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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY MOM, Don doesn’t want to cause trouble in the family .

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY MOM, Don doesn’t want to cause trouble in the family .

First of all on my blog today I want to say to my very nice mom a big
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We still have a lot of fun together and lots of laughs. I love you !
Second I want to thank my favorite nephew , Randy from Idaho for sending me these two cool pictures of this Antique Cat Dozer and Cat pull type grader that he drives by every week.
Randy was not always my favorite nephew. It used to be Greg , but since Randy has been sending me machinery pictures , I had to readjust my list , LOL.
Sorry Greg in Hawaii . I’m sure once you move back to the states we can talk about changing the favorite nephew list again, ha,ha.
just kidding Greg, just between us your’re still the favorite. Really!!
Randy is a Preacher in a church in Idaho. I think he has been sending me machinery pictures to help me get closer to him so I will get closer to God !. Christians can be sneaky like that. LOL
Just kidding Randy !!,
All of you that have visited my daily blog/page over the last five years know Deb, Nicole , Bill and I are very close to God and we are very proud to let people know we are Christians. Everyday I thank God for giving me one more day with them.
Now back to the nephews,
Kieth used to be my favorite , and Bill and Chad was up their too and Corey is pretty high on my list again after visiting with him at the wedding last weekend, (:>).
I hope I haven’t caused any hard feelings in the family, (:<).
Seriously, I very much repect Randy , he is very creative like me and he is very together like me. He loves his family and he loves the great outdoors. He has three little boys that also love the great outdoors.
All the family pictures are very cute as they are all dressed in Camoflage so that is pretty neat knowing he is so close to his little boys.
Melissa is his wife and now she is a little on the spunky side, well lets say, she is a lot on the spunky side! , ha,ha !!! Melissa , JUST KIDDING !!!!
They visit my page on a regular basis so I had to kid her a little too . (:>).
Once again hope I haven’t offended any of the family with my humor. It just all for fun as we need more laughter these days.
I like this webpage/blog to be a happy , positive place to come .
And after the last two weeks , I ready to look positive again.
Dan - Mom said he got his first taste of theropy and they don’t baby them. At this rate , Dan should be on his way home by the end of the day, ha,ha.
Debbie- Debbie still needs more prayers and lots of time.

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Don gets pics from his favorite nephew from Idaho.

Don gets pics from his favorite nephew from Idaho.

Here is a second angle of the cool antique Cat Dozer and grader in Idaho.

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Don’s Friend Butch operating the LeTourneau L-2350 Worlds largest Wheel Loader

Don’s Friend Butch operating the LeTourneau L-2350 Worlds largest Wheel Loader

Here is a picture Butch sent me of the L-2350 Monster Loader we were invited down to Texas to see roll off the assembly line last month.
Because of the large number of orders for smaller loaders, the completion date of this monster was pushed back . So we were unable to make the trip .
As many of you know , this was the second time we were invited . The first time we were invited by the people from LeTourneau was when the second L-2350 was built. But that was in Jan. and we could not get away because of my snowplowing business.
My friend Butch who has E-mailed me for over two years also works for LeTourneau and he has been drooling over this 2350 waiting to get behind the controls. Well, here are two pictures of this beauty getting it’s first hours on it.
Butch has operated LeTourneau loaders most of his life and he said he was very surprised of the enormous size of it even after running the latest L-1850’s.
I’d also like to add Butch was one of the highest production loader operators in the business. He said he can load 80 tons in 35 seconds. Very Impressive !!!! Thanks for the pictures Butch !!
Weighing in at around 160,000 lbs. and a standard operating bucket of 53 yards it definately puts the competitors a knotch or two below them.
With 2,300 H.P. under the hood, it has plenty of power to get the job done. Keeping the machine going is a 1,050 gallon fuel tank and keeping the hydraulics working good is a 382 gallon hydraulic tank.
It sounds like LeTourneau is definatley on the right track and it sounds like there will be more of them in the future.
DAN AND DEBBIE - The best news yet is what we heard from my mom yesterday . Mom said the doctors told Dan he could go HOME, and did not need to go to a rehab center !! That was Great news meaning Dan’s injuries can be taken care of from home and they are not as bad as originally thought. They are supposed to be moving them today to the rehab center. Mom said Dan is reluctant to leave Debbie and wants to stay with her at the rehab Center .
The fact Debbie is leaving the hospital is also positive news.
Debbie will be moved closer to their home town as soon as they ok her progress to do that.
Hopefully this will bring everyone closer to God ,
and thanks again for all the prayers so far.

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