I'm In Arkansas

Trip was uneventful which is a good thing when you are flying ;)

We had a little birthday party for Dad last night - it was his 81st. I have photos but I probably won't post them till I get home because not downloading them to Dad's computer.

Today we took him for a haircut and then to have his car serviced and then lunch. He's gotten skinny so it felt good to watch him eat well.

Last night driving from Monticello to Dumas was eventful. We saw a deer, a possom, a coyote, and unfortunatly, we ran over an armadillo. Someone on FB told me that God made armadillos so that Texan's could enjoy possom on the half shell :)

Thank you Cousin Diane

I am working on a memory quilt for my Dad and was a little short on photos of his siblings - I could grab a photo of his great grandmother but finding one of his brother Raymond took some help, LOL. Anyway, Cousin Diane came to the rescue. I am sharing a photo of my Dad and his three brothers.

I don't know why but when I see this it reminds me of all those photos of the Kennedy brothers. Perhaps same time frame and a bunch of boys ;)

Anyway, they are (left to right) Melvin Manning, Carl Manning (daddy), Raymond Manning, and Johnny Manning. All born in Lawrence County Arkansas. Melvin was a school teacher and then later an administrator. My Dad worked in parts most of his life (mostly agri but also Buick for a few years) and was once a soda jerk! Uncle Raymond was a farmer, and Uncle John was a business man and mostly notably, to me, one of those businesses was a beauty school in Kankakee, IL. He is the dad of my cousin Diane who supplied this great photo. Thank you Di!

Sorry Family

For posting a photo of a John Deere when we are an International Harvester family. It was the only picker photo I could get where the machinery was by the road. Remember the old saying - nothing runs like a deer........or smells like a john! LOL