Last week's project

Christmas stockings for the Stolp family. These will be hanging on their mantle over the firepalce this Christmas eve. Merry Christmas Joni, Bob, and Joey!!

This stocking is big enough to tuck little Joey inside(almost)

And to our next great grand daughter to be born on New Years eve, this one is for you Amelia Sue. All ready for next year now~~ I had made one for Drew Leischer also, but did not get a photo of that one. Just like Joey's but with "Drew" embroidered on it. Sorry, Tabby- Granny was not on the ball here!!! It's beginning to look a lot like Advent at church- that means we have 4 weeks to get ready for the birth of our Lord!!! Are you getting in the mood for Christmas yet??? Gotta got my stable set up this week, then I am ready!!! That is the first thing up and the last thing down here at our home!! Oh, yeah, and bake cookies,and put up tree, and etc. etc. ~~~I think I am on the track now~~Merry CHRISTmas everyone

Veteran's Day--11-11-11

The  guy that I married and had to share him with Uncle Sam. He served for two years, spending one year in Korea. He came home to us on February 2, 1955 

He was commander at the local VFW for four years and still is the Senior Vice Commander to this day!Bruce, our number 1 son joined the Army when he was a senior in high school and entered the service in August that year. Nearly tore my heart out to see him go!! He served a year in Germany and came home and married his high-school sweatheart. Proud of you too, Bruce!!

 And then there is Dean. He wanted to join the Army too just like his Dad and Bruce. I had such a hard time apart from the first two, so finally got him to join the National Guard instead. He was active in there for a few years--as the saying goes,"The Guards are on alert and always ready!" Way to go ,Son!! So proud of our men and thank God every day for sending them home to us. Thanks to all the others that served and are still serving to keep our country free~~Bless you all~~~

Tomahawk Trip Oct.5,2011

 Every year we take a drive to Tomahawk to visit our sister-in law, Lorraine Westrich. She is 93 years young  and still in her own home. She goes to Florida after Christmas and stays with her daughter until April. This pretty tree is right across the street from her home- isn't it just the prettiest???

 We had just got back from having lunch at a little diner, and these three are going up the front steps.

 Stop right there, you two ladies, so I can snap a picture of you both. Kenny backed down the steps, he did not want his picture taken I guess!!

Right on Lorraine's front lawn is this beauty- just loaded with red berries. She can watch the birds in the tree eating the berries. What a fun day we had going over old times and memories. Enjoy every day - you only get one chance at it- loaded with family and pretty scenes that He has given us~~~

Alzheimer's Quilt 2011

Again this year, I have been asked to sew a quilt for the Memory Walk here in Medford, that will take place in September. This year I chose to use the Quarter-Log-Cabin block. Done in lilac and purple, the colors for Alzheimers.

It is a king size quilt, so here most of it is on the floor
on each side of my twin bed.

Felicity was playing with her dolly and thought it would be fun to take a nap on the quilt as I had it thrown over Grandpa's bed while I was putting the binding on the edges.

She said to me,"Now I get to take a picture of you, Gramma." This little old Kenmore machine is such an old faithful friend of mine. I can't keep track of the time I've spent here sewing on the machine, loving every minute of it. Windows open and a soft breeze blowing in, Kenmore humming away and I think I am in heaven! My cup runneth over too, Jacki~~~

July 4, 2011

 As we do every year, we go to the park and listen to the polka music. This year we had a few extras stop by and visit us. Little Haddie was like a doll in her red , white and blue.

 You can only hold her for a while, then she wants to get down. Here she is pushing me so I would set her on the ground.What a smiley girl she is!

 Felicity and her friends dancing to the polka music. 

 Of course Kathryn and Sis were with us too. Charli and Colten also stopped by to say Hi and chat a while. A good time was had by all. Such a beautiful day in Wisconsin with family and friends. What more can we ask for?

We've Been Flocked!

Our church has been raising money to help send our youth to summer camp and this is what we came up with--20 of these beauties on our lawn. We left for church this morning and this is what we found when we came back home! All lined up the side walk right to our door.

Oh, now aren't they cute?

Yep, we've been flocked - now we need to send them on their way--

So many of the tenants here are walking through to see what in the world is going on here. Maybe we can keep them for a while-- nope!! Gotta send those kids to camp. What fun we have at St. Paul's Church. Maybe I should buy insurance so the birds do not land here again! Hummm

Siblings Time- June 8, 2011

Yesterday we had a chance to get together with some of my siblings. Ernie's daughter, Lori is visiting from Arizona so she brought Ernie and Beatsie up to Medford for the day. Carol was with us for lunch at Happy Joe's , but had to go home as her breathing was bad that day. Ernie is putting one of his hearing aids into Lucille's ear so she can hear better! How else do elderly people entertain themselves? Lucille is 82 years old and still lives in her home--way to go Lucy!

Beatsie is the eldest of our family and she turned 90 last December. She also still lives in her home by herself, but Donna and Cindy check on her every day. I wish I would have put her fancy cane closer to her. It is very fancy and colorful to say the least.

Here is the master of the bunch, Ernie. Again playing with his hearing aid! We had four brothers and he is the only one left. His condition of Alzheimers is about the same as in November. He has restrictions on his drivers license now. Only daylight hours and not more than 30 miles from his home, he tends to get lost. He lives in his home yet too, but has help every day for shopping and cleaning or whatever needs to be done. Oh yeah, he still loves his beer too! If you are every with him at 5:00 PM, he yells, "It's five o'clock and it's tea time!" What a silly guy. Keep on going, Ernie--we love you! He is 87 years old now.

Last of all , we have Katie! Most of you know her in the kitchen feeding everyone just like our Mother did! Kate will be 89 in July and still taking of her own home also. She planted her garden last week after taking one year off last year due to the stroke she had in May, 2010. We had to hunt for her shoes so she could go to Happy Joe's to eat! That woman never has her shoes on when she is at home. All winter long there she is barefoot! That is it for our visit. We talked about old times and solved all the world problems and of course got the hearing aids back in the right place. Thank God Ernie doesn't want to try to fit someone with his false teeth! Man, that would be gross! Now I want everyone reading this to spend quality time with your family too. Cherish each day. You never get another chance at it. This is the day the Lord has made, let's be glad and rejoice in it!

Mother & Daughter Aprons

Some time back Tabby asked me to make aprons for her friend. I have had the fabric here for a long time, but we had a lot of bumps in our road of life, so I didn't get to sew them until now.

This week I finally got caught up on my sewing jobs. Today I worked on these two cute aprons with the little cupcakes and apples on polka dots. How pretty is that?

I had to guess on the size for the little girl. Tabby said, "a tall six year old."Well, I don't have one of those here all the time so I cut it about the size I thought Lily, Kallie or Aubree would wear. Hope it fits her. My next project is to make a king quilt for the Alzheimer's walk in September. Gotta go shopping for lavender and purple, the colors for Alzheimers. Where the lilac is the slogan~~~

Glad to be Home!

After five days in the Wausau hospital due to a "grouchy heart", we brought the Commander home yesterday at about 7:00PM. He will be on several pills a day now for a while. He is doing very well,  eating good and getting in the hall for his walks. He sure was glad to get a shower this morning, said he was kinda smelly!

The bag for his medications that I forgot to take along when I rushed him to ER on Sunday.

After a hot shower and watching Deal or no Deal, his favorite game show.

His says, "Get out of here with that camera!" It was a rough ride for a couple days there, but we made it with our Master doing the driving.