12-30-14

Had a good day. It was cold  then patty and I got married. We have headed out for a short honeymoon we return Jan 1 

Happy net year to all. 

Bob and patty 

12-29-14

Went to my brothers to take care of the cows. Nope no cows in the hay loft. I did have to break ice this morning. My brother always leaves and let's me break ice. It wasn't bad. 

This afternoon ran around getting things done. This evening got home and Elijah had a present for me. He brought a possum to me and dropped the possum at my feet showing me what a good hunter he is. You guessed it the possum was not dead but was letting Elijah carry him around as if he were dead. You have to love pets that being you live animals as presents.  Hopefully the possum never returns

 

12-28-14

Church was good. It was on faith of Moses parents. 

After church patty helped me clean up. Some things at the house. Then we took down the Christmas lights. So good to get that done

12-27-14

Had a good day with patty  it began to snow here about 8. About 12 it quit so we headed to joplin to shop. You know that after Christmas sale stuff. Well nothing we wanted was on sale and the shelves were empty. So very little purchased. But on the way to joplin it was snowing so hard that we could hardly see the road. We went inside the mall and came out to sunshine and the snow smelting

This evening the moon is out and looks beautiful and it actually seems like a nice night. 

Remember Sunday is coming 

12-26-14

Sarah headed to hospital for the 72 hour chemo drip. She is feeling good. Praying that the chemo continues to work to kill cancer cells

Patty and I headed back to Altamont. Traffic was not bad. So it was an easy drive. 

Checked on my brothers cows  they are fine. Wind had blown some branches off trees at both places. But all the cows are doing fine. 

12-25-14

Merry Christmas to all. I hope that you had a great day with your family. I also hope you realize that the real reason to celebrate is that Jesus was born so that he could die for our sins. 

This morning we went to leanna for breakfast. Then Patty and I spent some time with david Sherri and Jennifer peck. They are very good friends from Misawa Japan. 

Then we had the thompson Christmas. A very good time was had by all 

12-24-14

Spent the morning talking to sarah leanna and brian. Then this evening we had Christmas and birthday party for ac

It was fun to see the hays and evon's. 

12-23-14

Happy birthday to ac hays. Wow another birthday so soon. 

Ok met with the doctor. She said that the Tumors in sarah are shrinking. All tests showed that Sarah's body could deal with another 2 rounds of chemo. So sarah is going to start chemo on Friday the day after Christmas. We do not have a copy of the report so don't know the percentage decrease but know that doctor was pleased.  Thanks for all the prayers 

Made it home before 8 pm. 

12-22-14

Wow what a day 

Left at 3 to get to m d anderson for evaluations sarah had an keg a blood test an ex ray and a cat scan. We will find out the results tomorrow when we see the doctor

Ok so I left details out. Patty is a member of the church I go to. She was married to Dave ashby for 35 years. They moved back to the same house she grew up in. She was patty donald from south of Altamont. 7 years ago Dave died.  We have been friends for quite some time and helped each other but then we realized that in fact we wanted to get married.  So now we are in that process. Today after all the appointments we purchased an engagement ring 

We have not set a wedding date yet. 

12-21-14

Happy birthday to judy Thompson  way to go judy now you are way old 

Church was good this morning. Still studying faith from Hebrews 11

After church patty and I headed to OKC since we will be going to m d anderson with sarah in the morning

So speaking of patty I have asked her to marry me. Yep she said yes. We both loved our spouses. She was married to Dave for 35 years before his death. I was married to barbara for 43 years before her death. We both had positive experiences with our marriage and want to honor them and God with this upcoming marriage. No don't have a date yet 

Had dinner with the kids tonight and talked to them about our decision thanks for your prayers for us as we join our lives together 

12-20-14

Did finances this morning. Then took two mowers to Howard's for service. Should have been easy but neither one would start so had to spend time getting the started and on the trailer. Finally got them both up there. 

Did chores for the neighbors this morning and this evening

Trying to pack the car for the trip to Houston to see doctors with sarah and david

Remember Sunday is coming 

12-19-14

Worked on duplex items this morning. After lunch helped to deliver gift of love boxes to needy families in the Altamont area. All the families I delivered to were very appreciative. (Gift of love is needy families are given food and presents for the kids in the family. 

This evening went to a duke mason concert in parsons. It was a Christmas concert. It wás pretty good 

12-18-14

Had a busy day. Went to independence to,puck up food bank food for,gift of love. Brought it back to the church. There were people there sorting the food to be distributed on Friday. Then went to my brothers and ate some fresh salmon that he had caught when he was in Alaska 

Then we played cards. It was fun

12-17-14

Had repairmen come by the house this morning. Went to the duplex and they are almost done with the wiring upstairs

Then I worked on Christmas cards for the church. Then it was off to get ready to drive a trailer full,of kids singing   But because of the snow and rain we canceled the singing. The kids were very hyper but we gave them cookies and chocolate milk. I sure that helped when they got home to their parents

12-16-14

Went to fort scott and pittsburg. Finished my Christmas shopping. Then got everything except 2 items wrapped. Actually ready for Christmas. 

Will finish my Christmas cards tomorrow 

12-15-14

Couldn't get focused this morning. I decided that today I was going to do Christmas cards.  So after getting focused I wrote a Christmas letter. Then I began addressing envelopes. I got most of them done. I do have a few more to do but feel good that I got done what I did.

Then this evening I worked on Christmas gifts. Had trouble so didn't get them all done

Some of the presents have not arrived yet. I hope they make it. I need to have an alternate plan. So am going to pittsburg and fort scott tomorrow. Will try to find something there. 

Leanna's kindergarten class sent me a veterans message. So today leanna face timed me from school and I talked to the class and thanked them for thinking of me.  Leanna said they were very excited that I would face time them 

12-14-14

Church was good  still taking about faith. And those that are faithful. This afternoon worked on Christmas presents.   

This evening it began to rain. 

We had the Christmas program this evening. It was really good the kids did a great job. 

12-13-14

Took trailer to Wichita   Met david and sarah at roger Evans house. They were picking up Carolyn's long arm quilt machine. It took a couple of hours to take apart and then get in the trailer. 

Had lunch with roger. He seems to be doing fine. He misses his wife but has been dealing with the loss of caorolyn very well 

Didn't do any shopping in Wichita. Too busy. At all the malls

Remember Sunday s coming

12-12-14

Spent the morning at the duplex or working on bills for the duplex. They have siding on the two ends and are working on the back. Also the electrician is working trying to get it all wired. 

This afternoon I worked on Christmas presents. I know I should have these done but I don't so am working on them 

This evening patty and I went to a high school basket ball game. The girls won by about 50 points and the boys won by about 30 points. Good night for labette county high school. 

12-11-14

Went to help my brother this morning. 

Spent the afternoon trying to take a nap and working on Christmas presents

This evening went to a missions committee meeting. We were able to help several missionaries out. I think that is a positive aspect of church outreach 

12-10-14

Went to Oswego to pay taxes this morning

This evening was Awana. It was crazy tonight  the kids were unable to control themselves. They would not listen to any body. So it was a long night. I think the kids are just ready for Christmas break

They got the shingles on the duplex today. It looks really nice. I will get pictures tomorrow. 

12-9-14

Thomas got everyone up about 5:30. So after leanna and brian left Thomas and I worked at the house. We did laundry dishes fixed the changing table  simple things. Then we went to have lunch with uncle david and aunt sarah. That was fun. Thomas limes them a lot

Then Thomas and I went to see sharon Delaney   She is such an awesome lady. Thomas took a short nap but then just wanted to play while I talked to sharon. So we got caught up on what is happening in our lives. Next month will be 10 years since she lost her husband Del to cancer

I just don't like cancer. Sarah is doing well and looking forward to our meeting with the doctor at m d anderson

When leanna got home from teaching I left and headed home to Altamont. It is always good to get home

12-8-14

Got up early and drive to OKC. Arrived at 7. Thomas was happy to seee. Made it worth to drive down

Spent the day with Thomas

This evening had dinner with david sarah Leanna brian And Thomas

Hope to make it an early night as I have missed a couple of hours of sleep

12-7-14

Pearl Harbor day. Hug a vet

Church was good both children's church and big people. Big people was on faith of Abraham in taking Isaac to be a burnt sacrifice 

This afternoon I went to the fall piano recital for three of the day girls. It was really good 24 students played and I really enjoyed it. 

Then this evening we studied at church about the four blood moons and what they really mean

12-6-14

Drove to Manhattan. Had lunch with aunt Margaret. Then helped her buy a Christmas tree. Then I put the tree up for her. Had a great time just talking with her. 

Then I went to meet drue and Helen. They were in Manhattan to perform the marriage for aj hawkins. So spen some time sigh them then went downstairs and talked with the hawkins family. Thè wedding was very good. So glad that aj found a wife. They will be living in OKC area. She has a job in Edmond and he works for VMI 

Long drive but wanted to be home church

Remember Sunday is coming

12-5-14

Spent most of the day taking care of the duplex     Today is raining so the boys are working on staining and painting doors   Inside job. Their goal is to get the siding on before Christmas break

They should make it. 

There are 48 inside doors. Each bedroom closet has 2 doors and there  there are 8 bedrooms. 

A lot of doors but all are needed 

Anyway I got the duplex taken care of for another week

12-4-14

Had a good day today. Went to joplin and met ac and virginia. We ate at Cracker Barrel 

Enjoyed the visit. 

Sarah started her chemo drip today. Continue to pray for her. She is doing fine they just had trouble getting the chemo started 

Thomas is sick tonight. He threw up twice but seems to be better. He started laughing and playing after the second throw up

12-3-14

Went to brothers to help him

He is still not supposed to lift more than 25 pounds

So we went to the farm and changed batteries in one of the tractors then we repaired the started. Then we put a hay spear on the tractor. 

We also put out hay for the cows

Then we went to his house and loaded the bull up and took himto the farm. Then we got a calf in the lot so he could go to the butcher tomorrow morning

Got quite a bit done

Awana was good tonight 

12-2-14

Long day. Drove to Forsyth Missouri to take care of some property. So glad I drove there as it was much more involved than I thought. Anyway got it taken care of. Since I was that close I drove to branson and saw the pierce arrow show. Excellent

Let's see they sang oak ridge boys Stadler brothers then made a tribute to military veteran then sang some gospel songs and finished up with some Christmas songs. Very good

Made it home late. Will work at the farm tomorrow 

12-1-14

Had a good day. Spent some time doing paperwork and spending time on the phone to correct an app on my phone very frustrating

Then I purchased some unique gifts for friends

The weather is cool but not like that in St. Paul. Had meeting at church this evening 

Overall good day