Friends Celebrate Anniversary

Old Friends, Glenn and Nelva Starcher with their family as they celebrate 50 years of marriage.

Christmas Family Portrait

The family got together at one of our favorite places for a family portrait--Grand Central Mall!

Eric with Family

My brother Eric with his daughter and her husband and his wife and her sister's family at her son Brandon's graduation.

Cousins

Missionary Cousins Rod and Alisa (Gray) Hibberd and kids, Merrill and Taylor.

Virgil's Grandma Leggett and Aunt Grace

Jerry Buskirk, Jack Buskirk, Grace Leggett,Lottie Leggett, Althea Buskirk,?, Edith Buskirk,Holding Margie Buskirk,Grandma Buskirk.

Alaskan String Band

I found this family bluegrass group on youtube. They have an amazing sound.

New Cousin

Here's a before and after picture of my cousin Richy's new baby, Mason. 3-d Ultrasound. He has red hair.

Family Pictures

Just thought I would add these pictures of my extended family, Hayes Carpenter with his grandson Brian Nutter, and Brian with his dad, Keith Nutter (young and older).

New Bluegrass Gospel Band

I joined a bluegrass gospel band last month. I met them through mutual friends on Facebook, and then discovered Joey is my 2nd cousin!

We've done a couple of sings so far and I'm really enjoying it. I play the fiddle for the group.

Here's a portrait of the group before I joined. Members include Joey and Susan Boggess and Savanah Sims.

Also is a picture of Joey and Susan's family. I love those kids!

Relative?

Frankie Ann McCormick

Found in my grandmother's photos. Unknown relation.

Oliver and Julia Ellen Harmon Hutton

Here's a picture of my Gr-gr grandparents Hutton and their tombstones in Casto-Hutton Cemetery, Bear Fork, Jackson County, WV.

Granny Hutton's family

Annie Laurie Carpenter Hutton with her family, the descendants of Robert Emory Hutton.

Mommo's Funeral Reception online photos

Here's a link to some pictures taken by Lee Reed at my grandma Faith Anderson's funeral reception.

Faith (Staats) Anderson, and her brother, Hope Staats

For a living tribute to Faith Anderson, join Faith's Cousins on Facebook.

Me Bad Blogger

So sorry to have neglected posting for such a long time. My life is very busy right now with four part-time jobs (60 hours per week).

Josiah moved back home with me after Christmas. We enjoy playing music and chess.

Amber and her "crew" are staying with me temporarily. She's relocating here.

So, with 5 extra people in the house, it's wild around here.

One of my missing camera's reappeared mysteriously. I'm glad, but curious as to where it had been. It's an old Nikon SLR, so no good for blogging.

They caught the guy who had been robbing people in the neighborhood, but it's unlikely I'll get anything else back.

I'll check in later when I get some good pictures to show off.

Troubles

So sorry I haven't posted for awhile.
I need to share with you the fact that my husband and son never came back from their stay with his sister. The "working out of town" became the "husband left and took son with him."
I'm torn between wanting to preserve my marriage and feeling the need to protect myself from further assaults of being abandoned (this is the third time he's left me).
You're prayers are much desired.

Conservatives, Speak!

This is from Citizen Link:


A Liberal Congress Could Spell Disaster for Conservative Judicial Nominees
by Pete Winn, associate editor
What's at stake in the upcoming election? Plenty, if you want to see judges on the bench who respect the Constitution.
Conservative pundits and pro-family legal analysts say if liberals gain control of Congress on Tuesday, the fate of future conservative judicial nominees will hang in the balance.
With them, according to Bruce Hausknecht, judicial analyst of Focus on the Family Action, will hang the fates of pre-born babies, marriage and religious liberty.
"The success of the president's judicial appointments depends on conservative control of the Senate," he said. "If conservatives do not retain control, then ultraliberals like (Sens.) Patrick Leahy, (D-Vt.), Ted Kennedy, (D-Mass.), and Chuck Schumer, (D-N.Y.) will decide the type of judges the president can get confirmed."
Gary Bauer, president of American Values, is equally concerned. He said we are just one Supreme Court appointment away from the possible reversal of decisions on abortion and religious freedom.
"Right now, by most estimates, we are still down on the Supreme Court, 5-4," Bauer said on a recent Focus on the Family broadcast.
"The president did get two strong conservatives on the Court, but one of them replaced a strong conservative. So we're one vote short. And there are a couple of liberals on the court -- John Paul Stevens, 86 years old; and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who is 73, but who has been battling a number of illnesses, including cancer -- that rumor says are considering stepping down."

Bauer said if either justice steps down and the U.S. Senate is controlled by liberal Democrats, "We will lose the last chance in this generation to stop abortion on demand and to preserve marriage as one man and one woman."
Hausknecht, meanwhile, warns that if liberals should wrest control of the Senate Judiciary Committee from conservatives, no strict-constructionist nominee will ever win confirmation.
"Right now there are 50 vacancies on the federal courts that President Bush must fill," Hausknecht said. "This election will determine whether they can be filled by men and women who interpret the Constitution according to its original meaning, or whether they must meet the liberals' definition of a mainstream judge -- that is they must swear allegiance to abortion, rewrite the Constitution whenever they feel some 'right' is missing, and prohibit any reference to God in the public square. If that's not troubling enough to get pro-family conservatives to the polls, then nothing is."
Dr. James Dobson, chairman of Focus on the Family Action, along with his wife, National Day of Prayer Task Force Chairman Shirley Dobson, asked Christians to take time to pray for the election -- then to vote on Election Day.
"To all of those values voters out there: Don't you dare sit this one out!" Dobson told his listeners. "You have an obligation to come and participate in this great representative form of government.
"Why would you not take 15 to 20 to 30 minutes to fulfill that responsibility? And if we do, I think the results will take care of themselves."
TAKE ACTION / FOR MORE INFORMATION:For a full discussion of what's at stake on Nov. 7, listen to the Oct. 31 Focus on the Family broadcast with Dr. James Dobson and his guests Gary Bauer and Tom Minnery, senior vice president of government and public policy for Focus on the Family Action.
Additionally, CitizenLink has launched an Election Web site to help you track the fate of issues and candidates.
(Paid for by Focus on the Family Action)

Ronni with Nathan Alexander

Here's the wee one on Virgil's side of the family--Veronica's son Nathan Alexander.

Link to Family Bluegrass Gospel Site

Check out my new blog for our famiy singing group. It will feature articles about our group, profiles of members, and a calendar of events.

www.leggettfamilygospel.blogspot.com

Top Billing!

The Leggett Family receives top billing at local craft fair. (Solitary billing, that is.)