SURPRISE!

We pulled it off!

Last night was Mom's surprise 75th birthday party. Everybody met up at the world famous CHICKEN MARY'S and a good time was had by all.

Can't believe all our church friends pulled off the big secret.

Amy & Lora made the pretty pumpkin centerpieces.

Didn't get the final count but was around 54 friends and family. It was lots of fun.

I'll come back and edit the blog later with names to go with the pictures!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!

Barb, Mom & Candy
(partners in crime)

Morris', Mom Dad & Ellie, the Lollars and J. Watson

All of us monkeys in the family tree~

MAKE A WISH!!



LORA!

The Maxwell's, Mom, Jo & Howie

Candy, Mom, Barb & Jana

Bobby & Mom

My cute little gal Ellie

JUDY

Amy!

The Miller table~Sandy & Emma

Dad & The Mosses

Ellie, is that spaghetti on your face?

Wow Mom, you filled up the room here!

Lee & Barb, Lydia & Jean

Bobby Verl & Perry

Debbie & Chuck

The Burton's, Van Dorn's and Wilkins

Deby, Kenny & Virginia

McChristies & Deby with Sister Debbie talking to them

Delmar & Mary (drove up from Miami)

Mom chatting with her sewing buddies

My baby, Tara, Lora and Bobby

Oooops Dwayne, I meant to put a picture in with
that little wife of you but here you are with Judy!
Hmmmmmm......(I'd better go find that pic of Sheryl!!

John & Candy

The Seal Family ~ Lori, Erica Jason & Whitney

My sweet sweet Aunt Delilah

Kenny & I

Life at the Pumpkin Patch!

Ellie's preschool all met at Wood's Pumpkin Farm this morning and a good time was had by all! 42 little munchkins running all over the place having the time of their lives.

Ellie has already been there once this year with her Mom & Dad so she showed her buddy Brodie all around.

There was a corn maze, a hay bale maze, a corn crib full of corn to play in, a jumpy thing to get in, a big slide and a hayrack ride and probably something I'm forgetting.

Rich & Lori Wood each take off 3 weeks from their "real jobs" and operate their pumpkin farm, along with other family members helping out. She said they see about 3000 kids in the 3 week period. WOW! Each kid gets to take home a pumpkin (included in the $3.00 charge) That's a whole lotta pumpkins!

Our gorgeous Arkansas weekend Harley ride

We headed out Friday at noon, 2 Harley's on a trailer and stayed at Harrison, AR at the Holiday Inn Express. Usually love the place but nothing seemed to go quite right this weekend there. The maid forgot us, we had to beg for clean towels and no frig or microwave, which we like for our water bottles and my taster liking microwave popcorn. Oh well, enough on the negative. I will say they had a good complimentary breakfast with bacon, scrambled eggs, biscuits & gravy. Don't see that much with a continental breakfast.

We rode all day Saturday, about 190 miles. It was absolutely GORGEOUS. The reds and yellows showing through the landscape, not in full color but gorgeous. Lots and lots of bikers on the road. I know I'm a geek, but sometimes I keep my little tally of how many wave to me. It's unbelievable how friendly bikers are. Anyway, my grand tally for Saturday was 94.

Sunday I jumped on the back of Perrys bike, mainly so I could take pictures and we rode up the mountain on Hwy 7, down into the valley on Hwy 123, over on 74 and back up to Harrison. Another perfect day.

I'll put some of the my many click happy pictures on.





























Just a few miles South of Harrison on HWY 7 you have to eat at the Hi-Boy Diner. The CLEANEST and BEST diner you'll ever eat at. I ended up having Cornbread and Beans and they were the best!


We was out exploring in the truck Saturday night down pretty primative rock roads and came across this 1830 cabin that has been preserved. We figure we'll probably be living pretty close to this after we loose the rest of our retirement.