Quick Update

My parents still have no electricity although most of the homes around them do. They do have one extension cord from a neighbors house that is reaching to their living room. They are able to have the fireplace insert plugged in which helps with warmth and they also have a lamp plugged in.

Another snow storm is supposed to be moving in today.

Please Pray

This is June invading my mom's blog now.

The electricity in my parents home went out on Monday during the ice storm. In the back part where my grandparents stay the temperature is below 50 degrees. They have all been living in the living room since then and relying on the fireplace for warmth.

Please pray that their electricity comes back on soon. I am sure my mom will give an update as soon as she can get back on her computer.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARY

Happy 64th Birthday to Mary. A great Mom, a wonderful grandmother and the love of my life. We all love you and thank God for you!

Rog(invading your blog)

MY SON JOHN - ANOTHER YEAR OLDER

Today John is 28 years old. It certainly does not seem like that many years have gone by since he was born. We had just moved to our Eastwood address when I found out I was expecting another baby. We had been hoping for a brother for Roger for the last couple of pregnancies so we were delighted to have another boy in the family. I'm sure when John was growing up he wished he could have been closer to Roger in age(then all those big sisters would not have been bossing him around so much) but I'm just happy that they now work together and enjoy spending time together. We love you John and thank God for giving us another son that we are very proud of.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY !

LITTLE SIS IS 60

My little sister is turning the big 60 today. Hard to believe where the time has gone. Liz works at the hospital in Hutch and is our pianist in our church. We thank God for sparing her life about 17 years ago when she had a heart attack and they called a code blue in the ER for her. We trust God gives her many more years. We love you Liz!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

THIRD BORN CELEBRATES 36 YEARS

Thirty-six years ago, I gave birth to my biggest baby, June - she was 9 lbs. and 1 oz. and 22 inches long. Everyone that saw her in the nursery wondered why that baby was still there and could not believe she was a newborn. She was 2 weeks late so I'm sure that explained the size.

I'm realizing that I spend so much time taking pictures of my grandchildren that I cannot find a picture of my own kids for my birthday blogs so they have to put up with what few I have to choose from. Evan was with his Mommy for this one so he is included for free:)


HAPPY BIRTHDAY JUNE!
We Love You!

TABLE FULL AND MUCH TO BE THANKFUL FOR

Happy Thanksgiving to all our family and friends. We didn't have all our children and grandchildren at home but Roger and DeeDee and their 4 children, Phil and Julie and their 4 children, Greg and Susan and their 4 children, and Greg's brother Jason & Heather and their 2 girls, Liz, Jim & Sondy, and Mom & Dad were all here for our big Thanksgiving dinner yesterday. We had 29 at our table (14 children) so it was a full house. What a blessing to have family and friends with lots of good food. Today we are watching the snow fall so winter is finally here. It was beautiful jogging and walking in the snow this afternoon.

A BIG CELEBRATION

We had a wonderful birthday celebration for Dad's 90th birthday last Sunday. We had a reception at the Grand Prairie Hotel for 2 hrs. and close to 100 people stopped by. It was a special blessing for Dad to visit with friends and family.

THE HONORED GUESTS

Dad & Mom with their 3 children
Mary - Jim - Elizabeth

Grandpa & Grandma Tucker with their 6 grandchildren

Roger - Susan - Elisa - June - Julie - John

The great grandkids wanted to get on with the party (Meryn - Caleb - Trevin)

Below is the Cake with a picture of Dad in the wheatfield from the Salina Journal in 1961

The granddaughters served the cake(Elisa, Susan, Julie and June(not pictured)

A table of memories

Roger drove from KC and brought all of his siblings except for Susan who lives here. The great grandkids didn't get to come except for these 2 cuties. Brooklyn(6 mo.) & Raegan(3 mo.) did very well throughout the day. Susan's 4 children were here because they live here.

FOUR SCORE AND TEN

This is a special day around our house. Dad is celebrating his 90th birthday today. Dad is looking forward to seeing friends and family at a reception today at the Grand Prairie Hotel here in Hutchinson from 2-4 p.m. We are praying that you will have a wonderful Birthday Dad. You are a wonderful Dad and WE LOVE YOU!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!

BEREAN BELLS

We are just starting to have children play handbells at Berean. Since we had extra grandchildren home, we worked up our first song. Nice start kids! (Trevin, Caleb, Brendon, Maggie, & Micah)

FALL CLEANUP WITH LOTS OF HELP

We decided to clean up the cana bed and the pine needles and pine cones that cover the ground in the back corner of our back yard. The grandkids are always wanting to rake for us so we had them help us with our project. Rog, Susan, and myself were busy getting the work done and keeping the grandkids going after the first 10 minutes. They really did do a good job.

Molly was swinging while watching us

I was cutting down the canas and the grandkids were piling them up.

The pine needles and pine cones are underneath all the canas.

Molly fell asleep about just before lunch time while playing. Must be exhausted to have the hard wood floor for a pillow.

ANOTHER BIRTHDAY BOY - COOPER SHAW NEIR

Today is Cooper Shaw Neir's 4th Birthday. He keeps busy and sometimes keeps the rest of the family busy. We love you Cooper and hope you have a very Happy Birthday.

This picture is Dawson kissing Cooper as a baby.

THE GANGS ALL HERE AGAIN!

When we heard that June was facing some medical procedures, we called and offered to take her children for her so that they would not have to make arrangements for each day.(besides the fact that we love to have them with us) We met Damon in Emporia on Tuesday evening and brought their 5 children back to Hutch with us. We have had lots of fun and are keeping very busy but would not trade it for the world. Then today, Phil came down to help Greg on his roof project for the day and brought Malia & Meredith with him. Oh do the cousins have a time! The girls outnumbered the boys and they played hard all day. Malia showed us some of her gymnastics she has learned and some of the others showed us what they learned from Malia. I think our neighbors enjoy watching all the activity around here because we usually have our cars at the end of the driveway so the little ones won't get to the street and our driveway is humming with children and toys.

The big blue van is always a favorite and they can pack several kids in it.

Damon & June's kids said they wanted clogs and so gramma said, "Let's go shopping!" While we were at the store, one of them commented that he didn't have more than one pair of pajamas:) Must have thought it was a good time since gramma was in the shopping mood.

Molly is always busy but very quiet - cute as a bug too!

A couple of the boys(Trevin & Micah) relaxing with grandpa

Just before Phil left about an hour ago, I was reading a book to the smaller ones.

Above is the fire crew - they wore these hats a lot today - it was a beautiful day so they were able to play outdoors a lot too.

MORE FAMILY TIME

Avery and her little sister Raegan (2 and a half mo. old)

On Thursday night, John & Elisa brought me back to Hutch. I was sad to leave Ella & baby Hudson but I was needed at home again. John & Elisa & family were coming so Johnny could help Greg tear off his old roof and put a new roof on their house. They worked hard all weekend and we grandmas and grandpas enjoyed all the grandkids that were here.

Great Grandma below with Raegan

Great Grandpa with Raegan

GRAMMA NEIR WITH BABY HUDSON

Monday morning I came to KC to meet my new grandson, Hudson. I am enjoying my time with John, Melanie, Ella, and Hudson. He is one sweet baby and baby and Mommy are doing great. We love you Hudson and thank God for another healthy grandbaby.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM, GRANDMA, & GREAT GRANDMA

This morning Mom & Dad went to church and then we went to the airport for Mom's birthday dinner. Yesterday the bouquet of flowers shown below were delivered to Mom from Dad for her birthday. Mom celebrates 87 years today. We love you Mom and thank God that we can be with you in these later years to celebrate the good times and encourage through the tough times.


HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!

HUDSON WILLIAM NEIR

Yes, we have a new grandson and we want to wish him a Happy Birthday. Melanie was to go to the hospital to be induced early this morning but baby had other plans. She went into labor at home last evening and by late evening they headed for the hospital. They kept her and at 3:45 a.m. little Hudson was born - weighing in at 7 lbs. 15 oz. and 20 1/2 inches long. Congratulations John & Melanie and we can't wait to see him and hold him. We love you all!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HUDSON!

TREVIN - EIGHT YEARS OLD TODAY

Trevin is celebrating his 8th birthday today. I know he took treats to school and I know he has some presents coming. We have lots of fun with Trevin since he is 1 of our 4 grandkids that lives here in Hutch. We hope you have a really fun birthday Trevin and we love you very much.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

MORE FUN STUFF - K'NEX

K'nex are used to build all kinds of toys and the grandkids have a lot of fun building with them. They kind of go in spurts - they will play with them for hours and use everything I have - so I ordered a bunch more so they wouldn't run out - and then they will go for days away from the k'nex. They are doing really well at putting together some interesting objects. They have made playgrounds and all kinds of vehicles and machinery. I don't put any of it together but I spend hours taking them apart and my fingers are sore for several days. I can appreciate all the hard work that goes into building with the K'nex.

It's a real mess sometimes but they are busy and quiet for hours.

Trevin & Bendon Lanker

Maggie Duehring

Evan Duehring

Micah Duehring

Caleb Lanker

Evan Duehring

There are several instruction manuals but I find that the kids are pretty creative in figuring out how to build a lot of it on their own.

WHOSE CLIMBING TO THE TOP OF THE THIRTIES TODAY?

Today Dee Dee is 39 years old. Where has the time gone. We trust you have a wonderful birthday and a great year ahead. We love you!


HAPPY BIRTHDAY !