Today's Quote

The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.

-William James

Madison Ann Blankinship had her first month birthday yesterday... here are some photos..

Madison Ann Blankinship came to visit this am....

Storm clouds at sunset on June 4th, 2005 looking west northwest from our home on 68th Street south of Stillwater, OK.

Aftermath of storms on June 4, 2005. At the bottom, note the line of storms trying to form along the cold front. Go all the way through the photos one time, then come back and look again.. See the one storm on the cold front pulling in the clouds above it?? Wow.... It was something to behold! Mother Nature showing her awesome power!! Not sure what this is so will send a link to see if we can find out....

June 4, 2005, OKC looking nw towards skyline at about 1pm.

OKC Skyline looking Northwest off of S.E. 29th Street about a mile from downtown. It was a hot hazy day so I tried anyway...

Clinton and Joanna Wilson's 50th Wedding Anniversary Photos!

These are pictures of Joanna and Clinton Wilson and kiddos at their 50th Wedding Anniversary Saturday, June 4th, 2005 in Norman, Oklahoma.

Austyn Lee Moffat's First T Ball Game, June 4th, 2005, Stillwater

There are 169 photos of Austyn's first Tball game in Stillwater on June 4th.. click here to view them.

On Friday, Ann and I took Mom to Kingfisher to attend the funeral of one of her cousins, Milton Snethen.  

Top 10 things that happened in 1955... from their Anniversary ..... folks were given a "Moon" pie, frizbie, and these to cards.. in a little gift bag.... 

Joanna and Clinton Wilson... dating years... 

Austyn Lee Moffat's First T Ball Game, June 4, 2005

The first thing we did today was to attend Austyn Lee Moffat's first T Ball Game at 10am. He did great! He is going to be a great player. In this photo he is laying into the ball looking for the sweet spot on the bat... and my goodness I think he found it!! He had fun, got treats afterwards... and Great grandmother Moffat, Marilyn, Ann, Jake, I, Tammy and Phillip were there to testify... he did GREAT!! and we are not a bit biased! Then we headed south to Norman to help family celebrate a love that has lasted more than 50 years! And i know.. most of you know me, know it was gonna be lunch time when we passed OKC, and Mk thought we should stop and eat in Bricktown... and of course, neither Ann nor Great Grandmother Moffat, nor I griped too much... haha... Earl's is goooooooooood!!

There are tons of photos from today.. including some awesome photos of the storm clouds this evening, too.. but that will be later on ... have a great evening.. 

Clinton and Joanna Wilson's 50th Wedding Anniversary! I can remember them saying I Do...

Just another very happy anniversary for the Clinton Wilson's of Norman, OK. Geeze, let's see... hummmmmmm 50th I think! wow. I didn't know anyone had 50th Anniversary's anymore... haha... My best to you all. There are more pics..but I wanted to get this online quick, before the day is over and in between the storms.. 

Sorry for not being clearer on the our family names..

I appreciate all the email from family with this and that to share. I have been a bit lax in telling the full names of folks for you all can keep up. I will try to do better in the future. I know a lot of our family and extended family read this and I should be a bit more clearer! I will work on that.

Elinore Moffat's cousin Milton Snethen died and the funeral is at 10am Friday in Kingfisher. Mom reports he was the mover and shaker of the Snethen Reunions each summer, and he will be deeply missed. Plans are in the works for family to attend. Milton was the son of Wilford and Ruth Snethen who was a brother to my grandmother Siegrist. Grandmother Elinore Moffat has a direct line to family business via Milton's niece Janet Gough who works at Kentucky Fry Chicken.. gosh this makes me hungry.. I love fired chicken... Janet is Margorie's twin daughter. Janet's twin mom thinks lives in Colo. More later..

Any news in the family, if so please mail it to us.. or email it.. thanks.. Stan

PS. Cortney... are you still alive???

Today's Quote

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

From the El Reno Tribune.....

Ivan and Freda Moffat of El Reno will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on Wednesday. Ivan Moffat and Freda Heupel were married June 1, 1945, at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Heupel.
Moffat retired from OG&E in 1987 after 35 years of service. Freda is semi-retired from Skin Care by Tarrah. They have lived in the El Reno area all their married life.
The couple is planning a trip at a later time.

Phillip Shane Moffat's photographs from Sunday trip around Oklahoma, and of a family celebration!

Click here to see Phillip's photo's from Sunday Memorial Day trip.

This past Sunday, a family celebration of 60 years of marriage...

Phillip Shane Moffat took this photograph of his Great Uncle Ivan and Great Aunt Freda celebrating their 60th Wedding Anniversay Sunday at the Cracker Barrel in Oklahoma City. I think this was on Sunday at the Cracker Barrel in OKC. (I am not sure as Ann nor I knew this was planned. Prehaps they didn't want us there, hahahahaha... JOKING FOLKS!!!) But according to Phillip, a great time by all in attendance. I am not sure of the list but from the photos.. it looks like Calvin and Agnes Siegrist, Jim and Doris Rowland, Joanna and Clinton Wilson, Phil, Tammy and Austyn Moffat, and Mom and Sis. Hope I didn't leave anyone out. I will try to get rest of the pics online this afternoon. click on photos to enlarge them.  

Sister and Brother...

Phillip Shane Moffat took this photograph Sunday at the Cracker Barrel in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, of his Grandmother Elinore Mae Siegrist Moffat and his Great Uncle Calvin Leroy Siegrist, her brother.  

Today's Quote

Your future depends on many things, but mostly on you.

-Frank Tyger

This is a special night...

Besides Austyn's T Ball Practice, the folks at Compadre Records say Dan Rather's piece on the life of Billy Joe Shaver airs on tonight's (Wednesday's) episode of 60 Minutes II at 7 p.m. central time on CBS.

Billy Joe Shaver is still kicking, still writing and preforming and has had songs recorded by every major artist in the last 50 years or better. Texas singer/songwriters and the red dirt artist of Oklahoma look to Billy Joe kinda like a greu of songwriting... he is respected by all genre of writers too... So hopefully this will be an exceptional piece by Rather, who is from Texas as well.

Just keeping sharing information.. haha...

OH... The boys of summer were at it yesterday...

Ok, pics of the "Boys of Summer" are online from Memorial Day Family picnic with Phillip, Tammy, Austyn, Jake, Heather, Madison, Andrew and I .... small get together of part of the family ...kind of a last minute deal. Paul had to work, and Jonathan and Randi and Kaitlyn wanted a day for themselves, so the rest of us... got together,and as boys will be boys... a game of baseball started... it was the first time Andrew had been exposed to actually playing and was a bit overwhelmed...but Austyn is playing T Ball this summer for the first time and has had a practice. We decided that Andrew was going to be a slugger.. he can really hit the ball, and Austyn really understands the game and is very athletic... so look at world, two new boys .... who will become part of sports legends..... good food, nice time had by all... Enjoy the photos.. I tired to get the ball in the air.. but failed.... darn it.. If you use the family photo link on this page to go to the albums.. they are arranged by alphabet. And for some reason the new camera puts them online by month first not year.. I will try to change this but for now all may pics are under May... not 2005... later.. dad