Jeanne, blessed day to you!

Jeanne, I don't have stories to tell on you but I do know that you gave Kurt and your mother-in-law, Bernadette some beautiful children. Tell your family I'm open for anything!
Oh, Chris Umthun did mention something about a dead goat on your farm -

The rest of the story on Ann!

This is a picture of Ann from my wedding, she and Connie were flower girls and both of them were beautiful (I'm just a little prejudice). Then there was the summer Ann got scratched by a cat and had to go through rabies shots, what a terrible ordeal and Mary would promise her the moon to go for the shots. And when Ann decided she wanted to move away from home to a place of her own, Mary Ann was so mad at me for sticking up for Ann. We were on the back patio at Mary & Chuck's and she told me that someday I would know the heart break of a child leaving home. (It was just across town) but she was was heartbroken anyway.


Ann and Steve hamming it up for the camera, of course it's a self portrait of Steve - what a character.


Ann sitting on the lawn visiting with Chris and Angela before the picture taking of the "cousins", Chris and Kurt used to spend some time during the summers with the Powells' enjoying the freedom of a small town. Playing in the creek, riding bikes to the pool, fishing, all the great times of summer.

Annie!!!

Ann's birthday is Saturday and I can't wait to get her posted!
(Ann, pictured on the left with her sister-in-law, Marcie.)
She was the only girl with five older brothers, and her parents thought she was the greatest baby in the world. Ann was an absolutely beautiful child (not saying she isn't now) but here is a picture of her when she was about a year old. Wasn't she the cutest thing?


Oh, don't worry - I have more to blog about Ann!

Hey Ron -

Hey Ron, you have a day all to yourself, yahoo! You enjoy it while you can. I want to thank you for all your loving attention with your mother, you took real good care of her for as long as you could. I know she will enjoy being back in Eagle Grove, she knows so many people there and it will be easier for her to get around. You are a good son, Ron.

Hello Dorene

Dorene, you and Henry share the same birthday - you look like you were having so much fun at the reunion. You were always there for the family. The picture of Jane and me when I was around four or five with our little red and white pin strip dresses was all your doing. You bought the matching dresses, you and Bernadette walked Jane and me uptown to have our picture taken by a photographer and you paid for it. On the way, Jane fell down and got her dress dirty so we had to stop at the grocery store and get her cleaned up. I can't remember the name of the grocery story, but it was right on main street where the Bingo hall is now. You loved to take pictures and you had so many, hope they are still around. Thanks Dorene for all you did!

Oh Henry!

Henry, you are the best thing that ever happened to Annie! It has been such a pleasure having you in the family, you are always so sincere and hard working. Winning the new truck took more than just good looks and luck, you worked hard and proved you certainly deserved it!!! Hope your day will be as special as you are!

Happy Easter

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The greatest Holy Day of the year is Easter for us Christians, and what better way to depict the day than with a sand sculpture of the cross. If you look real close, (click on the blogger site above) you can see the detail that went into this phenomial scene on the beach. But when the tide comes in, his work is washed away - just like Jesus washed away our sins with His blood on the cross.
Be Blessed today!!