Vicki - "I love Grandma very much. She is such a cute & funny Grandma. I'm also very amazed at how sharp she is. Just talking to her last week, she spouted off how old some of her great-grand kids were and when their birthdays are. She has always been such a sweet granny and I remember when I was a kid, how I always wanted to go stay at her house in the summer. My favorite was always her homemade popsicles made out of various juices. I hope you had a good birthday Grandma!!".
Debbie - "I always loved staying at Grandma & Grandpa's house in the summer. Grandma taught me to knit and crochet. She was very good to me when I stayed with her in New Castle when I worked at the greenhouses and went to SUU (SUSC back in the day). I remember when we were very young, she put a big piece of Bubble Yum in her mouth and when it was soft enough she blew a gigantic bubble which popped all over her face. Julie and I thought that was very cool. She has always been a cool Grandma! I am so glad I was able to see her again when she and Aunt Janice came down for Thanksgiving. I love her very much!".
Drawing done in 2005 by Natalie for Grandma's 80th birthday party
Julie - "Grandma has always been very fun and has a cute sense of humor. She's a good sport and you can usually get her to pull a funny face or to stage a silly picture - I love the ones from a few months ago of her holding the gun and the guys holding a string of squirrels. I loved going to New Castle growing up and have so many fond memories of being in Grandma's home and on the farm.
I was especially impressed with Grandma a few years back when she wanted to go skydiving for her 80th birthday. Although she didn't get to go, I think she earned a whole new level of respect from her grandchildren and great-grandchildren just by showing her sense of daring and adventure.
As a kid I remember always thinking how IN LOVE grandpa and grandma were. Yesterday Brad recalled riding out to the farm with Grandma to take lunch to Grandpa. They sat under the shade of the tractor and told the kids to run to the edge of the field and back (probably so they could get a little smooching in!)".
A page from Snick's old scrapbook... love that purple bike!
(nice scrapbooking techniques... hee hee)
This is from a family calendar we put together for 1999
I couldn't resist adding the "Born to Party" sticker to my calendar page
Beverly - "I want to wish my mother a Happy Birthday! She is a wonderful Mom and I love her so much. She has always been a good example to me.
One of the memories I have of her is one year when I was a teenager and we were having a Halloween party in Mutual. In those days we could dress up and wear costumes at the church. Janice and Linda and I went to the party and were having fun. After we had been there for a while, someone with and ugly scary mask and old clothes with a hunchback (As I remember) came in and no one knew who it was. Every now and then this guy would sneak up on us and scared us and pretty much gave us all the creeps. At the end of the party all the masks came off and that ugly old guy was - - Mom. We were as surprised as everyone else was and she got a prize for her costume.
As I have scanned Aunt Florence's photo albums, I have come across a lot of pictures of her when she was young and she always seemed to be having fun. Here are just a few".
Stirling girls painting the porch. (Aunt Florence had written on the back of this one "Why don't you get dressed before you come out?").
CLICK HERE to view the spotlight written about grandma in the February 2004 newsletter (pages 2-3). Click on each page individually to make them large enough to read.
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How great to see all these old black and white photos of Grandma having fun in her younger years!
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