Welcome Debsgarden2

Welcome to new member, Debsgarden2. Is that you Debbie  W. my namesake? We're always glad to get new ACTIVE members. How about some baby photos? Hope to hear from you often.

Leslie

  

Crazy Cat Woman Here to say Hello!

Hi Ya All!   Cat Woman here!

I hope everyone is doing well.  Sorry it takes me so long to get back on this site.  My computer is rather sick, and probably doesn't have a long life ahead of it.  My car got sick as well, my insurance went up, so now I am not driving.  I don't mind as I have been too tired.  Doctor is giving me B12 shots each week to see if this helps.  Thanks to my mom who has been taking me to get the shots, etc..  This last weekend was so beautiful I did some yard work -- was very painful, yet my yard looks good.  I do some crafts when I feel up to it, which is something I really love to do.  I watch HGTV a lot at night, and early in the morning.  I think I am addicted to this channel.  My son Bryan is still in the Navy.  In October it will be 10 years for him.  His wife (my daughter-in-law)Michelle has a lot of physical problems now, yet is still trying to stay head of them.  I sure wish they lived closer.  Bryan will be able to transfer some where in about six months.  I hope he chooses the coast of Washington.  They are very busy, so don't get to chat very often.  My son Chris is in to baseball season right now.  He has been having a lot of trouble with his right shoulder, and a knee.  He is going to two different Orthopedic Specialists right now, and will be going to therapy soon.  Hopefully he won't have to have surgery. He is a junior in high school, and will be 18 in October.  Bryan will be 28 in September.  Chris is so busy with his youth group, church, sports, etc........  I get to see him once in a while.  I made some gifts for Christmas that I have never seen done before, and would like to make a video ("How to") someday, and have it professionally edited, and marketed.  I have so much fun doing these things.  I also applied to be on the show "Extreme Makeover Home Edition", which is on Sunday nights (8:00 Pacific Time) on ABC.  If you haven't seen this show, it is really a great show.  I would love to have all the stuff done to my house from this show, so we'll see if I get picked.  I sent my video, and application out about a week or so ago.  I am also thinking about applying to be on the "Extreme Makeover" show that has to do with helping the people themselves with surgeries, etc..  It is also a wonderful show that is very positive.  If anyone wants to apply for any of these, just go to www.abc.com and apply.  I still have 13 cats at this time, with most of them being of geriatric age.  In other words I have an old cats home (tee hee hee).  It is rather comical to try and sleep at night when I am not the only one snoring, and keeping myself awake.  Cats can snore you know -- I know  too.  Also comical to see five cats sleeping with me on my head, and every where else they find comfortable.  I guess it keeps me warm at night.  The oldest cat I have is in her 15th year, yet she still plays like a kitten at times.  Then there is Eddie, my little weiner dog.  He likes to bark at anything that moves.  He is my faithful watch dog.  I didn't hear him the other night, and he politely left a whoops-a-daisy on my floor for me to discover in the morning.  I have not had any more raccoons on my sundeck in a long time, ever since brave ole Eddie decided to attack one that was 2 - 3 times his size.  I didn't see it when I let Eddie out to do his thing one night.  He might be small, but he packs a mighty paw.  Eddie the lion hearted.  Well, I guess I should end my adventures for now.  I will try and get back to this site more often.  I will try and remember to send Bryan and Michelle this site, as I have forgotten all along.  Take care everyone, especially Lonnie, Dusty, Sara, Uncle Evan, Aunt Betty, and anyone else.  My love and prayers are with you all.

Bev Binder-Baker (alias cat woman)

Another Mikesell here in the group

Greetings,

 

I am Guy Mikesell. My direct line starts with my father Edsel E. Mikesell Sr.; Guy E. Mikesell; Luther Terrance Mikesell; Garret Walls Mikesell; Independence Mikesell and so on back as far as we know to Johan W. Meiyssel, ca.1640.

 

My Father was born in Oakland, Iowa and his family moved to California. My bsae family are all in the Redding, California area.

 

I currently live in S-W Missouri.

 

I do have a website that I would like to put in the members links section but I do not really know how to insert it. It is at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mikesell_family_tree_branch/ 

 

I would like more members there. I only have three now but it has the same idea as this one. I have posted several pictures of my family including Luther terrance and his wife Bertha and Garret Walls and his wife.

 

Thank you for accepting me into this group.

Guy

What's the weather like at YOUR house?

Hi gang, Burrrrrrrrr!!!!! January has been crazy here! Monday we had a high of -1 degree & a low of -22 degrees. Boyd was kept busy thawing out pipes for people that forgot how to weatherproof their pipes. Now that it's warming up we have a foot of snow on the ground & it's snowing. The weatherman says that it will snow for 3 more days. I did a lot of baking, roasting, etc., trying to keep the house warm with the help of the oven. Good thing the electicity stayed on. Hope the old oil furnace doesn't give out this winter. We're still selling hay, good thing horse people will drive thru a storm to keep their horses in hay. By the way, Betty is doing good at St. Joseph's nursing home. Evan sees her everyday, even when it's cold & stormy. What's the weather like where you are at? Let us know here by clicking "reply".

                                                                                Love Leslie

Happy Holidays from the Wood family

WISHING HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL OF YOU

FROM THE WOOD FAMILY

 

Beautiful Pictures Leslie

It was fun going through the pictures you put on the web site. 

We have had 3 new babies in our family in the last month. 

David & Amy had a little girl, and John and Tara had a little girl.  This makes 8 grandchildren for Carlene and Dennis.  Craig and LeeAnn had a little boy.  This makes the 2nd grandson for Bryan and Ruth.

God at work

This will give you chills ... People always say how mean kids can

> > > > >>be, never how nice they can be.

> > > > >>This will either make you cry, give you cold chills or just leave

> > > > >>you cold, but it puts life into perspective!

> > > > >>At a fundraising dinner for a school that serves learning-disabled

> > > > >>children, the father of one of the school's students delivered a

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> > > > >>speech that would never be forgotten by all who attended.

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> > > > >>After extolling the school and its dedicated staff, he offered a

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> > > > >>question.

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> > > > >>"Everything God does is done with perfection. Yet, my son Shay

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> > > > >>cannot

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> > > > >>learn things as other children do. He cannot understand things as

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> > > > >>other

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> > > > >>children do.

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> > > > >>Where is God's plan reflected in my son?" The audience was stilled

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> > > > >>by the query. The father continued. "I believe," the father

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> > > > >>answered, "that when God brings a child like Shay into the world,

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> > > > >>an opportunity to realize the divine Plan presents itself and it

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> > > > >>comes in the way people treat that child."

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> > > > >> Then, he told the following story:

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> > > > >>Shay and his father had walked past a park where some boys Shay

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> > > > >>knew

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> > > > >>were playing baseball. Shay asked, "Do you think they will let me

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> > > > >>play?" Shay's father knew that the boys would not want him on

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> > > > >>their team. But the father understood that if his son were allowed

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> > > > >>to play it would give him a much-needed sense of belonging.

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> > > > >> Shay's father approached one of the boys on the field and asked

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> > > > >>if

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> > > > >>Shay could play. The boy looked around for guidance from his

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> > > > >>teammates.

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> > > > >>Getting none, he took matters into his own hands and said, "We are

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> > > > >>losing by six runs, and the game is in the eighth inning. I guess

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> > > > >>he can be on our team and we'll try to put him up to bat in the

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> > > > >>ninth inning." In the bottom of the eighth inning, Shay's team

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> > > > >>scored a few runs but was still behind by three. At the top of the

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> > > > >>ninth inning, Shay put on a glove and played in the outfield.

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> > > > >>Although no hits came his way, he was obviously ecstatic just to be

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> > > > >>on the field, grinning from ear to ear as his father waved to him

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> > > > >>from the stands.

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> > > > >> In the bottom of the ninth inning, Shay's team scored again.

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> > > > >>Now,

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> > > > >>with two outs and the bases loaded, the potential winning run was

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> > > > >>on base. Shay was scheduled to be the next at-bat. Would the team

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> > > > >>actually let Shay bat at this juncture and give away their chance

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> > > > >>to win the game? Surprisingly, Shay was given the bat. Everyone

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> > > > >>knew that a hit was all but impossible because Shay didn't even

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> > > > >>know how to hold the bat properly, much less connect with the ball.

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> > > > >>However, as Shay stepped up to the plate, the pitcher moved a few

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> > > > >>steps to lob the ball in softly so Shay could at least be able to

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> > > > >>make contact.

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> > > > >> The first pitch came and Shay swung clumsily and missed. The

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> > > > >>pitcher again took a few steps forward to toss the ball softly

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> > > > >>toward Shay. As the pitch came in, Shay swung at the ball and hit

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> > > > >>a slow ground ball to the pitcher.

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> > > > >> The pitcher picked up the soft grounder and could easily have

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> > > > >>thrown

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> > > > >>the ball to the first baseman. Shay would have been out and that

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> > > > >>would

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> > > > >>have ended the game. Instead, the pitcher took the ball and threw

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> > > > >>it on a high arc to right field, far beyond reach of the first

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> > > > >>baseman.

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> > > > >> Everyone started yelling, "Shay, run to first, run to first."

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> > > > >>Never

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> > > > >>in his life had Shay ever made it to first base. He scampered down

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> > > > >>the

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> > > > >>baseline, wide-eyed and startled. Everyone yelled, "run to second,

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> > > > >>run to second!" By the time Shay was rounding first base, the

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> > > > >>right fielder had the ball. He could have thrown the ball to the

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> > > > >>second baseman for a tag. But the right fielder understood what the

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> > > > >>pitcher's intentions had been, so he threw the ball high and far

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> > > > >>over the third baseman's head. Shay ran towards second base as the

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> > > > >>runners ahead of him deliriously circled the bases towards home.

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> > > > >> As Shay reached second base, the opposing shortstop ran to him,

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> > > > >>turned him in the direction of third base, and shouted, "run to

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> > > > >>third!" As Shay rounded third, the boys from both teams were

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> > > > >>screaming, "Shay! run home!"

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> > > > >>Shay ran home, stepped on home plate and was cheered as the hero

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> > > > >>for hitting a "grand slam" and winning the game for his team. "That

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> > > > >>day," said the father softly with tears now rolling down his face,

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> > > > >>"the boys from both teams helped bring a piece of the Divine Plan

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> > > > >>into this world."

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