Martin Clan
We are a group of cousins (firsts, seconds, thirds, fourths...) who at our great-grandmothers funeral decided to stay in touch despite the hurdles of distance and lifes business! Through the example of our Great Grandparents, Grandparents and Parents we have learned the importance of family. So may the lines and (typed) keys of communication remain busy! I love you guys!!!
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Lu-huv! the photos!!! How cute (the couple) and beautiful (the scenery)!!
Ok... so when's the optimum time to visit?!--cause I'm so coming out there sometime! (hopefully within the year)!
It totally cracks me up to see you in biker attire Mel!! Lookin good!
You did it! Beautiful!
Hey Ralph!!! This is still crackin me up... that you have to be Ralph Cramden... remind me tonight to try and fix things:-)!
You'd better prepare for elk or antelope pancakes in MT! The Musson freezer is full of meat - Rick has brought home the proverbial bacon by his own strength and skill. The elk and antelope steaks Rick grilled for us were terrific! Then Melanie turned the leftovers into elk and antelope fajitas - yummy. You really won't miss the platypus at all.
Love to have Merily, aka Ralph, commenting! Ralph is appropriate being Jim's middle name too. All in the family!
Rebeka, is Silly, the comment added to the scary Jerry post, our esteemed cousin sd jr.? Trying to figure that out.
Aunt Char... Silly is Sarah Friesen! Uncle Steve gave her the blogsite!!!
Thank you! That makes sense.
We miss all you Minnesotans with your power outage. Hope to hear your survival stories soon!
Who's out of power??? Was it from the tornado that went through???
Hope everyone's doing okay!!!
Uncle Jim talked to G&G M about 9:00 a.m. and they had been without power for over 14 hours. There was a huge storm last night, sounds like one front on top of another, including wind and hail, possible tornadoes. Gma got home from church in a lull, but Gpa drove through hail. They're ok but hoping to get power soon.
ps: I'm surprised Uncle Jeff is not out on tree removal today!
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Hey Melerini, are those moutains behind you, the Bridgers in that one pic w/ the rainbow? I think I recognize them
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Ok b/4 all you people go and get out your little trusty dusty cross-word puzzle dictionaries(cough cough, my mom) I just wanted to say that I meant to say mountains not moutains. Oh and mell, to remind you further, another alias that ralph cramden prefers is "aunt melanie"
Is it possible uncle Jeff (the elder) (not OLDer, don't want to make any more references to anything OLD) missed his true calling? poet/limerick writer/pancake maker?
Smelly Melly you still crack me up everytime I think of you as a biker women. We do miss you lots here. The girls and I were just talking about our trip down the Galatin this summer when we all almost died and our boat folded in half. "I said power not flower"
Love you
Okay-- well Mel... don't get mad at me for telling this tale... I just didn't think you minded- since we're all friends and family (and since you're a biker woman now)!
Well... the Pillsbury food is less than kind to the sensative stomach... and sometimes the menu of the evening does not coincide with the "down-yonder" bowels! One evening Smelly Melly was especially famished... so she packed her tiny little tummy full of these nasty bean-barritos (faux-foods)! All was well... at least for a few minutes! She returned to the dorm- (much to the ladies chagrin). Once, safely tucked away in her dorm room- she let the affects of the faux-food barrito- nasters reveal their lethal powers! At first... she merely cleared out her dorm room-- but the stench was so incredibly raunch that soon-- the neighbors evacuated their room. Before you know it- girls are grabbing their most valuable possessions and flooding out of the entire 2nd floor -- leaving Mel abashed and alone. Not only was Mel able to clear the entire 2nd floor- but we had girls coming down from third and fourth floors to find out what was behind the awful smell -penitrating thier floors (I guess smelly gas rises -just like hot air)! Soon, the majority of the ladies dorm found themselves safely harbored onto the Pilly lawn breathing the fresh air of life! (It was a close call for some)! This is a story- not recorded in the Pilly history books- nor written in the yearbook-but I, for one, will never forget the evening~~~ Smelly Melly- single-handidly cleared out the entire ladies dorm!
Poor Melanie, camping in the Tetons and unable to comment as to the veracity of the Smelly Melly explanation! Let's hope she hasn't blown the tent to the peaks!
OKAY- okay... the Smelly-Melly story was fictitious! That's what happens when the blog gets a little dry and boredom sets in at the Met-Pro desk! I just couldn't (in all good conscience) let this falsehood mar the good name of my cuz- Melbeleen-O! She is quite the mannerly little lady (much like myself)... and since I will be at camp until tomorrow evening--- I just couldn't leave knowing my fellow bloggers were believing a lie! (Must be that sweetness oozing out of me)!
The parenthesis are suppose to read (hang-head)
And the liar is Rebeka:-)!!
Mel, your pics are great! I still can't believe you are married though.:o) I hope all is going well and you will have to e-mail me sometime. What's your addy?
Praise the Lord all of us MN people survived the storm!!
I'm thinking ralph (aka merily) is correct in thinking the "frend" is Luke. His creative spelling is inspiring, isn't it?
The honeymooners have returned. I hope Melanie can forgive r for the exciting story - it was a great tale, lack of truth being more than compensated for by creativity and expression, Rebeka. ;-)
Ooooh oooooh tell a story mel! Make it good! how was your latest honey moon, I mean camping excursion? Anyway I have to say that I was hootin while I was reading joshes friend stuff. OK it is time to come out from behind the alias joshes friend, who are you.
By the way, where is the one and only Peedster/Bittles? PD we miss your dr. phil esque moments. Do come back on
Can't say that I have played any mini golf for a while Jeff, but I have been to Dunn Brothers. :o) I wouldn't want to show anyone up with my master skills- like my amazing ability to see in dark "haunted" buildings.
SILLY SARA!!!! e-mail me. ljane23@yahoo.com How are you????
I am insulted, R, that you would even share such an outrageous, slanderous lie! As if I would ever eat Pillsbury faux mexico (the most slanderous part of the story).
And now for a TRUE story of R. I won't actually tell it, but I will say it involved a slip of gasses. and it was so hilarious I couldn't breathe, and she was so embarrassed she cried.
Silly, so good to see you on the blog. Thank you Ralph for defending me against that horrible daughter of yours. And in all actuality, Rebeka, it was a hilarious story!
The true story of "smelly melly"
As a little girl, a teenage boy mercilesly picked on me and teased me. He would send me running to his mom crying and tattling on him. This life shattering teasing consisted of him continually calling me "Smelly Melly Big Fat Belly." Or "smelly Melly Jelly Belly." Or anything rhyming with Melly. That's the origin of the name. A life scaring story. Hard for me to share with you all. But I felt I needed to tell it for healing to begin.
Rebeka, the BEST time to come to MT is now! The animals are out in full force (we'll post some pics in a couple days), the park (yellowstone) has WAY less tourists. The colors are beautiful, and there is snow on the peaks.
That stinks- I have NO vaca. time left! How about the Spring? Is it nice towards April? I'll have to save up my sheckles- air-fare out that way is rediculous!!!
And Mel- I have no recollection of that gas story... (wink)! -just b/c I slandered you does not mean you should slander me!!!;-)
Okay Jeff...I read that "joke" a few days ago on the email and really didn't get it. I guess its one of those dumb blonde jokes? Apparently the point was made with my response, or lack thereof!!!
Sara- you're hysterical! Brazilian- is representative of the actual people from Brazil-- However, the blonde, obviously you,- in this joke... thinks brazillion is a number-- just like a million or a billion!
Uncle Jeff- I think this calls for a few humbling comments from your witty mind!!!
Smelly I'm sorry that your name got slandered on the blog. I have not kept up in the last week to defend you. So sorry.
Rebel I am shocked and slightly amused at your story of Melbalina and her gassy experiences. You of all people who have made me come to hate the talk of gas or the smell of it. I do admit it was a funny story with a little bit of truth in it. I think Smelly cleared the hall out once or twice in her day :).
Jamers I got some pictures back of our wonderful PA experience with La Voche. I thought you would enjoy hearing about that. My fav. is of all of us infront of the Kiss Mobile at Hershey World.
The best part of that joke is when a "blond" doesn't get it!! That is so great Sara (LOL) I am glad that you have "brunette" rebeka to help you out every now and again!!
Yes Buffy, That was such a fun trip. How late did we stay up each night while @ Lebanon?
Melanie, you really must blog on and respond to these SLANDEROUS accusations!! Or you could just admit it's all true. . .
I have just about enough of this slander.
Sara, I'm with you. Really, it's a dumb joke. because we, as blondes are so intelligent that the though of "brazilian" being some kind of number designation did not even cross our minds, because we know what a brazilian is. Oh dear, the rest of you...it clearly shows your intelligence level if you "get" that joke.
And now for the slander to me. Silly, I have now removed you from my friend list. R, I have nothing else to say to you. Uncle Jeff, the disgrace coming from someone I used to look up to causes me great tears every night before I can fall asleep.
uncle jeff, OK, you are using your lawyerish techniques to try to substantiate a clearly fabricated story. I will humor your observations, and I will deny the story.
I never once let any gas out that caused anyone to notice, much less leave the room.
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