Winter Pics

Here are some winter pictures of some grandkids that my daughters-in-law have posted recently.


In Texas, she says "COLD!"


Illinois Bennetts on skis.






Auggie the Eagle!


Safe and warm, mostly.

This year for our anniversary (#35) Carol bought me a pole mounted chain saw. It is cool, and getting some dead branches down from the front yard is an added benefit. Here's me with my truck parked in my neighbor's yard to reach and cut down one of her dead branches.

This year, TEAM Consultants, the company where I work, put together a calendar for use in what limited marketing we do. All the work was done in house. Selecting photos and doing all the design from scratch was done in a single day. Production took several days with the secretary working this in between other assignments. Here are the photos we selected, and it shows some the work we do / services we offer. Our letterhead and business cards read, "Geotechnical / Environmental / Construction Materials Testing."

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Merry Christmas 2010 from Daryl & Carol!

The 2010 Nativity Scene is up.

Cancer Update

I went to see the cancer doc this week and discussed the results of a blood sample taken just prior to Thanksgiving. Although the cancer is still slowly increasing (up 50% from sample taken in September), it is still not bad enough to resume chemotherapy. I will go in for another check on the status and evaluation of options in early February. As always, thanks to all for love, care, prayers and concern. It will be good to have more time off the chemo and allow for further recovery.

Precious Moments

Trust me, I'm really not a Precious Moments kind of a guy, but if you're ever on I-44 near Carthage, MO, you really should take about 45 minutes or an hour and get off the beaten track and go see their place there. The artist built a chapel on his property with scenes from the Old Testament on one side, and scenes from the New Testament on the other. Here's a few of our favorite pictures from the same, when we stopped on our way home from Illinois after Thanksgiving.