Shelly's Masters Degree

Shelly graduated today with her Master's Degree in Psychology.  We are all so proud!

Black Bird Attacks

This blackbird had made a nest nearby and got very upset every time Louie or anybody came too close.  It happened over and over, so we finally filmed it!

Leaky Sink Pipe

John's bathroom sink was leaking, and when Louie opened up the wall, part of the pipe had rotted away.

Easter Egg Hunt 2018

Pretty cold out, but we had fun.

Tony and OBUUC

Tony was a big part of my life.  He was my minister from 1991 onward.  He married us, he christened my children, and eventually he buried my mom (who was also a member at OBUUC.  Here is a very familiar sight: Tony singing and playing his guitar, this time at the Revival in 2017.

Here he is YEARS AGO at OBUUC Summer Family Camp.

Here are Tony and Craig getting married at City Hall when it became legal.  We were all so thrilled for them.

This video was around Christmastime at church (Olympia Brown Unitarian Universalist Church in Racine, Wisconsin) in 2017.  Tony and the choir sang this lovely song.  So moving!

Aiden's 11th Birthday

Aiden loves his birthdays, and Candice does such a nice job of helping him with his anxieties, making the birthdays calm and consistent from one year to the next,

Louie Cutting up a (nother) Tree

If he doesn't answer his phone, chances are this is what he's doing.

Mom's 90th Birthday

For Mom's 90th birthday, several weeks before her special day she told me she didn't want any party at all, and especially a surprise party.  She remembered we had done something special on all the decade birthdays.  So I asked her friends, relatives, and church members to send her cards.  She loves her cards, and my goal was to have her receive 90.  I had them sent to my house, and then gave them all to her at her little dinner and cake-and-ice-cream get-together with Carl and Pandora.She actually received about 110!

These were her yellow roses from Carl and Pandora.

Indian Corn

Louie had so much Indian corn this year and last year that we sold some to Dave at Piggly Wiggly.

 

Gabby and Mateo

Big sister Gabby is so good with baby Mateo.

Here's a special note I found on the chalkboard.

The baby and I play with our kitchen stuff more than the toys!

Squash

I called Louie one afternoon in the fall as I was getting ready to cook dinner, and asked him to bring me some squash, because it would go good with whatever main dish I was making.  A few minutes later, this is what I got...a whole wagon full!

Smart Phone Class

Although it is hard to imagine, I have been teaching some classes with my friend Sherry Babicky for our AAUW study group, Tech Topics.  They are usually at her house, but this one was at my house, and it was about smart phones.  

I was able to show screens like this on my big TV.

Several weeks later we had a small-group followup class.

Badlands and Black Hills Trip September 2017

In the fall of 2017 Louie and I took a road trip out to the Badlands and Black Hills in South Dakota.

Prairie dogs as far as the eye could see!

We hiked up into the Badlands.

We had a really nice picnic.
      


Next we saw Mount Rushmore,

and Jewel Cave.

We drove through Custer State Park.  The scenery was spectacular.

We had another picnic lunch before it rained.

Needles Eye Tunnel

So many weird rock formations,

And more tunnels.

We toured the very historical Mount Moriah Cemetery in Deadwood, where Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane are buried, among many others.

This herd of mule deer were walking through while we were there.