The Haystack

Thanksgiving

2007-11-08T14:10:00.000-08:00

So, Turkey Day is upon us...almost...what are the travel plans for everyone? Who is going to be in Tulsa? Who is staying in their respective cities?

I know if you are in Tulsa you are, of course, welcome to our table for the celebration. Dinner is typically around 2 PMish. Some of the more traditional items for our meal include: Turkey (duh!), Becky's Mash Potatoes, Green Bean Casserole, Sweet Potatoes, Canned Cranberry's for Jamie (and others), Roads Rolls, Gran's Pumpkin Pie (her recipe) and Sarah's Apple Pie - plus much, much more! So, come join us!

Thinking of Thanksgiving brings back great memories for me of trips to Woodward, the smell of Turkey as Papa carved it, Gran directing everyone in the kitchen, playing upstairs with the pool table, canasta games late into the night, Gran's slide shows, dumping the marbles down the stairs as many times as possible before the grown ups told us to stop, trips to Wal-Mart to pick out our Christmas gifts, climbing the tree, hearing family stories...and so on...and so on....

What are your favorite Thanksgiving memories? Share them in the comment section of this site!

Have you seen me...yet?

2007-10-14T16:56:00.000-07:00

Hey Everyone, OK one more post for today...

Has everyone met our newest addition yet? This is Tyler Garrett Goins, the beautiful new baby boy of our wonderful "major" cousin/neice/daughter/aunt/etc. How is mom and baby doing? How's the whole family doing? Do we have any more pics? Looking forward to hearing more!

Big Brother Ethan seems to be doing a good job at holding his little brother...no wrestling moves yet...i guess he will wait until he is at least walking! HA!

Could we be related?

2007-10-14T16:33:00.000-07:00

So, the other day I was dancing around on Wikipedia and thought, "Hey, let's see what comes up when I put 'Pierson' in to search for!" So, I did this and found out about this guy, Abraham Pierson, the founder of Yale University. I did some further checking and found out about some great websites that among the information they provide, like name origins and family histories, there might be a potential "link" to the Abraham Pierson line via a decedent ending up in Ohio around the same time one of our ancestors was in Ohio.

When I chatted with Dad about this and asked if there was a "Pierson" in Ohio in the mid to late 1800s he said yes. However, I think he might have been confused because I haven't been able to find a Pierson there but a Williams/Merriweather there at that time. So, I was wondering what you guys think and if we could all together work on this link. Perhaps the links in this entry can help. Make it a point to read this one and tell me exactly how much this description sounds like us (start reading at "as a race...")!

Wouldn't it be cool to be related to the founder of that great institution?!

Let me know what you think!!
- Becky

Why the Haystack...

2007-10-12T12:26:00.000-07:00

The Day Her Religion Became Real

In 1907 in Woodward, Oklahoma, Robert Wesley Pierson was born to Ora and Sadie Pierson. Robert was born somewhat premature and therefore was very small, only 5 pounds. As the town’s doctor Ora worked diligently to increase his son’s weight and move him to health quickly. However, the baby failed to eat any of the formulas they tried. After a few weeks of the child’s failure to thrive, Ora and Sadie realized their child was going to die. Hearing that the United Methodist bishop was going to be in town that Sunday they carried the child on a pillow, for his frail body couldn’t handle them holding him, the carried him to church to be baptized.

That night after putting Robert and the other children to bed, Ora and Sadie went out to the haystack behind the house to pray. Weeping they prayed, “Father, he is your child. You do what you want with him. We give him into your hands.” They next morning, Ora awoke with an idea for a new formula, which Robert ate. Quickly the baby began to gain weight and thrive. When retelling this story Sadie stated that it was that night that her faith in God became more than just a religion to her, it had become real.

How this works...

2007-10-12T12:24:00.000-07:00

As of right now I am the only one who can post on here. If you would like to be included as a regular "poster" let me know and I will set you up with access. If you aren't sure you want to be a regular poster but would like to add something every once in a while please feel free to just e-mail me your post and I will put it up.

I would also like to make this a place for regular updates on family happenings and other things like that. So, if there is a marriage, birth, death, significant event, etc. Let me know and we will post!

Questions/comments? Either post on this page or e-mail me at: beckers1976@hotmail.com

What this is...

2007-10-12T12:18:00.000-07:00

This blog is created for us to have a place to connect and reconnect with one another. Its a place for us to tell stories, to tell triumphs, to share sorrows and to share wisdom learned and experienced through out the ages of our lives and our family.

It is a place to laugh at ourselves and to rekindle a hope that our forefathers held as they continued to move west in exploration of our country. It is a place to celebrate the hope of dreams to come, dreams to follow, dreams to be achieved and dreams that have been achieved. We are a place, a family, of hope, of honesty, of truth and of integrity. We might have never been known by all the world but we know that to those who know us we have sought to give the world.These are the stories of our lives and our journey together. Spread the word...get the internet buzzing...create a viral campaign for the family Pierson.

Becky, #4 of Bob Pierson's, Grandaughter of Robert W. Pierson