An Update on Uncle Calvin Siegrist, Mom's brother....

Received this note from Aunt Agnes......

To update you on Calvin. We plan to leave for Loma Linda California on December 5. Calvin has to check in there on the 8th for the consultation and then we will see what from there. He has decied to go for their proton radiation treatment which will last from 8 to 11 weeks. We will get an apartment there as the treatments are every day M-F. The kids had planned for all of us to go on a Caribbean cruise and that is all off now. Not sure if David and Angie will go to Michigan or to California for Christmas.
Great news about the new baby girl! So sorry to hear about John Moffat.
Carl (Heinie) Wiedemann had pancreatic cancer surgery yesterday. He is still in ICU but Anna Belle said he knows people and is talking a little.
AS

Uncle Calvin and Aunt Agnes were at Uncle John's funeral and Uncle Calvin is in great spirits... let's keep them in our prayers...

Here is a sneak peak... at the princess!!
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Yesterday......

Was a wonderful day weather wise yesterday. Went to Uncle John's funeral in Purcell with Ann, Jake, Mom, Marilyn, Phil and Tammy. Uncle John was the true star of the show. He looked great, without pain, and a slight smile on his face, letting others still know he was finally home! Bet he and his brothers, sister, mom and dad, son, and his wonderful wife Clara are all having a great time in heaven ...
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Afterwards, we drove by my first home... where I was born and my dad's family, the ole Moffat place, west of Piedmont, OK. Such a sad sight. Lots of out buildings are gone, and the home and the barn were built in the 1920's. I can remember listening to the Grand Ole Opry over the airwaves of WSM, Nashville, TN. in the front room of this home... Dad and Mom visiting with friends, Bill and Geraldine Wallace, and many others. The family dinners, gathering eggs and keeping them in the true ice box in the west room. Learned to drive tractors with Dad here, learned lots of common sense things from him early in life... he showed me and turned me loose... but then, Mom would gather me up when I asked a question, and set me down and show me how and why of it... She never knew this, but I thought she was the smartest person on the face of the earth. She gave me such wisdom, and made it fun, and on the farm, you always learned something when you asked a question of her! Still can remember lye soap, the old wringer washing machine that "smashed" her fingers many times!! And I remember how wonderful it was when Mom and Dad brought home my baby sister... man, was she cute and I knew she was already smart as mom!! Ok.. sorry for remembering, but sometimes, you know, you just need to say things outloud to see if they are real...haha..~~!

One last memory, of Dad cutting wheat in the field in front of the house, and Uncle Ivan and a friend of his flying in his friends plane on a Saturday afternoon, flying so low over the field, that Dad just knew they were going to crash, and him hollaring at them, and all I could think of was .... people can fly~~!!

And I remember too, that every Sunday morning and Sunday night and usually on Wednesday nights... we'd head over to Mt. Zion Evangical United Brethren Church... but even more I can look back now and clearly see... my folks taught me about religion, not so much by "schooling" me, but by example! The way they lived their lives~! Never lectured me, just showed me... something really lacking in today's world. And I am greatful!

So, yesterday was a day of remembering a great father who is waiting on the rest of us, those that have went before us, getting the party started... and learning again how great family is, and are!!

"Everyone has a story, just make sure that along the way in this world you're writng the one you want to read in the end~~!" Oscar Lee Moffat .. to me one of the nights when I stayed with him at the hospital. Thanks DAD!

John Junior Moffat. Lexington, OK. passed away Nov. 2nd, 2004

John Junior Moffat

John Junior Moffat, 92, of Lexington died Tuesday, Nov. 2, at Lexington Nursing Home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Wilson-Little Funeral Home Chapel in Purcell. Committal service will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Oakland Cemetery near El Reno with the Rev. Wayne Brown officiating. Wilson-Little Funeral Home in Purcell is handling arrangements.

Mr. Moffat was born Aug. 8, 1912, in Piedmont, to John K. and Bertha Nelson Moffat. He married Clara Schumacher Aug. 18, 1936, in Chickasha, where they raised four children. They moved in 1946 to a farm one mile north of Lexington. There, Mr. Moffat was a farmer until he retired in 1977.

Mr. Moffat is survived by his son Jim Moffat and wife Delta of Lexington; daughters Joanna Wilson and husband Clinton of Norman and Doris Rowland and husband Jim of Lexington; brother Ivan Moffat and wife Freda of El Reno; sisters-in-law Fannie Moffat of El Reno and Elinore Moffat of Perkins; grandchildren Don and Joyce Wilson of Bixby, Deanna and Bob Boyd of Tulsa, Susan and Steve Rush of Porter, Jerry and Susan Moffat of Lexington and Cheryl and Travis Hyde of Lexington; 13 great-grandchildren; six great-great-grandchildren; and other family members and friends.

Uncle Ivan...

Heard that he has had a couple of "thingys" removed from his colon and now has one left and it is at the top... so means a bit of surgery. more later....

Bit of very sad news today....

Mom called and informed me that Uncle John Moffat died today. He went to sleep last night and did not wake up when he was asked to do so for breakfast. He will be missed.

Vote.... Vote.... Vote.... It's Your right of freedom...

Ok... enough, right!!

Ann, Jake, Heather and Andrew are in OKC this am. Andrew is having a checkup with his doctors there regarding his allergies, ears, etc.
And Jake and I all voted by absentee ballot this go round. Did not know where we would be or what we would be doing, but we wanted our votes counted.
We received over 3 inches of rain in about an hour and half last evening. WOW! What a deal!!! No storm damage, but what a rain.
It's a bit cooler, but not winter weather yet, maybe in a week or so. Jake can not wait!
All I know for now... enjoy the day!!

Ever miss a day?????

"If you don’t think every day is a good day, just try missing one."


Cavett Robert

Grandma Ann and Kaitlyn... 10 31 2004

Grandma Moffat and Jake went to see Kaitlyn, and her parents, Sunday afternoon. They had a great visit and I will have some new pics up shortly. Enjoy the day!!
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OUUUUUUU IEEEEEEE look who came to visit last evening.. he was one scary dude!!!! Happy Halloween all..... (This was Austyn, hopefully Andrew tonight... or Kaitlyn)
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Someone's setting in the shade.....

Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.

- Warren Buffet

One becomes, then one becomes two, and two becomes three.... wow, what a deal, this thing called life! We hope to see the three this weekend... can't wait!!
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Hey, Kaitlyn, look at what you're missing.. ya better grow fast... these boys are really "tearing it up" really bad! HAHA.. Course, Jake has nothing to do with it!!!
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Today....

Jonathan and Randi are heading to the Doctor's for Randi's checkup. All is going well, Kaitlyn is sleeping about 3 to 4 hours between feedings, so they are happy too!! Randi and Kaitlyn spent the day with Jon at work yesterday, and Jon reported that was truly awesome! He is soooo bubblie..... and truly happy. He will make a great dad and Randi a wonderful mom!! How lucky Kaitlyn is to have two parents who love her so very much!
Can't wait till we see then again... hopefully, this weekend. love to all, enjoy the day!!!

New pics of Kaitlyn borrowed from Jon's blog.. be sure head over and see them all!!

Another pic of Andrew and Heather with Kaitlyn in Ada on her Birthday! The pics that follow are "borrowed" from Jonathan's new album. To see all the new pictures click here!
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Queen Randi and Princess Kaitlyn hours after her birth, photo stolen from Jon's album! Do ya think she's proud? haha.. and of course you know we are!!! Wow, what a day!
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Do ya think Andrew likes his new cousin??? haha.. how wonderful... photo stolen from Jon's photos... Heather, Andrew, Marilyn and Elinore went to Ada to visit with the new addition last Saturday.
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Here's the pic... Aunt Heather holding Kaitlyn and guess what Heather is carrying around... yelp, another great grand child to be born, I think, the first of May, 2005... oh my goodness, I can not wait.. this is awesome!! Guess the other kiddos will have to get busy too, and keep the kiddos coming!! As you can see, Heather is a natural mom!!! Stolen from Jon's photos
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Aunt Marilyn held Kaitlyn too... and ya know... looks like she is very proud of her too... stolen from Jon... Pic that is.. haha...
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Look who is holding Kaitlyn... Yelp, Greatgrandma Moffat went to see her the day she was born. We heard about Marilyn's driving for days after.... (But in Marilyn's defense, she is a GREAT driver!) This is stolen from Jon's pics...
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