Cindy Carter enjoyed a good visit from her grandson Desmond and her daughter Wendy.

They live in New York City, but do NOT make salsa.

Marvin McDonald Updates

Marvin in Spring Creek with granddaughters

Breezie on my knee and Lexi by my side

This is Lexi after helping us pick what you see

on June 8, 2010, including the

salad-style corn-on-the cob she's holding.

Aw Shucks!

Sadie Alexandra Bates, Marvin's granddaughter, just a few days after her 1st birthday.

The last posting showed us planting the garden;

it has grown rather nicely.

And, it's quite scriptural: Dianne and Marvin planted,

Dianne waters, and God gives us increase.

We are praying that God will help with the watering very soon.
It's VERY dry in Cenla.

Debbie Horton's 3 sons

Many will remember Debbie Horton.

She moved away before graduating from Brame,

and was a member of the morning block class of Miss Slocum's.

She is pictured here with her 3 sons,

Andy, Nick and Peyton.

One is a new groom...

perhaps his naive smile will give him away.

APRIL 2010 GET-TOGETHER

Classmates gathered at the home of Bobby and Dorris Barron.

Some arrived later and are not pictured.

The burgers were a franchise waiting to happen.

Cindy Carter shrugged off serious injury to assemble with the ranks.

Francine & Gerry in Death Valley

In Francine's words: I'm sending you some pics of a vacation to Death Valley....ooohh....we made it back, they didn't keep up. We went in January because that's supposed to be the optimum time for the best weather because, of course, the summer is way too hot. January was one of hte coldest on record in Death Valley and we thought we were going to freeze to death... guess that's why they call it Death Valley. It's a beautiful and awesome place though.

Old McDonald's Farm

Lexi and Bre Sharpe, 2 of Marvin and Dianne McDonald's granddaughters

The dates shown are wrong, should be 03/27/2010.

Also

We enjoy vegetable gardening, and it may

be helpful to have a hobby that could

become a necessity soon.

This is Marvin clearing some area for a garden.

The Kubota is a great help, but the Sears tiller

was needed to get the garden ready to plant.

The chickens are about to be fenced out.
Not easy to see, but the beans have sprouted, so has the corn
(maybe Johnny Cash should chime in right now)

31 tomato plants, cucumbers (after replanting), squash,

lots of okra and watermelon.

The fence is to keep our chickens and the deer out.
After the watermelons get ripe,
we'll find out if it keeps the coons out.

Snow on Classmate in Virigina

Barbara Sabel Holloway sends these photos of a portion of their 52" of snow this season

in Culpeper, Virginia.