Memorial Day--Memories

This week-end is a time when families gather to remember those who have left us. Our memories are of our parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents. It is our first Memorial Day without Mom and the wound is still a bit fresh. Nancy, Emily, Kirsten and I went to the cemetary and placed some flowers on the grave stones of Mom and Dad--in between rain storms. We will gather today at the "house" and have a cookout although it is looking very stormy outside.

The two grandsons are a constant source of delight. Charlie is talking more and more. Kalub now pulls himself up to anything he can grab on to. I love watching them interact with each other. Charlie kind of looks out for Kalub and Kalub is fascinated with Charlie. I will have some more photos of both boys to post later.

I continue to knit socks. I am now working on a pair--almost have the foot part done of the first sock. The yarn is called ToFutsies and the color is TOEquoise.

The colors are working into a rather random stripe effect, not the rows of stripes you usually see. It is a very soft yarn and is a combination of fibers: 50% Superwash Wool/25% SOYSILK® brand fiber/22.5% Cotton/2.5% Chitin. Chitin has natural anti-bacterial properties, so the wearer's feet are less likely to get smelly (since the odour is due to bacteria). They will feel nice on my feet.

My next knitting project is to knit two socks at once on one circular set of needles. Joanne is going to go on that adventure with me--so we will each have someone else to ask questions and work out the "bugs" in the process. It will be amazing to complete a pair of socks at the same time!

More Family Time

The week-ends seem to fly by--literally. I am always amazed at how little I get done on the week-ends. But we seem to spend a lot of time with our children, grandsons, and other relatives. Thank goodness they are so close to us.
Sunday was also a day with family. We met for a quick cook-out. No one had to spend a lot of time cooking as we grilled and used up the left overs from the girl's First Communion get-together.

Nikki and I took Charlie to get a new pair of tennis shoes. He had definitely grown out of the other ones. He is getting so independent. It is fun to watch both the boys grow.

Pointing to his new shoes

Kirsten loves to entertain the babies. She and Kalub spent some time together playing on the floor. Kalub crawled on top of the book and Kirsten pointed things out to him. His Grandma was very entertained by it all--but she is easily amused.

First Communion

The girls, Emily and Kirsten, made their First Holy Communion on Saturday. The event was held in the newly remodeled church at St. Pius X. Those family members in attendance were: Nancy (of course), Tim, Peggy, Steve, Sarah, Michael, Krist, Kalub, Nikki, Charlie, Michelle, Amanda, and Paul (Johnston). It turned out to be a pretty nice day--at least the sun was shining. It was a little windy.

Following the church event, we met at Nancy's house for a cook-out/potluck. Joanne came over too to help us celebrate. I have added some photos of the event.

Kirsten and Emily opening gifts.

I took the photo's and created a scrapbook album for the girls to give to their mom for Mother's Day. The scrapbook pages were created on the computer using Adobe's Photoshop Elements 6.0. Here is a link to view the scrapbook pages:
http://picasaweb.google.com/drgrandma/Communion