Giggles and More Giggles!

This is just the best!! This is also a temporary showing - this will be deleted as soon as Jamie gets this loaded on her blog!! Enjoy for now...



...Well, too late! If you missed this cute video here, you'll just have to go to the Idaho Lambson spot and view it there!!

Tagged - AGAIN!!

Ok, it's a little different this time, but still...I really hated playing tag as a child. It seemed like a cruel game - people run from you and the only way you can get someone to stop running from you is to pass the curse on to them so everyone runs from them. Viscious cycle. But I digress...

4 Jobs:

Procurement Clerk
Purchasing Agent
Contract Specialist
Contract Program Manager
(do you see the trend here - I spent the Government's money for a lot of years!)

4 Movies I Can Always Watch:

(in no particular order)
Sweet Home Alabama
The Parent Trap (actually both versions are OK)
My Best Friend's Wedding
You've Got Mail

4 Places I've Lived:

Madison, Wisconsin
Monroe City, Missouri
Columbia, Missouri
Chandler, Arizona

TV Shows I Enjoy:

Grey's Anatomy
HGTV's home remodel shows
Law & Order (any variety)
anything on Food Network

Favorite Foods:

Macaroni & Cheese
Pizza
Mashed Potatoes
Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
(can you say carb-a-holic?)

Websites I Visit Daily:

The Hannibal Courier Post
MSN Home Page (news - entertainment)
Sheri's blog (sooo disapppointed when there isn't an entry!)
Any others are not an every day obsession!

Places I'd Rather Be Right Now:

Oooooh - bad timing for this one because there is nowhere I'd rather be - all my grandchildren are in the metropolitan area right now.

4 Buddies to Tag (and who must respond to the same questions):

Sheri
Charlotte (hee hee)
Marcy
Karen

Completely Random Thoughts

• I haven't posted in a while. Not because I'm lazy (well, maybe....) but because
• Jamie, Logan, Lexi, Marcy and Bremen are staying here and it's too darn much fun playing with the kids to stop and spend time on the computer
• I had a "Southern Living" party for Charlotte last week
• Lexi is so darn cute - and you would say that even if you weren't her Grammie!
• I turned a year older in the last week and I have a sister who is mocking my next birthday a year in advance!
• Kailee is really growing up - she's fun to talk to and she is a very polite young lady.
• We had a wonderful time at Teresa and Stuart's Sunday evening enjoying his grilling expertise and the great assortment of dips/desserts and all the family that is currently in Arizona (we missed Kevin, Jon, Patrick and Heather).
• Caitlin has the cutest freckles.
• Ryan was telling Kailee that his Dad made him a peanut butter sandwich and Kailee, being polite, was trying to sound very interested in his story and said, "That's cool, Ryan" to which Ryan responded, "Kailee, it's just a sandwich."
• I have a really wonderful mother-in-law.
• Next week we get to go to church at 11:00 a.m. instead of 2:00 p.m. - that makes me very happy.
• Teresa's baby shower is Saturday - I'm excited about that!
• Random thought ender - it's time for this "old" person to go to bed!

Reunion Trivia

One of Dave's cousins, Hayden, is a well-known wildlife artist. He has enjoyed much success with his wildlife paintings. If you've ever been to Cabela's or Bass Pro Shop and browsed the artwork section, you've seen his work. An excerpt from his website states, "Many of his paintings have been published by Leanin' Tree Publishing Co. in their Christmas card line and the National Rifle Association uses his work for cards, prints,...Hayden's artwork has been featured in art and outdoor magazines such as Art West, Hunters' Quest, Wildlife Art News, Idaho Wildlife, Cabela's, New Mexico Wildlife, Alaskan Outdoors,..." Now, you're probably saying to yourself, "what does this have to do with the picture of that thing above?" Well, this "lovely" lamp (yes, it is a lamp) is created out of a vertebra of either a cow, steer or bull (I can't tell from looking at the bone!) and has unique embellishments for the eyes, eyebrows, mouth and teeth. What type of animal is being depicted in this piece is a mystery to us and even to the creator of this work of art - Hayden Lambson! Yes, this the early artwork of a teenaged Hayden Lambson!! If you're interested in having this one-of-a-kind lamp in your home - check ebay periodically, it may show up there one day!!

Family Reunion Time

For the past two weeks I've not been taking the time to share my thoughts with everyone - that's because we had to prepare for the Lambson Family Reunion, a gathering of Frank Bates and Annie Laurie Mangum Lambson families. It was in Ramah, New Mexico, where the "elders" of the family grew up and where they purchased land for an annual reunion. Look at the map to the left to see where we were!

Our branch of the family (Dave, his brothers and sisters) "hosted" the reunion this year - that translates into we did most of the work to make sure everyone had a good time and was fed. The feeding part was made easier by Howard Lambson, Dave's cousin, who took the lead in getting the beef off the hoof, into the pit and into our stomaches! Well, most stomaches - mine couldn't take it after assisting with the deboning and fat separating chore.

These are the descendents of George Oran Lambson, a son of Frank Bates Lambson, who attended the reunion - Gail, Dawn, Rebecca, George (the dad), Dave, Jim, Terry. The two absent children, Connie and Carmen, were greatly missed. But coming from Texas and Pennslvania takes a lot of planning. (Gail came from Oregon - he gets brownie points!)

There are a lot of stories to tell - but I'll save them for later. Suffice to say we are back, we have showered and we are rested! More pictures will be shared soon!