Cousin’s Scrapping Parlor

I went and visited with cousin Elaine and Dick Hanson (My grandpa Pinneys’s brother’s daughter) this weekend. Elaine and I share scrapbooking as a hobby. She has a fantastic scrapbook parlor that is completely stocked with the latest and the greatest. Dick has the other side of the basement as a woodworking room where he does his carving. They have a nice home with a beautiful garden

Mothers Day Pictures

 

This was taken on Mothers Day and forgot to post. Us girls , Meg and me and Les and the girls went out to dinner and then thought we would try to find some mushrooms  on the way home.  Didn’t have any luck though but had a nice walk.

Dad's Birthday

Dad's birthday is coming up and finally finished up some layouts of his past 494th Bombers Group Reunion. So hope he doesn't look at this post until after his birthday, I mailed them out yesterday. I left the journaling blank, so he can tell me what to write about each page.


They just signed up to go to the next reunion that will be held this June in Branson, Mo.

Grandkids Visit

Brianna and Mike came to visit a couple weeks ago and so enjoyed having them around. My quiet house sure wasn't quiet. I was able to take a couple days off. We just stayed around the house, had Les and the girls over for dinner, did some shopping and out to lunch, had a few friends over to scrapbook, and went to a park. These are a few pictures from the park.

Kalen is getting so vocal!! And so cute. She can walk around the furniture and loves to eat.

Tyler is getting so big and still on the go all the time. He can kick the soccer ball around the field non stop!

Late Season Skiing

A month ago I went up north and skied with Mark, Sophia and Ben (above). The snow was great but is was so darn cold. We had to stop a few time to warm up. It wasn't out west, but kept the old bones moving. Hopefully next year will make it out west again.

Here are few other pictures I took over the weekend

Redecorating

I been busy redecorating the 3rd bedroom. When Meagan moved out I had to move the double bed in the larger bedroom and brought out the twin bed again to go in the 3rd bedroom. I painted the walls, painted the twin bed and bought new linens. Still going to paint more furniture pieces, but looks so much better already
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Old Time Winter

Dad sent out this picture of his porch a few weeks ago and Gary response to the picture was "Yep - an old time winter. I have had my tractor for 26 years and this is the first time I actually got it stuck in the driveway." Well we here in the "D" also have seen more snow than we have in years! Below is my porch. Yeh I know I should have taken in my porch furniture in for the season....guess in the back of my mind I really would like a new set. Or maybe I am just lazy!

Christmas Up North

Well we survived the holidays! Except poor old dad. Poor guy was sick Christmas & missed Christmas dinner. Aunt Annie also wasn't able to make it over on Christmas due to her not feeling well either. The other 18 of us, were fine! We had kids sleeping on the floors and chairs.

We had tons of snow when we got there but by the time we left on Saturday it had rain for about a day and most of the snow was gone. It was crazy. Luckily Craig and family was able to get in alot of snowmobiling in before the snow left. Best story:

Craig told us about his and Dad's ride before we got up there. He said they were down on the river and he was just flying and he stopped to see how far grandpa was behind him and .........zoom...POD flew by. So Craig caught up with him and said Hey going a little fast and Dad said .."whatever".. and took off. Love it!

These are pictures of a ride we took down by the Pinney Bridge. It was beautiful by the rive with the snow. Pictured : Robby, Craig, Cindy amd Me.

Memories of Christmas Past

Christmas has changed so much over the years. Each year it is a little different and new traditions are constantly added. But the traditions started long time ago.

I remember going to North Manchester for Christmas and Grandma Pinney doing it up so nice and grand. From the matching shirts she would give, to the matching santa stockings each grandchild had hung on the fireplace, she would go all out. She was constantly in the kitchen cooking the baking. And when it came to Christmas dinner, Grandpa would make such a fuss when it came to cutting the turkey. There also was a big bowl of nuts, and Grandpa would crack the nuts with his hands.

We were so fortunate to have most of the Aunts and Uncles come for Christmas. When it came to passing out the gifts we always got a kick out of the pile of gifts Great Grandma (Grandpa's Mom) would have in front of her. She had 3 times the gifts of everyone and she was so proud of it! .

Grandma also had a little streak of being different in her. A couple years she had an silver aluminium tree that had a rotating tri-colored spot light shine on the tree, that was way out there. Just a few of the great memories of Christmas past and hope to make alot more memories in the coming years.

Merry Christmas to All

Christmas Spirit

A Christmas play is a sure way to get in the Christmas spirit. Les and I went to see White Christmas at the Fox Theater downtown last weekend. It was a great production and loved hearing the old songs. Favorites........"Snow" and of course "Sisters " Afterward we hit a new restaurant that was recommended by a friend, it was called Traffic Jam. The food was great and so was the atmosphere.

The Fox was all decked out for the holidays as usual. We had awesome seats, 3rd row! Was neat because we were so close you could see the orchestra playing.