Eric and Kelly announce the birth of~ 
As of Monday, we have two brand spankin' new Clifton's...same day, two hours apart and same gender. Savanna had a little boy. And Eric had a little boy, actually his lovely bride had it. Now, we want details and pictures, please?????? 
06-07-08
We had a lot of fun in this year's silent auction. I don't know what part of 'silent' was understood. It was really hard to choose what you were willing to fight for...Brian's homemade jelly, Sherry's red velvet cake, fishing rod, or some family keepsakes. Here's a look at my loot from the silent auction:
One of the most coveted items up for bid was a basketful of Chris' coffee. A wonderful assortment was blended in a huge basket. There was a lot of silent bickerin' going on. On occasion the bid sheet would disappear, only to be found under the basket or tucked down in the basket. I was a lightweight bidder on this item and gave up quickly. And I'm not sure how my Mom ended up with the coffee, but she did. That my friends is the reason that it is included in my loot. She gave me half!
My second treasure was an antique toaster. Resa sent this item for auction. I don't think it has family ties, but it does now! I think it fits right in with the old-timey motif of my kitchen, don't you? Did I mention that I didn't even enter the fight for Granny Vera's embroidered pillow cases? These might have been one of her greatest yet with a purple ribbon effect. I'm not even sure who looted them? Monica tried really hard because she's settin' up an apartment for her first venture away from home, but don't know if she bagged 'em.
The piece-de-la-resistance was Great Granny Clifton's butter mold (bottom right). Sue remembers making a many pad of butter with it. Mollie brought it to the auction. There was a lot of bidding drama surrounding this item. I ended up with it. Doesn't it fit in with my collection quite nicely?
I already possessed some of its' matching treasures, as you can see. Granny Vera has been allowing me to showcase Granny Clifton's butter churn (middle). And 'someone' else snuck me Granny Clifton's pie rolling pin (far left). And, I think, that's an old bottle from Trainham's Grocery.
Yipee!
Tammie
1941-2007
66th Annual Clifton/Newkirk Reunion
August 5th, 2007
Cliff Styles Memorial Building
Seymour, Texas
Hamburgers & trimmings (no charge)
Bring craft or gift for silent auction and/or raffle.
This is a sweet pic of Tanisha and baby...I'm spy n' for new news. I went to Nishs' myspace and jacked this prego pic. If you have updates on births, prebirths, anything at all, please email me! Thank you very much, Tammie (I heard that Les' house is getting flooded, but can't go on hear-say)
Happy Birthday Melinda!
Hope you can kick back on your special day! I'm glad you were born!
Kaden and I had a fun weekend! T-ball and carnival on Saturday then church and ant farm on Sunday. At some time on Sunday, we were commenting on this crazy cat that keeps meowing at the back door. Kent told it, "We don't know what's wrong with you, if you'd just tell us we could help." Kaden said, "Ya know I understand dog and cat language." I asked him, "What is that cat trying to tell us?" And Kaden replied, "I don't know that cat's speakin' Spanish." LOL
Well, we had a new face in Goree, Texas this weekend. Shea brought her new boyfriend home to meet the parents, or NanaTrainham rather. We had a wonderful visit. He is a great guy and always thinking of others before himself. Just when I thought we had him snowed into thinking that we weren't really all that weird, Kent and I rolled the four-wheeler we were riding. Don't worry, only scratches and bruises. The worst damage was bruised egos...
