 24th

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We celebrated John's 75th birthday with three sisters, a brother-in-law and a niece and her family. Good Times.........Lots of Fun.

On Johns birthday we went to our niece's home (Shelley) to celebrate.

She baked him a cake.........it was yummy and had home made ice cream.

The next night 3 sisters and a brother-in-law came in to take John to

Logan's for dinner.

John with 3 out of 4 sisters.

John blowing out candles.

Grandma & Grandpa (Shelley & Kelly)

with first grandchild, Toby.

John enjoying his birthday cake & ice cream
at Shelley's home, our niece.

Thanks Guys for a wonderful

time and making John's 75th

birthday lots of fun.

Back To Texas To See Our Son from New York and Granddaughter from Florida!!

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On August 14th we went back to Texas to see some children and grandchildren.

Also John had an appointment with a Pulmonary doctor in Austin.

We first went to Allen, Texas to visit and spend the night with our oldest daughter and her family. "GOOD TIME". Then on

to Jonestown to see and visit with a son from New York and granddaughter from Florida.

Scott lives in Ronkonkoma, New York.

Ashley lives around Orlando, Florida.

We had a good visit with them and it was
great to see both of them as we had not seen them since John's 70th birthday. John was 75 on the 24th of August.

One day John, Scott, Ashley and myself went into Austin to see the capital.
A few pictures taken inside.
And one day went to Johnson City, Texas to a Exotic Resort Zoo.

Lots of fun and good times...............

Very pretty inside...left picture is looking up to the dome.

This is a beautiful staircase.

Part of downtown Austin!

On Wed. August 18th John, Scott, Ashley and myself went to Johnson City, Texas to a Exotic

Resort Zoo. Our daughter and family that live at Jonestown didn't get to go as they all had to

work. This zoo is four miles north of Johnson City on U.S. 281.

137 wooded acres of the Texas Hill Country.

They have North American bison, greater kudu from Africa, Nilgai from India.

Eland, Scimitar (white oryx) and much more......too numerous to mention.

Ashley feeding grandpa some of the animals food.

The white elks name was Snowball.

North American Bison

Nilgai (Blue Bull)

The camels name was Gubber.

Gubber followed the tram for

a long way as everyone was

feeding him.

The ostrich, of Africa and SW Asia,

name was Elvis.

Scott feeding the deer at the front

of the zoo before going on the tour.

The Exotic Resort Zoo was very interesting. FUN....FUN!!

Tiarnyn's 6th Birthday----July 30, 2010!

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On Friday, July 30th we went to Lee's Summit, Mo. to help celebrate our youngest
granddaughters 6th birthday.
Tiarnyn turned 6 and we all went to a Royals baseball game at the
new stadium in KC. It was a good game and the Royals won by 3.
Fireworks after the game.....................................................................

The next afternoon we went to a party at the pool in raintree from noon til 2.
All the kids swam, had cupcakes and ice cream and Tiarnyn opened her gifts.

After the party the girls, Travis, John and myself went to get pizza and back to Travis's new apartment.
More pictures of the apartment and pool where Travis's lives on down.

TIARNYN BIGGS..........6 YEARS OLD.

This is Travis's new apartment and pool area. Very, Very Nice!!
The pool area has a water fall.

Tiarnyn riding her new scooter.

These pictures were taken at the pool where the

party was on Saturday.

This little girl is a sister to one of the girls that was at the party.
She is really enjoying the frosting.

Tiarnyn opening her gifts.

These pictures were taken Friday night, July 30th, at the ballgame.

HAPPY! HAPPY! 6th BIRTHDAY TIARNYN!! LOVE U!! LOVE U!!

4th Of July 2010!!

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We had a great 4th of July with our niece, Shelley and her husband, Kelly and two sons and family. We also had Tiarnyn and
Cecilia over the 4th and they had a good times with poppers and sparklers.

This is Shelley's oldest son, JD and his wife, Katelynn and son, Toby.

Tiarnyn and Cecilia with sparklers.

Tody stepping on poppers.

The girls enjoying their snacks.

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY 2010!!

Back To Branson in June 2010!

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In June we went back to Branson to see Tayvia dance in Nationals......As you can tell by todays date I'm a little behind on posting my pictures. We were in Branson from June 21st until June 25th. We had a good time and was lots of fun.

Tiarnyn and grandpa having a heart to heart talk while we were waiting at Branson Convention

Center for Tayvia to dance.

Travis, Tiarnyn and Cecilia playing miniature golf at one of the golf coarse's close to our motels.

We had lunch at Mel's Hard Luck Cafe and Grandpa wainted to

get another banana split........He had one last year when we were

here for his supper. This time he "Did Share" . GOOD TIME!!

Grandma and the girls at The Grand Village!!

Tiarnyn and Grandma on the Landing in Branson.

Tayvia and Tiarnyn at Nationals...After one

of Tayvia's dances.

Grandpa, Tiarnyn & Cecilia in Branson 2010!!

FUN TIME!!

Shane's Graduation from Arkansas City HS!

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Shane's GRADUATION --Dr. Seuss

"Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind

don't matter and those who matter don't mind."

After going to Cottons College Graduation on May 14th and seeing CJ & Rick run the next morning we headed out for Kansas again to be back in time for our grandson Shane's High School graduation from Arkansas City, Kansas on Sunday, May 16th.
We made it home around 6 pm on Sat. May 15th in time to be back for our youngest son, Travis and his two youngest daughters
to arrive from Missouri around 9pm.
They stayed all night with us......was great to have them and see them again.

On Sunday, May 16th we all went to see Shane graduate from AC High School. Johns sister, Barbara and her husband came from Cottonwood Falls to attend. The graduation was to be outside but rained the night before so they moved it inside at the high school. Unfortunately
they didn't have enough tickets for everyone to go inside the gym to see the graduation. Some got stuck in the TV room.
Shane made the "National Honor Society" GOOD JOB!!

The picture of
student waving
is Shane.

After the graduation we all went to celebrate!!
GREAT FOOD! GREAT FUN! GREAT TIMES!

CONGRATULATION SHANE!

We are very proud of you.

GOOD TIMES!!

CONGRATULATION SHANE!

MAY ALL YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE!!

Cotton's Graduation from The University Of Texas At Dallas!

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After staying in Jonestown from May 3rd until May 13th........... we left for Dallas to see Cotton graduate from The University of Texas at Dallas on May 14th. We got to see children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Also it was great to see Angel again, Cotton's girlfriend.

The evening before Cottons granduation we got to go see the new
apartment (didn't have my camera with me) Cotton is moving into which will be about 30 minutes from DFW Airport where Cotton will be working for American Airlines.
He had many job offers but went with American Airlines.
It was so great to see Cotton graduate from college.

Screwballgrandpa and Screwballgrandma

with Cotton before leaving for graduation.

Winsten is the BIG dog and is Cottons.

Dallas is the little dog and is Angels.
These two dogs are so funny to watch.

CONGRATULATIONS COTTON!!

After granduation we all went to

CJ & Ricks home for a party.

LOTS OF GOOD FOOD!! GOOD TIMES!!

Sydney, Madison & Peyton

just loved Dallas, Angels dog.

Cotton & Candy both graduated from UTD.

The next morning before leaving to head back to Kansas

we went to watch CJ & Rick do a 10K run called LoveJoy.

It was real neat.......they had lots of things for the kids and

a pancake breakfast.

The penguin and cow were walking

around to visit with the kids.

FUN! FUN!

There was also face painting for the kids.

CJ & Rick after the ran.

GOOD JOB GUYS!!

GREAT RUN!! CJ & Rick at finish!

Mother's Day in Texas!

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It was a "GREAT MOTHERS DAY" in Texas.
Boy! I am behind on posting my blog......about 10 days. As you will notice the date today is May
19th when I am posting Mothers Day pictures. Here goes.
We went back to Texas on May 3rd hoping to pick up the RV and take it on to Houston for
consignment. Stoping by Ancira RV in Alvarado to check on the
RV and see how soon they would be done after having it since
Feb. 26th for body and break in repairs. After checking it over and noticing they had replaced the flat screen TV up front with a
26" where there was a 32" we had to leave it there for them to
order a new TV and replace it with the 32". On to Mary's (our second daughter) and her husbands home in Jonestown waiting to hear from Ancira.

We had Mothers Day with Mary, Terry and family.

Mary out did herself on the Mothers Day Dinner.......it was wonderful. Mary, Terry, Terrys sister, her husband and Terrys parents and our granddaughter, Paula and great granddaughter,
Destiny all had a great day. Lots of visiting, laughing and playing the Wii. It also was Terrys dads birthday so we had birthday cake and sang to him.

GREAT FUN! GREAT FOOD! GREAT COMPANY!!
IT WAS A GREAT MOTHERS DAY!

Hoss's birthday!

Destiny trying to get the

cookie in her mouth without

dropping it. From game show

Minute To Win It.

Paula Did It!

Way to Go Paula!!

John and Terry playing boxing on the Wii

This is the gift Paula & Destiny

gave me for Mothers Day.

It is a make up bag with their

pictures on it. I LOVE IT!! Thank You!

Thank You, Mary & Terry for a Great Mothers Day!

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY TO ALL MOTHERS following my blog.

Almeda's 70th Surprise Birthday!!

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On Saturday, April 24, 2010, Barbara gave Almeda a Surprise 70th Birthday Party at her home in Cottonwood Falls.
Almeda was surprised and had a wonderful time with all the scratch lottery tickets everyone gave her. She did win some..........not sure how much. Also was given several Powerball tickets.

Barbara said there were 52 people that came.

It was a "GREAT" Day with "GREAT" Food and "GREAT" Fun!!

Here are just a few of the pictures I took.

LOTS & LOTS OF FUN!!

Mede blowing

out the candles.

Barbara in the

kitchen fixin

GOOD FOOD!!

Almeda working on

her scratch tickets.

Almeda with siblings at Barbara's house in Cottonwood Falls.
April 24, 2010

Almeda with siblings & inlaws.

These pictures were taken at Logan's Roadhouse on Almeda's 70th Birthday.......April 23, 2010

Almeda and all her siblings.

Good Times!!

HAPPY 70th BIRTHDAY ALMEDA!!

Easter Week End in Lee's Summit!

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EASTER 2010!!

After staying for a month at our apartment in Derby, Ks. after my dad passed away we decided to leave and head for Lee's Summit, Mo. for Easter week end to see our youngest son and his family.

We left on Thursday, April 1st and went to Cottonwood Falls to spend the night with one of John's sisters and brother-in-law. Also to visit his youngest sister. Had a good visit with them and on Friday after lunch headed for Lee's Summit.

It was a wonderful Easter and the girls had a good time swimming in the
pool at the motel we stayed at. It wasn't very far from where Travis and
his family live.

It ended up being a beautiful week end and we all had a good time.

EASTER WAS FUN!!

Baskets from the Easter Bunny!

Juice & donut holes after party at Raintree!

Ceci & Tia with the Easter Bunny.

Tia & Ceci with bunny pups!

Girls in pool and hot tub

at hotel.

Girls showing us what they can do on the trampoline.

It was lots of Fun and a Good EASTER!!

JESUS AROSE!

GOD IS GOOD!

Dad's Funeral/March 12, 2010

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Dad passed away on March 9, 2010 around 10:30 pm in Derby, KS.

We came back to Kansas after dad became ill while we were in Phoenix, Arizona. We had to put him in Wesley hospital in Wichita from January 12 until January 20th. At this time we rented a
apartment in Derby, Kansas for Hospice to have some place to come in and help care for him.

The day before dad passed away.......He looked up and said:
"Get Me Out Of Here". I don't think he was talking to me.

John & I both were by his side when he went to be with the Lord.
He went peacefully. He is now Safely Home with the Lord.

We had a viewing March 11th, at Smith Mortuary in Derby and
buried him in Geneva Cemetery on Friday, March 12, 2010.

He is now at peace forever, Safely home in Heaven at last.

John & I would like to thank all our family & friends for all the
beautiful flowers and prayers at this time for the loss of dad.

GOD Bless!!

BLOG ON HOLD!!

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BLOG ON HOLD!

Donna's dad having some health issues. Was in the hospital in Phoenix on Jan. 4th and 5th, 2010.
Back to Wichita, Kansas and put him in the hospital. He was at Wesley hospital in Wichita from
January 12 thru January 20th. Now out of hospital with Donna and John in Derby, Kansas.

This is Donna's dad at 94th birthday
November 15th, 2009.

Phoenix, AZ.

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There are lots of casinos in this area.......so we or John (because I don't gamble) decided to go check out a couple.

This one was called Wild Horse and just off

highway 10 about 30 minutes from the RV Park.

The other one was called Fort McDowell

Casino and was located a little farther away.
It was northeast of Scottsdale. About an

hour away.

Downtown Phoenix from the highway.

This is the house we picked out to buy in Fountain Hills

area on the way to Fort McDowell Casino.
Do you think it may take a little while to clean it??

Very nice area.

This is our neighbors house.

Fort McDowell Casino

It was Fun! Fun to watch the people.

These are just a few pictures of the RV Resort where are are parked in Phoenix.
Called Desert Shadows RV Resort. It is a 55+ Community
located just north of Phoenix a ways.

If you look close you can see the front end of our RV sticking out

between all the permanent houses.

This is the way they

park the RV's if your

staying longer than

a day or so.

Office at the RV Park!

Lots of these kind of cactus.

Orange & Grapefruit

trees......grown next

to the houses.

I sure wanted to

pick one and see

if they were good.

LOOKED DELICIOUS!!

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Phoenix/Scottsdale, Arizona

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We are now in Phoenix, Arizona.

Today we went over to Scottsdale which is northeast of Phoenix
a little. We had lunch at this Italian restaurant called
Buca di Beppo.
MmmmMmmmGood!!

After lunch we walked over to the Arts District and Old Town.

This is in Scottsdale, Az. Arts District and part of Old Town.

Arts District has 100 galleries offering art from around the world. Old Town located in the heart of downtown embodies Scottsdale's historic legacy as "The West's Most Western Town".

Scottsdale downtown has more than 500 shops, galleries, restaurants, clubs and pubs all within a village-like atmosphere. This is a pretty neat town.......lots to see and do.

It was a full.....fun day!

This is the way they decorate their walls

next to the streets and highways.

Very Pretty!!

Scottsdale, Arizona

Merry CHRISTmas......JESUS IS LORD!!

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CHRIST JESUS IS THE LIGHT.................

Heaven in all its glory could be summed up in one word: CHRIST.
He is the light of creation, the joy of all life, and above all, the deepest
love of our souls. To embrace him is to embrace the meaning of life
and the eternal power of GOD.

Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. John 8:12

LOVE TO ALL

PEACE ON EARTH

JESUS IS LORD!

Merry Christmas Eve!

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Merry CHRISTmas Eve to ALL our Family, Friends and Following Bloggers!!

LOVE...........PEACE.............JOY

Peace on Earth.................

Merry, Merry Christmas!

More of Tucson, Arizona!

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Back down town! Thinking we did not see all of this area we went back to re-check it out.

Well, we didn't see all of it but according to the brochure there were shops that we could never find. Maybe a old brochure.

We walked around a little and I

took a few pictures.

We were going to eat at this Italian restaurant but it didn't open unil 4:30 pm and it was only about 3:30 so we left and went over

to Sweet Tomato, just east of the RV and had an early dinner.

10 Miles Out of Town!

We drove back out of Tucson to see if we could find something
interesting. We saw a sign that said "Old Tucson" 10 miles.
A little confused.........we thought Old Tucson was down in the middle of town. Anyway we followed the sign until we came to"Old Tucson Studios" so we parked and went up to the entrance. This is where they have a studio of old films made back in the early west.

Of course like everything anymore it cost to get in.......$16.95 per adult. Decided that was too high and a little disappointed.

As we were leaving John spotted this coyote come running across the road right where we were

............He just stood there and looked at us.

More country side of Arizona.

Downtown Tucson & Desert Diamond Casino

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Today December 18th we took highway 19 south from I-10
Tucson, down to San Xavier Indian Reservation to a Casino called Desert Diamond Casino.
It wasn't very far off I-10 and from the RV Park. We had lunch at a very nice restaurant there.
Of couse John did all the gambling and I picked out the machines for him to play. I think he enjoyed the day.........didn't win Big......
but didn't lose either. The weather is still beautiful here.
Warm....Warm....Warm
70's........70's.........70's

I LOVE the weather but don't really care for the town.

There is a Big "A" up at the top.

These pictures I took of Tucson, coming back from the casino.

Downtown Tucson! Yesterday December 17th we went into the downtown area and walked

around a little. The following pictures are a few I took of downtown Tucson.

The pictures with all the color buildings

were in an area called El Presidio San Augustin

del Tucson. The fort build by the Spanish in 1775

to stake claim to the northern frontier of New

Spain.

Located in the El Presidio Historic District is the little city block of Old Town Artisans.

The 150 year-old adobe building has six distinctive shops and

galleries. Construction of the adobe buildings was begun in the

1850s. The 1882 Tucson Directory lists a grocery store, as well as

a variety of early residents.

At a lot of their corners and roads......there are decorative pictures or paintings.

Nice town to visit.........

Especially in December!!

Tucson, Arizona

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We are now in Tucson, Arizona.......The weather is Great!
70's in the days and 40's at night. Hope it lasts.
We drove to Saguaro Nat'l Park (West) yesterday.
Mostly cactus with mountains in the back ground. We have difinitely seen nicer national parks.

There are palm trees once in awhile
but not as many as I thought there
would be. Lots & lots of cactus!!

Love the weather but not crazy about the town.

We will stay in Tucson until December 28th and
then go on up by Phoenix for a few weeks.

The rest of the pictures

are taken in Saguaro National Park.

Lots of these type of cactus

Big Bend National Park!

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On our way to Tucson, Arizona.............

After leaving Jonestown, Texas on Thursday, our first stop was Fort Stockton, Texas where we
decided to spend two nights so we could take a day and drove down to Big Bend National Park. You really need more than one day to take it all in. It was 127 miles to Big Bend from our
RV Park at Fort Stockton.......It was a full day.

Big Bend National Park is surrounded by many different mountains. After enterening the park we stopped at a Fossil Bone
Exhibit and then on to the visitor center..........deciding which road
we should go on because we knew we wouldn't have time enough
to see the whole area. We decided to go the way to Rio Grande Village. This was at the bordor of Mexico & Texas.

Big Bend refers to the great southwest Texas U-turn the Rio Grande makes.......park boundary for 118 miles.
There are many types of cactus (claret cup, prickly pear, pitaya, torrey yucca) this is just a few in the desert part of the park. I would love to see it when they are all in bloom.
There are many Roadrunners......running at speeds up to 20 mph, the roadrunner pursues lizards and small rattlesnakes. It pecks them to death with stunning blows of its beak.

We have seen many National Parks and they ALL are BEAUTIFUL in their own way.

Many kinds of cactus

Most of the time I couldn't get a

picture of a roadrunner...too fast.

This one seems to stop so I could take

his picture.

"Rio Grande Overlook" I took right after we went through the tunnel.

The road mostly went through the desert part and the mountains

were all around.

Mountains are sooooo different!

BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK!!

Last Night in Texas before heading for Tucson, Arizona

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Our last night in Jonestown before heading out for Tucson, Arizona.
We are leaving in the morning.........First stop will be Fort Stockton,

Texas where we will spend two nights so we can take a day and go

to Big Bend National Park while in the area.

Here are a few pictures of

Mary's pretty Christmas

Lights.

This is just a few, she has them all the way around the house.

REALLY PRETTY........

GOOD JOB MARY!

They really look nice........

THANKSGIVING DAY!!

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What a Blessing Day..............Mary out did herself with
all the good cooking.
And of course so did John & Lynda with the dressing, sweet potatoes and green beans. I got off easy with fixing escalloped corn and cranberry salad. Theresa and Paula helped Mary with ALL
the desserts. EVERYTHING WAS WONDERFUL AND SOOOOOOOO GOOD!!

This picture is Grandma & Tony in the back,
Grandpa, Cameron, Theresa, Christian & Paula.

Mary & Terry in back row,

Dad, Mom, Lynda & John.

Game Time!!

Nap Time!!

What a wonderful day....

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL!!

Early Christmas w/niece & family!

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On November 18th just before leaving Wichita to head back to Texas for Thanksgiving we had an early Christmas with our niece (Shelley)
her husband (Kelly) and oldest son (JD), JD's wife (Katelynn) and
their son (Toby). He is Shelley and Kelly's first grandchild.
It was a lot of fun to watch Toby........he loved the paper. He was holding tightly to the little steering wheel machine we gave him.
He didn't want Kelly to take it away when they were getting ready to leave.
We will leave tomorrow for Texas to have Thanksgiving with some children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

Thanks Guys for a fun evening and hope you have a very MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Dad's 94th Birthday/Nov. 15th

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On Sunday, November 15th we celebrated dad's 94th birthday.

Kim, Jake, Sydney and Kesley (Cody's girlfriend) came to the RV
to help us celebrate Donna's dads 94th birthday in Wichita, Ks.
We had cake and ice cream.
Visited a lot and had a good time, even dad wanted to set up longer.

Sydney helped great-grandad

blow out the candles.

Dad, Grandad, Great-Grandad &

Great-Great-Grandad. Age 94.

Donna (daughter) Kim (granddaughter) Sydney (great-

granddaughter with dad, grandad & great-grandad.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!!