Thursday, December 26, 2013
Christmas 2013
"We wish you a Merry Christmas, We wish you a Merry Christmas
We wish you a Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year.
Good tidings we bring to you and your kin
Good tidings for Christmas and a Happy New Year".
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We've had some wonderful entertainment in our home - our FHE
potluck, "tea" with our neighbor, Christmas Eve luncheon with John & David. Christmas dinner was at Skinners in Fort Saskatchewan. David drove us & Mikyla - wonderful turkey dinner. More commitments yet to come. Yes, Christmas is family-time. Nice to meet Karyn, Jim, Elena at Skinners. We feel very blessed.
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
Sunday, July 21, 2013
Saturday, June 22, 2013
Hello from Oeming Road-
I haven't posted for ages. Just too occupied with other matters. We have made two trips to Victoria - one in March because Grandpa was tired of all the snow. Again, the end of May & early June. We wanted to visit with Spencer who came to present a paper at the Humanities/Social Sciences Congress in Victoria. About 7000 people congregated - so there was much action around UBC. Coleen came to visit us for a day as she wanted to visit with Spencer also. We thought Spencer looked great & it was nice to visit & make a few excursions around the city. Wonderful weather. We enjoyed Beacon Hill Park while Spencer was at meetings. It was fun to watch the herons who build their nests high up in the trees. They would fly down to get food for their young 'uns & then fly back. We did treat spencer to dinner at the Empress. We toured Butchart Gardens & had 'tea' at the Tea House. The weather was superb so we were glad we made the trip. It would be nice if Spencer could find employment at UBC - we enjoy the area very much. And of course it is a favorite place for seniors, especially from the prairies.
The flowers on the deck are lovely & we asked John Schneider to give us a hand!
We are looking forward to the Rachel/Andrew nuptials & Diane & I will host a family shower for her when they come to Edmonton beginning of July. Grandpa has had cataract surgery & is recovering well. I call myself his ministering angel as I have to put drops in his eyes frequently during the day.
The weather in Alberta has been bizarre. Southern Alberta has had flooding in several places - Calgary is one of them. People have been evacuated from their homes. We have had much rain in Edmonton.
Guess that is enough news for this time.
Nighty night to all.
Grannie
I haven't posted for ages. Just too occupied with other matters. We have made two trips to Victoria - one in March because Grandpa was tired of all the snow. Again, the end of May & early June. We wanted to visit with Spencer who came to present a paper at the Humanities/Social Sciences Congress in Victoria. About 7000 people congregated - so there was much action around UBC. Coleen came to visit us for a day as she wanted to visit with Spencer also. We thought Spencer looked great & it was nice to visit & make a few excursions around the city. Wonderful weather. We enjoyed Beacon Hill Park while Spencer was at meetings. It was fun to watch the herons who build their nests high up in the trees. They would fly down to get food for their young 'uns & then fly back. We did treat spencer to dinner at the Empress. We toured Butchart Gardens & had 'tea' at the Tea House. The weather was superb so we were glad we made the trip. It would be nice if Spencer could find employment at UBC - we enjoy the area very much. And of course it is a favorite place for seniors, especially from the prairies.
The flowers on the deck are lovely & we asked John Schneider to give us a hand!
We are looking forward to the Rachel/Andrew nuptials & Diane & I will host a family shower for her when they come to Edmonton beginning of July. Grandpa has had cataract surgery & is recovering well. I call myself his ministering angel as I have to put drops in his eyes frequently during the day.
The weather in Alberta has been bizarre. Southern Alberta has had flooding in several places - Calgary is one of them. People have been evacuated from their homes. We have had much rain in Edmonton.
Guess that is enough news for this time.
Nighty night to all.
Grannie
Friday, January 11, 2013
Anniversary
We dined at Oliveto's Trattoria at Riverbend Square.
Truly grateful for our posterity.
Love to all
G & G
Sunday, December 30, 2012
Christmas in Edmonton 2012
What a wonderful Christmas celebration we had! All the Schneiders, Youngs : Hu/Diane/Hugo, Grannie/Grandpa.Christmas Eve was at Schneiders. Great food, wonderful Nativity Pageant performed by the little people with Jordan, Charla, Ruby representing Joseph, Mary, Jesus! And carolling.
Christmas Day dinner was at Hu/Diane's - with prime rib roast beef, turkey with trimmings, a variety of veggies and for dessert - Bouche de Noël. Diane did a superb job of the table settings. The small fry ate in the Family Room. Hugo & David took turns checking on them. Adults dined at 2 tables in the dining/living room. Hu had his 'village' displayed as well as the Nativity Set. Both looked wonderful. Lovely poinsettias at the tables. Boxing Day all we were treated to a hayride! Fun! The LA gang really enjoyed the snow & we have lots of it. When we went to Church we filled a row & half pew. Nice to be together. There were many festivites among the families. We enjoyed our beautifully decorated home - lights everywhere. Christmas wall hangings all added to a festive atmosphere.
The most beautiful present was "Gigi & Bapa's Book" celebrating our 50th anniversary as members of LDS Church. It is a treasure containing pictures and commentaries by our children, grandchildren & even a page for the greatgrandchildren! Thank you! We have been blessed with a wonderful posterity.
We wish you all a HAPPY NEW YEAR. We love you all.
G & G
Monday, November 26, 2012
Thanksgiving holiday at the Schneiders in Mercer Island
We spent a super holiday in Mercer Island with the Schneiders. Coleen is certainly a gracious hostess. She drove us many places. We so enjoyed visiting the Chihuly Glass Museum - truly a must-see. It displays the art of glass blowing showing all kinds of creations. A truly world class exhibit. Even though there was plenty of rain we did go for several great walks to Green Lake, Seward Park, and by ferry to Bainbridge Island.
Grandpa took us to our favorite restaurant - IVARS - for a sumptuous dinner. We saw the movie LINCOLN - I recommend it highly. Grandpa, who really is not a movie-buff wants to see it again! He likes to browze around bookstores and found some great books on Lincoln. One at the library - excellent. It was an older version by Carl Sandburg distributed by Readers' Digest. He purchased it for $4.00!! He found an interesting 'bookazine' at the airport shops. I have never heard of this word before - have you? I can't find it in the dictionary. It is a magazine/book combination.
Very interesting - even I am reading it.
American Thanksgiving dinner was a masterpiece. We all had to help prepare it. Coleen asked me to make dinner rolls which I have not made since we moved to Edmonton! but they turned out great, so now I am motivated to make them at home. The table setting was just beautiful. So was the company - Coleen/OJ, John, David, Rachel & her boyfriend Andrew, Grandpa/I. A truly blessed day!
Good to get away but good to come home.
Now we can look forward to Christmas when the family will gather together again.
Love to all
Grannie
Grandpa took us to our favorite restaurant - IVARS - for a sumptuous dinner. We saw the movie LINCOLN - I recommend it highly. Grandpa, who really is not a movie-buff wants to see it again! He likes to browze around bookstores and found some great books on Lincoln. One at the library - excellent. It was an older version by Carl Sandburg distributed by Readers' Digest. He purchased it for $4.00!! He found an interesting 'bookazine' at the airport shops. I have never heard of this word before - have you? I can't find it in the dictionary. It is a magazine/book combination.
Very interesting - even I am reading it.
American Thanksgiving dinner was a masterpiece. We all had to help prepare it. Coleen asked me to make dinner rolls which I have not made since we moved to Edmonton! but they turned out great, so now I am motivated to make them at home. The table setting was just beautiful. So was the company - Coleen/OJ, John, David, Rachel & her boyfriend Andrew, Grandpa/I. A truly blessed day!
Good to get away but good to come home.
Now we can look forward to Christmas when the family will gather together again.
Love to all
Grannie
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Saturday, November 10, 2012
Friday, October 26, 2012
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Aloha.
Time to share our experiences of our Hawaiian cruise. We arrived a few days early in Vancouver so that we could visit with Aaron/Patti. How wonderful it was to stay with them in their one-bedroom apartment. We certainly appreciated their hospitality. We were able to celebrate Aaron's birthday too.They were excellent hosts and it was a pleasant experience for us. We went sight-seeing with them, had a horse-drawn tour of Stanley Park, saw the Olympic sights and ended up visiting Janice/Andy in Delta where we had a sumptuous dinner /visit. We certainly like the area where A/P live. We were grateful Aaron took time off to drive us to our ship - Carnival Spirit. Crossing the Pacific Ocean was great - 5 days at sea before landing on Big Island. We anchored at Kauai, Maui, Oahu. Grandpa took 2 land excursions. I stayed on board as we had toured these islands formerly. I believe we have been to Hawaii about 6 times. I enjoyed reading, walking on deck, sunning. Time went very quickly. Many activities on board. Met quite a few people from different parts of the world. The only drawback was we had to wait 10 h at Honolulu airport before flying at night to Denver on a beautiful 767 airplane. Waited 3 h before boarding a plane for Edmonton. I was exhausted and on arrival home came down with a horrible head cold that still is lingering ....guess the airconditioning just does not agree with me.
Grandpa is great. It is good to go away but better to return home.
I'll post some pix once I fully recuperate.
Mahalo.
Grannie
Time to share our experiences of our Hawaiian cruise. We arrived a few days early in Vancouver so that we could visit with Aaron/Patti. How wonderful it was to stay with them in their one-bedroom apartment. We certainly appreciated their hospitality. We were able to celebrate Aaron's birthday too.They were excellent hosts and it was a pleasant experience for us. We went sight-seeing with them, had a horse-drawn tour of Stanley Park, saw the Olympic sights and ended up visiting Janice/Andy in Delta where we had a sumptuous dinner /visit. We certainly like the area where A/P live. We were grateful Aaron took time off to drive us to our ship - Carnival Spirit. Crossing the Pacific Ocean was great - 5 days at sea before landing on Big Island. We anchored at Kauai, Maui, Oahu. Grandpa took 2 land excursions. I stayed on board as we had toured these islands formerly. I believe we have been to Hawaii about 6 times. I enjoyed reading, walking on deck, sunning. Time went very quickly. Many activities on board. Met quite a few people from different parts of the world. The only drawback was we had to wait 10 h at Honolulu airport before flying at night to Denver on a beautiful 767 airplane. Waited 3 h before boarding a plane for Edmonton. I was exhausted and on arrival home came down with a horrible head cold that still is lingering ....guess the airconditioning just does not agree with me.
Grandpa is great. It is good to go away but better to return home.
I'll post some pix once I fully recuperate.
Mahalo.
Grannie
Monday, August 6, 2012
Visit to Pincher creek
Greetings to all -
We've had the privilege of having David with us & also using his expertise -re computer and iPad. We also had him drive us to Pincher Creek to visit my sister Marge who will be 88 in September. We left Edmonton August 1 and stayed in Calgary for the night. When we left in the morning it was raining & there has been so much construction & road maintenance that we kind of lost our way. Our trip south was good. Marge had a 'spread' for us - what a feast we had. Mind you, her daughter did some of the preparation. Marge purchased a computer & needed some help -re Facebook. David was able to help her. We returned home that day - what a drive! Rain, rain - in buckets - you could hardly see ahead.
It would clear then rain again with a vengeance. Was I ever glad to arrive home - utterly exhausted. The weather is weird - sunny during the day with lightning, thunder, rain, hail in the evening. My beautiful flowers on the deck were devastated. Otherwise we are doing OK but the heat sometimes is too much- glad we have the family room/bedroom downstairs - only cool place in the house. We have watched the Olympics - the opening ceremony was spectacular. Today we watched the womens' soccer game - Canada vs USA. What an exciting game!
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Post Reunion Happenings
Hello all-
Thanks for the lovely pictures of the Reunion. What a fine group we are . What a beautiful area to go to. So many interesting
activities. Thanks to the Planing Committee - excellent job.
Since we returned home we have David with us. He is a great guy and good to have around - driving us here/there/everywhere.
We have had extremely hot weather and have had to go to sleep at Hu/Diane's home to enjoy the airconditioning. We have also had heavy rains & a hailstorm that devastated all our flowers on the deck. How bleak everything looks in our yard. I was going to pick our rhubarb but it was totalled too. I scrounged what I could & did manage to make a delicious crisp.
The post-reunion highlight was attending a 'Tea Party' to honor Ruby - (just for the ladies in our family). It was an English-type tea like we have had at the Empress Hotel in Victoria. Very proper. Ruby enjoyed it very much and everyone took turns holding her. She is a beauty.
Love to all
Grannie
Thanks for the lovely pictures of the Reunion. What a fine group we are . What a beautiful area to go to. So many interesting
activities. Thanks to the Planing Committee - excellent job.
Since we returned home we have David with us. He is a great guy and good to have around - driving us here/there/everywhere.
We have had extremely hot weather and have had to go to sleep at Hu/Diane's home to enjoy the airconditioning. We have also had heavy rains & a hailstorm that devastated all our flowers on the deck. How bleak everything looks in our yard. I was going to pick our rhubarb but it was totalled too. I scrounged what I could & did manage to make a delicious crisp.
Love to all
Grannie
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Sunday, June 17, 2012
Tasted yummy - none left. (Diane spent time with her dad)
Nice sunny Sabbath in sunny Alberta - not what the weatherman predicted!
Hope all the dads received pampering by their progeny.
Grannie
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Just returned from Calgary last night after spending the Memorial Day weekend at the Redds - where we had a family celebration -re Peter Redd's farewell address before he leaves to Denver Colorado Spanish-speaking Mission. Nice to see both sides of the family so well represented. The Sacrament Meeting was extra special for us all to see Peter so well prepared to go. His talk was motivation for younger priesthood holders to aspire to this calling. An added bonus was to hear Peter sing in a quartet -'I Know that My Redeemer Lives'. What a privilege it is for him to share the Gospel message, He will be an asset wherever he serves! We will pray for his success.
Included is a picture which we will treasure. How he has grown and matured. We are so proud of him and ask Heavenly Father to bless him while he labors in the 'field'.
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