HOLIDAY GREETINGS

Ooops! Not having internet at home, I forgot to put anything on here about the holidays!

MERRY (belated) CHRISTMAS!
hope everyone had a good christmas.....some of the coots clan gathered at pete's on christmas eve, mike came in for a visit, talked to mark on the phone, michelle and i went to a lovely candlelight service on christmas eve, visited with ray, lola and baby taylor (who doesn't look anything like a "taylor" so i have renamed her sophie) on christmas and pete, mike, rick and me visited at her house sunday for pizza and talkin'. Good times here, don't know about the rest of ya.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!
be safe, be happy and may 2011 be much better in health, wealth and wisdom for all of us!


(also, remember....we have less than 2 years left before the end of the world (per the mayans). let's make the most of it!)

OIL LEASE

In case you are not available on Facebook, here is update on the OIL LEASE...

Per Jim Coots, he has been very busy this past year but is now ready to move on the oil lease. He wants to know if we want to contact his attorney and have him represent/advise us too. He is also asking this of his two brothers and Jane Kirk (JP's wife who is acting for Mabel Kirk). If we all have this attorney act for us, he will probably give us a discount since he will be representing at least 13 people. We need to decide this and give attorney a call within the next week if we are....

Let me know via email or phone (no internet at home except phone so i can access email and facebook).

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

I am thankful for many things but most especially, for my family!

Well I thought long and hard about it and i decided to put up a tree this year. I got the best one I could afford and it took a long time to decorate. I hope my roommates appreciate it.

Funny Video (inappropriate, but funny!)

This is a You Tube video that Rob has been watching over and over again for the past 2 weeks. He thinks it is hilarious! Apparently a reporter was trying to do a news cast and the guy in the video interrupted. Anyhoo - Rob thought you might like it too.

TEA PARTY SATURDAY!!

We had a tea party today at Strawberries and Daydreams in Miamisburg for Pete, Kim and Kim's girls. It was fun and the food was great.....Regina sure can cook!!

POTATO SOUP RECIPE

I made sausage and potato soup a few weeks ago and it turned out really well...possibly the best potato soup i've had...so i thought i'd share it on here. If you make it, let me know what you think. Feel free to share recipes of other foods on here too (real food, not roadkill recipes i'm looking at you, darrell, doug and mark). I'm making stuffed pepper soup this weekend, so there might be another recipe coming soon!

ROBIN'S EASILY HOMEMADE SAUSAGE AND POTATO SOUP

1 pkg (1 lb) smoked sausage, sliced
1 pkg Potatoes O'Brien
2 cans chicken broth
3 cups of milk
1 pkg of Idahoan Loaded Baked Potato instant mashed potatoes
Parmesan cheese


In large pot or dutch oven, add potatoes o'brien, chicken broth and sausage slices. Cook on low for 30 to 40 minutes until potatoes are tender.
Add 3 cups of milk and simmer until milk is thoroughly heated. Slowly add instant potatoes, stirring constantly until dissolved (for thicker soups, add most of pkg; for more soup-y thickness, only add about 1/2 of pkg). Cook on low for several more minutes, stirring frequently.
Serve with parmesan cheese sprinkled on top.

This is my recipe I made up so these are the ingredients i used...you can tweak it and make it more to your liking - maybe use diced ham instead of sausage, use garlic flavor instant potatoes instead of loaded baked potato, top with cheddar cheese instead of parmesan. You might want to try it this way first though, it came out really good and the instant potatoes gave it a lot of flavor and texture. This probably made about 6 to 8 servings. Also, i used the whole pkg of instant potatoes and it made it very thick and hearty, almost like a stew.

SWAMP PEOPLE MARATHON!!!!!

Saturday on History Channel for those who haven't been watching. Troy is the man!

We miss you Mom!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!!!!!!!

Tripp Pics

So...I have posted a lot of pics of Tripp on facebook...and I know many of us have facebook accounts - but not everyone. So I thought I would go ahead and post some of them on here as well.

I think we need to see some pics of that cute baby Tripp on here. You can post in between feedings, pooping, and sleeping

GETTING RID OF THE CELLS!!!

ok everybody I'm getting rid of the cell phones. The boys are both working so if they want a cell they can pay for it themselves. I dont talk to anybody so it"s kind of stupid to pay that much money for 3 cellphones. so anyway here's the new number>>937-938-1657. hope evrybdy has a great labor day!!!!!

question for darrell

a guy here at work is wanting to get his truck painted. can you do that? he is wanting to do the original color which is maroon. not wanting bed painted inside since it has a bed liner and no door jams or under the hood. doesn't have to be perfect. just thought you might be able to help. let me know. email me at work and at hotmail since the spam filter at work might block you. jbrooks@pitman.com or dale3fanforever@hotmail.com.

MARKS OLD BIRTHDAY PICTURE!!!!!

HAPPY 50th BIRTHDAY TO MARK!!

HAPPY

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BIRTHDAY!



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AND MANY MORE!!!!

MORE TRIPP!!!!!!

MEET TRIPP!!!

He's here!!
Meet Robert Lewis Forbes the Third aka Tripp.
Born 8/27/10 at 11:57 pm
Weighed 8 lbs 5.2 ounces, 20.5 inches long.


Congratulations to Brandy and Rob!!!
Can't wait to hold this little feller!

New Member of Family & Updates

For those of you who don't know or haven't seen her, this is Taylor Sophia Grace Coots, Amelia's daughter. She was born on Ray's birthday at 9:55 p.m. weighing in at 8 lbs. 1 oz. and 20 inches long.
She is about 7 weeks old now and smiling pretty and making noises. Amelia & Taylor are staying with Brittany, Robbie's daughter, near Arcanum, a fur piece from here. Amelia is doing okay so far with her. There have been some bumps in the road but there will always be with her I think. She is doing much better than anticipated but has a long way to go. One step, one day at a time.
Other Coots on Schantz News is that Ray was called to work by the disaster recovery company he has been getting certified with since he was involuntarily retired last September. He is doing inspections out near Chicago on the south side. He's been there since this past Monday. Please keep him in your prayers for his safe return. We aren't sure how long he'll be gone 2 weeks or a month.

STOP AND SMELL THE ROSES

I was reading about a poll in Reader's Digest where they asked readers to list some of the ways they "stop and smell the roses" in these stressful times.

The answers were kind of interesting: riding a harley, grilling on the patio, no electronics.

So, I'm asking...what do YOU do to stop for a little while and just BE?

I'll go first. The noises of life really get to me and I like to try to get away from them. Taking Pippa for a walk in the park, gazing at a fire and listening to the wood pop and sitting around outside after dark, chatting with my family and watching the lightning bugs. All of these tend to calm me and soothe my soul.

What brings you a little peace these days? (i'm being serious, so no smart ass answers please)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PEG (MOM)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

happy birthday

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DOUG!

DEAR DOUG, I HOPE TOMMORROW IS A VERY SPECIAL AND HAPPY DAY FOR YOU~~~~

Tripp's room!

We've been working on getting everything ready for the Trippster! I'm going to attempt to post some pictures from my phone... We'll see if it works!
It's been so much fun going through all the cool stuff we got at the showers and getting everything set up!!

ANOTHER DEATH.....

Just wanted to let everyone know Rick's mother-in-law, Jan Eshbaugh, passed away Sunday, July 18th at Rick's home.

Jan had been diagnosed with kidney cancer on May 13th. Kathy and Rick were taking care of her at their home but the cancer was extremely aggressive and spread too rapidly for treatment.

There is only going to be a simple graveside service on Wednesday at 1pm at Hillgrove Cemetary in Miamisburg. Ray and I are planning to attend and I think Pete is going to try to go also.

Jan was a very sweet lady who always made me feel welcome. I really enjoyed knowing her. Pete and I had a chance to visit with her a couple of times recently and she had so much grace and dignity during her final weeks. She said when she was first diagnosed that she did not want anyone to cry for her but to laugh with her. . . .she wanted to enjoy her time left. No one could've imagined that time would be so short.

Please keep Kathy, Rick, Howard and all of Jan's family in your thoughts and prayers.

VERNON COOTS

DAD'S COUSIN???, VERNON COOTS, OF XENIA, PASSED AWAY YESTERDAY. YOU MAY EXPRESS YOUR CONDOLENCES ONLINE, THE SERVICES ARE TO BE IN PIKEVILLE, KENTUCKY.

Lynyrd Skynyrd - FreeBird [Live]

SAD NEWS

I'm sorry to say Doyle Barnett lost his fight against cancer on Saturday night, 7/10/10.

Viewing will be Wednesday evening from 6-8 p.m. and the funeral will be Thursday at 10 a.m. Both will be at Newcomer funeral home on Kettering Blvd.

Doyle was always one of my favorite people. He was a good man with a great sense of humor, a good dad to his kids and he recently met and married the love of his life, Deb. Doyle stayed positive and fought hard during his 1 1/2 year struggle with cancer. He will be missed by all who knew him.

Please keep Casey, Kati, Deb and all his family in your thoughts and prayers.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY(S)!

Happy Birthday to my brothers Ray, Darrell (and my other brother Darrell)!!

Don't cut into any fake birthday cakes!!

FUN STUFF

Hope everyone had a good 4th of July! Mike and Paul came into town so we checked out the Cityfolk festival and fireworks in Dayton; had a cookout at Pete's and caught the fireworks from Moraine and today Ray, Lola, Mike and Paul went to the Air Force Museum and Carillon Park. Good times, good times!

I got this link in an email, I've done it before but thought I'd share it......

http://www.bbc. co.uk/science/ humanbody/ sleep/sheep/ reaction_ version5. swf

So give it a try when you got some extra time!

...

Devil In The Bottle

CARMELITA - WARREN ZEVON

John Mellencamp | A Ride Back Home BETTER FROM concordrecords

FUN DAY PICTURES!!!

I stole these pics from Raylene's daughter Rianna's facebook page. And I didn't ask permission because I am her great aunt and I am allowed to do stuff like that.

So, we got some pictures....


A bunch of Coots sitting around in a circle......


Two aunts, two nieces.....

The cook aka Cowboy Ray....

Lola looking for something.....


A boy and his cousin....



And a man and his daughter....

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO ALL THE DADS OUT THERE, INCLUDING YOU, MASSEY FERGUSON!!!

Happy Birthday Brandy!!!

FAMILY FUN DAY UPDATE(D)

Family fun day yesterday was a great success! We had all the brothers and sisters there except for Darrell and Mark - you guys were missed!

Also in attendance: Tricia, Kyle, Logan and Dylan; Tammy, Larry and Shelbea; Sue and Tony; Raylene and Tony; Rianna, Tony and three of their kids; and Kim, Kent, Hayley, Jasmine, Noah and Casey.

There was plenty of food: hamburgers, hot dogs, chicken, polish sausages (thanks to Ray aka The Cowboy Grillmaster); baked beans, potato salad, deviled eggs, pasta salad, taco salad, mexican chicken, plenty of chips and dips and salsa, and for dessert there was brownies, cupcakes, cookies and pies.

All in all, I think there were about 30 people there, which was great! Unfortunately, I forgot to take any pictures (!!) but I think Raylene and Lola took some. I'll post whatever pics I can scrounge from them soon.

Thanks to everyone for showing up and bringing food, etc! Hopefully, we'll have even more people turn out for the next one!

Hope everyone had a good Memorial Day (mine was spent with the baby shower brigade tracking down invitations)!

Come on, Summer, we're ready for you!

Next family event: Brandy's baby shower on June 27th.

Well its after 1 so Doug who have you thrown off the mound, or were you the only one there? Did you throw yourself off lol

Georgia Picker

Picked $3.00

Sold $175.00

Georgia Picker

Picked $3.00

Sold $203.51

REAL FAMILY FUN DAY

SATURDAY - MAY 29TH
MIAMISBURG MOUND PARK
WE WILL ALL MEET AT THE TOP OF THE MOUND @ 10:00
THEN WE WILL COMMENCE THROWING OFF EVERYONE IN ORDER OF IGNORANCE
UNTIL I AM THE ONLY ONE LEFT. THIS LOOKS TO BE THE BEST FAMILY FUN DAY YET, AND ONE THAT I WON'T SOON FORGET. COME ONE, COME ALL. THE MORE THE MERRIER. THE STUPIDER YOU ARE , THE BETTER.

FAMILY FUN DAY - MAY 30, 2010

Family Fun Day
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Germantown Dam MetroPark
10 am until ????


Let's all get together and kick off the summer season!
Everyone welcome!


I will bring pasta salad, plates, napkins, silverware
Pete will bring baked beans and lemon bars
We will need meat (fried chicken?) more side dishes, pop/water/ice, chairs and games
Doug has some outdoor games he can bring
There is fishing available nearby, walking trails and other stuff
The shelters I am thinking of are near the scenic overlook and there are potty facilities close by and parking but still kind of private with lots of green space
These shelters can't be reserved so Pippa and I will go early and hold it

Let's plan to spend the day there!
We'll eat, play and visit!

Comment here and let me know who will be there and what you will bring


FAMILY FUN DAY
MAY 30, 2010

GOOD FOR THE SOUL

Took Pippa to Germantown Dam. Listened to the wind in the trees and the water rushing in the creek. No cars, no people, no planes, no music, NO NOISE.

Sometimes I forget there are still places like this around.

It was good for the soul.

A new picture of Mom

I found this picture of Mom on Chance's facebook, it was taken at one of his birthday parties. Look how young and happy she looks! And look - there's a baby Brandy and a very young Tammy beside her.

THANKS

First off i want to start by saying thanks to Pete, Robin, Rick(who i haven't seen in 12 years), Doug, Lola and a special thanks to Ray for coming to my papaw's viewing and funeral. Ray, thanks so much for taking the time to put together the video for us. it turned out great and was very emotional. Robin, thanks for being there for me on Monday night. my only regret is that i wasn't a better grandson. i didn't spend nearly enough time with him. i regret that. I'm glad i got to see him back at the beginning of the month all be it in the hospital. i chose not to go back up there to see him after the heart attack and stroke because i didn't want to remember him like that. that i do not regret. i will always remember him for his goofiness, from peanut butter bologna to hitting the mute button during commercials. i will remember the way the used to walk around like John Wayne and pull his imaginary guns from his side and how here in the past few years would come and rub my bald spot and then point at his and say "i have one too". i will never forget him.

i love you papaw.

INFO ON JOHN

John's viewing and funeral information is:

Visitation is Monday, March 29th from 5-7 pm.

Funeral is Tuesday, March 30th at 10:30 am.


Visitation and funeral is at Newcomers Funeral Home on Kettering Blvd.
Burial is at Miami Valley Memory Gardens.

Don't stand by my grave and weep,
For I am not there, I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glint of snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumn's rain.
When you awaken in the morning, hush.
For I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circle flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand by my grave and cry.
I am not there, I did not die.

Hopi Grief Song/Prayer

REST IN PEACE JOHN

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_EPEOKDlfo

JOHN BROOKS

John passed away a little after 11 pm tonight at Miami Valley hospital. Zola, Michelle and Sunshine were with him.

Johnny and Peg are on their way here, just had a text from Peg and they're in Cincy (at 12 am). I told Peg it was snowing here and had started right about the time John left us. I figured it was John's way of saying GOODBYE to Ohio and the nasty cold weather!

Rest in peace, John. May your eternity be filled with warm and sunny days, green grass that always needs mowing and a plentiful garden!

JOHNNY'S DAD UPDATE

As of today, when I talked with Peg around 2 pm:

John has been moved out of ICU into a semi private room. He has suffered multiple mini strokes and mini heart attacks while in the hospital. He is very, very weak and cannot eat on his own so he has a feeding tube.

The prognosis is not good, he will almost definitely not be coming home from the hospital. It's just a matter of waiting, now.

Peg & Johnny, etc are headed home tonight. Hopefully they will be able to get some rest and return to work for awhile before coming this way again.

Let's keep John and all the Brooks' in our thoughts and prayers.

JOHNNY'S DAD

I wanted to let everyone know Johnny's dad is in the hospital. John has suffered several heart attacks and small strokes according to the doctor. They are making him as comfortable as they can.

Johnny, Peg, Chance and Zach got here tonight and John is coming up soon.

Please keep them all in your prayers and thoughts during this hard time.

happy birthday robin

invite

Robin this is wesley send me an invite so i can join the blog. My email Is chaoticfallout@hotmail.com

Happy Birthday John!!!

Have a great birthday!!! Party Hardy!!! Call in sick today!!! Have your cake and eat it too!

Some Sad News to Pass Along....

I just wanted to let everyone know that Pete's longtime neighbors, Gene & Colleen lost their youngest grandson, Matt today. They are not sure of the cause of death. He was 17.

Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers. Their other grandson, Gregory, is serving in Afghanistan and hopefully will be able to come home for the funeral.

SAVE THE DATE

I (along with help from Pete, Peg and Michelle) am giving Brandy a baby shower on June 26th.

All I know right now is that date and it will be here in Ohio.

Time and place TBA at a later date.


Just giving everyone a heads up!

OIL LEASE UPDATE

Jim sent me a couple messages on Facebook today. Here they are and my response to them:

I have communicated with the Kentucky attorney this morning. He is going to make some final suggestions on the lease and send to me, hopefully by the end of next week. After that, I intend to take his suggestions and send a counter offer to the company.

As I have previously explained, I cannot represent anyone else on this. However, I am happy to include you on communications I have with the oil company so that you can request whatever changes on your own that you want to be made on your behalf as the process goes forward. In order to do that, I would need a written acknowledgment from each of you that your understand that I am not representing you, and that you are not relying on any advice that I have provided. I know you may think I am being paranoid about this, but this is something I need to do professionally to protect myself.

I will be in touch. In the meantime, let me know if you have any questions.

PS -- as part of all this, you may very well want to retain your own attorney and obtain advice on this. The relationship with the KY attorney is strictly between me and him. I would encourage each of you to seek individual legal guidance and advice from a knowledgeable attorney who practices in this area. That attorney could either by the attorney I have been dealing with, or someone else who he might be able to recommend. There is some minor expense involved in retaining an attorney for this purpose, but obviously I believe it is worth spending some money at this point to help make an informed decision.

PSS -- if you want to use the same attorney I am using, it may be that we can share in the expense I have incurred thus far, which is under $1K. You would need to contact him directly and see what sort of arrangement can be worked out between each of you and him, individually. If you want to do that, let me know and I will send his contact info and let him know that you will be contacting him. Thanks.

Hey Jim,

Thanks for letting me know what's going on. i absolutely understand and can appreciate you having to protect yourself professionally.

I will need to pass this information on to my clan and see what they want to do; my feeling is we will probably want to use the same attorney and therefore we can all share expenses (and let's face it, there's nine in my family - that's got to help). If we could do that, it would probably be the most beneficial to all of us. That's my thinking, but I will need to wait and see what the rest say. If you want to go ahead and forward the attorney's information to me, that would be fine.

Mark and I have still not received our letters from the oil company. Do you have the contact information so I can call and get those out to us?

Also, do you have a time frame of when you will be proceeding with your offer to the oil company? If we all were to use the same attorney and, therefore make the same counteroffer to the oil company, we may want to think about doing it in the same time period. Would you agree?

As far as written acknowledgments from each of us, that should not be a problem. I am wondering if you would accept an email stating that from each of us instead?

Thanks again for the information. I'll let you know what we've decided and I'll look forward to hearing from you.

So, what say you all? First let me tell you that both of Jim's brothers and Mabel Kirk's daughter in law were included in these messages so there would be at least 13 people involved in this counteroffer...and probably more. I think that might be good if we could all use the same attorney and have to pay less for his advice. Less than $100 bucks apiece maybe.

My thinking on this is I doubt Jim would pay $1000 to a fellow attorney to get back a couple hundred, so it might be a good (and feasible) counteroffer he has in mind.

Let me know what you each think we should do on this. I will call Pete, Mike and Rick and let them know about this. I'll let you know what they say.

WHATS WITH THE FRUITY COLORS??

LIGHTEN THE HELL UP !!

GOOD GOD!! would you people take a damn pill. i was kidding. and why are you two saying anything about rob and brandy being good parents? i never said they wouldn't be. take a damn joke. oh and by the way. i don't have a facebook that I'm aware of. for some odd reason i got blasted with friends request all at once. if i have one its from a long time ago but i don't remember doing it. so if you see anything from me from facebook it ain't me. and yes i am an asshole as many will atest to.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

to my mommy. You would have been 90 years old today.

I sure do miss you.


Please think of us, as we think of you
With hearts so full of love;
We’re looking up at you, sweet Mom,
As you look at us from above.

Surprise!

Well, I've gone and done it now!!! There's no turning back!!! Rob and I are expecting a BABY!!! I'm a little over three months along!!! Due date Aug. 24!! We are so excited! And you guys thought I went overboard with Banjo........;-)

GLOBAL WARMING?

DEAD AS A DOORNAIL

Well, the motherboard is fried. So, that's it for me!

ROBIN

ITS ALWAYS EASY TO BLAME THE GOOD LOOKING GUY, ISN'T IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

email from robin

i got an email from robins hacked account and opened it. all it did was go to a blank blog page. so i figured it was one of robins "coming soon" pages. anyway if it did have a virus nothing happened. but then again I'm here at work so if it screws this computer up i wouldn't give a shit. don't you have some kind of virus protection?? and asshole Doug should help pay to get your laptop fixed. but then again since it hasn't effected anyone else computers, then how would anyone know its a virus. i started to email you back and ask what the hell this blog page was for. then i thought wait robin never ever sends me an email so this ain't right.

OKAY, JUST TO CLEAR THIS UP.....

Someone hacked my email account.

I AM NOT SENDING YOU EMAILS.

I DON'T KNOW WHEN THEY GO OUT OR HOW OFTEN THEY GO OUT. THEY ARE SPAM AND PROBABLY CONTAIN A VIRUS! DO NOT OPEN THEM AND DELETE THEM.

THERE IS NO NEED TO TELL ME YOU GOT THEM BECAUSE I CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THEM, JUST DELETE THEM. DO NOT FORWARD THEM BACK TO ME, DOUG!!!! BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IS I DON'T KNOW THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND I OPEN YOUR EMAIL AND BANG!! NOW MY COMPUTER DOESN'T WORK.

BY THE WAY, DOUG, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT. REALLY. ASSHOLE.

If for any reason, I need to send any of you an email, I will put something in the subject line - such as: this email is safe or okay to open, not spam.

I have changed my password on my hotmail account, so hopefully no more will be sent out.
As stated above, my laptop is no longer working so i will only be online when i stop at the library to use it.

Another email from Robin

Are you going to wait until tomorrow to tell me not not to open it, like the last one?

DO NOT OPEN AN EMAIL FROM ME

Sent Yesterday. I did not send it, i think it contains a google link.

I suspect someone hacked into my blog and/or my email account. I don't know for sure, it's the only thing i can think of. I'm afraid if this is true it may contain a virus, so don't open that email, just delete without opening.

Sorry!

Snow day 2010

Here are pics of the "blizzard" that was supposed to hit Knoxville