Thanksgiving at Calidonia 11/22/2007
We had a Thankgiving dinner at the Caladonia Methodest church november 22 2007 with The earps and rennells and bells attending

Savannah Jane Bell
a Daughter Savannah Jane Bell was born 10:37 PM  October 11  2007 to Carol and Todd Bell.
. She Weighed 6 lbs-11 oz and stood 18 inches tall. Mother and daughter are doing fine

When we got home from michigan we found the Propane tank on the motor home was about to fall off
I spent Labor day Reattaching it.
Wednesday  9/5 the contractor  installed a new front Side walk to our front door

trip to michigan 8/24 thru 9/2/2007

August 19 the area was hit with a flash flood, Stockton, Houston, Goodview, Minnesota were
unidated and some houses floted away  We were lucky becasuse we are halfway up the hill, but our
well started to pump Sand. during the flood. We fixed the problem somewhate by changing the filter.
and installing a new pump.
 

trip to dallas 4/13 - 29 /2007

July 27 th we are going over to Carol bell's to give her a birthday
party. Last sunday I gave Marty the Suzuki RV90, and he came over and loaded
it onto his truck ..My Honda Spee is having trouble, every time I ride it I
must repair it. last week I had to push it 1 1/2 mile home. Paul is living
at home now  and will not renew his aparment lease which ends in august August.
Mary is having fun tending her garden. and feeding her birds
 

Mary is signed up for August 11 thru 18 and August 25 thru September 3 as vacation.  note the week between is not vacation

friday June 15 paul had his appendict removed. he is now at home 131 oskamp circle recuperating for a week

Mary had May 14 thru 20 2007 off  and mel was not feeing good for two days. then  Mary, Mel and Lady  went to whitewater state park for the week
Paul and Sara are not getting married in june
Richard Hargett Just had surgery for Cancer of the lungs.
Bob Williams, Mary,s Uncle died. he was a map maker starting in WW 2 and a professor at Yale.
Carol and Todd Bell is planning to have their first Baby in October 2007
 

we just drained the motor home antifreeze to keep the water system safe in the winter. Now the +15 degree evening temperatures are causing us to heat the motorhome with 20 lb propane tanks to keep the fresh water system from freezing. It apears this freezing weather will continue thru April 13  We moved the motorhome back in our yard to keep and eye on it
We just moved the motorhome to Praie Island Camp ground where we will have a season site for the year April to October 2007
our first week off will be April 13 thru 29 and we plan to go thru Dallas.TX and other spots for 2 weeks
Mary is getting full days off because she is partime. We are discussing if and when she will retire .
I tried to start the Snowblower but it did not. the snow blower leaks gas and is cantankerous
The first week of February is cold -15 degrees and we have some snow.

Mel fell off a chair and brused or broke his tailbone.  We understand there is no treatment except time.It hurts to climb staires
and other things. it seems to be improving. The injery has healed and is fully rcovered.