[DianaB]

I turned 51 this year (and am almost 52) and I celebrated my 34th anniversary. Highlights of my year were my trip to Chicago where I met Angie and Kat, my trip to Indiana to meet Janet, a vacation on Tablerock Lake with family, and a few days in Branson. I also got to meet Karen Kingsbury, my favorite author, in Branson in the spring. It sure looks like I spent a lot of time traveling!! I also had a trip or two to visit my aunt in Oklahoma, another trip to Branson with our church women's group, and a trip to Nebraska to look for a corn head for my husband's combine.

My daughter, Jaci, started dating Nate before school was out last year and they're still dating. He's a really nice boy and I have a feeling that he's going to be around for a LONG time. He's so polite!! They both have a lot in common since they both have farm backgrounds.

My daughter, Dae Lynn, started dating Damon about the same time as Jaci and Nate started dating. The end of October they went to Las Vegas and got married. I know that all of you know what's been going on with all of that. Things are good right now but we know that he still has problems. The highlight of all of this is Karlie!!! She's a sweetheart!! She is Damon's 2 1/2 year old daughter.

We spent a lot of time still recouperating from the flood we had last year. We actually had two floods this year and they still damaged crops and stuff they weren't anything like the flood of 2007. Farmers are always optomists........Next year will be better!!! If they didn't feel that way they wouldn't plant anything!!!

We also lost my husband's dad, Frank, this year. He was one of the dearest people I knew and it's been a big loss to my husband's family and our community because Frank was so well known and liked. He's really been missed.

That's all that I can think of for now. I may add some more later.