Nana and Papa came up and visited us this last Saturday.  I was at home with the little boys when they arrived.  The Webmaster was out with Ane and Tad seeing “Big Hero 6” at the theater (the kids say they LOVED it), but they brought lunch home for all of us. After lunch, Rerun […]

It has been bitterly cold the last few nights.  There is an “Arctic blast” passing across most of the United States.  Ressis and her family have snow already.  While we won’t end up like that (looks like all of our snow will stay in the mountains), it did remind me of the last time it […]

My deepest thanks and gratitude today go to our veterans – those who are still among us who we can thank for their service to our country. In our family, Oddball has been doing an extensive amount of genealogical research, and he’s been discovering veterans all up and down the family tree.  One of his […]

This has to be one of my favorite pictures from Halloween. My memories of my own great-grandmothers are very different and distinct.  Three were still living when I was born.  All four of Ane’s great-grandmothers were living when she was born (both of the Webmaster’s grandmothers passed away during the 4 and a half year […]