HAPPY NEW YEAR

SUNDAY, 3 JANUARY 2016

HAPPY NEW YEAR

We have had quite the week.  We slept in every single day.  We have felt like this was a good week!

Grandpa Arthur served at the temple for a couple of busy days.

Grandma Gene has done nothing but put Christmas away, shop for 80% off decorations for next year and learned how to use instagram and did some indexing.  Our 2016 goals are below.  Thank's President Monson for the advice.

We are ready to begin Seminary again tomorrow.  I hope all the Seminary students can get up early again.  I know Grandpa and I are going to be able to arrive early, but will be napping in the afternoons.  We have a new student, Paul, who moved here from California.  We look forward to meeting him on Monday morning!  Welcome to Oklahoma Paul!

We attended the funeral for Lois Dorothy McClung yesterday.  She lived to be 91.  Her family did a great job in remembering Lois's life.  She was loved by many.  I hope she has a fun transition to the "other side".  As we give our exam to the seminary youth in the coming weeks I will ponder Sister McClung and her successful passing exam.  Her daughter, Sister Dunn, spoke of her mother eating various roots and herbs..."Polk Salad".  I will think of Sister McClung each time I eat spinach as I hear it tastes like Polk Salad!  We thank both her daughters and the Priesthood Brothern for the fun memories of our unique & eccentric and well read Sister McClung!  Blessings to her family.

This is a picture of a Polkeweed bush...if you needed to eat off the land, do you know what to look for to survive?  We all must be brave and try some Polk Salad.

Polk Salad and Scrambled Eggs! 

"Polk Salad Annie"

HAPPY NEW YEAR

The internet has lots of fun things about Polk Salad.  See what we can learn from our friends when we attend their funerals.  We seem to be at the time of life when we are attending too many funerals.  How did we get to this age so quickly?

We have been surviving the "Ice Age" in Oklahoma.  This is how our week began.  The trees look like crystal when the sun shines on the ice..it was beautiful, but very cold!

HAPPY NEW YEAR OKLAHOMA! 

 Our daughter is talking about us all needing to invest in some generators.  Between earthquakes...4.3 about 3 times this week, and tornado's and ice...she might have talked Grandpa Arthur into looking at this possibility.  We didn't loose power during this storm, and we had some fantastic fires in the ol' fireplace.  It made for a good week to just stay indoors.

  

Grandma Gene did venture out to Mitch Park on drivable days and began the swimming exercise again.  I am so blessed to have a pool just a mile from the cave.  Now I am healed from my leg surgeries, I just have to make myself venture there...I can do this after I teach Seminary in the morning, right?  "I think I can, I think I can."

Grandpa Arthur requested that I please remove the bells from the back doorknob now that Christmas is over.  Ha!  We have been using this door all week and I have enjoyed the bells and knowing who is venturing into the cave...I forgot to put this item in the Christmas box.  Done! 

Well, I have enjoyed writing this blog on this Fast Sunday.  Our new time for our Sunday meetings for this HAPPY NEW YEAR is 1:00 PM.  This is going to take some getting used too, especially on Fast Sunday...this is when we know we are old.  After all we wake up at 5:00 AM because of our Seminary calling...1:00 PM is nap time, right?

I guess Grandma Gene should study our Sunday meeting lessons and read the January Church magazines for this month.  Can you find the hidden objects?

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Remember to tell your children you love them.  Hug's to all.  Our prayers and love are with each of our family and friends that are struggling and also have health problems this day.  May The tender mercies of The Lord be extended to healings your way.

HURRAH FOR 2016!

SMILE

Hug's always,

Grandpa Arthur & Grandma Gene

Arthur & Gene