Jim catches...oops... I mean kill's his first buck!

This past fall Jim took part in an annual ritual that most men, boys, and even some women, here in the beautiful state of Missouri, get all fired up for. They spend almost the entire year rummaging through fields, and forests looking for that perfect spot to set up their tree stand, where they spend and entire day still, hidden in stealth mode. You can always spot this brood on the streeet because they wear their camo dickies and ride around in camo trucks toting their camo dressd infants. Quite and interesting bunch if you ask me. Anyway, this last year Jim caught the bug. He and a couple of his friends headed out to Nevada and spent almost 4 weekends to catch their alotted doe and buck. Jim was able to hunt a very old buck. The head was too small to mount, but he salvaged the antlers for a trophy. Shane has taken them to school to show off, "very cool", he says. Jim loves the outdoors and you can almost always find him planning a hunting or fishing trip.

Woman Aging

by

Carol Lynn Pearson

All her life she had been

A vegetable garden

Every inch rowed and planted

In corn, beans, carrots:

Producing

Nourishing

Doing.

Now some landscape architect

Has rearranges the space

Clearing, softening

Putting in a little pond

And a path and sand

Offering a quiet place

For being

For sitting on the one rock

And studying

The single lotus.

Pastel and thin

She is an Oriental meditation garden

Designed for going within.

Happy Birthday Kelly, I love you.

Congrads to Ash and Clay... a new baby to the family!

Early Sunday morning I got a phone call that Ash was "cramping". So I immediatly ran over to get Ash walking. Little did I know she had been "cramping since midnight.... and know she was having contractions every 1-2min apart. With the adivice of Becka, and my friend Cynthia..."GET HER TO THE HOSPITAL!!!" Mom and I drove her to the hospital and got her checked in. Clay, mom and Becka helped Ash with her breathing and tried to keep her calm. Camille was in awe of how incredible everything was, Megan and Heather not so much... I think they were a bit frightened. I stayed out in waiting room with them and watched the marathon of Ghost Hunters... yipee! Jimmy and Ash's bishop came and gave her a blessing and comfortered her. After several hours of labor, she was able to get an epidural, from our friend Justin :). She labored in comfort until the time came and Clay stepped out of the room and said "Its go time"! Mom and I ran in and ... I got kicked out, and not too shortly after that a baby was born. Apparently Payton came into the world just as the "Star Spangeld Banner" was being sung for the opening of the Super Bowl. Ash said she thought "oh brother" with tears running down her face. Clay and grandma were so proud and the nurses said they thought Clay and Ash were the sweetest couple they had ever seen.

Payton Rae Norwood, 7lbs 13.9oz...20in born on Feb 1, 2009 at 5:15pm

Happy Birthday to Megan!

Megan celebrated with her freinds and family. They sang kareoke, played the skittle game (YUK), and played rockband. She said it was the best birthday ever! She gets to go to youth conference...finally, dances and she has even gets to go to EFY this summer...in Denton Texas of course. We love her and wish her the very best year ever!!! Oh yes, we shouldn't forget her new found love for ABBA! Rock on Dancing Queen!