We had a busy couple of days last weekend. Luckily, Josh's parents watched the boys for us so we could do our running around.
The first thing I had to do was go pay respect to my sweet Great-Aunt Lou who passed away on May 14th. Mom and I traveled to Neosho, MO for her service. She was such an awesome lady and I have some of the greatest stories to remember her by. She lived in Tulsa, OK and when we would go to visit her, she always took us to the Picadilly Cafeteria to eat and then we would always go shopping at Stein Mart. We always had so much fun with her because she had just as much energy as us, if not more! I could literally sit and listen to her stories for hours and enjoy every minute of it.
My favorite story of hers was when she was about when she was a young girl living in Neosho with her parents. She and some friends had gone to some local hangout and there were a lot of boys from the local Air Force Base there. She spent most of the evening talking to one boy who eventually took her home that night. He asked for her picture and she obliged. A few weeks later while she was away from home, a big black limo pulled up to my great-grandparents' house and they asked to speak to my great-grandparents. The men introduced themselves as the Warner Brothers from Hollywood, California....yes, the actual Warner brothers from the production company! They said that one of their clients had given them a picture of their daughter and they wanted her to come out to Hollywood to possibly do some work with them! They told them no way were they going to send their daughter out there where nothing but bad things happened. My Aunt Lou was so mad once she found out about this some time later. Come to find out, the Warner brothers' client who had given them the picture and had taken my Aunt Lou home that night was none other than Clarke Gable!! Pretty awesome story! Who knows what might have happened had my Aunt Lou been home that day when the Warner brothers came to visit.......
Love you Lou! Thanks for all the wonderful memories that I'll always hold dear to my heart!
The first thing I had to do was go pay respect to my sweet Great-Aunt Lou who passed away on May 14th. Mom and I traveled to Neosho, MO for her service. She was such an awesome lady and I have some of the greatest stories to remember her by. She lived in Tulsa, OK and when we would go to visit her, she always took us to the Picadilly Cafeteria to eat and then we would always go shopping at Stein Mart. We always had so much fun with her because she had just as much energy as us, if not more! I could literally sit and listen to her stories for hours and enjoy every minute of it.
My favorite story of hers was when she was about when she was a young girl living in Neosho with her parents. She and some friends had gone to some local hangout and there were a lot of boys from the local Air Force Base there. She spent most of the evening talking to one boy who eventually took her home that night. He asked for her picture and she obliged. A few weeks later while she was away from home, a big black limo pulled up to my great-grandparents' house and they asked to speak to my great-grandparents. The men introduced themselves as the Warner Brothers from Hollywood, California....yes, the actual Warner brothers from the production company! They said that one of their clients had given them a picture of their daughter and they wanted her to come out to Hollywood to possibly do some work with them! They told them no way were they going to send their daughter out there where nothing but bad things happened. My Aunt Lou was so mad once she found out about this some time later. Come to find out, the Warner brothers' client who had given them the picture and had taken my Aunt Lou home that night was none other than Clarke Gable!! Pretty awesome story! Who knows what might have happened had my Aunt Lou been home that day when the Warner brothers came to visit.......
Love you Lou! Thanks for all the wonderful memories that I'll always hold dear to my heart!
After returning from the funeral, we went to my cousin Mallory's high school graduation in Berryville. She is such an amazing young lady who lets the light of Christ shine through her life so unashamedly. We were so proud to watch her give her Salutatorian speech.
Courtney, Mallory & Me
Finally, on Saturday, Josh and I decided to travel up to Branson since we were kid-free for the weekend. We ran into some of our friends who were going to watch their son in a fishing tournament on Table Rock Lake. We made a short detour to Kimberling City to watch the big weigh-in. Aaron did great! He placed 5th overall and won for the biggest bass caught which weighed in at 5 lbs 14 oz! It was pretty exciting. Definitely makes me want to go fishing! I told Josh that maybe fishing tournaments would be something we could take up when we retire.....he laughed....oh well, a girl can dream, right?
Josh, Andy & Aaron
Aaron and his prize winning bass!
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Love the story about your Aunt Lou.
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