OKIE IS READY TO BE A MOM?!?

OKIE IS READY TO BE A MOM?!?
OKIE IS READY TO BE A MOM - FALL 1978

Saturday, September 11, 2010

Happy 65th Anniversary - Mom and Dad

(Sorry the video is sideways.  I will learn to fix it soon!!!!!!!!!)
Well, we had quite a party tonight up at Bartlesville.  We were gathered to celebrate 65 years of marriage for my precious parents, Carl and Colleen Baker.  We gathered at "Outlaws" (apropos name) and had lots of good food and lots and lots of fun.

Present were: Jim and Trina Hedges (Mom's sister Bonnie's daughter), Tracy-Kim-Jacob&Carli Barnett (my Brother Carl's daughter Kim and her family), Georgie Galanis (Bonnie's son), Pam Clark (Bonnie's daughter), Brad and Ginger Johnson and their son Clint (Mom's sister Deloras's son and family), Deloras Johnson (Mom's sister), Bob Alexander (Dad's best buddy), Sue (Dad's cousin), Mom and Dad, Bill Ruggles (a good friend of the family), Richard-Me-Jeff-Jordan&Sonja.  Charity was ill and did not get to come...

The above video speaks for itself.  Trina got Mom a bright red "nightie" and she was all to compliant when asked to model it...Dad just sort of sat there not knowing what to say!! 

We ended the evening with cake and ice-cream (a yummy marble cake from Wally World and it really really was good) and lots of pictures  of which, most of mine were fuzzy:( ....  I will include a few of the better ones...

Aunt DoDo (Deloras) and Clint

The Fuzzy Family

I am so thankful to Heavenly Father for the wonderful blessing of having Carl and Colleen Baker as my earthly parents...Keep on Keeping on Mom and Dad!!XOXXOX

Thursday, September 9, 2010

The Shortest Utah Trip Ever!!

Well, on Tuesday we got to go to one day of Ed. Week, and it was good, but then later that evening we had a call that one of our children may be in medical trouble and so, even though we really didn't have any worry or concern for our child, we felt compelled to terminate our trip and return to OK. 

We decided to venture the drive to Vernal to visit a little with our sweet little friend, Marsha Tiemann.  She has had quite a hard past 3 years with a marriage that was not as she had hoped, but she has been blessed with 2 of the sweetest little children that God has ever sent to this planet.

As it happened, we arrived unexpected for that date and it was the day that she was having her 8 month old little boy, Warren, blessed by her Bishop.  The Bishop had invited the dad, which was to cause Marsha lots of stress.  She was really glad to see us come that day.  Richard got to help bless Warren and we took lots of pictures.  I feel awful that I can't remember his name at this hour.  But I will add it in when it comes back to me.(As you can see, I remembered - or rather Richard remembered, but I agree that he is right!)  His  21/2 yr old sister is named Sarah!!!  They are both so very sweet and cute as bugs.

Anyway, I feel the whole trip to Utah may just have been for Marsha and our visit at the time she really needed, "family"... 

The great time we had with the Nissons, and the fact that Richard got to see the Joseph Smith movie and we got to have several yummy meals together was good enough for me.  Helping out Marsha on a very hard day - priceless...