December 29, 2017

Well, it is getting to the end of the year and we are hoping 2018 treats us well and bodes good things for the United States.  We have had too much in the way of turmoil this past year to suit me.

Here are a couple more pictures of family that I do not think I included yesterday.  One is of a distant cousin who's name I do not remember.  If any of you can remember what his name is that would be appreciated.  Let me know.

Other than the pictures...........nothing new to report.

Teddy Roosevelt and Kathy

Michael and his Tomatoes

Lisa Van Hooser and Great Nephew Oliver Luke

What is this cousins name

Van Hooser family

 Potts Family  December 2017

                                                                      Brian Potts Family

Well, it is almost a new year and we are growing as a family.  I have to report that Joelle Aguilar has had a new baby, Oliver Luke Aguilar, born December 19 in El Paso Texas.  He was 7lbs 15 oz. and was 19.5 inches long.  Mom and Baby are doing fine.
     This year has been a pretty good year for most people but our cousin Phyllis had a bad accident earlier this year and still has a messed up foot that will probably need operating on at a later time.  They have been at their daughter Elena's for some time but will be moving into a new home they are having built on their property in Laveen Arizona.
     Garland Potts has moved back to Las Cruces New Mexico and his cousins (your's truly Me and Kathy) have also purchased a home back there and will be trying to get our home in Maryland ready to put on the market and get sold.
     I let you all know early in the year of our Aunt Juanita's passing and I will also inform you, those that don't know, that Joyce Abbott also passed away unexpectedly this year.  It has saddened us all.  We cousins are getting fewer as the years speed us on our way.
  We have seen Leon several times and he is doing as best he can.  They had a very long marriage.
     Michael and Kathy's grandchildren, Dennis and Caroline, graduated this year as did Vinita's granddaughter Aliya and I know there were others but can't think of who just now.  Dennis and Caroline are off to college, Dennis to Hamden-Sydney college near Farmville Virginia, and Caroline to Sweet-Briar College in Sweet-Briar Virginia.  About a two or three hour drive from home.  They seem to be happy doing what they are doing though so that is what counts.
     McKenzie Potts had to leave her two year college and start attending a 4 year institution and I think she is going to Cameron University in Lawton............I think.  Macy is a senior this year and will graduate come May probably.
     Let me see, who else.  Oh, Kay Lynn is a new Grandmother and I do not really know Coy's daughter but she is the one that had a new baby.  So congratulations to all the new mothers and all the Grandmothers and GREAT Grandmothers out there.  Francis, I'm talking about you.
     I don't get much news from anyone so you will have to deal with what is here.  If you would like me to put in some information about your family, just email me what you would like to share and I will be happy to do so.  Following are a couple of pictures for your enjoyment:                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Cousins, 7 years difference    


        Garland Potts              Aunt Ems Birthday                 Elena and Lilly


Remember,  Have a HAPPY New Year, Love each other unconditionally, and SEND me family news.

     Dear Family,

     For those of you who knew Aunt Juanita and had not heard yet, she passed away yesterday at home.  I understand it was a peaceful passing.  A Celebration of Life Service will be held at the Potter's House Christian Fellowship Church, 21427 North 23rd Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85027 on Friday April 21st at 10:00am.  For those of you wishing to send flowers the church will receive them on Friday from 9:00 to 9:30am.

     If you have any questions you can email me or call me on my cell (443)326-8786.  It would be appreciated if you would relay this to other family members who I may not have an email address for. 

I would like to update my Potts Family PDL so if you are not a direct recipient of this please send me your email so I can include you in family news sharing.

Thank you, Love you all

Michael and Kathy

Brand new Family member born to Joelle Nicole Abbott.  I think on the 29th of August 2013

  His name is Andrew Jacob Aguilar and he weighed in at 7 lbs. 11 oz. at birth and was 20 1/2 inches long.

Congratulations Joelle.

If we do have a family Reunion in 2014 I am looking to have it at the same place we did in 2008.  The place is called Camp Lu Jo Kismif and is outside of Lawton Oklahoma about 15 miles.  It has two dormatories one of which would be Male and the other Female.

You need to let me know if you might attend before I go to any trouble to sit up committees and get people assigned to doing specific tasks.

Have a GREAT Weekend.

Michael

Well, I am getting into putting more information on this blog site.  I have family information to share if you want it and I have a question for all of you.  It will be 6 years next year since we have had a Family Reunion.  IF and only IF I get responses from you about having one next (Late May / Early June 2014 time frame) will I consider coordinating one again.  Try and get signed on to this blog as I will be updating it frequently and may have things on it worth reading.  If you have trouble getting on call me at (443) 326-8786 and I will try and walk you through it if I have my laptop handy.  Anyway, Who is for having a Family Reunion next year?  Let me know.

Love you all

Michael

Friday, January 20th. Three weeks into Retirement and Kathy and I are off on a Road Trip come Sunday. Kind of live Bob Hope and Bing Crosby in their Road to Whereever movies. Sunday it is down to Virginia Beach and Fort Story for the night and supper with Ashley Brown and Anaya her daughter. Monday we will continue on down to Jacksonville N.C. to see my cousin Vinita and her Family and then after a few days there we will head down to Charleston for a day, Savannah for a day on over to Pensacola Florida and then Houma Louisiana to see cousins there. Leaving Houma we are on to Corpus Christi and Friends there and then on up to San Antonio, Austin, Clebourne Texas to see some Friends there and then on to Snyder Oklahoma to finish up with my Fathers home (mine now). After that we will probably head to New Mexico for a week and then head back home to prepare for Cousins to come visit with us. I will try and blog some on the trip and include pictures so you will know how our First Real Road Trip goes. Avoir for the day.

Keith,

It is good to see somebody else post on this site. It pleases me to no end. I am just hoping that we can get a lot of the rest of the family to start posting here. With your help I think we can do it. Kathy and I are now 6 days into Retirement and so far it is great. I have to take my car in to the Mazda dealers today to make sure it is in good enough shape to start taking the road trips we anticipate taking. You may be surprised in a month or two as Kathy and I will be in Oklahoma in early February and may take a trip on out to New Mexico before we go home. Not sure how Los Alamos is in February but if there isn't much snow up there we may drive through on our way back home. We are doing ok and I anticipate going in to the National Archieve's next week to do some research on the Potts'. I may stop over at the AG Building at lunch and have lunch with some friends. Well, take care and lets see if we can't get other family to start posting to here. We need to have a discussion about another Family ReUnion...................... soon.

January 2012

Well, another year has gone by....seems like they go by quicker every year!
Mike, this blog is a great idea. I would like to share what's happening with my family.
Well, Joyce and Leon or as I like to call them ....Mom and Dad. Dad stay's busy selling his tractors he finds on Craig s list and Mom she is doing well after a bout with a blood clout in her leg.
My daughter Joelle is a junior at New Mexico State University and in her second semester in the nursing program. My son Zachary is a senior in high school and is looking forward to graduating and attending NMSU next year.
As for me I have been in Los Alamos for nine months working at the Los Alamos National Laboratory's Network Infrastructure and Engineering dept.
Well, that's it for now have a great New Year everyone.

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2012.

This New Year begins with Kathy and I both Retired and looking forward to Travel and Leisure and seeing as much of Family as we can and being free to do the things we have looked forward to for oh so long. Kathy is turning into an inventor and innovator and we shall see how long the things she has come up with take to get to market. I think this must be in her blood as her brother comes up with a lot of innovative things also. Or used to anyway.

I am hoping that I can get more of the Family involved in this blod and get them to start telling everyone what their families are up to. Communication is the way of life and new tools to communicate are coming out almost daily. New Technology, new ways of doing business. Who knows where we go from here.

So, Family of mine. I hope you will join in on this blog and will add posts to it on a regular basis and let us know what you and your part of the family are up to.

Here's to a GREAT 2012..........

Raining

Thursday, March 10th

Raining all day. No posts about a family reunion and no news from any family about whether they can get to this blog or not. Better query a few people and see if they can get to it. I do have a little help in planning a family reunion but if it is going to be like last time where I have no help from any other family members or any ideas or input then........there just might not be a family reunion.

People, .......... come on, respond. Give me some input..........is everybody out there unresponsive?

Tuesday, 8 March 2011
Today is Kathy's Birthday. Happy Birthday to you.
Just added a lot more family to the list of individuals that can post to this blog. Facebood might be a way to go to get people to start using this blog and tell me what they think about a Family Reunion next year. Want to try and pick a good date and one that will fit with just about everybody.
School should be out but if it is not a quick trip up to whereever for a weekend won't kill most anybody.

Lots of turmoil going on in the world right now. The Middle East, our own MidWest. Better have a Family ReUnion before the Whole World turns topsy turvey.

And that is how it is today..................Tuesday, March 8th, 2011

Well, it is 2011 and has been some time since we had a family reunion. Just wanted to know if there was any interest in having another ReUnion in 2012. If so, what dates would you select. Sometime in June is great as it is not too hot and not too cold. Let me know by adding to this blog so I have some input into what you would like to do. Planning for it starting now will make less work later.

Thanks,

Michael

Almost end of new year 2009

Well, here we are, the end (almost) of August 2009. We had a family Reunion last year and it was great. The quilt, I hear, was finished by Kay and given back to Aunt Emaline who will probably keep it until our next Family ReUnion whereby she will have to pass it down to the next oldest Family Member. I am keeping track of who that would be so if you want to know....ask me. I will tell you right now it is my Dad, E.W. Potts. Then, It will go to Freddy and then.....I will have to look as I am not sure.
I will send out the information one more time about this blog so you all can read it and add to it and keep in touch this way about Family issues.
Far as our family goes, everyone is well..............almost. I heard from Martha this morning and last night a Skunk sprayed one of their dogs and they are having to live with the smell today and they are NOT Happy campers. Hard to get the smell off the dog much less get it out of the house. Welcome to the Country Daughter.
I have been talking with Tammy Lewis (Potts) a distant cousin of ours and we think that for the next Family ReUnion maybe we can get both branches and others to all come together and participate. GREAT Idea huh? Let me know what you think of that and also .............. add to this blog about what your family is doing. My Garden is great although I have lost my peach crop to a "Brown Rot" and will have to apply fungicides next year to keep it from happening. So.....Until later,

Live long and Prosper.

Michael and Kathy

Teacher of the Year......... Congratulations

Kenda,

That is SOOOOOOOO Fantastic. Congratulations young Lady. You must be one heck of a teacher................. BUT, I already knew that. That is really great. I am sure the Whole Family is Proud of you......... I know Kathy and I are and I haven't even shown this to Kathy yet. You keep going. Teaching is a hard job and we respect anyone who can do it and we are impressed by your success. Way to go.

I guess Kathy and I are off to Disney World with Travis, Martha, and Grandkids come June 28th. The talked us into going so we are taking them up on it this year. I hope I have the energy to keep up with those Grandkids. Ya'll take care and talk up this site and the Family Reunion. Have a nice rest of the week.

Saying hello from Oklahoma!

Just wanted to drop a line to say hi and to let Mike know your words don't go unread. We've been getting some rain around here and baling a lot of hay.
Want to let everybody know how proud I was of my wife Kenda for receiving Teacher of the Year today at Tipton Public Schools.

Take care,
Brian

Expecting some action here

Well today is Saturday the 10th of May, 2008. I sent an invitation to a lot of people yesterday to start posting to this site but have not seen anything yet. If anyone can read this but is having a hard time figuring out how to post to here............... Let me know so we can figure it out for everyone else. It has been rainy here most of the day but the sun has now kind of come out and it is a little breezy. Weeded on my Garden today and added a new set of chimes and a garden flag to the beds. Next all I need is a Garden bench to sit in the corner.
Hope everyone's weekend is fine and a Happy Mothers Day to all of you Mothers out there.

See you all in July.

Michael

Authors Added so now you can post messages

As I work on this, I find out different things I can do. I have now added a lot of our family to this blog so we can start talking about different things. I do hope more of the family will start getting onto this blog and we can discuss Family items.

It is Friday, May 09........ Sunday is Mothers day ........... So......... to all the Mothers out there...............Happy Mothers day. Without you, none of would be here. :--)

Take care and have a nice weekend.

Almost Middle of May with July coming fast

Well, I can't believe it is almost Mothers day so for all you Mothers out there........... Kathy and I want to wish you a very Happy Mothers day.

For all the rest of you Muthers........................ Well, have a nice day also. Hahahahahahaha.

Sorry bout that, just got carried away with my self.

My Garden is in and I have Tomatoes, squash, cucumbers, bush beans, radishes, onions, cabbage......... a little of a lot of things. Well, I will start putting more into this blog as time is getting shorter and shorter for things to get done for the Family Reunion.

Keep an eye here and I will get things moving along again. Hope you all have a nice rest of the week and a good weekend. See ya

Tuesday the 8th

Well, it is overcast again today and cool to cold but spring is here and there are a lot of flowers blooming and Trees in bud. I still have not seen anyone on this blog so guess it was a futile effort to get everyone to try and read it to see what we could do for the Reunion. I think I may give up the effort as I am too far away to do this and no body seems really interested anyway.
Working hard this week but have to go to Ocean City tomorrow as a witness in the trial of the man that stole my truck a year ago. Early to bed, early to rise.
Kathy is still gone and will not be back until Friday. She is in Japan right now. Hope she is doing ok.

That is all for today and everyone.................. ANYONE should get on here and use this. Oh well. I guess I am too boring.