Nearing a Transfer

My dear Tante Dina is nearing the end of her life.  She is a tiny little Dutch woman who has lived a very full life.  My sister and I went to visit her tonight.  Her daughter is by her side, caring for her and waiting for the time when she slips away.  Tante Dina is ready to be with her sweetheart.  This picture is from a time when the family stayed in a cabin.  Tante Dina is third from the right.

From left to right: Tante Stien, Gonnie on her lap,  Tante Fiet, the two little girls I'm not sure of.  Minnie, Bill V.H., Leen, Gerard, Tante Dina, Opa Van Leer, Ome Pete.

Love to the family.  Our thoughts and prayers are with you.

Tah Dah!!!

Well, it is official.  The school year is over and I am still alive.  This has been a tough year.  This marks the end of thirty years.  At the awards assembly I was called up for the 30 year recognition.  I was handed a gold wrapped package.  In my mail box at work was a letter.  After the students all went home I read the letter and opened the present.  It is nice to be recognized.  In the middle of August I will go back for another  year, and then maybe some more.  We will see.

Afterwards my Sweetheart took me out to dinner at Sea Salt to celebrate. 
http://www.seasaltslc.com/

On the way home we saw a beautiful sunset.  It has been a nice day.

Santa at Church?

Today at church some little kids walked up to Keith and asked him if he was Santa.  He said that his name was Keith.  The children told him their first names.  Then Keith told them their last name.  Their eyes became large as they stared at him.  Keith was telling me this in the chapel when Sister Reusch walked by and said there were three children in the Starcrest Ward talking about seeing Santa at church.  Gotta love it.

Nov. 2010 Mrs. Widdisons's Laundry Room Door

When we sold the 521 Arctic place, it was hard to walk away. It was the house that Grandma and Grandpa William Widdison lived in, and subsequently Uncle Joe and Aunt Virginia, and then Keith. We were allowed to take what ever we wanted from the home, because it was to be demolished. We took doors and trim, kitchen cabinets, lighting...

This is the old back door, leading from the kitchen. When Keith lived there it had a red curtain on it. The door was pretty weathered and hammered. We thought about leaving it behind, but I wanted it.

Keith did a lot of work in helping me glue the cracked panels together, and lengthening the door. I spent a lot of time filling in small holes and sanding, fill in and sand some more. We put several coats of paint on the door, and decided on hardware, and what type of glass. I wanted seeded glass. Keith installed the hardware, and placed the glass. One day as he was working, he said, "This is the door my grandma would use to do the laundry." The washing machine was on the enclosed back porch at the time. It is now installed as the current laundry room door. Hence, Mrs. Widdisons's laundry room door. I think it is gorgeous.

Here is one of the other doors that we worked on and restored. These doors are solid wood. When the door was finished we installed it in the master bathroom. It takes a lot of time to refinish the doors, but the memories are priceless, and they look great.

How About October 2010?

I guess we are skipping right into Halloween time. Isn't that what is being displayed in the stores right now? Halloween Decor.

On Wednesday, October 27th, Emma's ward did their Trunk-or-Treat activity. There was snow on the ground, and poor Xani's little nose was red.

Crimsel was a pirate, and Cirrus a Princess with lots of blue eye makeup!

What's this? It looks like two-headed creature!

On Thursday, we had a class party. They love creating mummies out of one of their classmates and toilet paper.

Almost finished!


On Saturday we went to Dirk's ward for their Trunk-or-Treat. The weather was nice. Crazy Utah weather. As the saying goes, "If you don't like the weather wait five minutes..."

There is Woody, and Bree the Spider, and Ari the Witch!

There were a lot of people there.

There is that witch again and Woody's friend.

Everyone had a good time at the Halloween activities.

September 2010

In September Keith started making sure the Christmas lights would be ready to go for December. Much easier to do when there isn't snow on the ground.

We entered a picture Crimsel took of Cirrus in the State Fair. He took it a couple of years ago.

There were lots and lots of pictures, even in the youngest age division. I call this picture 'big eyes'. It is one of my favorite pictures. Good job Crimsel.

Crimsel took this picture when we were visiting Great Oma Allart, and he used my camera.

Here is quilt number EIGHT, for Xani.

It was ready in time for her 2nd birthday.

It does my heart good to see how excited she is for her special blanket.

She didn't lose any time waiting to sit down with her new baby on the blanket.

Cirrus decided that it was also a good time to lose one more of her front teeth.

School has started and the rat race began. Time seems to be running double or triple speed when school is in session. Thank goodness I have a great family to warm my heart!

More of August 2010

The local Article Circle hosts an antique car show during the summer. This year we took Cirrus and Crimsel.

Then we saw this sweet car.

The next thing we knew, the man who owned car asked Crimsel if he wanted to sit in the car! I think Opa wanted to sit in the car too.

Front view of the car.

Another car.

Susan, Rick, Alice, Keith and a childhood neighbor after attending the temple for another neighbor.

During the summer they replaced the carpeting at school. Everything had to be moved out of the room, and then back. Good luck trying to remember what box everything went in. It is a pain trying to set up the whole room again.

Tah, Dah... new carpeting.