Things you might want to know

I got this photo of Mammaw B from Michelle. I love it!

Life can get so crazy and fast-paced. Trying to keep up with it all can run you ragged. This week Amanda is in New York City, Russ is in Texas today, but headed for Oklahoma on Friday and Arkansas on Saturday, Katie and Eliot are in Michigan, Joy is in Chicago (instead of NYC) with a friend who is visiting from Paris. Laura has just gotten back to college in Illinois after visiting in Missouri (where she is making wedding plans!), but she will be headed to Oklahoma for the weekend. I just found out that Kelly is going to Seattle next week for a conference. Whew! To bring it down to my day, Ike is in Marianna, but is coming to NLR tonight. So, how are you all doing???

Since I was not doing so well at blogging for a while, I thought I would list a few things that have been going on over the last several months, just to offer anything you might not be aware of:

-My mom was in the hospital last fall and has had a really rough winter. She is finally doing well and seems to be almost back to full strength. She is back to work for the tax season and is doing MUCH better.

-I'm sure you know about Freddy's health issues. He did a great job of keeping us up on his journey through quite a scarry time. He visited Mammaw B about a month ago and it seems that things are about to get back on track for him. I will try to get a current report from him to post.

-Aunt Della fell earlier this year and was in the hospital for several days having broken her arm and her hip. She was doing somewhat better at home with home nurses and therapy, but has developed bloodclots in her leg and is back in the hospital again.

Not meaning for all news to be health-related. So here are some other notes:

-Bill and Joanna pulled off one big, beautiful wedding in January for Joanna's youngest, Laura. I think it was an event to be remembered by all.
-Laura (Donny's oldest) will graduate from college in May and is getting married in June. We are having a shower for her here in NLR on April 18th.
-Sarah (Larry's daughter) will graduate from high school in May.
-Russ and Katie have been asked to head-up two mission trips to Guatemala this year, one in May and one in June. And, yes, they will be taking Eliot with them.

-THE MAY FAMILY REUNION IS ON 16TH THIS YEAR.
-THE SEPTEMBER REUNION WILL BE ON THE 19TH AT THE HOSPITALITY HOUSE IN BURNS PARK.

I'm hoping to get with Mammaw B over the weekend and hope to have things to share with you from that visit. I would love to get updates from you to know how things are going with your families. A lot of our family is on facebook and several have blogs of their own. I love having all these ways to keep in touch. Please check on each other and let's keep our close connections.

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