Grandkids - A Parent's Reward

Another Wedding

Brent (Grant's Son) is getting married the 2nd of Nov. to Leah Kristen from Kennewick Wa. They have planned a small wedding at the Red Lion in Kennewick, WA On Nov the 2nd at 5:00 PM. All Family Members are invited. Brent and Leah will then be moving to Korea where Brent has been stationed - first orders in the army.

Anniversary Celebration

We spent a wonderful 3 days in Port Angeles. The trip along the Canal was great and we had a nice motel room at a very reasonable price.
The best part though was visiting with Family - our Nephew Ken (Curran) Doerge and his wife Leola and our Neice, Barbara (Curran-Doerge) Hannify and her Husband, Larry.
They treated us Royally. When we arrived Barbara and Larry picked us up at the motel & took us to Ken and Leola's home where they had a magnificent feast prepared. We ate and ate and ate. It was too good to resist. After a nice long visit we back to the motel. The next morning Barbie (as her family calls her) and Larry picked us up again and we went back to Ken and Leola's for a great breakfast. He cooked omelets on the barbecue out on the patio. She had made many delicious items to go along with that. We walked around and viewed their yard and gardens; then we climbed in their vehicle and he took us on the grand tour. We visited her original family home which now belongs to her sister and brother. Quite a huge piece of land. We visited some of their parks and of course saw the Straits of Juan De Fuca - one beach was full of surfers - there were some great waves there. We also saw the bunkers where the soldiers were after the attack on Pearl Harbor. There was great concern that the next attack would occur there.
We later went back to the hotel for a little rest and then Ken and Leola picked us up and took us to Barb and Larry's place for an outstanding Turkey Dinner. They had everything you would want to eat.
Barbara wrote down all of our children's names - trying to keep them straight. They were so kind to me and accepted me into their family as they would a blood relative.
Barbara and Larry gave us a beautiful boquet of Yellow Roses - about four dozen. I hope to show you the pictures but haven't been able to download them as yet. I will try another method.
It was good to arrive back home safely; Ells had to drive most of the way as I had a bad attack of road hypnotism and could not stay awake. I couldn't find my can of energy drink I thought I had in the trunk, which usually keeps me going. The weather was beatiful the whole 3 days and the company was superb.

Family in Sweden

Here are Bo and Yvonne Brunzell from Sweden
We Share Great-Grandparents and it has been a delight to communicate back and forth with them sharing Family History and learning about our current families.

Here are their Children: Sara, Peter, and Charlotte
What a Beautiful Family

Children

Taken at the VFW 5 yrs ago

Taken in our campground 14 yrs ago


















This is a picture of 3 generations - my mother and I sandwiched in between 3 beautiful daughters.

Events

We have 55 qts of applesauce canned now and 35 qts of vegetable beef soup.
All our pumpkins & squash are in the greenhouse 'curing' and the green tomatoes are there also, hopefully getting ripe without rotting. It has been freezing the last few nights so had to get them in before they were ruined. All our potatoes are dug and put away also. I planted quite a few seeds in pots in the greenhouse. I hope they grow.
Ellsworth is very busy now, constantly loading the woodstove and bringing wood to the front porch. It is a huge job. Arlin and Neil and Cindy and Maddy and her friend helped take down the Canopy in the campground today for the winter. It is a relief to have that done.
We are doing ok and hope all of you are also.
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Last night and today, Ellsworth and I canned 34 quarts of apple sauce. A lot of work.
We still have about ten boxes to go. I picked them from our trees - it is definitely a good apple year.
What a good feeling to have food put away for emergencies.

Monday Arlin showed up at our house and when Cindy arrived home from work, she came over also. Up onto the roof they went and started painting again. Yes, the roof needed a second coat of a little different kind of material. I didn't get any pictures this time but I can tell you we appreciate them so much for the kind things they do - not just for us but for everyone within their reach. Today is their 29th anniversary. Wow! May they be blessed with 29 more (at least).

Garth has been gone to Mississippi for 2.5 weeks. He is training other soldiers.
Their 15th Anniversary is on the 16th! They hope to go away for a few days.

The kids are all back in school and things are going well for them.