HAPPY BIRTHDAY DONNA

Today is a very special day. It is Donna's birthday. I hope you have a very nice one. And I got a new picture of her. I like it much better. She said it was a self picture, and it is a good one. She baby sits the baby and loves every minute of it.
How about the cake Jean made for you a few years ago. It looked like a hamburger. I think I will make you one. Here it is. Love you, ME

Wesley's New Book

Wesley has a "Book Signing" at Hastings tomorrow the 11th. of July from 4 to 6.
Come on down for a visit and maybe buy a book. We hope to see you there.


Tallant to sign latest book

Staff Report
Published July 7, 2009, The Paris News.

BLOSSOM — Local author Wesley Tallant is scheduled for a book signing at Hastings in Paris from 4 to 6 p.m. July 11 for his newest book, “The Comancheros and Jake Hardy Barnes.”

The book is a sequel to the author’s first book “Jake Hardy Barnes, the Adventure Begins.”

Set in June 1860, Jake is on his way home from a business trip to Santa Fe, N.M., when he finds the smoldering remains of a covered wagon. The bodies of a man and two small boys lie next to the wagon.

Jake finds a young girl in a nearby cave, and she tells him that her mother and sister were taken by the men who killed her father and brothers. After escorting her to safety, Jake organizes a small army of some of the toughest men in the New Mexico territory. They find that more women have been kidnapped. Their mission is to bring the women back at all costs.

Tallant is a Blossom resident. He retired from the Paris Fire Department in 2004 after 24 years of service. He has been married for the past 36 years to his wife and has three grown sons. He is currently writing the third book in the Jakes Hardy Barnes series.

The book is available at Hastings in Paris or online from PublishAmerica, Barnes & Noble or Amazon.com.

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The Fords Academy Reunion was very small this year. Only eleven came. But we enjoyed seeing each other again. Maybe next year will be bigger. We are all getting up in years, and sometimes it is just impossible to attend. There was eleven attended, but I failed to get a picture of Glenna.
I don't know how that happened.
We all, at one time, lived in the area where Camp Maxey was built in the early 40's. All had to move out of the area, and the reunions have been on the 4th. of July ever since. I grew up there until the 5th. grade when we moved East of Paris.

Look What I Got

The first time ever that I bought a car. Isn't it beautiful?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARTHA

My daughter-in-law has a birthday today. Happy birthday Martha, I hope it is a great one. She is the sister of my other daughter-in-law, Janet. I love those two sisters. They are married to my two precious sons, Chester and Wesley.
Martha and Chester has two wonderful daughters, Karen and Kim, and one granddaughter, Kami. Kami will be in first grade come September. Way to go sweet Kami!!
Boy, I have a hard time keeping those three K's right.
Here is a new picture of the five of them.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TIM

Today is Tim's birthday. I thought of you often Tim during the day, but forgot to blog. They didn't pick up my mail Saturday, so your card may be late. I hope not.
Was it a great birthday? I bet it was.
I am so proud of your and Missy's weight loss, keep it up.
I hope you have many, many more birthdays, and just know that you are loved. Mom

TALLANT FAMILY REUNION.

This is the youngest child, Wanda and her husband Earl.



This is Duane's family. Mary, Duane's wife of 50 years. Two of their children, Chester and his wife Martha, granddaughter Karen and g-granddaughter Kami. Daughter Denise and her husband Larry, grandchildren Larry Lee and wife Christi, g-grandchildren, Sophia and Aidan, Granddaughter Kari and husband Joshia. Our grandsons Kevin and Michael

This is Glenn's son, Wayne and his wife Nina. They drove over from Arkansas.
This is Wendell and his wife Ella. His son Curtis and his daughter, Brenda and her husband Charlie.
Hettie was the oldest child. This is her daughter, Mae, her grandson Tracy, her great-grandchildren, Ty and Presley. And another daughter, Helen Marie and her husband Sam.
This is Alma's descendants, her daughter Alma Jean, her son Mark and his wife Cathy.
April and her daughter Kimberly. April is Mark's step daughter.




There was 10 children born to Thomas Jefferson and Ollie Lula Huggins Tallant. Today, we, some of the descendants of this couple came together for a reunion. There was 37 signed in. A great time was had by all. Thank you guys for coming. It was great.