Today is special to me not just because it’s Christmas eve but because it is grandson Ryan’s birthday. His birthday is one that I don’t have to ask Ann when it is. We are going to Louisville to celebrate with.
HAPPY 14th BIRTHDAY! RYAN
The last first tooth lost for the Crockett family. Congratulations Grayson!
We have had a great holiday in Atoka. There were 25 of us between Scott and Alison’s families for dinner yesterday, The weather was beautiful. The food was outstanding. Wednesday evening Scott and I drove to Olive Branch, Ms. to pickup some BBQ from a competition BBQ’er, 10 Bones BBQ. We enjoyed the ribs and Boston butt Friday and had smoked turkey yesterday. Excellent BBQ! We had a good visit with all.
Today, after a little browsing in Covington, we went to downtown Memphis and had lunch at Pearl’s Oyster House… oysters on the half-shell, Louisiana gumbo, fried calamari.
Our plan is to leave early tomorrow and hopefully get to see Ryan wrestle in Frankfort, KY. Clark is in Louisville and we will meet up with him sometime tomorrow.
We arrived safely in Atoka yesterday evening. Scott and Alison doing well and excited about Thanksgiving at their place. The weather is very nice today. Sunny and a high in the 60’s. We are getting things ready for tomorrow.
We had a good visit with Linda and Jim Monday evening and Tuesday morning. I was saddened to learn that Prentice Meador had suddenly fallen seriously ill and died early yesterday morning. Although I had only met him casually, I admired him. He was a good friend of my friend Charles Trevathan. He had been working with Lipscomb University and had a lot of good things to offer in his later years. Once again I am reminded of my mortality and the importance of enjoying each moment of life that God has blessed me with.
I have revised my website. As you can see, rather than incorporating my blog into the website, I’m using the blog format as the website. All of the previous website content has been incorporated into blog format. There may be a few bugs to start but I believe this approach will be better.