About Joanne Kern

All,
 
Update on Joanne's condition.  To bring you up-to-date:  Joanne fell in her kitchen and split her head open.  She was taken to the hospital where a MRI showed a mass at the base of her brain.  The mass was removed and was found to be cancerous.  Doctors believe the cancer came from her lungs.  She had just finished a round of radiation and was to undergo chemo treatments when she fell and hit her head on a coffee table in her home.  Mike and Susie found her laying in a pool of blood and she was taken by ambulance to the hospital.  Her fall reopened her surgery incision which had to be stapled again.  This was last Wednesday, June 22nd.
 
Dick just talked to Mike who was on his way out of the hospital.  Joanne had had a bad day/night on Saturday but was somewhat improved on Sunday.  They are treating her for pneumonia and she should get released after a week of antibiotics.  The kids will be talking to the doctors about after hospital care knowing she shouldn't be alone until she gets her strength back.
 
Dick calls every day......he can be reached at 515-681-4396.
 
Dick and Jo Ann
 

Another New Arrival

Marlene informed me on Wednesday morning that Daniel and Elizabeth Johansen gave birth to a baby boy on Tuesday September 14th. Grandparents Sara And Danial Kelley. Great grandparents Marlene and Bernard Kelley

Grandma Brooker's popsicles

 Jason called and asked me for Grandma Brooker's popsicle recipe. I tried to give it to him from memory and he too thought I was close but I decided to do a search and see if I could come up with it. This recipe is it and they are ever so much more flavorful than any you can buy.

Recipe:   KOOL - AID POPSICLES        9/1/2010

Category: Delicious frozen treat

Author:   Grandma Brooker

1 sm. pkg. Jello, any flavor

1 envelope unsweetened Kool-Aid, same flavor

1 c. sugar

2 c. boiling water

2 c. cold water

Dissolve Jello, Kool-Aid and sugar in boiling water. Add cold water. Pour liquid into 

small cups and place in freezer. When they are slightly firm insert popsicle sticks 

into the cup. Freeze overnight. Our favorites are grape, cherry, and berry blue.

Grandma Cindy Ridge

From Cindy:

Wanted to let you know Brittany had baby Tucker August 27th.  He is perfect, and I am very excited to be a Grandma.  He weighed 8.1 pounds and was 19 3/4" long.

Hope all is well with everyone.

 

Another New Baby

Barb O’Roake’s daughter Angie had a new baby girl on Wednesday, June 2, 2010….

Her name is Addison Elaine….  She was a little early…. But everyone is doing fine…..  She was 5 lbs, 14 oz    and  19 inches long….

Norm, Brenda, Mark, Bill, Jo are all getting together this weekend for a memorial golf outing in Newton for a classmate of Norm’s that died of a heart attack…

They will be staying at Barb’s house starting on Friday evening…

Leo

Meet Elise Colleen Teeter

Daughter of Brad and Amanda Brooker Teeter

Granddaughter of Gary and Susan Brooker

Greatgranddaughter of Butch and Barb Brooker

Butch is Kickin My Ass

It has become Brutally Aparent how soft I have become in my old age... the chore of taking two trees down yesterday really kicked my butt... take a look at B & B's Blog to see photos of the our two beautiful front trees taking the plunge...

Both trees were soon to bite the bullet in one fashion or another, so Keri & I decided it should be on our terms and not Mother Nature's so we could control the fall and timing of the death of our front landscaping...

I need some advice of what type of tree would be good to put at the Southwest corner of our house north of Jefferson, IA... It would be good to have a decorative one that doesn't get too tall.... say 12' max.... with a limiting diameter of not more than 8 to 10' ...

Please email those suggestions to Leo@Brookerandcompany.com ... thanks for your help...

Lrb