50+ Wedding Anniversary program and another MOAC concert

 67º with bright sunshine--first day in almost a week!  Is 3:45 pm Monday.

Above are all the couples who have been married 50 or more years this year.  The two couples seated are at their 50th year; and, the couple to the right was celebrating their anniversary that day.

Phyllis and I performed two songs during the program:  Love Grows Here, and Through the Eyes of Love (Theme from "Ice Castles")  Went well, at least no one threw vegetables or anything at us (not even money!).

Ed Stanger took photos of each couple before the program

Last evening we performed our fifth of eight Men of A-Chord Barbershop Chorus performances.  It, also, went well.  Patty once again videoed it for me with the camera on a tripod.  You can see the program by CLICKING HERE

Sunday, after church, we went out to eat  at Cheddars with Darlene Winslow and her grandson Josh and his wife Allie who are visiting grandma for about a week from Minnesota.

This is a cropped photo I took from the group photo at the 50+ Wedding Anniversary program.

Full schedule this week ---  have to take Patty to the airport before 6 am on Wednesday so she can fly back to Kansas City and then on to Shenandoah, IA

Later, Lynn

Finish of Another busy week in the valley

 11:52 am Saturday   Had trouble editing the post before this, so finally published it and will try to finish now.

Last night we went with neighbors Joyce Holder and Darlene Winslow; taking Ardell & Marian Finken out to dinner at the Longhorn Cattle Company Barbeque and Steak House in San Benito, TX.  The Finken's have sold their house and will be leaving next Tuesday after spending their winters next door since around 2005.

After returning from the Cattlemen's we played Concentration cards at our place and then enjoyed Phyllis' cherry pie and ice cream.

The quilt Phyllis made and donated to the Men of A-Chord for a raffle to raise money for the  scholarship awarded each year.

You probably didn't notice, but there was a break in my working here--went up to the Rec Hall to practice the songs Phyllis and I are going to sing tonight at the 50 Years and Over Anniversary party.

Still misty, a little windy and COLD out.

Later, Lynn

Another busy week in the Valley

 45º with a "feel like" of 39º at 11:30 am on Saturday.  Has rained the last several days with temperature falling from 83º on Wednesday to 39º late that afternoon and has been cold and rainy ever since.

Last Wednesday Phyllis' cousin Jan Frey and her husband, Lynn, who are staying in their 5th wheel at Llano Grande RV in Mercedes, came to our place and picked up us and Patty and drove to South Padre Island.  Had Lunch at Blackbeard's Restaurant and then spent time at the Turtle Rescue place there on the island.

One of several turtles in the
"Turtle hospital"

The new Turtle Rescue place with
amphitheater & museum.

At Blackbeard's Restaurant
on South Padre Island

At Blackbeard's Restaurant
on South Padre Island

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1. A possum is a flat animal that sleeps in the middle of the road.

2. There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 of them live in Missouri.

3. There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 of them live in the Missouri, plus a couple no one's seen before.

4. If it grows, it'll stick ya. If it crawls, it'll bite cha.

5. Onced and Twiced are words.

6. It is not a shopping cart, it is a buggy!

7. Jawl-P? means: Did you all go to the bathroom?

8. People actually grow, eat, and like okra.

9. Fixinto is one word. It means I'm going to do something.

10. There is no such thing as lunch. There is only dinner and then there's supper.

11. Iced tea is appropriate for all meals and you start drinking it when you're two. We do like a little tea with our sugar. It is referred to as the Wine of the South.

12. Backwards and forwards means I know everything about you.

13. The word jeet is actually a question meaning, 'Did you eat?'

14. You don't have to wear a watch, because it doesn't matter what time it is, you work until you're done or it's too dark to see.

15. You don't PUSH buttons, you MASH em.

16. Y'all is singular. All Y'all is plural.

17. All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, insect, or animal.

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19. You only own five spices: salt, pepper, mustard, Tabasco, and ketchup.

20. The local papers cover national and international news on one page, but require 6 pages for local high school sports, motorsports, and gossip.

21. Everyone you meet is a Honey, Sugar, Miss (first name), or Mr (first name)

22. You think that the first day of deer season is a national holiday.

23. You know what a hissy fit is.

24. Fried catfish is the other white meat.

25. We don't need no dang Driver's Ed. If our mama says we can drive, we can drive!!!

26. You understand these jokes and forward them to your Missouri friends and those who just wish they were from Missouri.

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Another busy week here in South Texas

 70º here in La Feria, TX at 7:15 pm Sunday evening, cloudy all day, but nice temperatures.  Last several days we have been on the run.  Men Of A-Chord Barbershop concerts Wednesday, Friday and this afternoon.  Making up many of the dates we missed due to illness late in March.

Couple of photos from today.  CLICK HERE for video of today's concert (Camera run by Patty S)

CLICK HERE for Friday's Video

and CLICK HERE for Wednesday's Video

This was us in our monkey suits before we drove the 42 miles west to where we performed today.

After church we went out with Patty & Darlene to the La Feria Café for late breakfast..

Some shots from Thursday evenings Beanbag Baseball game.  This next Thursday will be the last for Ardel Finken to keep score for this which he has done for many years.  They leave the park for the last time next weekend.

Here I started  digging in a soaker hose to water our Bougenvelia bushes

Got the soaker hose buried and now burying hose to it.

Put buried boards up nearly to the faucet to keep the yard mower guys from eating up the hose with their weed whippers.  Will give it a coat of grey paint to kind of camouflage it.

Tuesday we picked up Doris Winter at her park in Alamo on the way back from Men of A-Chord Barbershop Chorus practice and she was able to be with us for the final Pegs & Jokers with Bob & Bobi Raab as well as Pat Smith, Butch Giesking, Patty Steckelberg, Joyce Holder and Darlene Winslow.  Had Pizza before the P&J game.

Pat Smith and Theresa VanOnen played the organ and piano at Kenwood Church this morning.

Phyllis gave a recitation at church - "If Jesus came to your house", which was the same as one she had given at church when she was 10 years old.  CLICK HERE for video of this

Pastor Stan Gray gives very thought-provoking sermons each Sunday.

We were only given a few minutes to go over special music this morning.

Click HERE for video.

Saturday morning they had a "Show and Sell" at the Rec Hall.  Only items personally made, or collections could be shown, and, if desired, sold.

Phyllis displayed several of the quilts she has here and set up her quilting frame and quilted during the morning.

They had hot dogs, hamburgers and Charro beans at noon.

Well, is now almost 10:30 Sunday evening and am running out of things to say/show.

Plan on going to Mexico with Patty tomorrow and to South Padre on Wednesday with Patty and Jan & Lynn Frye.  MOAC practice on Tuesday, quilting on Thursday, and a "goodbye"  supper with Finkens on Friday.  Anniversary party is Saturday and Phyllis & I are going to sing as part of the program.  Sunday we go to Llano Grande RV in Mercedes with the Men of A-Chord (Jan & Lynn are staying at that park).  Have done 4 performances for Barbershop Chorus and have 4 remaining.

Later, Lynn