Annette and Ellsworth Family Blog

LIFE AT THE CURRANS

2012-01-04T08:54:00.000-08:00

Wow! A lot of time has passed since i last wrote. A lot of water under the bridge, so many events have traspassed in the last few years. We keep busy. Ellsworth still bringing in the wood and doing other things to make life worth living. I am kept busy with studying, Family History Missionary work, my animals, trying to keep up with the house, politics, laundry etc and with my business. We

2011-02-04T22:40:00.000-08:00

Life marches on. Our family continues to grow with several new great grandbabies this past year and one here and at least one on the way this year. We love them all.Besides our son Garth serving in the Military, we now have four grandsons serving; Brandon, Brent and Colton Newell, Grant Arthur's sons and Dalton Newell, Eldon's and Candy's son. I am still self employed with a small private

Mike Pence - The Constitution and the Presidency

2010-11-01T20:12:00.000-07:00

How to Make Your Own Battery | eHow.com

2010-09-01T20:27:00.000-07:00

How to Make Your Own Battery | eHow.com

Listen Now - Mormon Channel

2010-06-13T18:29:00.000-07:00

Listen Now - Mormon Channel

"Whispering Hope" By Larry Ford

2010-06-06T15:11:00.000-07:00

Seek the Higher Ground

2010-04-24T13:19:00.000-07:00

Seek the Higher Ground

Almost Summer

2010-04-24T13:11:00.000-07:00

Wow! Time flies when you are having fun. I am going to start posting more on this site. Things don't disappear so fast as they do on facebook.All is well here. We are trying to get our garden tilled and planted. We have some things planted in both the greenhouse and the garden. The animals are doing well. Our 3 baby lambs are growing like weeds. The children are doing well. We have over

2010-01-02T08:44:00.000-08:00

I can't believe it has been so long since I have posted on this blog. I have been doing facebook and have neglected this although there are many things I like better about it.

Holly Jones - a good friend of ours

2009-04-24T18:40:00.000-07:00

Where Have I Been?

2009-03-04T08:11:00.001-08:00

I have not posted on this blog forever! I missed a whole month of the birthday list. I apologize to those who had birthdays during this past month. I will play catch up today I hope

Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!

2008-12-15T17:08:00.001-08:00

Have a wonderful Christmas: Here are a few snow pictures - We are so thankful for the help we have received from family members i.e. rides to town, bring wood to front porch and while Ells wasn't feeling well, loading it up and bringing it in the house, to say nothing of shoveling paths to the office and shop. Thanks to Arlin, Cindy, Jesse, Neil, Garth, and Kesley. It is good to have children

Spiritual Heart

2008-12-15T15:55:00.001-08:00

If someone could really hear your spiritual heart, what would they be able to hear? Christ in You, the Hope of Glory (Collosians 1:27)

Christmas Time - A Time to Celebrate

2008-12-12T12:18:00.001-08:00

Merry Christmas Everyone! We hope you have a wonderful time with family and friends. May all your troubles be little ones and may you always remember the 'true meaning of Christmas' Click Here for a Merry Christmas Card

Thanksgiving

2008-12-08T11:57:00.000-08:00

(I thought the fireworks were appropriate for this family)Thanksgiving was wonderful. We went to Eldon and Candy's home in Tumwater and celebrated with their three boys; Dalton, Devlen and Dayton. We had a great time. The dinner was marvelous - Eldon and Candy worked on it together and wouldn't let me in the kitchen. I (had) to play games with the boys! Of course, that's my favorite

Largest Family Tree Online

2008-12-04T15:34:00.000-08:00

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2008-11-28T13:11:00.000-08:00

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Memorial for Sharon (Bunny) Mcclellan Hodge Taylor

2008-11-23T16:12:00.000-08:00

Yesterday was quite a day. Mother and I attended a funeral for a good friend at our church in Elma. It was a great service with lots of input from his family.We returned from there about 11:45 or so and picked up the items we needed (food and gas) and then headed directly for Tacoma - 6th avenue - where we attended a memorial for my first cousin, Bunny, as we always called her. It was years

Neil's Birthday

2008-11-21T12:14:00.001-08:00

Maddy and Elisa celebrating their dad's birthday. They are pretty strong girls.More pictures in slide show below.

Write to a Service Man or Woman

2008-11-17T08:25:00.000-08:00

GREAT IDEA!! When doing your Christmas cards this year, take one card (or More) and send it to this address. If everyone sends one card,think of how many cards these wonderful special people who have sacrificed so much would get.When you are making out your Christmas card list this year, please include the following: Holiday Mail for HeroesPO Box 5456CapitolHeights, MD 20791-5456Must be

Canning Season is about Over

2008-11-13T17:54:00.000-08:00

I really got behind. Canning season is slowing down now and will soon come to a halt.We finished the apples and I am canning some potatoes for soups and stews and then I will be done for a while until I decide to make more soup; that will be later this winter. I am now trying to play catch-up on the quilts for several great grandchildren that I need to finish and send to them and others.

Grandkids - A Parent's Reward

2008-10-27T12:52:00.001-07:00

Another Wedding

2008-10-27T10:35:00.000-07:00

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

2008-10-27T08:04:00.000-07:00

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 &

Family in Sweden

2008-10-27T07:50:00.000-07:00

Here are Bo and Yvonne Brunzell from SwedenWe 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 CharlotteWhat a Beautiful Family

Children

2008-10-21T18:00:00.000-07:00

Taken at the VFW 5 yrs agoTaken in our campground 14 yrs ago This is a picture of 3 generations - my mother and I sandwiched in between 3 beautiful daughters.

Events

2008-10-02T16:44:00.000-07:00

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.

Wedding

2008-09-22T10:00:00.000-07:00

This picture turned out pretty good of the three of us (except for someone's thumb)! We gained a wonderful daughter in law!She is sweet and smart and special! Even though the weather wasn't perfect, the wedding was very nice.We felt bad that some family members who really wanted to attend weren't able to make it for various reasons. It was so great to see everyone, especially our family members

Congratulations

2008-09-15T09:13:00.001-07:00

Congratulations are in order for Aaron and Emmylou - I am so excited!Well, the wedding is about to take place. We are really excited for Grant and Ronda and especially excited that so many of 'the twelve' will be there. Who knows, maybe all of them. Wouldn't that be wonderful! I'm glad I have a new camera because I plan to take lots of pictures.

Quite a Day

2008-09-09T16:47:00.000-07:00

Cindy's 50th BD celebration - We had a nice evening - with lots of chocolate cake - Delicious - I saved 15 points for the event. (weightwatchers.com).I decided to add these pictures for now & a slideshow later.Mom and I took moon pictures on our way home from the party. It was so full and beautiful. Click on it for a better view.Sep 14th- Nice day at Church - Great speakers. We had a nice

Great Weekend

2008-09-09T14:01:00.001-07:00

Sunday afternoon our friends, Daniel and Erin Greenlee and their precious children, Corina, who is 4 and Liam, who is 10 months, came to visit us and share a meal.We had a very nice visit and enjoyed their company immensely.Dan obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree at Stanford University, then served as a Naval Officer for five years. He went on to receive a Doctorate of Chiropractic.Erin is a

Ralph Knee

2008-09-02T08:12:00.000-07:00

My brother, Ralph had a total knee replacement last week. His first knee surgery after his car accident was not successful. He is now at the Good Samaritan Rehab Unit in Puyallup. I do not know when he will be going home.He has certainly been through the mill and needs our thoughts and prayers for continued recovery.

Great News

2008-08-28T13:03:00.001-07:00

We learned last night that Rohn and Marylynn and Christopher are coming for the Wedding! We are very excited to see them - it has been way too long.

Grant and Ronda

2008-08-28T10:55:00.000-07:00

Congratulations to our eldest son, Grant and Ronda, his fiance, who are getting married Sept 20th. We are all very excited!We are looking forward to that day, which will be another reunion of our family.

Curran Reunion Slide Show

2008-08-24T16:56:00.000-07:00

What a wonderful visit we had at the Curran Reunion this year - held at our home/campground. We enjoyed so much visiting with family members and appreciate everyone's assistance and how much they wanted to help. When the family comes, they take over and do nearly all the work. It was especially nice because I was not feeling very well this year. Thank you so much!

Annual Army Ball

2008-08-24T16:44:00.000-07:00

I was privileged to take care of the 'Awesome Six' Thursday night while Garth and Julie attended the annual 'Army Ball' dressed in their finest attire.Here are a few picturesHere is Garth in his full dress uniform wearing all his decorative medals etc.Garth and Julie - What a wonderful couple they are and awesome parentsYou may be wondering about this picture. I wanted to take a picture of

Denise, Crystal & Baby Noah Visit

2008-08-18T11:32:00.000-07:00

What a wonderful time we had visiting with our family. Our wonderful daughter Denise and her daughter, Crystal and her son, Noah who is almost 9 months old came from Oregon. Then there was our granddaughter, Nicole and her two children, Camdin and Logan from Utah and then Anthon and Jennie surprised us (at least me) and came up also from Utah. It was great fun.Here is a slide show. I wrote

What a good feeling!

2008-08-06T18:27:00.001-07:00

Here it is - ready for the freezer. (Those freezer bags I ordered by the case from Aaron & emmylou's store sure are wonderful and a great price also). What a good feeling it is to be somewhat self sufficient and to know we have enough food to make it through the winter. The Lord has truly blessed us.I am adding a couple more garden pictures. I spent some time today getting the cauliflower

Family History Discovery

2008-07-28T10:19:00.000-07:00

I found out the link I had posted only worked on my browser. There are a number of steps I still need to take to actually bring up my genealogy web page. I will try to do it today.I just finished entering all the information (I hope) and am printing out the pedigree charts (28 pages) It is so interesting to read about their lives. the thing that struck me the most was how many people lost

So Good I had to Post it!

2008-07-27T20:08:00.000-07:00

Posted in July 7th, 2008 by jeff in Mondays with Mac The Root Word for “motivation” is “move,” and movement is change. Ask yourself right now…Am I moving forward or am I standing still? Do I have a career that I love? Am I pleased with the relationship I have with my spouse, my kids? Do I have a healthy lifestyle? Is my energy level, my attitude, where it should be? Is my relationship with God

Neil and Maddie Vacation Trip

2008-07-25T17:11:00.000-07:00

Neil and Maddie just left for their trip. They are going to stop at the dance festival on their way and leave right from there to head for Idaho and Utah. They will stop at Rohn and Marylyn's place and then on the way back at Aaron and Emmylou's.

Dance Festival

2008-07-25T17:03:00.000-07:00

It is Sunday, Aug 27th and yesterday I rode with Garth and Julie to the dance festival. It was wonderful. 2600 LDS kids filled the Tacoma Dome with dancing and music. The costumes were fantastic and the organization of the whole program was terrific. Although many kids at first did not want to perform, they did it and they were so thankful they did. It was a grand production. Cindy is

Birthdays

2008-07-25T16:57:00.000-07:00

I decided to highlight each of my children's lives a little bit on or near their birthday this year. I am starting with Daniel because he just had his BD. Sherry, Denise and Rohn have already had their BD this year so will play catch up soon. Unfortunately, I just thought of this idea.I am going to create a pdf file for each child and make a link on the left to it. Hopefully, I will have a

Garden, Orchard, & GreenHouse Progress

2008-07-23T17:50:00.001-07:00

The apple trees and pear trees are pretty loaded-We will have a busy canning season! We have a problem with our water - it still won't turn the sprinkler. We are blessed to have good neighbors who helped us to hook up to their water hose. Thank you Cindy and Arlin!Ells is meditating on his next step.He just about has it all framed for the windows.As you can see, I am trying to get in on the

Bronze Medal

2008-07-21T12:16:00.000-07:00

(He has received & wears it now)It is true although you may not have heard it from him. Garth earned a Bronze Medal while serving in Iraq. He hasn't received it as yet because he was in WA DC when they had their ceremonies and since has been on leave. I asked him if I could post this. It isn't anything he brags about but I wanted to share it with all of the family. I will post a picture if

Old Time Fiddlers Picnic 2008

2008-07-17T14:54:00.000-07:00

Our First Potatoes

2008-07-14T16:42:00.000-07:00

Ells finished the floor for our Greenhouse the other day. It looks great! He decided to add a pipe so we could have water so he took up the corner blocks, dug a little ditch and added the pipe. Good idea honey! Actually it isn't connected to the well as yet. Perhaps our grandsons will help us did the ditch for that.Ellsworth and Garth are cleaning up our pump. It was 40 feet down so is

New Garden and Farm Pics

2008-07-10T21:30:00.001-07:00

Look at these Potatoes Grow - I am so thankful even if the corn is not doing well(We use the chair to sit on while we water - our water pressure isn't enough to support a sprinkler right now. We have to wait for someone to have time to help us get the pump out and clean up the screen or whatever it is that is slowing it down so that the pressure will improve. In the meantime, it is time

Peace

2008-07-08T14:42:00.000-07:00

"Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid”John 14: 27

Elijah

2008-07-08T14:32:00.000-07:00

Elijah Newell was baptized Sunday at 4pm. He was so excited.Elijah's brothers and his cousin, Madison participated in the program. Kesley gave a great talk and Joey and Maddy sang a very special Baptism song. They did a very good job. Joey and Dallin gave the opening and closing prayers. Julie gave a talk on receiving the Holy Ghost. She then presented Elijah with a nice warm comforter to

Sad News

2008-07-07T18:35:00.000-07:00

Aunt Carol has had a small stroke. I spoke with her today; she is in the hospital at Good Sam's in Puyallup. She will be there a few more days. They are having a hard time getting her blood pressure down.Their family has things under control, taking over some of the care of Ralph that Carol was doing. When Carol does get home, she won't be able to drive for 6 weeks so the boys will be taking

4th of July and Mom's Birthday

2008-07-03T20:26:00.000-07:00

Today we celebrated the 4th of July in our campground with Neil and Maddy, Garth and Julie and their family, and Mom. I feel so very thankful to have been blessed to live in this great country. Because we have been so blessed I believe it is our duty to do whatever we can to help those who are not so fortunate. Garth had Kesley lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance, and Nathaniel offered to bless

Featured Photo

2008-07-01T08:11:00.000-07:00

I just found out I could copy this picture from their website slide show. It is such a nice picture of Gordon, Sarah, Ali, Payton, Meg, Wilson and Eli

Misc.

2008-06-29T17:03:00.000-07:00

Ellsworth's long lost niece and her husband came to visit today. He hasn't seen her since she was a little girl and she is in her 70s now. It was a happy reunion. They are very nice people and will be attending the Curran reunion this year. We are excited about having them here. Wow! Yesterday it reached over 100 degrees here and it is about 90 or so today. That is warm for this neck of the

Making Changes

2008-06-24T21:34:00.000-07:00

Arlin and Cindy are taking out the big trees - they prevent the light from reaching their yard. Neil brought home this big truck from work (yes, that is him in the bucket with a chain saw in hand )and he and Arlin took a few big branches down this evening. I think they were enjoying it.

New Greenhouse in the Making

2008-06-23T14:25:00.000-07:00

At last we have started our new greenhouse! We dug up part of the sod and then hauled up the ashes etc. from the burn site and are packing it down on the site and leveling it out; then we will put down some tin to hopefully keep the moles and other critters out and then the flooring. We have a lot of cement blocks which we will use for the foundation. As you can see by the picture, I use the

Boys and Frogs

2008-06-23T14:08:00.000-07:00

Oh it is great to have the grandchildren around. The guys love frogs (& toads & spiders & snakes & every other little living critter)Joey & Elijah & Nathaniel spent the morning with us, mostly down by the creek looking for frogs. They found one and had great fun with it - Joey tells me it is a girl. It is great fun to have the boys come to visit, especially when the weather is nice and

Ellsworth Curran - Community Service

2008-06-22T14:48:00.000-07:00

A week or so ago the Aberdeen Daily World contacted us and came out to the house to do an article on Ellsworth and his Community Service for the past 60+ years.So here is a link to that article (Just click on his name above) - I managed to get my name in there also a few times; even a picture. However there are a few misprints. One big one is that it says he is one of the co-founders of the

Eldon's Job and Mom's Return

2008-06-20T16:34:00.000-07:00

Yesterday a couple of hours after we returned from the Seattle Temple Eldon stopped by. He is soooo happy with his job. He says it is just right for him. It has a lot of variety and the really big thing is it pays 100% of his health insurance; medical, dental, and vision. Wow! That is great. He doesn't have to do too much lifting so far so that is a good thing. The boys are doing good and

2008-06-19T17:04:00.000-07:00

Today was a very special day. Arlin and Cindy were going to the Temple and took me along. It was a great trip. It is so peaceful in the Temple and once you enter, you feel like all the troubles of the world have disappeared. I love that feeling. The Spirit of the Lord is so strong there you feel so close to Him who gave his life for all of us. I feel a special help from the Lord while there

Aaron & Emmylou Visit

2008-06-15T19:55:00.000-07:00

Aaron had a meeting on Monday, Jun 16th in Seattle so he and Emmylou and the kids decided to make a visit over here Sunday evening and spend the night. We had a great time playing games and eating and eating and playing more games. Some of the photos are prior to the visit,

My Bookshelf

2008-06-13T17:17:00.000-07:00

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Life around here

2008-06-11T19:46:00.000-07:00

These pictures are of a variety of people and things:

The Graduates - Party Time

2008-06-09T15:27:00.000-07:00

Garth's Welcome Home

2008-06-09T13:10:00.000-07:00

It was a great Homecoming! So many people from the community and church showed up to welcome him home.

Daddy's Tree

2008-06-06T19:04:00.000-07:00

I'm glad I took this picture. The wind is blowing so hard today (6-9-08)we are having a snow shower of yellow blossoms.Fourteen years ago we planted two trees - Pictures of Daddy's beautiful Golden Chain tree below.The tree we planted for Sara will bloom later and I will get a picture of it then.

The Fence & Garden

2008-06-01T17:24:00.000-07:00

We added some more pictures to this post - the Garden is growing and I have planted a few more plants. Because we had a few problems with animals in the neighborhood getting into our garden, we decided yesterday to put up a fence. It had to be with materials we already had on hand so in looking around I found some fencing material that once belonged to the Beehive which they decided not to use

Garth is going to Washington D.C.

2008-06-01T16:41:00.000-07:00

Well, Garth did go to WA DC and is there as I write this. They had the awards program and he will be heading home in the morning. I don't know much more about it. It is a frustrating thing that he cannot tell us more than he does.Yes, it is true. Here is an exerpt from Garth's letter:"The DIRNSA (Director of NSA) gives out an award every year to the unit that has the best and most

Name in Paper

2008-05-31T12:02:00.001-07:00

Hello There:A month ago we sent a little blurb to the local newspaper - hoping for a little free advertising. They finally decided to print it yesterday.

More about Gardens

2008-05-28T08:35:00.001-07:00

Progressive Garden 2008May 27th - Well, guess what! Ells took another look at the corn and said the sprouts had grown quite a bit more than he thought and we needed to plant it tonight. I whined a little but then got ready and we both went out and went to work. We planted 400 corn seeds - 8 rows. Ells dug and covered the rows. I planted them. It was gratifying to have it done and a good feeling

Memorial Day Celebration

2008-05-27T18:07:00.000-07:00

Yesterday turned out to be the greatest day! We had close to a hundred people here for the flag raising ceremony, music, talks, and breakfast. It was the greatest! It was especially nice because there were a number of people here from the community and several of our dancing friends. Jim Sibbett provided some wonderful music and stories. Arlin was MC and Jesse, Neil, and I read the

Progressive Garden 2008

2008-05-20T16:49:00.001-07:00

We Love Our Gardens06-10-08 Planted some more today - Just a little space left now. I have really only gotten into gardens since Ellsworth was not able; he has raised a beautiful garden(s) every year that we have been married until he went to the hospital. Now he is gradually getting back into it. He spread most of the mulch and I am doing most of the planting. Neil did the rototilling the

Mother's Day

2008-05-20T13:25:00.000-07:00

Mother's Day can be both Happy and SadI love getting cards, phone calls and gifts from my children on Mother's Day.It is so enjoyable to hear from all of them (in one form or another) within that short period of time. I only feel a little sad (which is silly I know)if someone forgets to call or write but then I think of motherless children or women who are single or barren or have lost children

My Genealogy Link

2008-05-04T19:20:00.000-07:00

Brain Training

2008-04-30T17:14:00.000-07:00

This site is to help us keep our brain cells stimulated (what we have left) with an assortment of cerebral games & exercises that will keep our minds sharp - hopefully. Give your gray matter a vigorous workout by participating in some of these mind-training exercises.

Ralph's Accident Video

2008-04-23T08:54:00.000-07:00

Here is the video of Ralph's accident or rather of his car. They will be moving him to a rehabilitation facility as soon as they can get everything working okay. He has suffered from a great deal of pain- we pray that will ease off soon.Ralph's room Phone number at Tacoma General Hospital is 253.403.1000 room J-516 bed 2.

Reflections of Christ

2008-04-09T19:13:00.001-07:00

Home and Gardens

2008-03-29T14:32:00.000-07:00

Our Favorite Hobby - Dancing

2008-02-12T13:44:00.000-08:00