Happy Birthday Gran 2026

 Hey Friends,

Today marks the start of a busy week of birthdays in our family. There are birthdays on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. Saturday afternoon will be a party for one of the afore-mentioned birthdays. We have lots of celebrating happening this week. 

On January 12, 1949, Betty Jo Howard was born. She grew up in Kentucky. On October 14, 1967, she married her sweetheart, Danny Morgan. 

Today, Betty Jo Morgan is known as a sister, wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend. She is one incredible lady!

Happy birthday, Mom Betty, Gran, Granny, Granikin,  Thumbelina or Granberry; she has many titles. We all love you so much!

I am blessed to call her my Gran! She has been a bright spot in my whole life! I am grateful to have the World’s Best Gran! I am so proud of her!

We plan to meet up with them for a birthday lunch today. I am excited to celebrate with her! I will have pics from that outing later. Here are a few more pictures of my Gran. 

Thank you for reading!

Odie

Planning For PFYC 2026 And More

 Hey Friends,

It is a new year, and it is time to plan. We have been trying to schedule out our year. We are blessed to have several invitations to visit different churches. 

It is hard to get to everyone, but we are trying. Hopefully, in February and March, we will be on the move. 

We have other travel plans for later this year. You can keep a check on our schedule page. Mom will try to keep it updated as details become available. 

PFYC 2026 will take place March 26-27. It is a blessing to us together with thousands of people of like faith in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. PFYC will once again take place at the Leconte Center. 

You can get your tickets by clicking on this link HERE.  It is time to start planning your 2026 trip to PFYC. Click HERE for all the information about PFYC. 

Hope to cross paths with you somewhere this year. Thank you for reading!

Odie

Amazing Artwork

 Hey Friends,

Mom and I were gifted a beautiful piece of artwork yesterday. It is a gift that we treasure. 

The Kelly Jo and Odie Super Fan/ Super Friend created this masterpiece of art. I had to share it with our world today. 

Thank you, Everly Alexander, for our precious gift! Keep up the incredible artwork. We love you so much! Thank you for being our amazing friend!

See you all tomorrow.

Odie

Remembering Aunt Vivian Carol Montgomery

 Hey Friends,

Our family is grieving a loss. Saturday, God chose to take our Aunt Carol home to Heaven. Read her tribute HERE. 

Thank you for praying for her last week! I requested prayer a couple of days. Her heart was in bad shape. Things did not go as we hoped they would. 

Ultimately Aunt Carol is much better than the rest of us! She is free from the heartache and cares of this life. She will no longer suffer from any ailments. Her 83 years are completed. 

We as a family hurt, because we do not want to be separated from her. She was special to each of us. Our family has always had Carol the sister, aunt and friend. Things suddenly changed for us and we are extremely saddened. 

We will miss our beautiful Aunt. Her smile, laugh and antics will be missed. We have been reminiscing. Thankfully we have many fabulous Carol memories. 

Please keep my Gran, her brother and three sisters in your prayers. Also, there is a host of nieces, nephews and friends.

 

I will close with my favorite memory of my Aunt Carol. This happened when I was around 10. One day my aunts were visiting Gran an Papaw. We were sitting around talking about names. The conversation went to names we all thought were crazy.  

Aunt Carol asked me Odie what do you think of the name Vivian? I had never heard that name! I responded with ooh yuck that's a horrible name!!

Needles to say she loved my reaction. That was exactly what she was wanting me to do. Aunt Carol went on to tell me her name was Vivian!

I was blown away. I had no idea she went by her middle name. I ate humble pie for a while, and Aunt Carol loved it!

That year, for Christmas, she bought me a 36-inch-tall porcelain doll named Vivian. I kept in my rooms for years. Looking at that doll brought a smile to my face. 

The last several years I called her Vivian. I love the name now! She signed all my cards with Aunt Vivian. I am probably the only person that called her Vivian regularly.

Thank you for reading. See you tomorrow!

Odie 

A Very Morgan Thanksgiving 2025

 Hey Friends,

Mom and I spent yesterday in Hillsboro, OH. It was Morgan Thanksgiving at Gran and Papaw’s. We all were able to be together. It was a great Thanksgiving!

I spent most of the day on the couch. I was just happy that felt well enough to be there! Below are some pictures I snapped along with some more from Joey’s camera. 

See you tomorrow!

Odie