Twenty Years Ago…

February 7, 2013

Twenty years ago today (January 31) my first husband, Rick Tenenoff and our co-workers Mark Rich and Dave Mankins were kidnapped and never seen by us again. There was sporadic contact with the guerilla rebels the first year and many efforts to obtain their release over the ensuing 8 years. However, these efforts were unsuccessful […]

Linguistics Class

June 17, 2010

These are the students that were in my class this past semester. They are currently on a summer break. We will all be getting together in August in Oklahoma to begin a practicum. They will use the skills they learned in the classroom to do a preliminary analysis of the Cherokee language. We will all be […]

Congratulations Lee!

June 9, 2010

A major event in our family recently was Lee’s graduation from high school. It was so nice that Dora and Andrea and their families could be here to celebrate with us. Lee is now working at a construction job and looking forward to attending Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar Missouri this fall. He will be […]

Our Latest Granddaughter!

February 20, 2010

Dora and Jonathan blessed us with a beautiful new granddaughter on Jan. 31. Shaddai Hadiah was 8 lb. 9 oz. and 21 1/2 inches. Patti was there for the delivery and for some time while Dora recovered from her c-section. I can hardly wait to see her but it probably won’t happen until May. I […]

Christmas ’09

February 20, 2010

The last time that all of our kids and grandkids were with us was back in 2006. It was so much fun to have them all here again and who knows when it will happen again. If you are interested, I plan to upload some more pictures soon.

Good News from Daniel!

November 23, 2009

We were talking with Daniel the other day and heard some good news. He is doing very well in his 4th and final semester at Northern Alberta Institute of Technology in training to be a chef. The school approached him recently and asked him if he would like to work as a Teacher’s Assistant. What an honor! He […]

The Adoption is Complete!

October 9, 2009

It was almost a year ago that Katelyn came into Mike and Tania’s home. Since then, they have been working through the process and paperwork necessary for an adoption to take place. Yesterday, that happened! Katelyn is now officially a Labutes. We are so pleased to have this sweet little girl as our granddaughter. Thanks to each one […]

Cherokee to Cantonese

October 6, 2009

One of the Linguistic students, Matt was not able to go with the rest of his classmates to Oklahoma to do his practicum. Since there are no Cherokee speakers available here, we arranged for him to do an analysis of a different language – Cantonese. Another student, Lisa speaks Cantonese and is meeting with Matt […]

A One-Eyed Summer

September 17, 2009

This summer has not turned out as we had planned. Near the end of May I noticed a new distortion in the vision in my left eye and was diagnosed with a macular hole. This was treated with a surgical procedure called a vitrectomy. Then, there were several complications and more surgery followed by numerous […]

Ben & Andrea are Home

September 11, 2009

On September 9th our daughter, Andrea, her husband, Ben and their 3 children arrived in Florida. This was not an expected trip.