Up date on Christmas Party

Mom has told me what she wants to eat for the party

  Chicken
Dumplins
Roast Beef
Mashed potatoes
Green Beans
Cabbage
Tomatoes
Rolls
Desserts

I am fixen roast beef-cabbage-dumplins and a dessert
Ann is fixin chicken-mashed potatoes-rolls and a dessert
Dean is fixen green beans
Shellie is fixin chicken ;n broccoli casserole and a dessert

so please let me know what you will fix

Moms Christmas Party 2013

Hi everyone I know it is early but December will be here before we can blink an eye we will be having Moms Christmas Party on Sat Dec. the 14th starting at 10 until 4PM Pray everyone will come out and make it a great day for Mom It will be at the Coxs Mills Community Building

Family Reunion 2013

Just a reminder that the Family Reunion will be July13,2013 at the Rec Center in Glenville.  Hope to see everyone there.

The Blog

This page was set up for the family to post and share. It is a happy page to share our hopes and prayers and the things that make us who we are. This Blog will only be as good as the people posting and making comments. Spread the word and invite your family and friends to come take a look and remember to share with the rest of us.

Spring brings renewal...

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Lenten Rose

Happy Birthday Grannie Edith

January 7, 1909, Grannie Edith was born. She was an amazing daughter, wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and great, great grandmother. Grannie you touched my life and you cared about me, and I will always be thankful for you being a big part of my life. Now that I am Grannie Edith, I hope I can be just as caring, giving, honest, loving, supportive and the best grandma, just like you. I love you and miss you, Edith Ann

Happy New Year

As this year comes to a close and we welcome 2013, please remember to pray for God's protection and guidance in our family. Young and old, whether you are 100 or a new born we need God as the center of our journey on this Earth. I wish you all health, happiness, forgiveness, happy birthday, happy anniversary, and happy retirement.Most of all remember if you keep God, family, church, job and friends in that order all will be well in 2013. With love and prayer, Ann

My Grannie Edith

On Thursday, November 7,1996 in the early afternoon my Grannie went to Heaven. I miss her daily and think of her so much now that I am a Grannie Edith. I will never be the Sister, Wife,  Mom, Grannie, Great Grandma and Great,great grandma, Aunt or as loyal and forgiving to her children and the rest of her family as Grannie Edith was. I will try but she was an amazing Child of God and her life proved that. I think of my own Grandson and how she would have loved  him, as only Grannie could . I miss you Grannie but I know Jackson has some amazing angels watching over him as he takes his journey through life. We will meet again.
With all my love, Edith Ann

My Rowdy boy.

This is my Rowdy Boy. He was the best male cat ever. He was from a litter of kittens that I fostered back in August 2002. When he came to my house he weighed 5 ounces and today when he passed he was close to 19 pounds. I loved this big boy, he was my cat. He will be remembered always with a smile. Rowdy you have left paw prints all over my heart.

Griffith Update

KJ, Amber's son, 4 months old

Loretta, Katie's, age 6

Melissa, Katie's, age 2

Cheyanne, Katie's, almost 4

Lorien, my youngest, age 9

These are the most recent pics I have of my grandchildren. The girls were at a fall festival Oct. 27th and I watched KJ on Oct. 24th.

Amber married Kevin Janney on Nov. 9th. They didn't have a wedding so no pics to share.

Jaidyn's 3rd Birthday

Christmas gathering in Cox's Mills

Another reminder that the Christmas gathering will be at the Cox's Mills Community Building on Saturday December 8, 2012. We will be serving breakfast foods, so if you eat it for breakfast bring enough to share with other people. Only two people have inquired about the calendars and CD, so for this year I will take a break from making the family calendar or CD. If there is interest in the coming years then I will again be glad to put it together. I hope to see everyone at the community building on December 8th. Love and prayers, Ann

Does forgiveness mean reconciliation?

When people say or do things that are hurtful it is good to get to a point where we can forgive that person. Forgiveness, only takes one person and gives us the chance to live in freedom and free to live our lives with blessings and joy. But, reconciliation  takes more than one person and is the greatest joy because we can come to a point where we can trust again and allow the person that has caused so much pain to again share in your joy and blessings. I heard this on the radio while I was driving on Friday and it spoke to me.

Happy 6th Birthday Retta

A very special little girl is having a birthday today, Happy 6th birthday to Retta Perkins. I hope you get the special birthday surprise and eat all the cake that you can hold. Love and hugs, Great-Great Aunt Ann

Christmas Gathering

Just want to get the word out in enough time that the family Christmas gathering will be December 8, 2012, we will eat about Noon. We will gather in the Coxs Mills Community building.  Come early and talk and share a hug or two.  This year food will be all about breakfast. So biscuits and gravy, eggs, bacon, sausage, ham, pork chops. Fruit and cereal. Pancakes and toast or bagels and donuts. Coffee, juice and Hot Chocolate to drink. If you eat it for breakfast then bring it to share with the rest of us. If anyone else has an idea please share with us, your feedback and help are appreciated. You can post here or call Freda or myself if you have questions. I hope to see you there. Until we meet again, love and prayers. Ann

This First one Is Lora Evelyn Cutting her Birthday Cake 7-4-2012 she is 7 yrs oldLora Evelyn @ th cabin

Chloe Beth @ the cabin

The girls in the out house

playing in the creek

after playing in the creek

washing fresh eggs from becky

getting ready to go home

Happy "Birth" day Kevin Andrew

Meet the newest member of our wild and crazy family. This is Kevin Andrew born to Amber Mollett and Kevin Janney on Friday, the sixth of July 11:27pm. He weighed 6 lbs and 10 oz. and was 201/2 inches long. He is the grandson of Laura and Chris Griffith, Great grandson of Norma Gibson and Great,great grandson of Sylvia Osborne. He is welcomed by his Aunt Katie Perkins and cousins, Retta, Cheyanne and Melissa Perkins.

Happy Birthday Uncle Ballard

This is my Uncle Ballard Bailey, born July 8,1890. He was a very kind and gentle man. Hard working and fair. He believed there was good in everyone and was always willing to help. He has been gone for 36 years but I think of him almost daily. Happy 122nd Birthday!!! Thank you for taking a chance for me and helping shape my life.

Bailey-Osborne Reunion has been cancelled!!!!

Due to the recent storms and several family members are still without power and the fact that the Red Cross has the Rec Center as their office until the 18th of July, the reunion has been cancelled for July 2012. I hope this information has been given in enough time so people do not make the trip. Please spread the word to everyone you know that would normally come. If you have questions you can call me @ 304-464-4956 or message me here or on facebook.

It is never too late to ask for forgiveness.

I got a mystery letter in the mail on July 5,2012. It started out that we did not know him but he wanted to explain what he had done 27 years ago and he wanted us to forgive him. The first year we lived in our house a lot of stuff happened and you just had to wonder why would people treat other people like this. Our 2 year old daughter's pumpkin was smashed on the side walk and then Christmas came and we had put up lights everywhere to make Christmas extra special for our daughter. She loved looking at Christmas lights. Well the second night they were on and the next morning they were all gone. Had been removed, all of them! I felt so betrayed by our new neighbors, someone had to know who was doing these deeds to us, by why us? Well the letter tried to explain why three boys got together and decided to remove the lights. They hid them for awhile but then discarded them, just tossed them away. He said he has felt guilty all these years and was sorry about his part in all this, he named the other two boys involved. He wanted to pay for his crime and asked us to come up with the dollar value of our loss and he wanted to know we could forgive him for his actions. Well, what he didn't know was we had forgiven him years ago because we live for a God of justice, peace and love. Our God would want us to forgive him because He first had forgiven us of our sins.