los abuelos

2012-01-23T10:14:00.000-08:00

And here is Elena's lemon pie made from scratch. Y-u-m-m-y!

2012-01-23T09:58:00.000-08:00

Just to show you that many hands make small work!
Thanks for everyone's contribution. We must not forget Elena's lemon pie!

Family Potluck

2012-01-22T21:24:00.000-08:00

What a lovely potluck we had at our home today. The meal was absolutely super. Everybody contributed. We made the roast beef - delicious; yorkshire - I'd give myself 50% as some rose and some did not. Gravy - so-o tasty. Elena came on Saturday to make lemon pie from scratch - great! Jaima brought potatoes (and some special non-gluten food) - John came running in to cook his contribution - carrots, and Charla brought corn. I asked John to make a cabbage salad - (thanks for your help, John) - I took a picture of this colorful, delicious plate. I'll send a picture once I enter it in my computer. The Edm Youngs could not come and we were pleased that OJ came. It is such a treat for us to have such good company. the ggrandchildren are delightful and we enjoyed listening to the conversation of the cousins. What a special Sunday. Thanks. Love to all
G and G

2012-01-21T16:15:00.000-08:00

We celebrated New Years on ms Amsterdam - unfortunately my battery died so this picture is taken the next morning. Isn't our headgear snazzy?

2012-01-21T16:09:00.000-08:00

G & G on our Caribbean Cruise......land excursion to the Bahamas

Carribean Cruise

2012-01-11T04:16:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year-
It is good to be home again after a hiatus of 18 days 'travelling by air and by sea'. We had a prolonged flight going- we had to wait in the plane in Edm for 1 h as the plane needed to be de-iced. Another h in Toronto due to some technical problem. When we arrived in Ft Lauderdale we were bushed and were happy for our 2-night stay at the Hilton. N-i-c-e!
Our cruise was very restful although we had 2 choppy days which made it almost too difficult to go from A to B. We finally resorted to in-room-dining. But we could walk in the corridors holding on to the railing.
Most of the support staff was from the Phillipines/Indonesia. They are great workers and very attentive to your every need. Holland America has training schools in both these countries - smart way to hire their help.
We took 4 land excursions: Puerto Rico, St Thomas, St Lucia, Barbados. My favorite was Barbados. The other excursions were Bahamas, St Maarten, Martinique. We chose these as they had bus tours and a minimum of walking. We also toured part of Ft Lauderdale and cruised the New River to see huge mansions and yachts moored in front.
We enjoyed our cruise and feel well-rested but I would never go away from home during this season of the year. It is too special a time of year not to celebrate with your family and friends. On board was no Christmas Eve celebration, Christmas dinner was nothing to write home about and New Year's was celebrated 'in Babylon' And I did not enjoy one bit the music piped over their sound system - how many times can you enjoy 'Let it Snow'? I know they tried to keep a festive atmosphere catering to all nationalities and religions. The decorations were very lovely - Christmas trees, Gingerbread Houses, poinsettias, even a beautiful Creche. At their nightly Show Time the support staff entertained us with a choir - even sang O Holy Night!
Everyone could do whatever they wished and there were many options. We even saw 2 movies - The Way, The Help. I had brought a book from home which I was determined to read on deck - 'Ukraine- a history'. I highly recommend it - especially if you want to learn about your roots. We enjoyed very much the Captain's brunch invitations - really a promotion to sail again with them!! On the whole, we did have a wonderful time - and it was fun to mingle with others and to see families enjoying being together.
Thanks for your gifts, emails, phone calls, visits. We are blessed to have such a wonderful family.
Again, Happy Hew Year to you all!
Love
Grannie
Grannie

2012-01-10T21:47:00.001-08:00

2011-10-28T19:44:00.000-07:00

Hello to all-
Grannie is bushed! I need a few days rest.
I hosted a Quilt Show in my home and entertained 14 women. I even put up pix of my Christmas quilting projects on the laundry room door. I exhibited the quilts on the dining room table and everyone stood around asking questions etc. They sat down between displays. Of course I shared some interesting stories
about each one. I also invited some neighbors - so it was a very interesting group. A sister left a little gift & card before she left with this comment:'Old quilters never die for they have taken a stitch in time' - Lovely, but ambiguous, I'd say!
Happy Hallowe'en to all the Trick or Treaters.
Grannie

Thanksgiving

2011-10-12T18:14:00.000-07:00

Hello to all on this Thanksgiving day in sunny Alberta.We had a wonderful time, great food brought by all. Coleen & I did the turkey and it was all eaten up so technically we were stuffed! Hope you remember the Canadian Thanksgiving is on the 2nd Monday of October.

Love to all

Grannie

Hello from Oeming Road

2011-09-28T18:24:00.000-07:00

Hope you enjoy the pix I am sending. Quite an assortment of things we enjoyed this summer.

Love to all
Grannie

2011-09-28T18:18:00.000-07:00

Celebrating Spencer's birthday in Edmonton. cake made by guess who!

2011-09-28T18:14:00.000-07:00

Karyn is holding Grandpa's prize tomato - She brought it home - was it ever delicious!

2011-09-28T18:08:00.000-07:00

Hello -
Thought you'd like to see the two Peters together. Little Peter looks like Bapa when he was a baby!

Happenings

2011-09-07T20:51:00.000-07:00

Just thought I would include a few pictures of notable events of family members visiting us in Edmonton. I will post more later.
School has started again, I remember how excited I was when I was a school marm wondering how the new year would go and if I would be teaching some 'famous' person.
Hope you enjoy the year - study hard, you are mapping your own future.
Grannie

Maddy at 174 Oeming Road

2011-09-07T20:47:00.001-07:00

Spencer's birthday

2011-09-07T20:41:00.000-07:00

birthday cake

2011-09-07T20:38:00.001-07:00

2011-08-14T15:32:00.000-07:00

2011-08-14T10:17:00.000-07:00

Just thought I would post some pix to share some of the things we have done this summer. Hope you enjoy them as much as we did.
grannie

2011-08-14T10:12:00.000-07:00

2011-08-14T10:06:00.000-07:00

2011-08-14T10:03:00.000-07:00

2011-08-14T09:59:00.000-07:00

2011-08-14T09:54:00.000-07:00

Sharing our Companionship Reading

2011-07-10T09:48:00.000-07:00

Hello to all -

It is a rainy morning & we are getting ready to go to Church. I have the sound of the hymns in the background (courtesy of the tapes Karyn gave me years ago) so there a lovely atmosphere in our home. Something I'd like to share with you from our companionship study that really registered with me is the following: "We should cultivate a meek, quiet & peaceable spirit.(Joseph Smith)......'The meek shall inherit the earth, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace (Psalms 37:11)' ....the meek person is one who controls his or her emotions, one who demonstrates poise under pressure and provocation, and one who is also strong and valiant. ...Only the meek, those who have dispelled the noise within themselves, will know peace forever more. The Lord's promise is sure: 'Learn of me, listen to my words, walk in the meekness of my Spirit, and you shall have peace in me'. (D/C 19:23)" ...............

Lloyd Newell

Good Luck to all.

Love,

Grannie

Recipe

2011-06-25T09:19:00.000-07:00

I have been diagnosed with SHINGLES so am taking some powerful drugs. When I have moments of rationally I think of easy tasks I can perform. My new recipe that I found using rhubarb has been praised everytime I serve it. I was asked to share it on my blog. Here goes:

Bumbleberry Crisp

**Base **Sauce

1 cup flour 3/4 cup sugar

1 cup rolled oats 2 Tbsps cornstarch

3/4 cup brown sugar 1 cup cold water

1/2 tsp cinnamon & nutmeg 1 tsp grated orange rind

1/2 cup butter - melted

**Filling:

1 1/2 cup rhubarb, 1 cup sliced strawberries, 1 cup sliced apple, 1 cup blueberries

**Method:

In bowl, combine flour, oats, brown sugar, cinnamon & nutmeg

Stir in butter

Press 1/2 mixture over bottom of greased 9” square cake pan

**Sauce:

In small saucepan, combine sugar with cornstarch & whisk in water & orange rind until smooth

Bring to boil & reduce heat to medium low & cook 5 min more until thickened & clear, whisking constantly

**Filling:

In bowl toss together fruits & arrange over base

Pour sauce over top & sprinkle with remaining flour mixture

Bake 350°....50 - 60 mins or until fruit is tender & topping golden

Serve warm with ice cream/whipping cream

* * * * *

Los Abuelos posting for the month of May

2011-05-30T18:38:00.000-07:00

Hello to all
We have had a memorable month of May.
The highlight was the wedding of Aaron and Patti in Regina SK at the Hotel Saskatchewan. We travelled by Greyhound and Saskatchewan Transportation Company. A ten-hour ride with stops here and there. I had never seen the country between Saskatoon and Regina so it was a treat forme.
We were happy to be present at the wedding. The handsome groom and beautiful bride made us all feel welcome. The ceremony was very nice and the Marriage Commissionaire performed a good job. The dinner was lovely, and the tributes very enjoyable. The entertainment by the Ukrainian dancers was very apropos especially since Aaron is one-quarter Ukrainian - (that comes from my side of the family) The dance following was amusing to watch - I tried to include pictures showing the involovement of so many of the family - great exhibition.
Another highlight on Sunday morning was the blessing of Peter Royer Young by his father and many of the Priesthood participating. It was a special spiritual occasion. Thanks Nora, for explaining the choice of names you both chose for your new son.
Still another highlight of the month was Hugo's birthday - he is now a bonafide TEENAGER!
And on the same day his Uncle John celebrated a milestone in his life - he turned 50! It is my habit of writing each of our children a special letter to them recounting the event of their birth - so I had to include his siblings and the role they played in his early years. It was a fun reminiscence for me. And Happy birthday Maddy, Sydney.
We now have a big job to do planting our flowers in the various pots - it has been the coldest month on record - we have waited a long while to be able to do this job.
I must add I posted about 10 pix and I did not get them placed very well - but I hope you find them interesting.
Love to all
Grannie

Hugo's birthday treat

2011-05-30T18:35:00.000-07:00

Sunday morning

2011-05-30T18:19:00.000-07:00

Dancing

2011-05-30T18:16:00.000-07:00

I 'love to dance'

2011-05-30T18:14:00.000-07:00

More family dancing

2011-05-30T18:11:00.000-07:00

Dancetime

2011-05-30T17:29:00.000-07:00

A real treat

2011-05-30T17:26:00.000-07:00

Surprise wedding entertainment

2011-05-30T17:22:00.000-07:00

The Wedding cake

2011-05-30T17:20:00.000-07:00

The Bride and Groom

2011-05-30T17:15:00.000-07:00

The Spencer Youngs

2011-05-30T17:10:00.000-07:00

Regina SK

2011-05-30T17:04:00.000-07:00

some sage words -re mothers

2011-05-10T18:00:00.000-07:00

-re mothers' day plus grandpa's birthday - dual celebration
We had an excellent dinner at Hu/Diane's home. And for dessert a chocolate cake made by me!
"Mothers are the heart of the home: they nurture and love, they create homes of harmony and warmth; they cultivate strengths and see potential.... mothers give their all for the happiness of spouse and children" Let's not forget this!
Grannie

Grandmother, son, grandson

2011-05-10T17:57:00.000-07:00

Mom/son

2011-05-10T17:54:00.000-07:00

Mothers' Day in Edmonton

2011-05-10T17:48:00.000-07:00

Grandpa's Birthday

2011-05-07T19:25:00.000-07:00

Getting to Know You

1) How are you turning this year? 84

2) What is your favorite food?Roast beef with yorkshire pudding

3) What is your most frequently-purchased grocery item?half and half (cereal cream)

4)What is your bedtime routine like?check doors, tuen down heat, family prayers

5) What are 3 things you absolutely have to do everyday?read scriptures, companionship study, go for walk

6) What do you listen to most (artist, bradio station/program? TV -Don Martin (Power Play)

7) What’s one skill you wish you had?sing

8) What skill are you most proud of?gardening, and lawn care

9) If you could visit any place in the world, where would you go? New Zealand

10) What is your favorite place in the world? England, eastern USA

11) What are three of your most favorite books?Wolf Willow, 6 Volumes (Bruce R McConkie), scriptures

12) If you had to buy any magazine, what would it be? Macleans

13) What is one thing that gets on your nerves? Radio because I can't hear without turning up the volume

14) What is your favorite sport to watch or play ?I loved skiing once upon a time, now it's hockey on TV

15) What do you love to do when you have nothing to do? sleep (I can do it anytime, anywhere)

16) What are three things you wish you had?a sense of humor, patience, charity

17) What is your favorite treat? aplets and cotlets

18) What are a few things you hope to accomplish or learn this year?

19) What are your favorite things to watch (TV show/movie)?King's Speech , 2011 Academy Award Winner

20) What are your most-visited websites?lds.org, Drudge Report, News

Nine pix to view

2011-04-24T17:55:00.000-07:00

Happy Easter to all - we had a very interesting weekend.
Grannie (Gigi)

special guests for Easter dinner

2011-04-24T17:53:00.000-07:00

Diane's contribution to the dinner

2011-04-24T17:50:00.000-07:00

Great Priesthood Profiles

2011-04-24T17:48:00.000-07:00

Singing a hymn prior to Easter dinner / Fixsens

2011-04-24T17:44:00.000-07:00

Brunch at Derrick

2011-04-24T17:40:00.000-07:00

Brunch at the Derrick

2011-04-24T17:38:00.000-07:00

Guesta at shower

2011-04-24T17:34:00.000-07:00

Another view of the elegant table

2011-04-24T17:31:00.000-07:00

Another Brunch setting

Shower Brunch for Patti

2011-04-24T17:28:00.000-07:00

Visitors at Springbreak

2011-04-17T17:48:00.000-07:00

Conference Weekend

2011-04-02T08:02:00.000-07:00

"The purpose of conference is that we may refresh our faith and strengthen our testimony and learn the ways of the Lord from his duly appointed and authorized servants"

- President Spencer W Kimball

E-n-j-o-y......listen, retain, recall.

Grannie

Pix of cruise, wedding reception

2011-03-07T14:25:00.000-08:00

Thought you'd enjoy seeing pix of our cruise and wedding reception - I have a few more but this gives you the general idea.
Grannie

Calgary reception

2011-03-07T14:23:00.001-08:00

Cutting the cake

2011-03-07T14:20:00.000-08:00

at Janine/Ben's reception

2011-03-07T14:18:00.000-08:00

Acapulco

2011-03-07T14:10:00.000-08:00

Coastline - Cabo San Lucas

2011-03-07T14:08:00.001-08:00

ms Statendam - cruising the Panama

2011-03-07T14:05:00.000-08:00

Timely Advice

2011-03-04T08:24:00.000-08:00

Hello -

After visiting with many of you at wedding receptions I am quite impressed with how you conduct yourselves. Grandpa & I do COMPANIONSHIP STUDY every morning from a book "Come, Listen to a Prophet's Voice'

- This impressed me very much. Hope you enjoy it: (Matt 5:21-22)

The phrase 'without a cause' in the KJV is omitted from many of the oldest biblical manuscripts and from the Savior's sermon to the Nephites at the Temple Bountiful. Anger, a secondary emotion and a reactionary one, is not an acceptable emotion. It is not inspired of God, does not build relationships, and seldom solves problems. Rather, it builds walls between people, nurtures resentments, and stifles the flow of the pure love of Christ. President David O McKay declared:'Never must there be expressed in an LDS-home an oath, a condemnatory term, an expression of anger & jealousy or hatred. Control it! Do not express it! You do what you can to produce peace & harmony, no matter what you may suffer. The Savior set the example. He was always calm, always controlled, radiating something which people could feel as they passed'

I'm working on it!!

love to all

Grannie

Arizona Holiday

2011-01-31T10:16:00.001-08:00

Arizona flora

2011-01-31T10:14:00.001-08:00

Grand Canyon

2011-01-31T10:12:00.001-08:00

Mesa Temple

2011-01-31T10:09:00.000-08:00

Temple View Mesa

2011-01-31T10:07:00.000-08:00

Tempe Holiday

2011-01-31T10:03:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year 2011

2011-01-14T11:27:00.000-08:00

Hi -

I would like to post this article I read recently that made me LAUGH! TEENAGERS

tired of being

harassed by your

parents?

ACT NOW!!

move out, get a job,

pay your own way,

while you still know

everything!!

In a different vein I would like to post this recipe for

hors d'oeuvres (appetizers) which I served over the holidays for which I received many compliments. thought I would share:

Mushroom Roll-Ups

2 cups finely chopped mushrooms

4 slices bacon, finely chopped

1 cup onion, finely chopped

1 pkg cream cheese (125gm)

15 slices or 7 lengthwise slices of bread

1/4 cup melted butter

**In a skillet, sauté bacon, onion, mushrooms for 5 min or until tender, stir in cream cheese till melted. Set aside. Trim crusts from bread & roll to flatten. Spread each slice with about 1 Tbsp filling. Roll up like jelly roll. Secure with toothpick or roll each tightly in saran wrap. Chill 1 h. before baking or freeze in a single layer, then package in air tight container or freezer bags. To bake, brush rolls with melted butter & bake 15 mins. at 375* - 400* Cut in pieces & serve.

** Note: Cook bacon till crisp & drained of all fat. Also add salt, thyme, dill weed, soya sauce to taste. Use spices sparingly as not to overpower the mushroom flavor. ........Enjoy

Grannie

Christmas 2010 - Grannie and grandpa

2010-12-30T20:48:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas to all -

We have so enjoyed this Christmas season -especially the entertaining we did in our home and spending Christmas Eve with HDH and Christmas Day in Calgary at the Redds.It was fun decorating the house and baking, wrapping presents and hiding the treats from grandpa. We started off with a potluck with our FHE group, then having Jordan/Charla and boys for supper; inviting our neighbor for BRUNCH; having Jaima, Jeff and children for supper; preparing a basket for a single sister in our ward. We enjoyed the Almond Roca, Ferrero Rocher , Lindt chocolates - we shared them with the gang in Calgary as these sweets were too much for us. I am happy everybody still likes my Nuts and bolts. I had to make two batches to accomodate all. I enjoyed making our Christmas letter and we appreciated your letters and pictures.

Grandpa came down with a terrible cold before Christmas and we thought we would not travel to Calgary - but I am glad we did. We were passengers and our driver was Hu. The roads were excellent - and getting away seemed to help us both.

It was interesting watching the interaction of FOUR generations under one roof. Peter, Hugo, Isaac seemed to enjoy one another. And of course the star was baby Owen - everybody had to hold him. He sure is a beautiful baby. We thank you for your gifts - especially the 'baba' doll ornament for the tree. The tree looked especially lovely as we added an extra string of lights. We felt a special spirit in our home as well in the homes we visited. Christmas is really a wonderful time of year - with all the music, decorations, gifts, food and family. Thanks for including us in your festivities.

God bless you all.

Love

G and G

'Board' Game at Redds

2010-12-30T20:38:00.000-08:00

presents from the Redds

2010-12-30T20:33:00.000-08:00

Table setting for BRUNCH

2010-12-30T20:28:00.000-08:00

Hu's 'viillage' display

2010-12-30T20:24:00.000-08:00

Table setting-Karyn's floral arrangement

2010-12-30T20:19:00.000-08:00

Christmas entertaining - the Fixsens

2010-12-30T20:13:00.000-08:00

Greetings from 174 Oeming Road

2010-11-28T16:21:00.000-08:00

Well, I never! I was previewing my blog prior to posting & I must have clicked the wrong key because it vanished completely. Agh!

I'll try to remember what I wrote. I excuse myself for not posting for over a month - just was not motivated. So here goes.

We seem to be a bit lazy or need more rest because the day goes by so quickly & it seems to me I haven't really accomplished much. I seem to like my bed in the morning & not too anxious to jump out. By the time I exercise, read, make breakfast, do some housework, go for a walk, shop, tend to the daily affairs - the day is almost over. I'll have to set my priorities & work smarter nor harder.

We so enjoyed attending Lindsay/Spencer nuptials. The Temple sealing was lovely& spiritual. It was so nice to see many members of the family together & enjoying each other. We are very proud of you all. We feel 'we must have done something good' to see such support & camaraderie. Thank you.

Lindsay, you looked beautiful & Spencer, we are happy to welcome you to our family. The reception was wonderfully planned. Coleen/OJ, you are to be complimented for hosting

this 'big fat wedding'. Your children truly supported each other. The program was great, & the Schneider brothers need a special accolade for their number. The dinner was absolutely wonderful. Too bad we missed out seeing the dance - but Grandpa was tired & as he was the driver, we had to leave, much to my chagrin. But I was told it was quite the affair. OJ: two down & one to go!

Diane, hosting the bridal brunch was such a neat idea - it was just lovely.

Love to all

Grannie

An Historic Occasion

2010-10-03T16:09:00.001-07:00

Greetings from 174 Oeming Road

2010-09-26T18:18:00.000-07:00

Hello to all -

Surprised to know I am still functioning? I have had such a busy summer with family coming from here & there I just was not in the mood to sit down at the computer. Although I must add I enjoyed reading all your posts. What I have done is I have 10 pictures on this post so keep scrolling to see them - it is quite a pictorial review of our guests & our comings & goings. Hope you enjoy them. You can even go further to view the ones I posted in July - then you will agree that it has been an exciting summer for us.

We have resumed our FAMILY POTLUCKS & the Fixsens were our hosts for the month of September. Jaima made delicious enchiladas & all the other food was equally tasty. I think Jordan has volunteered to have us in October. The Sr Schneiders will host us at the wedding reception of Lindsay/Spencer. This is an excellent time to socialize & make contact with each other. Everyone seems to be so busy with their own priorites - we need this time together to reconnect, otherwise we may forget what we look like!

Nothing out of the ordinary has happened here. We have our little family home evening group every other Monday. We are the hosts tomorrow. We discuss the various Conference talks , visit, & ofcourse have a bite to eat. I hope to make a peach cobbler & Grandpa will review the talk by Elder Hallstrom. Then we visit. Grandpa always orders the Conference talks on CD so plays the talk. Karyn had given me tapes of the Church hymns so we sing along with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. The sound is great!!

We are looking forward to THE WEDDING - I am even making part of my outfit - how do you like that?? Just can't leave the sewing machine alone. I still quilt - but v-e-r-y slowly. Too many other things to do - my pace has slowed down. Ah, such is life.

I so enjoyed attending Relief Society Conference -President Monson, who is the same age as we, looked tired when he entered, but what a talk he gave! Witty, spiritual, great counsel - we laughed at some of his stories and could identify with them. We, as women of the covenant, need to make a few improvements if we want to enter the celestial kingdom.

Love you all,

Your weary Grannie, but still intact.

Greatgrandson #15

2010-09-26T18:07:00.000-07:00

Lake Windermere at Invermere

2010-09-26T18:00:00.000-07:00

Entertaining Spencer/Lindsay

2010-09-26T17:55:00.000-07:00

Karyn/Grandpa

2010-09-26T17:28:00.000-07:00

Grandpa at Boom Lake

2010-09-26T17:24:00.000-07:00

nasturtiums around the Mountain Ash

2010-09-26T17:22:00.000-07:00

another visitor to 174 Oeming Rd

2010-09-26T17:17:00.000-07:00

Outing to the Ukrainian Culture Museum

2010-09-26T17:14:00.000-07:00

another birthday celebration

2010-09-26T17:10:00.000-07:00

summer holidays

2010-09-26T17:03:00.000-07:00

In Prince George /Mikyla's farewell

2010-07-12T13:40:00.001-07:00

Brunch at Upper Crust

2010-07-12T13:34:00.000-07:00

Edmonton Temple

2010-07-12T13:32:00.000-07:00

Orchid from Aaron/Patti

2010-07-12T13:29:00.000-07:00

Picture Album from 174 Oeming Rd

2010-07-12T13:25:00.000-07:00

Family News

2010-06-13T14:34:00.000-07:00

Hello-

I waited until Hugo was ordained a Deacon and then passed the Sacrament. Both occasions were special. Last Sunday his dad ordained him -ver y spiritual. Grandpa was able tp participate as well as all the Young Men leaders. and the Bishopric. Today Hugo passed the Sacrament. He did a super job - we are very proud of him. He is a very special person in our lives.

Love to all

Grannie

The Serious Deacon

2010-06-13T14:26:00.000-07:00

The New Deacon

2010-06-13T14:23:00.001-07:00

Schneide Posterity

2010-06-02T19:00:00.000-07:00