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Grandchildren July 2010

2010-07-25T11:45:00.001-07:00

I know! I know! It has been a very long time since we updated. We now have two Beautiful Granddaughters. Anna Kate (on the right) born Feb. 1, 2010 and Lily Ann Rose (on the left) born Feb. 18, 2010.

Photo 2: They are about 3 1/2 to 4 months old here.

Photo 3: Here we are with all three Grandchildren. Debbie holding Rody and me holding the two girls.

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2010-07-25T11:42:00.000-07:00

Mountain Trip 2009

2009-10-24T06:09:00.000-07:00

We were able to go to Tennessee for the weekend at the end of August. Deb and I had gotten Rody a Cowboy hat when we were in Texas. Randy and Katie got the Boots and he was set.

We all had a great time together.

Deep in the Heart of Woodmen

2009-09-07T04:17:00.001-07:00

We have a few pictures from our Austin, TX trip. The Woodmen Convention was held there at the end of July 2009. We had a great time. We took these pictures with the statues in the lobby of the Hotel. When you would walk by they were on pedestals and would look just like statues. These are our friends Hoyte and Peggy.

Bless Your Name Lord

2009-07-06T19:35:00.000-07:00

We give all praise and glory to GOD that Randy and Katie's family is growing. Rody is going to be a "Big Brother" and we are getting another Grand baby. Congratulations!

GOD IS SO GOOD

2009-07-06T19:27:00.000-07:00

Ford and Stephanie are expecting their first child and our Grand baby. We all have been praying that the Lord would bless them with child and he has "Praise His Name".

Congratulations!

Beach Trip 2009

2009-07-05T18:40:00.000-07:00

We all went to the beach the middle part of June. Randy, Katie and Rody had already been at the coast and drove up to stay with us for three nights. Randy and Katie told us that they were expecting another baby and we were all excited. Rody was such a "DOLL", he was really "Showboating"

Katie had just finished feeding him here.

Crawford was kind enough to fix our breakfast in the mornings. He did a great job. Thank you Crawford.

Randy told Rody not to mess with the ice chest and Rody gave Randy this look.

Randy and Debbie

Cindy took Rody for a little walk.

I'm so sorry, but I didn't take any pictures of Stephanie and Ford. I ready didn't take but about 10 pictures total for the whole trip, so much for taking the camera. Stephanie and Ford told us today that they were expecting. What a joy and blessing the LORD has done. We have little Rody and now we have two more on the way. PRAISE THE LORD, THANK YOU JESUS.

Flag Day June 14th

2009-06-16T17:38:00.000-07:00

We were able to get some flags and went to the cemetery and put some on my Daddy's, Debbie's Daddy's, Ford's Grandfather's and Debbie's Grandfather's graves. Also a customer named Max that would come into Deb's store.

Who's Leading Who?

2009-06-09T18:20:00.000-07:00

I was filming Rody from behind Randy and Debbie. From looking at this Rody seems to be leading all of us.

One Night In Tennessee

2009-06-03T18:24:00.000-07:00

Here are just a few of the pictures from our short trip to Tennessee. We had breakfast then off to Dollywood. Deb and I enjoyed being with Randy, Katie and Rody. It is such a blessing to spend time with Rody and see how smart he is and how fast he picks things up.

Rody Making the Rounds

2009-06-01T18:59:00.000-07:00

Randy and Katie got the little "monkey on the back" harness for Rody and man did he love it. Our trip to Dollywood was a lot of fun. Rody was so cute walking around. I was walking backward, trying to film and backed right into a man. You can tell at the end of the video.

A Visit With Randy, Katie and Rody

2009-05-29T00:55:00.000-07:00

We were able to go see Randy, Katie and Rody for a few days and spend three nights with our Grand baby. "BOY" what a good time Deb and I had. Here are some of the pictures. I will post some more later. These pictures were taken May 17, 2009.

WARNING: BE ON THE LOOK-OUT

2009-05-06T02:24:00.000-07:00

Have you seen these two?

Easter 2009

2009-04-12T17:18:00.000-07:00

We went to Church this morning and had a wonderful service. I'm thankful for the Blessings from GOD and that GOD raised JESUS on that third day. Ford's parents asked us over for dinner. We went outside and took some pictures.
(Sorry) I posted one picture of me two times and didn't know how to delete it.

Ist and 30th Birthdays

2009-03-25T19:16:00.000-07:00

We had an early birthday party for Rody and Katie at Furman University on Saturday the 21st. Debbie had a cake made with their picture on it and Katie baked Rody's first cake. It was funny to watch Rody eat his cake.

You can see the number "1" on his cake

I took this picture of Katie and Rody, but his eyes are red from the flash.

He enjoyed his gifts.

Rody was crying in this photo with Deb and I.

This is Ashley and Deb

Here's Monica, Rebecca, Michael, Kerrie and Randy.

Ford, Stephanie and Ford's parents, Crawford and Cindy.

Stephanie was feeding Rody.

Trip To Cleveland

2009-03-04T16:41:00.000-08:00

Deb and I were able to slip away for one night to see Randy, Katie and Rody. We were in West Minister, SC Saturday Afternoon for a Wedding and hit Hwy 76 toward Cleveland. We drove for about 3 hours and was thrilled to see them all. Boy! What joy when Rody held his little arms up and headed toward me to pick him up. He is something else. I love this picture I took of Katie and Rody. Debbie read some books to Rody and I rocked him that night.

Rody is so sweet, he loves for you to read to him.

I was dressed in a windsuit and when the flash of the camera went off it would light me up and cause the picture to be dark.

Back to the Cruise

2009-02-28T05:47:00.000-08:00

Well! I have not taken any new pictures, but I need to add a new post, so---o, I'm going back to the cruise. I hope you enjoy. This is a picture of our ship from the island we were on.

All of these pictures were taken at dinner one night.

Fishing Trip in Florida

2009-02-03T19:04:00.000-08:00

The Company where I work and one of our Suppliers took us down to Fort Lauderdale, FL for a fishing trip. We fished two days and had a great time. Our Company Owner here had just landed this hammer head shark 6'-3" about 175lbs. I was able to reel in this big king fish about 50" long. The First Mate with me here said that it would be hard to catch a bigger one in those waters.

When our boat got back into the dock they hung up our catch of that day minus the hammer head which is going to be mounted. We learned that most boats didn't have any catch for that day.

This hammer head was caught on day two and topped the other one by about a foot and maybe 50lbs. The two men to the right landed this one, both are named John.

Here's the Sportsmen on the boat. Below is a picture of the reels we used.

This was the Hotel we stayed in.

We went out to the Everglades and took a tour on a air boat.

Most of South Florida gets their drinking water out of here. We saw some alligators and one crock

Christmas Eve 2008

2009-01-27T02:36:00.000-08:00

Here are some pictures of Christmas Eve when we went over to Ford's parents house. We had a good time. Crawford, Ford, Stephanie, Cindy, Debbie and Myself.

OH Yes! Santa was watching from the front window.

AFTER CHRISTMAS DOLLYWOOD TRIP

2009-01-19T17:52:00.000-08:00

We went to Dollywood and had a great time. The lights were all great but our pictures didn't do them justice. Rody was such a CHAMP, He was very good and when he got tired he would take a nap. It was such fun to have our family together like this. A lady said she would take our picture so all of us could be in it, that was nice of her.

Randy and Katie was riding the Scrambler and I was watching Rody who was taking a nap. I just love these pictures that I was able to get. How Precious! That's a Grandpa's Boy there!

These were taken over at the train when we were taking a snack break.

Rody was clapping for us here.

Giving me that look in this one.

Birthday Get Together

2009-01-15T19:03:00.000-08:00

We got together back before Christmas for Lloyd, Robin and Dylan's bithday. We went to the Clock Drive In located in Simpsonville. We all enjoyed our meal and the time together. Here are some of the pictures I took.

Christmas Day 2008

2009-01-09T16:25:00.000-08:00

We got together Christmas Day at Furman University for our Christmas Dinner and Family Day. Our thanks go out to Monica and Michael and their family for getting the place to have it and for all the hard work. I think everyone had a great time. Here's a picture of Joyce opening one of her gifts and Amber is sitting on the table.

Debbie and Taylor with their gift.
There's Mickey at the end of the table

Stephanie was helping Dayton with his presents and Jaydence was having a great time.

Little Mike, Amanda and Rebecca were opening as Monica was videoing.

Michael and Monica resting a few minutes.

Kerrie was holding Dayton, after he opened his gifts.

One of the biggest hits of the day was the TV and video game. Ford, Jeremy and Little Mike were enjoying at this time.

Here's a picture of Deb and I as the day wore on.

Christmas Get Together 2008

2009-01-04T21:06:00.000-08:00

We got together with family over at the Woodmen lodge and had hot dogs. Here's a picture of LLoyd, Faye and Harold.

Connie and Danielle
John and Patrick

Tosh and Tennille

Angel, Micheal and our newest family member little Cheyenne

Grandma Deb and Rody

Deb, Katie, Rody and Stephanie

Rody with Grandma Kia and PaPa

Uncle Lloyd and Rody

Ray

Randy and Rody

Mountain Trip

2008-12-25T02:21:00.000-08:00

Second week in December, Deb and I went to

Pigeon Forge, TN. We were able to see the Miracle Theatre Show and had breakfast the next morning with the Blackwood Brothers at Black Bear Theatre. This is a picture of our room and a picture of Deb and I at one of the shows.

On our way out Katie, Randy and Rody met us at the Bass Pro Shop. Rody saw Santa and had his picture taken. Here's a picture of Randolph Jr., Randolph III and Randolph IV.

We had lunch at the Cracker Barrell.

Here's Rody in one of the Rockers.

Deb and Rody

Rody and Santa. It was so funny, Rody just laid back and looked at Santa with one of his looks.

Katie and Rody in line to see Santa.

Randy and Rody, Rody grabbed the Snowman's nose and pulled it off.

Deb, Rody and Myself.

2008-12-03T18:09:00.000-08:00

Randy, Katie and Rody came to spend Thanksgiving with us. Rody was really getting around. Here's Deb and Rody.

Here's Katie and Rody. It was football day and Rody was wearing his all red DOGS.

Deb and Rody before we went out to eat.

Rody had gotten up and was in such a good mood, he was laughing and waving at us. He loves the puppy.

Grandpa and Rody before going to eat.

Rody was laughing and smiling at Daisy.

Family Get Together for Thanksgiving

2008-11-25T17:17:00.000-08:00

Well our family is getting larger and larger. Some folks had already left by the time we took pictures and some folks (Randy, Katie and Rody) were not able to attend. It was good to see everyone and Mickey's son (Mickey Joe) and his wife were able to be with us. Mickey Joe has been sick and had just gotten out of the hospital this past week. I would like for everyone to remember Mickey Joe in your prayers when you talk to our Father. God is so good and his mercy is so wonderful. Also, remember others in the family, because we all need and want prayer.

This is Stephanie and Dayton (he is 10 months old)

This is Dayton's big sister Jadence, along with Miss Kerrie.

This is Justin and Kerrie

Teddy and Jadence

My lovely sister Joyce and myself

Micheal and his family

Tracy and her family

Teddy and his family

We had such a great time. Thank you to everyone that worked hard to put this together and worked hard on all the clean up.

Halloween in Cleveland

2008-11-07T14:23:00.000-08:00

Deb and I went up to stay with Randy, Katie and Rody for Halloween. We had a great time! We all dressed up and went downtown Halloween night to a block party downtown Cleveland. People were so funny. Here's a picture of Deb and I.

We took Rody to the grocery store dressed in this outfit that Katie's mother had gotten him. He was so cute! It took us extra time in the store because of all the people coming up to him. Everyone just loved him.

This was Rody's Halloween night outfit Deb had gotten for him. He looked great.

Here is Katie feeding Rody breakfast. Katie and Randy both are so good with Rody, he is fortunate to have such parents. Just look at him, such a big boy and such a good boy.

Debbie's Scarecrows

2008-11-07T14:16:00.000-08:00

Debbie asked me if I could do something with her scarecrows, so I got 3 bundles of straw and set up this display for her. She loved it and was pleased.

More From Dollywood

2008-10-25T09:36:00.000-07:00

Here are some more pictures of our trip to Dollywood's national gospel and harvest celebration. We were able to see "The Booth Brothers", who were very good. Our visit covered days Saturday thru Tuesday. The picture below shows a man making biscuits on the back end of an original chuck wagon that would travel with the cattle drives. They were cooking these biscuits in a dutch oven with coals underneath and coals on top of the oven. I had never seen anything like this. The biscuits were golden brown on top and bottom and were very good.

I took this picture of Debbie outside of Dolly's bus. We took the tour of this bus, which has been retired for now and Dolly has a newer one that she travels on. This bus was very nice, they said it has about 600,000 miles on it. We took some pictures inside.

This is her bedroom, her mother and daddy's picture is to the left, then her grandparents, with Dolly and some other family members on the right. Below is her dressing vanity and the yellow dress she wore during a recent concert.

Harold Jr's Birthday Party

2008-10-25T06:30:00.000-07:00

Our Sister-in-law Connie had a surprise birthday party for her Husband (and Debbie's Brother) Harold Jr. I think he was really surprised! It was a great party and I think everyone had a good time. Here are some pictures from the party.

This is Harold and Connie

We will not tell his age

These are the cousins and Lizzie

This is Matt and the newest member Cheyenne

Danielle and Cheyenne

Harold Jr.

Faye and Angel

Bailey and Lizzie

Katie and Rody

Cindy and Rody

Crawford and Rody

These pictures were taken earlier in the day at our house. Matt and Rody

Danielle and Rody

Dollywood

2008-10-23T16:44:00.000-07:00

Dollywood had some beautiful decorations. We were able to see a lot of shows and had a great time around the park.

Ray and Debbie

Crawford and Cindy

October 4th, Deb and I went to Dollywood's National Gospel and Harvest Celebration. We were able to see Jason Crabb (picture below) on Saturday. Our hotel was in Gatlinburg. Ford's parents were also staying at the same place. The next morning we got with Crawford and Cindy and went to the Old Mill Resturant for breakfast. We left there and went back to Dollywood and was able to spend some time together. After awhile Crawford and Cindy headed back to South Carolina. Deb and I went to see a few shows which included "The Isaacs", "The Ball Brothers" and "The Crist Family". They all put on a real good show and we enjoyed it a lot. We left and stopped at Texas Roadhouse for supper.

Jason

Day Before the Cruise

2008-10-17T10:07:00.000-07:00

On Sunday Ford and Stephanie and Ford's Parents joined Deb and I at the hotel and we took some pictures out by the pool. The next morning we left Hollywood, FL and went to Miami to get on the cruise ship.

Bus Tour

2008-10-10T10:00:00.000-07:00

This is the bus, we had our tour on.

These are pictures of an area in the middle of Miami. It's just a jungle.

The walls and the statues are made from coral shells

A lot of the caskets are on top of the ground.

This area is were they filmed the movies of Tarzan. These tree limbs hang to the ground, then start more roots, which gives them a big base. The Driver showed us where Tarzan, Jane and Boy lived according to the movies. On down you will see where Tarzan would swim and dive off the falls.

I can't remember the name of this palace, but they said that John McCain
was there that day.

This Church is where Al Capone would hide out in the top window room.

This is the fountain of youth.

Tarzan's swimming hole.

The oldest Diner in the area.

Boat Tour

2008-09-28T08:42:00.000-07:00

This is a picture of our tour boat.

Here's Deb holding our place in line.

One view of the City line of Miami

The building with the tall tower is the original Hard Rock Cafe.

This is the financial district, with banks from all over the world.

This is a gated island that has it's own store and gas stations. you can only get to it by boat and a lot of famous people own homes there.

This is the gateway to the Atlantic.

The following pictures are owned by famous people all of which I cannot remember, I will try and point out the ones I do.

The house with the boat belongs to Shaq. His statue is on the boat pier.

This one once belonged to Elizabeth Taylor

This is where all of the Munsters TV shows were filmed

This was the most expensive. 52Mil.

This is the one were the lady left everything to her little dog. This place went to the dog!

This was Al Capones and were he died. The house is back behind the boat house out front.

This place is a famous pop singer's whose name starts with an "A", but I can't remember. Her boat pulled in right in front of us.

This is sport bar or club called something like "The Rod and Reel". This is where Al Capone said he was during the St. Valentine Day Massacre.

This bridge was used in the movie "The Fast and Furious".

This is were the Miami Heat plays.

Vacation Hollywood

2008-09-23T19:02:00.000-07:00

This is a picture of Marty from the hotel. He was such a great help to Deb and I, from getting us lined up with a city tour, to lining us up with a rental car. The Lord truly blessed us with this trip. This was the longest we had ever been away from home at one time and a lot of it was paid for and given to us. If you ever think you can count and keep up with all the blessings from our Lord Jesus Christ, I believe you had better try again. The Lord is so good!

This is a picture of Debbie and I waiting on a shuttle to take us on the city and boat tour of Miami. Will post some pictures later.

These are some pictures of the pool and room.

What a beautiful pool.

Our Summer

2008-09-21T07:57:00.000-07:00

The picture of Deb and I was taken at the Greenville/Spartanburg Airport by a little old Lady who was traveling with her little dog. She was well to do and had been a professional dancer and dance instructor. She had been trained in New York. Her daughters and now her granddaughter are trained in New York, also. She said her daughters had been with the Rocketts. The bed in our room looked so good at 4:00 AM in the morning.

Deb and I have been busy this summer. It started with a flight to Fort Lauderdale, FL, on June 5th, 2008. Our flight was to take off at 8:05 PM, but was delayed. We were told it might be around 10:00 PM and then it was 12 midnight. The airline brought in pizza and drinks for us and we ended up leaving about 12:10 AM. The flight went real good and we landed around 3:15 AM and then the fun really began. Deb and I had never in our adult life rode in a taxi, but we were in for a surprise. We walked out the door of the airport with all of our luggage and we must have looked like tourist or something because a taxi rolled up, the driver jumped out, spoke to a man at the airport and came to start getting our luggage. The driver was a Jamaican and he drove real fast and was whipping in and out of traffic. If my eyes served me right he reached speed up 85 mph on that freeway. He had said that the Hotel was just a short distance, so we were ready to get out of there. Deb was holding my hand with both of her's and was squeezing real tight. The good thing was there was not much traffic that time of the morning. We pulled in front of the Crown Plaza and the driver unloaded our luggage and I asked how much? He looked at the meter and said $40.00, so I gave him $45.00, which included the tip. I found out the next day that a taxi fare from the airport is $25.00, so I would have liked to have seen that Jamaican again. I'm going to stop for now and try to post a few pictures.

Randy's Graduation

2008-06-21T05:47:00.000-07:00

I know this is very late in coming. I actually started this post in June, have not returned to post anymore. To the right is Randy (in the middle) walking after the ceremony. The couple below is Randy and Katie's good neighbors.

The picture to the right is Rody taking in Daddy Graduating. Below are Katie's parents (Mike and Kia), my sister (Joyce), our nephew (Michael and his son Mike Jr.)

This is Deb and Deb's Sister (Alma and her friend and our's Maragret) Ford and Stephanie and Randy and Katie's friend (Allen)

2008-05-26T08:20:00.000-07:00

These are some photos of Deb and I with our grandson Rody the last time we were up to see him.

This is a photo of Deb's new puppy (Daisy)

HELLO WE ARE THE BARNETTS

2008-05-23T03:22:00.000-07:00

May We Introduce Ourselves,

We are Ray and Deb, we are new at this blogging thing.

Deb and I are so excited about getting to see our grandson soon. It has been about 5 weeks since we have been up to see him (we also miss our son and daughter-in-law). This has been some kind of a week. We normally get to see our daughter and son-in-law at least once a week. We did get to see our son-in-law the other night for a while. Deb and I have a lot going on right now, with our trip fast approaching us.