January visit

At the end of January I had a wonderful visit to Ft. Smith Arkansas to see my sister, Bonnie Cook. We have mutual friends, Doug and Linda George that rent a home here in Columbus. They occasionally drive back and forth between here and Ft. Smith to see about their house, so this time I took the opportunity to grab a ride with them and was able to get in a short visit. Bonnie invited our other sister Sue Thompson, and her husband John to come that same week-end, so we had a fine little mini reunion. When we arrived the first thing we did was start gathering pecans that were still on the driveway and grass around Bonnie's house. They had a late crop this year, and there were still a lot available, so Bonnie let us get all we wanted, as well as a full box she had already prepared to mail to me. Bonnie is always busy with family and church work. We were able to enjoy her grandkids Olivia and Hunter (Chris and Alison's kids) and Abby who is just five and belongs to Bobbie and Anne). The kids were out of school for the day, so I set up a treasure hunt for them, and we also went skating and hiking and had a lot of fun just being together. John and Sue and I helped Bonnie by undecorating her Christmas tree one night, and we enjoyed being able to go to church with her. While Bonnie made food for a funeral on Sunday night, we played Dominoes. That was fun, especially with John continually helping us know the rules and playing along with us. I loved spending time with Bonnie, Sue and their families, and hope we can get them back here to see us sometime soon.