Edward Carroll Holt

8/12/1949 - 4/22/2007

Edward C. Holt, 57, of Bryant, lost a battle with cancer and went to be with the Lord on April 22 2007.
He was a member of Geyer Springs First Baptist Church. A retired Entergy Lineman that served the public for 38 years. Among his accomplishments he counted his service to the community of Bryant and the fifteen years of sharing Christmas through Toy Hill and Toys for Tots. He was best known for his deer chili and feeding hundreds if not thousands of people each year. Ed lived well, laughed often and loved much. He will be remembered by all for his joyful spirit, love of life and gift of friendship and family.
He was preceded in death by his parents, E.C. and Lenora “Ma” Holt.

Left behind to cherish his memory is his wife, Susie, daughter; Jennifer and son-in-law, Rich and grandson, Lukas Haddock of Little Rock; son, Ricky and daughter-in-law, Amelia and grandson, Kolby McGill of Benton; daughter, Whitney and grandson, Devon Ashcraft of Bryant; extended family and countless friends.

The funeral service will be at 10:00 A.M., Thursday, April 26th at Geyer Springs First Baptist Church, 12400 I-30. Interment will be in Pinecrest Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M., Wednesday at Roller-Drummond Funeral Home (501) 455-5800.
The family wishes to express their heartfelt gratitude for all the prayers, calls and visits, and to Dr. Tom Sneed and the fine staff of nurses at Baptist Hospital for their loving care of our husband, father and Papa.

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Tagged

Okay, I’m an official blogger now because I’ve been “tagged” (Thanks Jess). I’m supposed to go to imbd.com (for my parents, that stands for Internet Movie Database) and look up 10 of my favorite shows, then list 3 of their plot keywords, then you have to figure out what shows they are. I’m going to put my own twist on this one though… these are not necessarily my FAVORITE shows, but they are the things that I’m recording on my DVR at this time (and watching). These do not include any shows that Rich records (space shows)… good luck!

1. hospital / medical / janitor
2. comedy writer / boss / page
3. accountant / private detective (sorry, there were only 2)
4. awkward / Pennsylvania / tension
5. this one had no keywords, so here are some message board posts:
a. Wanda Sykes makes this show worth watching
b. The Other Brother Episode 3-19-07
c. I just find this series a load of US crap.
6. Cleaning Lady / Immaturity / Stalker
7. Asian Stereotype / Actor Playing Multiple Roles / Magazine Tie In
8. culture / sketch comedy / satire
9. Yet another one without keywords, so here are the 4 main characters:
a. Annie
b. June
c. Quincy
d. Leo
10. obsessive compulsive / crime / murder



Since most of my blog fans are non-bloggers (aka grandparents), I won’t be tagging anyone.

Easter 2007

Lukas was big enough to hunt Easter Eggs this year - hooray! On Thursday before Easter we went to Nanna's for a cookout and early egg hunt. Lukas caught on fast to picking up the eggs and putting them in the basket.

Friday night we went to Uncle Kenny's in Purdy, MO. We arrived around 1:45am Saturday. Yuck! Lukas didn't sleep too much on the way. His sleep schedule got really messed up on this trip. We stayed until Tuesday, then headed home. But not before we visited Lukas' great-great Aunt Celia. She & Lukas share the same birthday, but she's 99 years older than he is! Last year Lukas celebrated the big 1 while she celebrated the big 100. Wow! We got to look at a lot of her old family photos, they were wonderful.

Enjoy a ton of pictures here!

Happy Birthday Bryan & Jessica!

Sunday was Bryan's birthday and he & I went to Damgoode Pies for dinner. Today is Jessica's 30th birthday and her loving husband, Ken, threw her a birthday party. Lukas went with us and he got to see Hester, who is 2 years old, and Vagabond the dog. Lukas was most interested in the strawberry birthday cake though. It was a mighty fine birthday cake.

Also, I took a couple videos with my digi-cam tonight and decided to start a YouTube account. That way it won't take 3 days to download one of my videos. I'll put up a post when I'm ready to debut my videos.

You can be 29 as many times as you like Jess.

Child abuse or good times?
Ken & Hester


More child abuse?
Lukas & Bryan


*See all the pictures here*

TYPHOON KONG-REY

Everyone say a prayer for Ginger & Allen (my sister-in-law & brother-in-law). A typhoon is headed for Guam and that is where they live. My mother-in-law says that Allen is on his way to Bali for a Frisbee tournament, so let's hope Ginger can get her typhoon shutters up! Here's a weather bulletin from the National Weather Service:

BULLETIN
TYPHOON KONG-REY (01W) ADVISORY NUMBER 7
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
2 PM GUAM LST MON APR 2 2007

...TROPICAL STORM KONG-REY UPGRADED TO TYPHOON KONG-REY...
...TYPHOON KONG-REY MOVING NORTHWESTWARD AND INTENSIFYING...

A TYPHOON WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GUAM...ROTA...TINIAN AND
SAIPAN. TYPHOON CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN 24 HOURS.

AT 1 PM GUAM LST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TYPHOON KONG-REY
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 12.2 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 149.1
DEGREES EAST. THIS IS ABOUT 295 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF GUAM/ROTA
                          305 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TINIAN/SAIPAN.

TYPHOON KONG-REY IS MOVING NORTHWEST AT AN AVERAGE SPEED
OF 15 MPH. A NORTHWEST TO NORTH-NORTHWEST TRACK IS EXPECTED OVER THE
NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS WITH A SLIGHT DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO 75 MPH. TYPHOON
KONG-REY IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY...AND MAY REACH
CATEGORY 2 STATUS...95 TO 110 MPH...WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

TYPHOON FORCE WINDS OF 74 MPH OR MORE EXIST AROUND THE CORE OF THE
DEVELOPING EYE WALL. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 39 MPH OR MORE
EXTEND OUT TO 150 MILES NORTH OF THE CENTER AND 90 MILES SOUTH
OF THE CENTER.

REPEATING THE 1 PM POSITION...12.2 DEGREES NORTH AND 149.1 DEGREES
EAST...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS
OF 75 MPH.

AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AT 5 PM GUAM LST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT SCHEDULED ADVISORY AT
8 PM GUAM LST.

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EDSON

Spring Break

Lukas & Kevin Sharing a Snack

Spring break is over for my little brother & sister - tomorrow will be back to school. Kevin spent part of his spring break with us. We picked him up Wednesday night and he stayed until today. We didn't do much - video games, DVDs, a little bit of yard work, a trip to Allsopp Park, and Kevin bought some new shoes. Dad & Kellie came to pick him up today and we all went out in the back yard to play Cosmic Catch and toss around a styrofoam airplane that Nanna gave Lukas. Nanna came and picked Lukas up right before the rest of the gang left today. I told her I was in need of a BREAK. I don't know how people cope with more than one child!

Check out all the spring break pictures here.