Kelsi turns 9!!!

 

The pictures say it all, Kelsi is a busy, happy, beautiful girl!!!  I used to love it when I was in RSF and little Kelsi would come and keep me company.  Such a fun girl.

 

Glendive Football Field

The new Dawson County High School football field which cost 1.3 million was featured in USA Today.  It was funded by the nephew of Carole's friend Carole Oakland.  The Oaklands own a farm on the east side of Glendive, close to the North Dakota border and evidently make millions by allowing the ND Oil companies to bury toxic waste on their land. 

 

The city needed to upgrade the track if they were going to host a special state track meet and the Oaklands volunteered to get it all ready and indeed they did.  It is beautiful.

 

I have many happy memories of that place.  It is just a block from my home in Glendive.  Carole said they do not have champion football teams like they did when I was in high school.  Coach Forest Wilson had Championship teams for many years.

New Ancestor Pictures

Recently loaded on to Family Search is the pictures of Carl Jonsson 1814 and Maria Pettersdotter 1816.  They are the parents of Fredrika Carlsdotter, wife of Carl August Anderson (my Dad's Grandfather). 

Since the temple work was originally done on them and documents are being found and submitted, there have been additionally children added who they evidently had before they were married?  Oh, if only everyone had kept journals!!!

John Gets a Puppy?

Hard to believe it has been 11 years since John passed away.  This is a picture from his 2nd Birthday but neither my sister Carole (who was there) or I can remember anything about this puppy, who brought it?, did we keep it? (I can't remember having a puppy in the UC house).  But this is a darling picture and a precious moment.  John was such an interesting and sparkly child.  Everything was fun for him.  I think at that age though trucks and such interested him more than animals.

Melissa turns 26?

Happy Birthday to Melissa on April 4th, 26???!!!  I missed it in here but sent her a birthday card!

Melissa is loving her new job at the Community college near her house.  She goes to work at 7:30 and is finished by 4:30 and knows exactly what her job is and works with lots of people and busy all the day.  So happy she is not working at home anymore!!!

She also thinks Asheville is such a great place to live, very much alive with lots of eating places and activities going on...and so beautiful.   So happy she is happy there!

Melissa is always fun to talk to and just calls to chat.  I was just looking on Instagram at her crazy cat making noises on the mirror with his paws while standing up like a person and I was laughing when she called, I told her that I think her cat needs something, not sure what, so funny.  Evidently it is his way of trying to get her attention?

She is also my go-to person for questions about my music, my computer, all that techy stuff she knows so well.

Maria and Johnny Anniversary

 

How time flies, Maria and Johnny are old married folks by now but they surely take cute pictures.  Johnny has a motorcycle and they have been driving to interesting places on the weekend, like the house behind them.

 I especially like the black and white below.

Happy Birthday to Matt!

Matt, my rock, my friend, my grandson, how I love it that Matt lives near and can  come see me sometimes.  Not a boy anymore, Matt is a man, and such a hard worker and so dependable.  We all count on Matt.  I loved that he took me back and forth and spent so much time with me on my birthday week and was always so kind to me.  Thanks, Matt for being so patient and Happy Birthday!

 

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Lea Turns 15

Such a beautiful girl, inside and out, Lea is really a treasure.  It is exciting to watch her grow up and become lovelier every day.  What does the future hold in store, where will she go, what will she do?   So many possibilities for lovely Lea.  Happy Birthday to Lea and how I wished I had looked like that at 15...wow.

 

Eden Turns One

How I love pictures of little Eden with her reddish hair, happy smile, cute little body.  She is a delight.

 

She is excited, evidently.

 

 Meagan says that Eden loves Keira so much she not only wants to sit by her, she wants to sit on her, so cute.

 

I especially love this picture, so relaxed and enjoying Life, the way we all should be.

Keira Turns Four!!!

Living up here means I miss out on most everything so I live for seeing pictures of everything that happens.

Keira looks like she had a grand 4th birthday with parties at school, friend party and party at Grandma's--

Although I do not know all the dates of when these things happened, I do know Keira turned four on February 11th so that is the date I am putting all the pictures, even if they did not exactly all happen on that day!!

A picture is worth a thousand words, it is almost like I am there!!!

 

 

 

Jacob Turns 16!

Jacob turned 16 on February 3rd!!! Where has the time gone?  So he is driving and a good looking teenager.  He is also good at whatever he decides he wants to do and such a sweetheart.  Everyone loves Jacob!  Scuba diving with his Dad and in to Lacrosse this year.

 

 

 

Frenchie Pulsipher is Laid to Rest

 

Kristi gave a review of the funeral of Frenchie Pulsipher, Gary's Dad and Kristi's Grandfather.  Since I was not there I want a memory in my book for this year and so will quote from Kristi Stewart.  The pictures are from the burial.

 

"My Grandpa Frenchie died on Jan 26th. Two days after I left San Diego. His funeral was on Jan 30th. During the viewing I had not planned on letting my kids in the room to see him. Somehow Kate and Ryan both ended up in there. I think they were both having a really hard time. I felt bad that they are going to remember him like that. Mike and I were able to sit down with both of them and have a conversation about the plan of salvation.   And remind them that Grandpa is in heaven now."

 

 

"I did not  go up to the casket because I felt I had already gotten the opportunity to say goodbye. I did not want to remember him like that. Mike said the family prayer and did a great job. He felt like he could have done a lot better but I thought it was perfect. Everyone from the family was able to make it except for Tanner. It was such a beautiful service. There were a lot of tears and a lot of laughs."

 

 

" The Grandkids sang "Families can be Together Forever". First of all, none of us are very good singers. But then when you add in tears and emotions the song went from bad to worse. Everyone was sobbing by the second verse. The compliments that we got were "very touching" and "heart felt". I am glad we did it but the vocals could have been a lot better."

 

 

" Joan, Jeff, and Dad spoke. They all did a great job. One thing that Joan did that was cool was ask Grandpa a few questions and tape recorded his answers before he passed. She played them back during her talk. To hear his voice at the funeral was awesome. The boys told many stories I had never heard before."

 

 

 

 "It was crazy to me how much my Grandpa and I have in common. Maybe thats why I am his favorite. At the grave side we were able to have soldiers come to honor Grandpa's military service. They played a song on the horn and folded a flag over the casket and presented it to Grandma. It was such a cool experience."

 

 

" I am so grateful for the wonderful family I was blessed to be sent to. It will be hard to go on without Grandpa but he will always be with us. I am grateful for the knowledge that although he is gone from this life I will be with him again. It makes me happy to think that he is on the other side happy and healthy with his extended family." 

                                                                                   Kristi Stewart

This is an especially touching picture of Kristi's family viewing the casket of their Great Grandpa and talking about him.

Thanks, Kristi, for the beautiful review.