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| My sister, Linda and her daughter, Kaira pulled into the daycare to pick up baby William (22 months) after work on Friday. We had been having storms most of the day and as they got William buckled into his car seat a huge tree fell on the car. My sister got hit in the shoulder and Karia was knocked to her knees. William said it went BOOM !!! They are all OK !!!!! Karia had just had her pretty red car a few weeks. Just happy that they are OK .... |
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| Damage to my Mom's back yard from the storm that hit Arkansas on Friday. A few other places loss a couple of trees but nothing like this!!! Now for clean up. Don't think an almost 88 year old woman can take care of this... |
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| This is LUCY, my daughter's princess of a dog. They just got home from vacation in N.C. and this is Lucy running from the house when she saw my daughter. She is so sweet and so is my daughter... |
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| This is Jessica as she is getting home and Milo letting her know how much she was missed... |
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| On Sunday we had lunch on the balcony of the Basin Hotel in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. A lovely little town with dozens of great shops to visit. |
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| Started to rain while we where having lunch. Thought it would be just a small rain and be done by the time we were. Wrong. By the time we were ready to leave it was a DOWNPOUR !!! We went downstairs and waited a few minutes and then decided to run across the street and down all those stairs to the car....I was soaked and my shoes will never be the same. |
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| Rained all the way down the mountain and thinking maybe we got some of this rain at home....WRONG....not a drop ! Oh ... by the way ... the Basin is a GREAT place to eat while you are in Eureka Springs....mmm good :) |
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| My hubby has Shingles for a second time. I had them a few years ago and they are so painful! He just got back from the Doctor with pain pills and pills to dry up the rash so maybe he will feel better in a few days. Shingles is a skin rash caused by a nerve and skin inflammation from the same virus that previously caused chickenpox. After an individual has chickenpox, this virus lives dormant in the nervous system and is never fully cleared from the body. |
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| It was so hot here yesterday (106) that when we came home there was a young hawk sitting in our bird bath. We waited several minutes before getting out of the car not wanting to scare him. He didn't move when we got out and went into the house. My husband keeps three feeding pans of water out for the birds while it is so hot and this young hawk stayed for almost 30 minutes enjoying the water. I wish the pictures were better but I took them from inside the house, not wanting to scare him off. |
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| At the end of the day we took a few last minute pictures, gave a lot of hugs and kisses then said our sad good-bys... What a wonderful day that will long be remembered in the Hopper Family :) |
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| While some of us watche a DVD of my late aunt Ann back in 2005 telling stories that happen to her in her life time the younger generation walked to the Naturel Falls. |
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| By the pictures they took it is a beautiful place to go but this old lady didn't make the walk. I will have to go back and do the drive-thru... |
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| I love this picture of cousin Tina ! |
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| And I love this one of grandson Josh and his girl, Jessica :) |
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| Husband Ron and Grandson Josh doing the cooking. My son-n-law is in here somewhere helping with the cooking. Ron said he couldn't have done it without the help of Josh and Brian. |
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| We had so much food......... |
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| Josh and Uncle Jim letting lunch settle and Josh hearing some good stories :) |
