Happy Holidays!

Dear Family

 

We are wishing you all a

 

Merry Christmas

 

 and a

 

Happy New Year!

 

We have gotten some lovely cards from some of you. Thanks so much for keeping in touch. Those of you that are not sending cards this year can add your greeting here. We'd like to hear from you all.

 

I have been busy and fairly healthy for my age. Boyd needs to slow down & quit working so hard. But he has worked hard all of his life & thinks he can't quit now. We're thinking of those of you who have not been well. May God bless you in the coming year.

 

We have snow on the ground here & more coming tonight. The weatherman says it will be a white Christmas for us. We have our own "Christmas card" scenery when we look out our windows at this old farm. I think we will stay home for Christmas this year. We spent a great Thanksgiving with the Winters family. We had 10 family members at the table. I'd better quit rambling & end here.

Lve to you all, Leslie

 

 

New members

Hi members,

We have had 3 people apply lately to be members of this family website. I have to approve all memberships. I have sent these people e-mails asking how they are related to our extended family & have received no answer back from two of them. When I emailed the last one it came back as a delivery failure. So they probably gave a wrong e-mail address. Please e-mail me if you know who was trying to get a membership or if you have tried to get a another membership lately & couldn't. I don't want to keep any of our family members out.  Hope you are all doing well, let us hear from you. Leslie

Naomis pictures

two of Naomi's 5 grandchildren

Recent pictures taken of people and animals I love....

Winters

Left - Leslie Mikesell; Eva Winters; Edith Ruud Mikesell; Thelma Mikesell Winters; Wayne Winters; Ernie Mikesell; Evan Erlandson; Mike Winters; Vern Webb [minister]. R.L.D.S. Church, Spokane, WA.

Winters family, old and new photos plus Wayne and Thelma's 50th Wedding Anniversary, June 2002 All four of their daughters, Debbie, Jan, Anita and Ginny and some of their grandchildren from IL, WA and NV were at the family gathering. Anniversary photos taken by Reed and Ginny (Winters) Mangum.

The "Zoom In" Link has been replaced by the "Slideshow" link. The Slideshow is now where you can zoom in on all photos in the album you're viewing. After you open the Slideshow, use the "Settings" to choose how large you want photos to appear.

Della Ann

Hi all...thank you for all of the prayers for mom....She had a small heart attack and spent Monday and Tuesday in ambulances going to the E.R. at Sacred Heart.She fell during the heart attack  (actually fell both days...) and tore the maniscus in her knee.  She also has a broken wrist....She already had congestive heart failure and emphysema....She is quite a fighter...  I think she is doing better as she was able to come home Friday night.  She is having people coming in from "Visiting Nurses Assn" to help her because she is not able to have surgery.  She is also on heart meds and has nitro...Her spirits are really good and she really enjoyed the visits, the calls and the flowers.....I hope all of us offspring have as much strength as the aunts and uncles and grandparents of this family when it comes to illness.  The faith is a great big part of it, too.Hope this finds all of you doing well..

Naomi

April Trip

I am planning on visiting the area in late April of this year.  I was interested in maybe stopping by and meeting some of the family.  I was wondering who may be available, and if you could give me some contact information to be able to arrange something.  I understand that everyone is busy and I am definately not asking for a shin-dig,  but would be nice to stop in for a cup of coffee.

 

Christopher Aller

 

C-817-846-9506

Prayers please

Thelma's young grandson, Grant, has been diagnosed with Kawasaki disease. His doctors don't know yet if he was treated in time to prevent serious heart complications. His family ask that we pray for him. Leslie

1940 Mikesell Reunion photo

I have a few questions about this photo. As I read the identifications, there are a couple missing names. Who is the lady to the left of Charles Mikesell in the front row? I know the June Aller and Sherry Mikesell are the two little girls in front. Also, who is Dell Bressler? I don't have him in my tree.

Thanks to Darlene

Darlene, I hope you see this big  thank you  for the photos you sent to me. Everyone looks so good. I tried to e-mail you & then Gerri but they came back. Have you changed your e-mail address? If so e-mail me with your new one. Looks like Bryan & Ruth had a beautiful celebration. Seems like yesterday when we went to your 25th. It's was good to see the photos of the family get-together.

 

Your house must have looked very festive with all the outdoor Christmas decorations. We only had our large star on the barn lit for Christmas. It can be seen from the hiway a mile away & some of the neighbors reminded us to plug it in. Better late than never. We didn't get our Christmas lights up on our fence & the large blow-up Snowman family stayed in the box. I hope we can get in the Christmas spirit earlier this year.

 

My thank you e-mail went on to complain about the sub-freezing weather we were having but that is long gone so I've got nothing to complain about anymore. I envy you your roofers. A lot of our roofing on the house & out buildings has "gone with the wind" last year. Boyd's busy with the pump business & I am still trying to keep my brain working by adding to our family's genealogy. Best wishes, Leslie

Kitty Litter Cake

Kitty Litter Cake

 

This is *no joke* 

 

READ THE INGREDIENTS AND STUFF FIRST AND THEN LOOK AT THE
PHOTO... 

TRUST ME... 

DON'T  LOOK AT THE PHOTO FIRST, BUT LAST... 

 

This is for all you cooks out there looking for something a
little different......... 

 

WANT TO HAVE FUN AT A PARTY? PREPARE THIS RECIPE! COMPLETELY
EDIBLE, 
BUT 
YOUR FRIENDS MAY NOT THINK SO! 

 

On a recent visit to our veterinarian to get shots for our cat
I  found this recipe on the waiting room bulletin board. After
recovering from hysterical laughter, I obtain ed a copy from the office staff
so that my wife could make it, which she refused to do. I took it to work
and gave the recipe to a lady at work who loves cats. The pictures
below show the results of her work. It doesn't look very nice, but it's
actually quite tasty, so I decided to pass it along.

CAKE INGREDIENTS: 
1 box spice or German chocolate cake mix 
1 box of white cake mix 
1 package e white sandwich cookies 
1 large package vanilla instant pudding mix 
A few drops green food coloring 
12 small Tootsie Rolls or equivalent

SERVING "DISHES AND UTENSILS" 
1 NEW cat-litter box 
1 NEW cat-litter box liner 
1 NEW pooper scooper

1) Prepare and bake cake mixes, according to directions, in
any size pan. Prepare pudding and chill. Crumble cookies in small
batches in blender or food processor. Add a few drops of green food
coloring to 1 cup of cookie crumbs. Mix with a fork or shake in a jar. Set
aside.

2) When cakes are at room temperature, crumble them into a
large bowl. Toss with half of the remaining cookie crumbs and enough
pudding to make the mixture moist but not soggy. Place liner in litter box and
pour in mixture.

3) Unwrap 3 Tootsie Rolls and heat in a microwave until soft
and pliable. Shape the blunt ends into slightly curved point s. Repeat with three
more rolls. Bury the rolls decoratively in the cake mixture.
Sprinkle remaining white cookie crumbs over the mixture, then scatter
the green crumbs lightly over top.

 

4) Heat 5 more Tootsie Rolls until almost melted. Scrape them
on top of the cake and sprinkle with crumbs from the litter box. Heat
the remaining Tootsie Roll until pliable an d hang it over the
edge of the box. Place box on a sheet of newspaper and serve with
scooper.

 

Enjoy!

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What to do about Christmas

What to do about Christmas

 

Letter From Jesus Christ, concerning His birthday celebration.

Dear children,

It has come to my attention that many of you are upset that folks are taking My name out of the season. Maybe you've forgotten that I wasn't actually born during this time of the year and that it was some of you're predecessors who decided to celebrate My birthday on what was actually a time of pagan festival. Although I do appreciate being remembered anytime.

How I personally feel about this celebration can probably be most easily understood by those of you who have been blessed with children of your own. I don't care what you call the day. If you want to celebrate My birth just, GET ALONG AND LOVE ONE ANOTHER. Now, having said that let Me go on.

If it bothers you that the town in which you live doesn't allow a scene depicting My birth, then just get rid of a couple of Santa's and snowmen and put in a small Nativity scene on your own front lawn. If all My followers did that there wouldn't be any need for such a scene on the town square because there would be many of them all around town.  

Stop worrying about the fact that people are calling the tree a holiday tree, instead of a Christmas tree. It was I who made all trees. You can & may remember Me anytime you see any tree. Decorate a grape vine if you wish: I actually spoke of that one in a teaching explaining who I am in relation to you & what each of our tasks were. If you have forgot that one, look up John 15: 1 - 8.  

If you want to give Me a present in remembrance of My birth here is my wish list. Choose something from it.

1. Instead of writing protest letters objecting to the way My birthday is being celebrated, write letters of love and hope to soldiers away from home. They are terribly afraid and lonely this time of year. I know, they tell Me all the time. 

2. Visit someone in a nursing home. You don't have to know them personally. They just need to know that someone cares about them.

3. Instead of writing George complaining about the wording on the cards his staff sent out this year, why don't you write and tell him that you'll be praying for him and his family this year. Then follow up.  It will be nice hearing from you again.  

4. Instead of giving your children a lot of gifts you can't afford and they don't need, spend time with them. Tell them the story of My birth, and why I came to live with you down here. Hold them in your arms and remind them that I love them.  

5. Pick someone that has hurt you in the past and forgive him or her.

6. Did you know that someone in your town will attempt to take his own life this season because he feels so alone and hopeless?  Since you don't know who that person is, try giving everyone you meet a warm smile it could make the difference. Also, you might consider supporting the local Hot-Line: they talk with people like that every day.

7. Instead of nit picking about what the retailer in your town calls the holiday, be patient with the people who work there. Give them a warm smile and a kind word. Even if they aren't allowed to wish you a "Merry Christmas" that doesn't keep you from wishing them one.

8. If you really want to make a difference, support a missionary, especially one who takes My love & Good News to those who have never heard  My name. You may already know someone like that.

9. Here's a good one. There are individuals & whole families in your town who not only will have no "Christmas" tree, but neither will they have any presents to give or receive. If you don't know them (and I suspect you don't) buy some food & a few gifts & give them to the Marines, the Salvation Army or some other charity which believes in Me & they will make the delivery for you.

10. Finally if you want to make a statement about your belief in and loyalty to Me, then behave like a Christian. Don't do things in secret that you wouldn't do in My presence. Let people know by your actions that you are one of mine. 

P.S Don't forget; I am God and can take care of Myself. Just love Me & do what I have told you to do. I'll take care of all the rest. Check out the list above & get to work; time is short. I'll help you, but the ball is now in your court. And do have a most blessed Christmas with all those whom you  love and remember, I LOVE YOU. Jesus

Happy New Year

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