My mother was born August 31, 1933. Today would have been her 80th birthday. Back row: my maternal grandparents, Harold and Nellie, and Dale. Front row: Jane, Pete, Tim, and my mother Georgia. High school picture Mom and Dad’s wedding day Our family in 1957 Alan and Georgia with Genny, Paula, Mary, Margaret and Rhonda […]
We canned peaches Saturday and made spiced peach jam. Then we made peach ice cream. Dee-licious! I did the slicing. DH manned the stove. We made 28 quarts of sliced peaches in light syrup and 28 8-oz. jars and 2 pint jars of spiced peach jam. Then we made ice cream. A yummy end to […]
Here are some photos from the past few months. May 24 ~ my birthday. David and his family were here and we enjoyed a great grilled meal. During the course of clearing the table before dessert, Snow White ran into a plate held by Rose Red and had her own little medical emergency. Pa grabbed […]
This afternoon our family celebrated my Dad’s 80th birthday. It was fun to be together and to honor our Dad. The next-to-the-newest family member freely shared smiles with everyone. The cake was half carrot cake and half chocolate cake. Carrot cake was Dad’s request. Once they started putting candles on the cake, they decided to […]
Yesterday was our younger son’s birthday and also my Dad’s 80th birthday. Happy birthday to you both! With love from me. ~~Rhonda / ~~Mom
Well, the time has come…our youngest daughter is taking driver’s ed and has her driver’s permit. She’s been practicing driving with her Dad and her sisters. How time flies… We didn’t really plan to get a car for her right away, but a great deal came up and we took advantage of it. The car […]
Since I’ve been missing in action lately, I thought I’d prime the blog posting pump with a few pictures of the twins. They do add a lot of fun and joy to our lives! Rose Red is a bit taller than Snow White, as you can see. This is just after haircuts. The last time […]
I’d better get this post in before Easter is too far behind us. I wanted to post some pictures of the different activities we enjoyed with the twins over the Easter weekend. It’s so much fun to have them nearby. On Good Friday, the twins came for the day. Their two older aunties took them […]
Sunday / 6:30 p.m. / day of rest Monday / 5:00 p.m. / lovely amaryllis Monday / 7:30 p.m. / fresh oysters! Wednesday / 11:45 a.m. / glittery triangle house Wednesday / 11:45 a.m. / the alphabet song Thursday / 1:50 p.m. / drizzly Thursday / 5:00 p.m. / Foggy / It’s unusual to have […]
Last weekend, we had the beautiful fluffy snowfall. The girls had a great time playing in the yard. And had fun eating lots of snow, too… There was enough snow on the ground to allow us to make snow ice cream. While the girls warmed up with some hot chocolate, I mixed the ice cream. […]